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Knowing God’s Will
Online Sermon: http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567
If Jesus Christ appeared in the flesh before your eyes and you could ask Him any
question that you would like what would your question be?1 For example, you might ask Him
why so many tragic events happened in your life or why He allows war, pestilences, or injustices
to exist?
And while the answers to these questions would be intriguing, i.e., if we could even
understand them, standing in the presence of His holiness would not our number one question be
Lord would you please tell me Your calling
for my life so that I might understand the
reason why I exist and so that I might obey
You?2 To know God’s will is crucial to
pleasing Him and yet those seeking His will
are often left wondering how and under what
circumstances can a finite human being truly
know the will of the Divine?
For instance,
are there parts of God’s will that are
irrevocable, unknowable and not subject to a
response from humanity?
What parts of
God’s will be common to all of humanity that
require a response from us in order for them
to come to fruition in our lives?
Does God have a specific will or plan for me that is unique and
once obeyed is the key to pleasing Him and attaining the fullness of Christ in my life?
And if
this plan exists how does one go about learning and obeying this good, pleasing and perfect will?
Since Christ died and rose again to atone for our sins we truly do want to please Him and live up
to our God-given potential but without answering these fundamental questions of the Divine
purpose in our lives how can His greatest glory and our maximum impact on His kingdom ever
be realized?3
The following sermon is going to review Romans 12:1-2 and others passage in the
Bible to help answer these all-important life questions.
The Sovereign Will of God
God’s will can be broken down into three specific categories.
The first category of God’s
will relate to His eternal decrees.4
God’s plan for all things seen and unseen is absolute and as
Alan Carr, “Knowing the Will of God (Acts 9:1–6),” in The Sermon Notebook: New Testament
(Lenoir, NC: Alan Carr, 2015), 1991.
2
Tony Evans, “‘Your Commitment and Your Calling,’” in Tony Evans Sermon Archive (Tony
Evans, 2015), Ro 12:1–2.
3
Tony Evans, “‘Your Commitment and Your Calling,’” in Tony Evans Sermon Archive (Tony
Evans, 2015), Ro 12:1–2.
4
Alan Carr, “Knowing the Will of God (Acts 9:1–6),” in The Sermon Notebook: New Testament
(Lenoir, NC: Alan Carr, 2015), 1991.
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such cannot be thwarted or modified by anyone or anything (Isaiah 46:10, Ephesians 1:11).
To
pray to change the absolute will of God for all creation would be futile and very frustrating5 for
what He wills He always makes happen!6
For example, no matter how much faith, prayer or
attempts to get the Messiah to come to conquer Rome this did not stop Jesus from fulfilling the
plan He set even before time began to be the
suffering servant of Isaiah and atone for
humanity’s sin on the cross (Revelation
13:8)!
Even if one were to quote Jesus’ own
words in the Sermon on the Mount, “ask and
it will be given to you” (Matthew 7:7) to try
and force Him to return in one’s lifetime this
would only happen if the appointed time of
His will was to return within one’s lifetime
(1 John 5:14).
Has there ever been anything
written in prophecy that even the greatest of
earthly kings in all their earthly splendor,
power and wealth have ever been able to
either add or take away from either the timing or their details of their occurrence?
Not only is
God’s eternal will absolute and irrevocable, but it is also “beyond anything we can full know on
earth.”7
Lest we hear the words Job did, “brace yourself like a man (or woman), I will question
you” we must accept the truth that there are many things that has and will happen that we as
finite, sinful human beings are incapable of knowing or fully grasping His glorious plans!
The
omniscient, omnipotent, sovereign Lord’s ways are infinitely higher than ours (Isaiah 55:8), for
while we strive to know everything about the world we live in that is not our home (Hebrews
13:14) and the one we are going too (John 14:3), we remain like Apostle Paul, only seeing dimly
and a mere glimpse of God’s plan and His glory (1 Corinthians 13:12)!
God’s Will of Salvation
The second category of God’s will relate to His “moral will”8 for all of humanity.
While
the moral laws are like His eternal decrees, forever settled and unchanging, they differ because
God allows humanity the choice to either follow or reject them! 9 The most important of these
moral laws relates to the choice of either accepting or rejecting God’s gracious gift of salivation.
“Apostle Peter tells us that the Lord is not slow in keeping His promise to return but is merely
5
James Montgomery Boice, Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable
Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1986), 476.
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James Montgomery Boice, Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable
Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1986), 476.
7
James Montgomery Boice, Foundations of the Christian Faith: A Comprehensive & Readable
Theology (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1986), 476.
8
Alan Carr, “Knowing the Will of God (Acts 9:1–6),” in The Sermon Notebook: New Testament
(Lenoir, NC: Alan Carr, 2015), 1991.
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June Hunt, Biblical Counseling Keys on Hope: The Anchor of Your Soul (Dallas, TX: Hope For
The Heart, 2008), 18.
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patiently waiting, giving everyone more time and opportunity to repent because He wills that
none should perish (2 Peter 3:9)!
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