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10/28/2018 0 Comments What meanest this - 'The Will of God'?, Sunday/Saturday Weekly Series, Post 7, October 28, 2018 Welcome My Friends. We have begun a new 'Fall into Winter' 2018 Series of posts during our Saturday and Sunday times together for the purpose of answering three [3] very specific and forthright questions, to wit: Does God Have a Plan for My Life? [Post 1, 2, October 7, 13, 2018] What is God's Plan for My Life? [Post 4, 5, 6, 7, October 20, 21; 27, 28, 2018, ongoing.] Must I Accept God's Plan for My Life, or, May I Refuse God's Plan and 'go my own way'? [Post 3, October 14, 2018] Please, keep these three areas in mind, as we go forth in all the posts. Today, more than ever, the above three questions must be personally asked, and the answer must be ascertained. This is true, for as it is written in Romans 13:12-14, to wit: '12 The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. 13 Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. 14 But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.' [KJV} Now that we have taken care of 'first things first' on our Posts 1, 2, 3, October 7, 13, 14, 2018; for those who have come to 'the faith', more on the second and more 'specific will of God', for His Children. Let us continue to explore and understand - SPECIFICS OF THE WILL OF GOD, THERE ARE TWO - DECREED AND COMMANDMENT. Now, with what has already been said in our Posts A-C since October 20, 21 and 27, 2018 - today, Post D, October 28, 2018, let us use Romans 12:1-2, as a foundation to determine: 'What is the 'Specific' Will of God and How Do We Know it?' audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html Romans 12:1-2 provides: 'I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.' [KJV] All of life, according to Romans 12:1–2, should become 'spiritual worship', or, 'living for God' in body, mind, and spirit. This is made clear in verse 1, wherein it is written, to wit: '1 Present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.' The aim of all human life in God’s eyes is that Christ would be made to look as valuable as he is. Worship means using our minds and hearts and bodies to express the worth of God and all he is for us in Jesus. There is a way to live — a way to love — that does that. There is a way to do your job that expresses the true value of God. If you can’t find it, that may mean you should change jobs. Or it might mean that verse 2 is not happening to the degree it should. audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html We find in verse 2, the Apostle Paul's answer to how we turn all of life into worship. We must be transformed. This is not just our external behavior changing, but it is the very way we feel and think — our minds. Romans 12:2: 'Be transformed by the renewal of your mind.' To be 'transformed' means that we are to 'become' 'what and who we are' - 'children of God', 'being more and more', 'just like Jesus Christ', 'from our minds and hearts', outward. Those who believe in Christ Jesus are already blood-bought new creatures in Christ. 'If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation.' [2 Corinthians 5:17]. But now we must become what we are. 'Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened.' [1 Corinthians 5:7]. Said another way by the Apostle Paul in Philippians 2:12-13, to wit: '12 Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 13 For it is God which worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.' [KJV] Let God through the Holy Spirit, guide you in 'everything'! [Proverbs 3:5-7] We are then, 'walking in the Spirit'. [Galatians 5:16-26] Humbling, exciting! Just like Jesus, 'not my will, but, thy will be done'. [Luke 22:42-44] Worship means using our minds and hearts and bodies to express the worth of God and all he is for us in Jesus. 'You have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. [Colossians 3:10]. You have been made new in Christ; and now you are being renewed day by day. [See also Ephesians 6:10-18, for 'battle readiness, daily!] 'Santification', a life-long process. audio-bible.com/bible/bible.html We need to 'live the life' that has been placed in us, from the moment we first believed, through the indwelling Holy Spirit we received, when we first believed. We 'grow' in our 'spiritual walk', just as we grow in our natural life. Spiritual growth begins first and foremost with believing and following Jesus Christ. We do this through faith. Our spirituality grows and matures through:
And please, make no mistake, there will never, ever be 'growth' in our 'spiritual life', if we are not 'feasting' in His Word. There is - no other way. [Romans 10:17-19] The 'mind' of God is given to us, through His Word. As it is written, 'faith comes by hearing, hearing by the word. [Romans 10:17]. So, please, do not fool your self with 'vanity', 'doctrines of man', 'law' 'demons', etc. It must be the B-I-B-L-E, for the Holy Spirit will enlighten the mind, the heart, but, through the 'written Word' of God. He takes what is God and gives it to each of us, as we can accept, or, need it. [John 16:12-14] Be encouraged. Study all the posts, prayerfully. Pray, ask the Lord to speak to you, illuminate His word to you, for your own life. Then, be a 'doer of the word, not just a hearer, deceiving yourself'. [James 1:20-25] Amen. Amen. Archives October 2018
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