KNOWING THE WILL OF GOD…THROUGH SCRIPTURE

Pastor Dawn Marie Berry

 

 

WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD? 

 

IT IS THAT HOLY AND STATED PURPOSE OF THE FATHER,

TO CAUSE HIS CHILDREN TO BE CHRIST-LIKE.

 

ROMANS 8:28-30  “AND WE KNOW THAT ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THOSE WHO LOVE GOD, TO THOSE WHO ARE CALLED ACCORDING TO HIS PURPOSE. FOR WHOM HE FOREKNEW, HE ALSO PREDESTINED TO BE CONFORMED TO THE IMAGE OF HIS SON, THAT HE MIGHT BE THE FIRSTBORN AMONG MANY BRETHREN. MOREOVER WHOM HE PREDESTINED, THESE HE ALSO CALLED; WHOM HE CALLED, THESE HE ALSO JUSTIFIED; AND WHOM HE JUSTIFIED, THESE HE ALSO GLORIFIED.”     

 

ROMANS 12:2 “AND DO NOT BE CONFORMED TO THIS WORLD, BUT BE TRANSFORMED BY THE RENEWING OF YOUR MIND, THAT YOU MAY PROVE WHAT IS THE GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE WILL OF GOD.”

 

GALATIANS 2:16 KNOWING THAT A MAN IS NOT JUSTIFIED BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW, BUT BY FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST, EVEN WE HAVE BELIEVED IN CHRIST JESUS, THAT WE MIGHT BE JUSTIFIED BY FAITH IN CHRIST AND NOT BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW; FOR BY THE WORKS OF THE LAW NO FLESH SHALL BE JUSTIFIED.”

 

I PETER 2:9 “BUT YOU ARE A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION, HIS OWN SPECIAL PEOPLE, THAT YOU MAY PROCLAIM THE PRAISES OF HIM WHO CALLED YOU OUT OF DARKNESS INTO HIS MARVELOUS LIGHT.”

 

THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTOR IN FINDING GOD’S WILL IS THE BIBLE ITSELF.

 

GOD SPEAKS TO US, NOT IN A LOUD VOICE, BUT THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES AND HIS INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT.

 

 

FIRST, THE BIBLE DECLARES GOD HAS A ‘DEFINITE WILL’ FOR YOUR LIFE.

 

“THE STEPS OF A GOOD MAN ARE ORDERED BY THE LORD”  PS 37:23

 

“I WILL INSTRUCT YOU AND TEACH YOU IN THE WAY YOU SHOULD GO.”  PS 32:8

 

“FOR WE ARE HIS WORKMANSHIP, CREATED IN CHRIST JESUS FOR GOOD WORKS, WHICH GOD PREPARED BEFOREHAND THAT WE SHOULD WALK IN THEM.”  EPH 2:10

 

SECONDLY, GOD DESIRES US TO ‘KNOW HIS WILL’ FOR OUR LIVES.

 

“THEREFORE DO NOT BE UNWISE, BUT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE WILL OF THE LORD IS.” [EPH 5:17

 

THIRDLY,  HIS WILL IS ‘CONTINUOUS.’  IT DOESN’T BEGIN AT A CERTAIN AGE. 

 

GOD HAS A WILL FOR CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, ADULTS AND SENIOR CITIZENS. 

 

“THE LORD WILL GUIDE YOU CONTINUALLY, AND SATISFY YOUR SOUL…” ISA 58:11

 

FOURTH, GOD’S WILL IS ‘SPECIFIC.’

 

“YOUR EARS SHALL HEAR A WORD BEHIND YOU, SAYING, ‘THIS IS THE WAY, WALK IN IT.”  ISA 30:21

 

FIFTH, GOD’S WILL IS ‘PROFITABLE.’

 

“THIS BOOK OF THE LAW SHALL NOT DEPART FROM YOUR MOUTH, BUT YOU SHALL MEDITATE IN IT DAY AND NIGHT, THAT YOU MAY OBSERVE TO DO ACCORDING TO ALL THAT IS WRITTEN IN IT.  FOR THEN YOU WILL MAKE YOUR WAY PROSPEROUS, AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE GOOD SUCCESS.”  JOSHUA 1:8

 

WHAT IS THE WILL OF GOD FOR US?

 

IT DIFFERS FROM BELIEVER TO BELIEVER.

 

HERE ARE FOUR ASPECTS IN ‘THE WILL OF GOD,’ WHICH APPLY TO EVERY CHRISTIAN.

 

            1.  IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM.

 

COLOSSIANS 1:9,10  “FOR THIS REASON WE ALSO, SINCE THE DAY WE HEARD IT, DO NOT CEASE TO PRAY FOR YOU, AND TO ASK THAT YOU MAY BE FILLED WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF HIS WILL IN ALL WISDOM AND SPIRITUAL UNDERSTANDING; THAT YOU MAY HAVE A WALK WORTHY OF THE LORD, FULLY PLEASING HIM, BEING FRUITFUL IN EVERY GOOD WORK AND INCREASING IN THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD..”

 

2. IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE GROW IN GRACE.

 

II PETER 3:18  “BUT GROW IN THE GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST.  TO HIM BE THE GLORY BOTH NOW AND FOREVER.”

 

 

WHAT IS GRACE?: 

 

THE POWER OF GOD ON YOUR BEHALF, AND UNMERITED FAVOR.

 

1. IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE STUDY HIS WORD.

 

II TIMOTHY 3:14-17 “CONTINUE IN THE THINGS WHICH YOU HAVE LEARNED AND BEEN ASSURED OF, KNOWING FROM WHOM YOU HAVE LEARNED THEM, AND THAT FROM CHILDHOOD YOU HAVE KNOWN THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, WHICH ARE ABLE TO MAKE YOU WISE FOR SALVATION THROUGH FAITH WHICH IS IN CHRIST JESUS.  ALL SCRIPTURE IS GIVEN BY INSPIRATION OF GOD AND IS PROFITABLE FOR DOCTRINE, FOR REPROOF, FOR CORRECTION, FOR INSTRUCTION IN RIGHTEOUSNESS,  THAT THE MAN OF GOD MAY BE COMPLETE, THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED FOR EVERY GOOD WORK.”

 

2.               IT IS HIS WILL THAT WE SHARE OUR FAITH.

 

ACTS 1:8  “BUT YOU SHALL RECEIVE POWER WHEN THE HOLY SPIRIT HA COME UPON YOU; AND YOU SHALL BE WITNESSES TO ME IN JERUSALEM AND IN ALL JUDEA AND SAMARIA AND TO THE END OF THE EARTH.”

 

I TIMOTHY 2 :3,4 “FOR THIS IS GOOD AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD OUR SAVIOR, WHO DESIRES ALL MEN TO BE SAVED AND TO COME TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE TRUTH.”

 

II PETER 3:9  “THE LORD IS NOT SLACK CONCERNING HIS PROMISE, AS SOME COUNT SLACKNESS, BUT IS LONGSUFFERING TOWARD US, NOT WILLING THAT ANY SHOULD PERISH BUT THAT ALL SHOULD COME TO REPENTANCE.”

 

REVIEW:

 

“KNOWING THE WILL OF GOD, THROUGH THE SCRIPTURES”

 

THAT HOLY AND STATED PURPOSE OF THE FATHER.

 

 

THE BIBLE IS THE SOURCE:

 

§        GOD HAS A DEFINITE WILL FOR YOUR LIFE

§        GOD DESIRES US TO KNOW HIS WILL FOR OUR LIVES

§        GOD’S WILL FOR US IS CONTINUOUS

§        GOD’S WILL IS SPECIFIC

§        GOD’S WILL IS PROFITABLE

 

THE WILL OF GOD DIFFERS FROM BELIEVER TO BELIEVER.

 

FOUR ASPECTS OF HIS WILL APPLY TO ALL CHRISTIANS:

 

§        IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE LEARN MORE ABOUT HIM

§        IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE GROW IN GRACE

§        IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE STUDY HIS WORD

§        IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT WE SHARE OUR FAITH

 

 

PASTOR DAWN MARIE BERRY

                                               

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