Salvation's Vocation

1 John 4:11-12

Dear friends, since God so loved us, 

we also ought to love one another.

 No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, 

God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.

Love turns religion into relation!

If That Isn't Love ~ Elvis Presley ~ lyric video

God proved His love for us through Jesus.

Jesus proved His love through utter surrender to God's will/love.

Likewise, as we utterly surrender, we do so

 not with base and groundless ignorance

but with unwavering faith in the perfect will of God.

He gave

 His all

Once and 

for all

Death's power to erase

And all who repent and believe

Receive love's gift of grace

The cross

 He bore

forevermore

No other 

can annul

The sinner's 

debt, Lest 

we forget

He died to

pay in full 

1 Cor.15:54-58

When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable

 and the mortal with immortality,

 then the saying that is written will come to pass:

 “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

55“Where, O Death, is your victory?

Where, O Death, is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory 

through our Lord Jesus Christ!

58Therefore, my beloved brothers,

 be steadfast and immovable. 

Always excel in the work of the Lord, 

because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

The Son

of God

shed His 

own blood

To pay sin's penalty

Bought with such price, His sacrifice

Should transform you and me

So that

we give

the life 

we live

humble 

and earn-

est heed

Wit love's

reply to

testify

that Christ

is LORD

indeed! 

1 Peter 1:18-19
For you know that it was not with perishable things

 such as silver or gold that you were redeemed 

from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers, 

 but with the precious blood of Christ, 

a lamb without blemish or spot.

Romans 12:1
Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy,

 to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, 

which is your spiritual service of worship.

Ephesians 1:7
In Him we have redemption through His blood, 

the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace