One of the greatest blessings we have been given as Christians is our calling by God. At this time, this divine summons is not directed to mankind at large but only to those to whom God has determined to reveal Himself. When God calls us, He performs a miracle in our minds that results in our becoming more aware of spiritual truth, of our sinfulness, and of God and His claim on our lives. This calling by God is so rare and valuable that we are urged to walk worthy of it, setting a high standard for the conduct of our lives. God called us with a holy calling, meaning we are to be separate and set apart, different from others. He considered us to be holy because of our position before Him, not due to personal goodness or character at the time of separation. God has separated us from our trespasses and sins, the course of this world, and satan the devil. Our calling requires that we remain apart from these influences, staying free from the defilement of sin and walking according to the course of God rather than the course of this world.

God's calling is a unique and unparalleled gift, setting apart those chosen by Him in a way that distinguishes them from all others on earth. The Lord has declared His people as a holy nation, a special treasure above all others, chosen not for their number or merit, but because of His love and the oath sworn to their fathers. This selection, as seen in Deuteronomy 7:6-8, reflects God's deliberate choice to express His love more profoundly to some, separating them in His mind's eye for a distinct purpose. This uniqueness is further emphasized in I Peter 2:9-10, where God's called ones are described as a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, and His own special people, tasked with proclaiming His praises after being called out of darkness into His marvelous light. Unlike others, they are gifted with spiritual understanding and deliverance from satan's grip, a transformation not merely physical but deeply spiritual. In I Corinthians 1:26-29, it is clear that God's calling often falls upon the foolish, weak, and despised of the world, chosen to shame the wise and mighty, ensuring that no flesh glories in His presence. This deliberate selection underscores the humility required in recognizing that such an awesome gift is not earned but given by His will. Ephesians 1:3-6 reinforces this by stating that God chose His people before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before Him in love, predestining them to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will. This premeditated act of grace highlights the extraordinary nature of being selected out of billions by the Creator Himself. Romans 9:8-15 illustrates this selective love through the example of Jacob over Esau, showing that God's choice is not based on works but on His sovereign will to have mercy and compassion on whom He chooses. This intentional act of setting apart individuals for His purpose is a profound aspect of their uniqueness. God's purpose in this calling, as seen in II Corinthians 5:4-7, is to prepare His people to live by faith, a requirement that further distinguishes them. He equips them with gifts to ensure they can fulfill His will, providing confidence that He knows them, loves them, and is actively involved in their lives to bring about their salvation. Additionally, II Corinthians 5:16-19 reveals that God's calling transforms the worldview of the called, changing how they perceive Christ and others, no longer regarding anyone according to the flesh but as part of a new creation in Christ. This radical shift, a gift from God, enables them to become reconciled to Him through Jesus Christ and to take on the ministry of reconciliation. Finally, in Colossians 1:22-23, God reminds His called ones of their qualification to partake in the inheritance of the saints, delivered from darkness, redeemed, and reconciled to Him, yet with the sobering responsibility to continue steadfastly in faith. This unique preparation, supported by countless spiritual gifts, ensures they have no excuse for failure, as God supplies all they need to live by faith and fulfill their extraordinary calling.

Before our calling by the Father to His truth we were darkness and part of that darkness. We were spiritually blind and dead though physically alive and totally cut off from God. Our calling by the Father to Jesus Christ was a radical transformation from one extreme to the other just as darkness is to light. We had nothing to do with this conversion. It took place because the Father called us and upon our redemption His Son's righteousness was imputed to us. We are light in the Lord because the Father and the Son dwell in us and Their light makes us light. Our light is not our own but is given to us by the Father and the Son. Their presence in us obligates us to live up to the high standard of conduct that light represents which is the spotless sterling character of Almighty God. We are to take what we have learned and begin conforming to it so that at the end of the sanctification process we have light in ourselves.

God's calling is unique because those appointed to eternal life believed after hearing the gospel. Appointed means set, disposed, inclined, devoted, designated, instituted, resolved, arranged or addicted from a source other than the individual. God through His Holy Spirit inclines or disposes the called to believe. Their faith is not self-generated. God predestines some to adoption as sons according to the good pleasure of His will. He foreknows, predestines, calls, justifies and glorifies those He selects. The calling separates one from many as when a parent summons a specific child from a group. God supernaturally disposes the minds of the called through His summons and begins to separate them from those He does not call while revealing Himself and His way. God does not call everybody generally. He must predispose the called because they are deceived about what to look for and busy with their own concerns. Human nature avoids admitting that salvation is far more an act of God than something earned through personal qualities. God chose Israel as His covenant people and freed them from Egypt. Israel did not choose God. God chose Israel. The same principle applies spiritually to those He calls today. God has not predetermined every act of a person's life. Human nature resists God and choices are made. God is not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. He appoints some to fill a different part in His scheme until a later resurrection. God has chosen the foolish, weak, base, despised and nothing of the world. He did not choose them for any skill, ability or social quality. The love of the called is a response to His initiative. They believe because God appointed them to eternal life and gave them faith by grace. No cause apart from God's will moved Him to make them the special object of His love. Humility begins when the called properly recognize who and what they are in relation to the sovereign Creator.

The uniqueness of God's calling emerges as a central theme flowing directly from His sovereignty over all creation. Because the Creator alone determines life's purpose and standards, He alone possesses the right to call whomever He chooses into salvation, and this calling stands as one of the clearest demonstrations of His sovereign authority. Jonah's declaration that "salvation is of the LORD" introduces the reality that salvation is not universally open at present, and Scripture answers why some are called while others are not: not because certain people are too sinful, as Paul—chief among sinners—was still saved, nor because some are too stony-hearted, since God promises to remove the heart of stone from whomever He wills. The determining factor is entirely God's sovereign choice, not human merit, sinfulness, or character. Jesus' words that no one can come to Him unless the Father draws him establish that this calling lies completely outside human control, and Paul confirms that even his extraordinary labor was owed entirely to the grace of God working in him. This grace extends beyond the call itself to the spiritual gifts distributed to believers, none of which are earned but all of which are given according to what God wills to accomplish through each person. Paul's rhetorical question—"who makes you differ from another?"—reinforces that no one has grounds for pride, since everything possessed was received as a gift. The scope of this calling is presently limited but not permanent, for all who are in Adam will eventually be made alive in Christ, each in his own order, until every enemy is subdued under Christ's reign. Since all who bear Satan's image are currently enemies of God, the whole world will eventually be called, just as the whole world has been deceived by Satan. Until that time, the called constitute a distinct minority who uniquely know that they belong to God, that Satan rules the unseen world, and that they possess understanding given directly by God rather than achieved through their own effort. This uniqueness intensifies further through the distinction between general faith and "the faith"—a specific, saving faith tied to a particular body of revealed truth. Not all who hear the gospel believe it, as demonstrated by those in Thessalonica who lacked faith and those in Acts who believed only because they had been appointed to eternal life. This appointed faith aligns with the broader pattern of foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification, a sequence so certain in God's mind that it is spoken of as already accomplished. This entire framework confronts the question of divine fairness, addressed through the image of potter and clay, master and slave. Because God has both created and redeemed the called through Christ's sacrifice, He possesses full authority to determine their calling and its purposes. Recognizing the sovereign uniqueness of this calling demands humility rather than pride, gratitude rather than complaint, and a settled trust that the God who calls also governs all things toward the successful completion of His purpose.

The uniqueness of God's calling emerges as a central theme demonstrating His sovereign right to choose whom He will, when He will, and for purposes entirely His own. This principle is illustrated through John the Baptist's response when his disciples grew troubled that crowds were leaving him to follow Jesus. John's humble reply—"A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven... He must increase, but I must decrease"—reveals a man who understood that God alone directs His servants and distributes His callings according to His own purpose, without jealousy or presumption on the part of those called. This example directly informs why the Church of the Great God has refused to proselytize among other groups within the church of God, recognizing that God calls whomever He wills and places people where He wants them, when He wants them there, since it is the Father and Son who own His people, not any minister. This sovereign uniqueness in calling is reinforced through Jeremiah 23:21-24, where God indicts those who run and prophesy though He never sent or spoke to them, emphasizing that God is intimately aware of where each person is, what they need, and whom they need to fulfill His purpose. The uniqueness of God's calling is further demonstrated through His selective love, which is not distributed equally among all people. The account of Jacob and Esau proves decisive here: before either had done good or evil, God declared "Jacob I have loved, but Esau I have hated," showing that His choice rested not on works but on Him who calls, according to the purpose of God according to election. Deuteronomy 7:7-8 confirms that Israel was not chosen for being numerous or worthy but simply because the Lord loved them and kept His oath—paralleling Ephesians 1:3-6, which declares that believers were chosen in Christ "before the foundation of the world... according to the good pleasure of His will," not according to foreseen merit, ethnicity, or personal quality. This selective calling reflects God's broader sovereignty in creation itself, where He chose to make vast diversity—lions and lambs, cheetahs and tortoises, one talent given to one person and five to another—establishing that unequal distribution of gifts and callings is simply how God has always exercised His sovereign will. The parable of the laborers in the vineyard reinforces this: the landowner's right to pay the last worker the same as the first, despite unequal labor, illustrates God's prerogative to do as He wishes with what is His own, concluding that "many are called, but few chosen." Ultimately, the uniqueness of God's calling demands recognition that grace—favor shown to the undeserving—cannot be demanded or earned, only received, since salvation operates entirely by grace rather than merit, excluding all human boasting while assuring even the greatest sinner is not beyond God's reach.