GOD’S WILL FOR CHRIST AND CHRISTIANS
Pastor J. C. O'Hair
Pastor J. C. O'Hair
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Note Ephesians 5:17: “Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the WILL of the Lord is.”
In this lesson every Scripture listed above should be read carefully and prayerfully, for we are told in I John 2:17 that he that doeth the WILL of God shall abide forever; and in I John 5:14, “if we ask anything according to God’s WILL, He heareth us.”
Then note Christ’s statements in John 9:31 and John 7:17, “if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth His WILL, him God heareth;” and “if any man will do His WILL, he shall know the doctrine.”
First let us note how Christ did the WILL of God. He said, “I come to do Thy WILL, O God.” (Hebrews 10:9).
Right after Christ had given the poor sinful woman at the well eternal life, His apostles came to Him with food saying, “Master eat.” (John 4:31). Note what Christ said to them: “My meat is to do the WILL of Him that sent Me, and to finish His work.” (John 4:34).
Hear again the words of Christ in John 6:38: “I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the WILL of Him that sent Me.
What did it mean for Christ to do His Father’s will and to finish the work? The answer is John 19:23 to 30, Calvary: “It is finished: and He bowed His head, and gave up the .” (John 19:30). On the way to Calvary, it meant Gethsemane: “and His sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground”; “not My WILL but Thine be done.” (Luke 22:42 to 44).
Then hear the good news for us, in Hebrews 10:10: “By the which WILL we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
“He that doeth the WILL of God abideth forever.” What is the first step that the sinner must take before he can begin to do the will of God? Hear the words of Christ, in John 6:40 and 39: “And this is the WILL of Him that sent Me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on Him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” “And this is the Father’s WILL which hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.”
Then after we believe the Son and have eternal life let us not be unwise, but understand what the WILL of God is. “Rejoice, pray without ceasing, in every thing give thanks. This is the WILL of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.” (I Thessalonians 5:16 to 18). “That ye might be filled with the knowledge of His WILL in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” (Colossians 1:9).
Let the Holy Spirit have His uninterrupted place within us in prayer, for His intercession is according to the WILL of God. (Romans 8:27). Let us obey Romans 12:1 and 2 and prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect WILL of God, as we are also instructed, in Ephesians 6:6, to do “the WILL of God from the heart.” Read the will of God in Hebrews 10:36, I Peter 2:15 - I Peter 3:17 - I Peter 4:2 and I Peter 4:19.
“The God of peace make you perfect in every good work to do His WILL.” (Hebrews 13:20 and 21). “It is God which worketh in us to WILL and to do of His good pleasure.” (Philippians 2:13).
In Ephesians 1:5 we read of “THE GOOD PLEASURE OF GOD’S WILL”; in Ephesians 1:11, THE COUNSEL OF GOD’S WILL; in Ephesians 1:9, of ‘THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S WILL.’
Then the final verse, Colossians 4:12, the fervent prayer that Christians may stand perfect and complete in ALL THE WILL of God.
No one, with God’s sanction, would have given the instruction of Colossians 4:12, concerning “all the will of God,” until the mystery of Colossians 1:25 and 26 had been revealed. So there may be quite a difference between the WILL of God and ‘THE MYSTERY OF GOD’S WILL.’
Posted By Cecil Spivey
cspivey1953@gmail.com
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