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Ml 3:35
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Introduction:
The term “the will of God” is found 23 times in our King James Bible.
The term sybolizes the idea that God has something for me to do, there is a plan and a purpose for my life a reason for existing.
The question many Christians have is “what is God’s will for my life?”
God has provided salvation through his Son Jesus Christ and he is spreading that message everywhere through the local church.
The wonderful truth is that He has called us to participate.
Each believer has a responsibility to the “will of God” but we are never commanded to find the will of God.
We need to understand what it is generally (for all believers), what it is specifically (for you) and how we can discern what “it” (the will of God) is.
General Will-
1. Salvation-
2. Baptism-
2. Baptism-
3. Church Membership & Attendance-
3. Church Membership & Attendance-
4. Prayer & Bible Reading-
5. Lead our families for God
Specific Will-
- The specific will of God will not violate the general will of God (nor will it violate scripture)
- We will never understand the specific will of God until we are yielded to the general will of God
-We must be obedient () this is how we get wisdom and having wisdom is necessary!
So many people are trying to discern God’s direction for their life with their own wit and fleshly wisdom.
Declaration: God has a will for his people and we can know it.
Preposition: Do you desire to know the will of God?
Transition: I want us to notice 3 important aspects of knowing the will of God.
The first aspect of knowing God’s will …is that we must be Surrendered
I. We Must “be” Surrendered
Illustration: Man who told me that he would die for the Lord - God may not ask us to die - but he is asking us to live- to be a living sacrafice
Let’s look at the what, the how and the why of surrender:
A. What we Should Do- Our Body Presented-
Illustration: The Temple in the Old Testament was the place where God dwelt.
This pictures for us the place God dwells now- in the believer.
Illustration: The Temple in the Old Testament was the place where God dwelt.
This pictures for us the place God dwells now- in the believer.
B. How we Should do it- Our Lives Holy & Acceptable-
i.
It should be holy- (means set apart)
“But as he which hath called you is holy, so be ye holy in all manner of conversation;” ()
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It should be Acceptable
Illustration: When I was in school I had an art teacher who really pushed me as a student.
There would be times I would turn in a hasty piece of artwork and she would return it to me with one word “unacceptable”.
Illustration: When I was in school I had an art teacher who really pushed me as a student.
There would be times I would turn in a hasty piece of artwork and she would return it to me with one word “unacceptable”.
God does not accept any and everything.
We must prove what is acceptable to God.
Illustration: Cain’s offering vs Abel’s Offering
Cain’s offering vs Abel’s offering
C. Why- It is reasonable- considering what He did for me
Reasonable- logical or rational
Illustration:
Considering what Christ has done for you and how He dies for you and shed His blood for you – the only reasonable response is to serve him and surrender our lives to Him!
We must be surrendered but we must also be Separated
II.
We Must “be” Separated
Rp 12:2
There are two aspects to thsi verse - the “be not conformed” and the “be ye transformed”
A. Be Not! -we are not to be conformed
Illustration - object lesson - sticky sand in the mold-
i.
We must separate from the world -
ii.
We must separate from worldliness –
ii.
We must separate from worldliness –
-Worldly mentality in raising our kids-
-Worldly mentality in raising our kids-
* Direct them- ,
* Discipline them- Pr, 13:24, , ,
-Worldly mentally in business (greed)-, “the love of money”
Illustration: Solomon was a man that had aquired all this world has to offer and look at his remarks on it:
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B. Be Ye! - we are to be transformed-
We cannot bring our way of thinking into the Christian life
i.
Through the Word!-
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We don’t think like God because we do not know how God thinks.
We think like the world because that is the mold we are being forced into.
If we are to prove what the will of God is we must have our thinking transformed.
We don’t think like God because we do not know how God thinks.
We think like the world because that is the mold we are being forced into.
If we are to prove what the will of God is we must have our thinking transformed.
“Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus:” ()
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In order to properly discern the will of God- We must be Surrendered, we must be Separated and lastly… we must be Sober minded
III.
We Must “be” Sober Minded
A. We must think seriously about our lives for Christ
“but to think soberly”
“Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.”
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Quote: It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about important things.
Robert M. Hutchins.
“Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;” ()
“But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.”
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“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:” ()
Quote: It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about important things.
Robert M. Hutchins.
Robert M. Hutchins.
Conclusion
In order for us to understand the will of God for our life we must be
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