FOF Chapter 13 God's Will and Guidance
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17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
I. God’s Will
I. God’s Will
A. The meaning of God’s will :
A. The meaning of God’s will :
1. God’s sovereign will
1. God’s sovereign will
24 The Lord of hosts has sworn: “As I have planned, so shall it be, and as I have purposed, so shall it stand,
11 In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will,
2. God’s Commanded Will
2. God’s Commanded Will
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.
39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
B. The Nature of God’s will
B. The Nature of God’s will
13 for it is God who works in you, both to will and to work for his good pleasure.
3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you abstain from sexual immorality;
14 Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness?
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
6 And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ.
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope.
C. Response to God’s will
C. Response to God’s will
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
19 Therefore let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good.
13 Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— 14 yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. 15 Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”
17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
29 “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
1 “You shall therefore love the Lord your God and keep his charge, his statutes, his rules, and his commandments always.
II. Guidance
II. Guidance
A. Meaning of Guidance
A. Meaning of Guidance
52 Then he led out his people like sheep and guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
24 And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting!
3 He restores my soul. He leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
B. The nature of guidance
B. The nature of guidance
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.
16 Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him as he saw that the city was full of idols.
28 And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.
1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3 yes, if you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, 4 if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures, 5 then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God. 6 For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; 7 he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, 8 guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. 9 Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; 10 for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; 11 discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,
III. Application
III. Application
5 Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. 6 In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.
10 If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and abide in his love.
5 If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.