Call of Duty

Good afternoon and Wonderful Wednesday. One of the most popular games in the history of video games is named Call of Duty. These series of games have sold over 175 million copies and $10 billion in the United States alone. The game is played always in place where there is conflict and the player or players have to go through many different levels of play before the person(s) playing the game finally gets to the end. The online community who plays this game is huge. Even though many of may not know it, God has a Call of Duty for all of us.

In coming into this teaching I want to define the two words in the title, call and duty. The word call means as follows; to cry out with a loud voice, to command or request, to ask or invite to come. The

word duty means as follows; something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation. We as the Body of Christ have to answer the Call of Duty God has for us all.

As I come to the Word of God for this teaching of Call of Duty I go to Exodus 3:1-10. In these verses God has come to Moses as he was just minding his business and gave him a difficult assignment.

We like Moses at times question God when cries out to us to do the things that we are required to do. In order to be able to advance the Kingdom of God we must accept our Call of Duty.

As we continue with this teaching of Call of Duty I go back to the Word of God and to Isaiah 6:5-8. In these verses Isaiah is in the presence of the Holy One and does not see himself as to being worthy

at first but then tells God to send him, he will go. God is commanding and requesting his people to do something that will bring the gospel of Christ to the masses. God wants us to be in our Call of Duty.

As we come to the end of the Biblical portion of our teaching we go to Acts 9:10-18. In these verses Ananias has an assignment of going to minister to a man who has done harm to all who believes in

Jesus. God is asking and inviting all of us to do something morally and legally by offering Christ to others and giving them a chance to be filled with the Holy Spirit. Call of Duty.

In closing I want to say that God appreciates everything that we do for him. He loves the way we give him praise and the things that we do for him in the church setting. But there is much more than that as the people of God that we have to do. God is crying out to us in a loud voice, God is commanding and requesting to his people and God is asking and inviting the Body of Christ to do what is   expected or required to do and that is to bring the gospel of Christ to others. It is time that we all answer the Call of Duty God has for us all. I give God all the glory and honor for this teaching and ask him to bless each and everyone. Please join us later this week for a Sunday School preview of the lesson for Sunday 10-11-15 by Superintendent Liz Hope. Take care all.

Fred Wesley is a Technology Teacher for Rhema Word 2.0