05 May What Is The Will Of God?
Pastor Vincent - 10 October 2013
Follow The Lord's Instruction Closely In Spiritual Battle
It is human nature to worry about tomorrow. What if I can't do this, what if things don't work well tomorrow.. what if we often let what has yet to happen to rob away our present happiness in Lord. Before Jericho, the Lord said to Joshua, " See, I have delivered Jericho into your hands, along with its king and its fighting men.." God is always there, He is always present in your sadness, your current helplessness, your current family problem, relationship problems and even your insufficiency. But we often forget, we are often being frightened by what have yet to comeÉ the what if's in your mind - Satan is always instilling the fear, the deceptions and confuse our spirits so that we cannot look at the truth of God and draw strength from it. Behind the problem we are seeing everyday is actually the deeper spiritual battles that we need to fight against Satan - who is attacking us in every possible way just to divert us away from God's truth so that we feel the gospel irrelevant. But God has a precise instruction to our problems now, so that we can stand against the devil's scheme. Be in sync with God, hear what the Lord says and follow it carefully. As we wait upon the Lord and see what He is doing right now in our lives, we will then not be distracted by Satan into following our own desires and emotions. The Lord is not slow in fulfilling His promise and He has time for everything, therefore, go into prayer and ask God to reveal the very next thing we can do while waiting for His timetable. As we develop the instinct to hear Him through prayers, our faithful God will not hide from you and when the perfect time comes, your Jericho will be conquered, as you become more intimate with God.
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Common mistakes in understanding the will of God:
- Constrain the will of God simply to a scripture verse or two.
- Absolutize desired outcomes as the will of God.
- Liken God’s will to a positive decisional outcome.
- Blaming God for ordaining our pain and suffering in His will.
<Col 1:16>: For in him (Jesus) all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things have been created through him and for him.
<Pro 19:21>: Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.
<Gen 6:6-7>: The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the earth, and his heart was deeply troubled. So the Lord said, “I will wipe from the face of the earth the human race I have created…
⟹ “Personification” (God using the attribution of human form and characteristics to speak to us)
<Mat 5:45>: He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.
<2 Peter 3:9>: God is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance.
The Will of God in 4 notable meanings:
God’s Sovereign Will (Also known as Decretive Will or Hidden Will)
⟹ God sovereignly ordains everything that comes to pass. No one can frustrate it.
E.g. God decreed: “Let there be light”, and there was light.
* Unless God’s will is absolutely sovereign, goodness can never be guaranteed in a world of evil. (Notable Examples: Joseph, Job)
* The only problem we have with God’s Sovereign will is that it is hidden.
⟹ Therefore, God has given us His promise, and instruct us to live by faith.
- <Ro 8:28>: And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, whohave been called according to his purpose.
- <Jer 29:11>: For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.
* <Deu 29:29>: The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
God’s Preceptive will
⟹ The will of God which is revealed through His holy laws and commandments.
E.g. Do not steal, Do not, commit adultery, Observe the Sabbath, Repent of our sins, etc.
* We have the power and ability to thwart God’s preceptive will, yet will not escape its consequences. (Notable Example: King David)
⟹ <2 Samuel 12:10>: Now, therefore, the sword will never depart from your house, because you despised me and took the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your own.
* In some cases, God brings His sovereign will to pass even through and by means of the sinful acts of men. (Notable Example: Judas)
* The obedience of Preceptive will render us fearless.
⟹ <1 Peter 3:6-7> like Sarah, who obeyed Abraham and called him her lord. You are her daughters if you do what is right and do not give way to fear. Husbands, in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
God’s Salvational will
⟹ God’s ultimate intent to save His elect through His Son Jesus Christ.
* <John 6:40>: For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
* <2 Ti 2:10>: Therefore I endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they too may obtain the salvation that is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.
* Ponder through: How should we minister to a non-believer living in sin?
God’s will of disposition
⟹ The attitude of God, as in what pleases Him.
* <Eze 33:11>: As surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that they turn from their ways and live.
* God’s will of disposition tells us:
(1) that our God is a loving and patient God, giving people ample chance to repent
(2) to join Him in saving His elect
Conclusion: The true mark of spirituality is to be led by the spirit to live the way Christ would have lived through acquiring these profound knowledges about God’s will.
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