Questioning Christian
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What do you mean "my equation"?
Absolutely - I John 5:14,15 says if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of him.
If we use the circumstances of man to determine the will of God, then, yes, by this logic, we might well say "he wasn't healed; it wasn't God's will".
We could also use that logic to say "Adam ate the forbidden fruit, and by his choice sin entered into the world, therefore because Adam chose this, it must have been God's will for Adam to disobey God." You cannot look at an earthly circumstance, and state cut-and-dried "this must have been the will of God". The fact is, a lot of things happen between God's desire and man's circumstances.
I'm sure Jesus never willed Peter to deny Him, but Peter denied Jesus just the same. The fact is, we have to use God's WORD, not man's situations, to ascertain God's will.
What does it mean, "according to God's will"?
What is "the will of God" ?
This is a big question, and one easily answered.
A will is a written document someone has left after they have died which shows both the rights and responsibilities of those who are the heirs to the estate. The Bible states that WE are heirs of God, and joint-heirs of Christ. The Bible says that God left a testament [covenant] and that Christ is the testator [the executor of the will].
We have to read the will, understand the will, and live by the will, if we are to know what the will of the Lord is.
The heirs cannot say, "I didn't get my money; it must not have been according to the will for me to receive it."
The heirs cannot say, "I didn't receive my property; it must not have been provided for me by my father."
The heirs cannot say, "I couldn't find the key to the house; I guess father didn't want me to have it, after all."
The final authority is what is written in print.
You have to know what is written before you say "this is the will"; the circumstances are irrelevant to knowing what the will is.
The will states that healing is left to us as our inheritance.
The will states that prosperity is left to us as our inheritance.
The will states that salvation is left to us as our inheritance.
God is a good Father. He will NOT provide healing for one of his children, and deny it to another.
If you believe that God does something for one that he is unwilling to do for another, then you completely undermine everything the Bible states about how God makes available
the same healing
the same salvation
the same prosperity
the same peace
the same righteousness
the same heaven
the same gifts
to all believers.
The Bible says "whosoever". I believe that word with all my heart.
I don't examine people's circumstances to find out what the will of God is. I look at the will itself - the Bible.
And if anything happens that contradicts that Bible -
Well, then, it must not have been ...
"The will of God".
Absolutely - I John 5:14,15 says if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of him.
If we use the circumstances of man to determine the will of God, then, yes, by this logic, we might well say "he wasn't healed; it wasn't God's will".
We could also use that logic to say "Adam ate the forbidden fruit, and by his choice sin entered into the world, therefore because Adam chose this, it must have been God's will for Adam to disobey God." You cannot look at an earthly circumstance, and state cut-and-dried "this must have been the will of God". The fact is, a lot of things happen between God's desire and man's circumstances.
I'm sure Jesus never willed Peter to deny Him, but Peter denied Jesus just the same. The fact is, we have to use God's WORD, not man's situations, to ascertain God's will.
What does it mean, "according to God's will"?
What is "the will of God" ?
This is a big question, and one easily answered.
A will is a written document someone has left after they have died which shows both the rights and responsibilities of those who are the heirs to the estate. The Bible states that WE are heirs of God, and joint-heirs of Christ. The Bible says that God left a testament [covenant] and that Christ is the testator [the executor of the will].
We have to read the will, understand the will, and live by the will, if we are to know what the will of the Lord is.
The heirs cannot say, "I didn't get my money; it must not have been according to the will for me to receive it."
The heirs cannot say, "I didn't receive my property; it must not have been provided for me by my father."
The heirs cannot say, "I couldn't find the key to the house; I guess father didn't want me to have it, after all."
The final authority is what is written in print.
You have to know what is written before you say "this is the will"; the circumstances are irrelevant to knowing what the will is.
The will states that healing is left to us as our inheritance.
The will states that prosperity is left to us as our inheritance.
The will states that salvation is left to us as our inheritance.
God is a good Father. He will NOT provide healing for one of his children, and deny it to another.
If you believe that God does something for one that he is unwilling to do for another, then you completely undermine everything the Bible states about how God makes available
the same healing
the same salvation
the same prosperity
the same peace
the same righteousness
the same heaven
the same gifts
to all believers.
The Bible says "whosoever". I believe that word with all my heart.
I don't examine people's circumstances to find out what the will of God is. I look at the will itself - the Bible.
And if anything happens that contradicts that Bible -
Well, then, it must not have been ...
"The will of God".
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