What is Gods will?
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Non nobis domine sed tuo nomine da gloriam
Well, if you're a Christian it would be your sanctification:
1 Thessalonians 4:3
For this is the will of God, your sanctification:
If you're not a Christian, or never are regenerated, I'd have to say God's Will for your life is to be used to sanctify His chosen.
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Non nobis domine sed tuo nomine da gloriam
What else is there that you feel does not fall under the umbrella of working toward our sanctification?
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Don
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The overiding will of God for man is to believe in His Son and keep on trusting in Him:
John 6:29
29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
John 6:39
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
John 6:40
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 him up at the last day."
1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to
love one another as he commanded us.
And for everything else, the will of God is given in the Bible. eg whether God wants to heal, whether God wants to prosper, whether God wants this or that.... it's mostly revealed already in the Word. So no need for "if"s, "maybe"s, "sometimes" etc.
John 6:29
29 Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
John 6:39
39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all that he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
John 6:40
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 him up at the last day."
1 John 3:23
And this is his command: to believe in the name of his Son, Jesus Christ, and to
love one another as he commanded us.
And for everything else, the will of God is given in the Bible. eg whether God wants to heal, whether God wants to prosper, whether God wants this or that.... it's mostly revealed already in the Word. So no need for "if"s, "maybe"s, "sometimes" etc.
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I believe the will of God is:
(Matthew 22:34) "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.<SUP>38</SUP>This is the first and greatest commandment. <SUP>39</SUP>And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. <SUP>40</SUP>All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Sanctification is a byproduct of the love of God and when you truly love God the byproduct is that you truly start to love your neighbor.
I believe this is the will of God, and sanctification, faith, obedience and every other fruit of the spirit will come as a result of that love.
God bless,
028
(Matthew 22:34) "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.<SUP>38</SUP>This is the first and greatest commandment. <SUP>39</SUP>And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself. <SUP>40</SUP>All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments."
Sanctification is a byproduct of the love of God and when you truly love God the byproduct is that you truly start to love your neighbor.
I believe this is the will of God, and sanctification, faith, obedience and every other fruit of the spirit will come as a result of that love.
God bless,
028
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welp it depends on many things . . . do mean his PERFET will or his permissive will? Are you speaking of His Specific will or his general will?
Even once you answer those questions we can only know specific segments of Gods will, those which he has chosen to reveal to us personally and generally.
Gods will is more than a human mind can grasp in its totality. To know it, you must be like God.
Even once you answer those questions we can only know specific segments of Gods will, those which he has chosen to reveal to us personally and generally.
Gods will is more than a human mind can grasp in its totality. To know it, you must be like God.
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I believe His ultimate will is for redemption for the purpose of communion/fellowship. the two greatest comandments fit nicely with this.
A good example of this is the story of the prodical son. The father didn't really care about making cleaning his son, he just wanted his son, and his son became cleansed as a part of rejoining his fathers household. Notice that the robe and the ring and the imbrace came before a bath was ever administered. God wants His children back and He will imbrace them in what ever condition they return. And He will not hold back His blessings or make them conditional upon mans cleansing.
A good example of this is the story of the prodical son. The father didn't really care about making cleaning his son, he just wanted his son, and his son became cleansed as a part of rejoining his fathers household. Notice that the robe and the ring and the imbrace came before a bath was ever administered. God wants His children back and He will imbrace them in what ever condition they return. And He will not hold back His blessings or make them conditional upon mans cleansing.
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I'd say its summed up in Pslams...
"Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. "
His will is that he be glorified.
"Psa 46:10 Be still, and know that I [am] God: I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth. "
His will is that he be glorified.
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If that is all that God wants then why did He even make us?
I think that you all are missing the point.
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to have a Father and son relationship with the one who brought us into existance.
God created us for such a relationship. Our spirit was created for the soul purpose of pouring Himself into. Our hearts were created for the soul purpose of loving and recieving love. Sin seperated us from God. God came not to save us from just from hell. He came to save us from the seperation that occured and restore the relationship of a Father to His sons. It has been said that Hell is Hell only because God is not there.
God created us for such a relationship. Our spirit was created for the soul purpose of pouring Himself into. Our hearts were created for the soul purpose of loving and recieving love. Sin seperated us from God. God came not to save us from just from hell. He came to save us from the seperation that occured and restore the relationship of a Father to His sons. It has been said that Hell is Hell only because God is not there.
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Snup isn't that basically what we have all said in here? U only reworded the same theory as I and others have stated.
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not quite, only two other person on this tread has talked about relationships. Everyone else has talked about santification or some part of salvation. I am the only one who has mentioned seperation and the father son relationship.
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Sanctification is being seperated for religous use. In other words, to be seperated for the will of God.
So I was just agreeing on the being seperated part.
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Do you think that we are all called to be "sanctified"? To be used "religiously"?
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This is a very deep question, one that can't be answered in just one sentence or one verse from the bible.
I believe that God's will is black and white in some areas, and grey in many other areas. (grey meaning that it could go either black or white depending on the situation).
I would like to hear more on the application of Gods will, not just the generalization.Be more specific. If it is something that only fits you, and not everyone, say so. If it is a black and white, meaning it fits everyone say that too.
I believe that God's will is black and white in some areas, and grey in many other areas. (grey meaning that it could go either black or white depending on the situation).
I would like to hear more on the application of Gods will, not just the generalization.Be more specific. If it is something that only fits you, and not everyone, say so. If it is a black and white, meaning it fits everyone say that too.
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