Salvation's Vocation

1 John 4:11-12Dear 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! 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 ignorancebut with unwavering faith in the perfect will of God. He gave His allOnce and for allDeath's power to eraseAnd all who repent and believeReceive love's gift of graceThe cross He boreforevermoreNo other can annulThe sinner's debt, Lest we forgetHe died topay in full 1 Cor.15:54-58When 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.” “Where, O Death, is your victory?Where, O Death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ! Therefore, 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 Sonof Godshed His own bloodTo pay sin's penaltyBought with such price, His sacrificeShould transform you and meSo thatwe givethe life we livehumble and earn-est heedWit love'sreply totestifythat Christis LORDindeed! 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. 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. In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace