The Will Of God Part 2

    This morning I would like to continue with our consideration of the will of God. 

 

    To begin, let's look to Scripture to see what the New Testament says about the Will of God.  One of my favorites if from Romans 2:12.

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect."  The "renewing of our minds" must be done by the work of the Holy Spirit.  Only the Spirit of God can change our depraved minds to even recognize the Kingdom of Heaven. 2ND. Cr. 7-9 "I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but that you were made sorrowful to {the point of} repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to {the will of} God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us."  and continued in v 10 "For the sorrow that is according to {the will} {of} God produces a repentance without regret, {leading} to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death."  And from the lips of Jesus in Mar. 3:35 "For whoever does the will of God, he is My brother and sister and mother."

 

 

We are also renewed by the reading, study, and meditation of Scripture.  Our prayer life is one of the Keystones of the foundation of our faith as well as our path to wisdom and the will of our Father.  Col. 1:9 For this reason also, since the day we heard {of it,} we have not ceased to pray for you and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding.   Matt. 21:22  "And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive." and Acts 6:4 "But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word."

 

 

Proverbs 1:7    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge; Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

 

 

    With these thoughts in mind we can begin to search the perfect righteousness of God and thereby                  be conformed to His Sovereign Will.