Doing God’s Will – A Cooperative Process. “Now, may the God of peace… prepare you for God’s service by equipping (“katartiasai”) you with every good (“agathos”) thing you need to do what God wants, becoming fully mature in order to do God’s will (“thelema) in every good deed. May God produce in you only those …
God’s Will, Not Mine. “And He took with Him Peter, James and John, and began to be very distressed and troubled; and He said to them, ‘My soul is deeply grieved to the point of death; remain here and keep watch.’ And He went a little beyond them, and fell to the ground, and began …
God’s Will – Jesus to the Rescue. “In obedience to the will (“thelema”) of our God and Father, Jesus our Savior gave Himself as a sacrifice for our sins in order to rescue (“exeletai”) us from this present age dominated by evil. May God’s glorious name receive all the honor and praise through all the …
God’s Will – Sexual Holiness. “God’s will for you is your sanctification (“hagiasmos”), to live a holy life set apart from unbelievers in your sexual purity. God’s will is that you keep away from any type of sexual immorality (“porneia”). Gods will is that each of us know how to manage our sexual impulses in …
God’s Will and the Hope of Universal Restoration. “God was pleased that all His divine fullness should forever dwell permanently in the Son, who as predetermined by God, bled peace into the world by His death on the Cross as God’s means of reconciling to Himself the whole creation – all things in heaven and …
God’s Will -Intimate Knowledge of Him. God’s Will, Beyond our Understanding. “O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His decisions! And how mysterious are His ways, His methods, and His paths! For who has known the mind of the Lord, who has understood His thoughts, or who has …
God’s Will – His Creation. “You alone made the whole universe; by Your will and design, whatever did not exist was brought into being.” (Revelation 4:11). Hebrew Word for Will is “haspasti”, which means to will something because it brings great delight; to desire because it brings pleasure; to wish something to be done because it …
God’s Will – Heaven on Earth. “You may expend your whole life in search of the Will of God, His “perfect will,” but you will not find any other perfect will of God than that which God has revealed in Christ Jesus. And that will is mercy, a mercy which involves giving your life for …
God’s Will – Mercy. “The root of all of God’s activity in this world, beginning even with the world’s creation, is Mercy… Mercy is the cause and reason of all that God does. God does nothing, absolutely nothing, except as an expression of His Mercy.” (Rev. Patrick Henry Reardon, from his book, Christ in the Psalms). …
God’s Will – A Mystery. “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may obey the words of His teachings.” (Deuteronomy 29:29). MYSTERY: (Greek, Musterion); a sacred secret hidden in the heart of God until the appointed time of revelation; …
God’s Will – Introduction. God’s Will, Beyond our Understanding. “O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His decisions! And how mysterious are His ways, His methods, and His paths! For who has known the mind of the Lord, who has understood His thoughts, or who has ever been …