Will of God

The revelation of God’s will

In his word

2 Timothy 3:16 NASB95

All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness;

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Through the law

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Through the prophets

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In the apostolic gospel

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The fulfilment of God’s will

God’s will is fulfilled in Jesus Christ

Ephesians 1:9–10 NASB95

He made known to us the mystery of His will, according to His kind intention which He purposed in Him with a view to an administration suitable to the fullness of the times, that is, the summing up of all things in Christ, things in the heavens and things on the earth. In Him

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Jesus Christ obeyed his Father’s will

John 6:38 NASB95

“For I have come down from heaven, not to do My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me.

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Jesus Christ’s death fulfilled God’s will

Galatians 1:3–4 NASB95

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,

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God’s will for the world

God desires justice and righteousness

Amos 5:24 NASB95

“But let justice roll down like waters And righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

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God desires honesty and truth

Proverbs 12:22 NASB95

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, But those who deal faithfully are His delight.

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God desires harmony and peace

1 Timothy 2:2–3 NASB95

for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior,

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God desires the world to be saved

1 Timothy 2:4 NASB95

who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.

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God’s will for his redeemed people

God desires loving obedience

Matthew 22:35–38 NASB95

One of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 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.’ “This is the great and foremost commandment.

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Scripture regularly makes obedience to God a higher priority than performing religious acts:

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God desires worship

1 Peter 2:9 NASB95

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;

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God desires holiness

1 Thessalonians 4:3 NASB95

For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality;

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God desires love for one another

John 13:34–35 NASB95

“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another. “By this all men will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

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God desires high moral standards

1 Peter 2:15 NASB95

For such is the will of God that by doing right you may silence the ignorance of foolish men.

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God’s will may involve suffering

1 Peter 3:17 NASB95

For it is better, if God should will it so, that you suffer for doing what is right rather than for doing what is wrong.

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Proper responses to God’s will

Discovering God’s will

Ephesians 5:17 NASB95

So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

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Obeying God’s will

Matthew 7:21 NASB95

“Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.

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Praying for God’s will

Matthew 6:10 NASB95

‘Your kingdom come. Your will be done, On earth as it is in heaven.

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Making radical changes to do God’s will

Romans 12:2 NASB95

And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect.

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Rejecting God’s will

Luke 7:30 NASB95

But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected God’s purpose for themselves, not having been baptized by John.

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Examples of people who obeyed God’s will

Gad

David:

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Cyrus

Paul:

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Ways of discovering God’s will

teaching; Urim and Thummim; prayer; God’s word; revelation; the Holy Spirit; drawing lots

God’s will and the human will

God’s will overrules human wills

Proverbs 19:21 NASB95

Many plans are in a man’s heart, But the counsel of the Lord will stand.

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God’s will overrides the desires of the wicked

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God’s will can harmonise with human wills

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God’s will is sovereign

Over all things

Ephesians 1:11 NASB95

also we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to His purpose who works all things after the counsel of His will,

Over creation

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Over evil

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Over the gospel

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In the church

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