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Do
you see His desire, His will? He completely wants your
feelings, your attitude and your desires. He wants a
relationship where your response to Him comes from a
loving heart that longs to know Him, to desire Him and
to please Him with everything you have. Is that true
of you? God has already expressed His love for you in,
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life. (NASB) John 3:16 What
He desires is two hearts (figuratively speaking for God)
that love each other. Those of us who are not followers
of Jesus must respond to another aspect of His will.
It is also expressed as a command and
is found in 1
John 3:23. His first and foremost will is that we love
with our entire being. Please note that the word "begotten" in
John 3:16 means "one and only."
Fivefold
Will of God. For
a true disciple of Jesus, God is already working in us
according to His will and His purpose which is to change
us (1 Cor. 15:10; Phil 2:12-13; Heb. 13:21). While we
know that God wants to make us like Jesus, have you ever
wondered what it is that He wants to change you
into? What does He want you to be like? There are five "will" statements
in the New Testament which answer these questions. They
add to what we already know about the "will of God." These
passages are as follows:
Now
lets examine each of them . . .
1st Will - Abstain From Sexual Sin: Our
first passage is 1 Thess 4:3. This passage merely says that it is God's
will for us to abstain from immorality. Now there are many concepts as
to what immorality is. Some would say that sexual conduct with a person
of the opposite sex is okay as long as you love them. Some would say
that no sin takes place unless the other person objects. Many would say
that it is wrong to have sex with your neighbor's wife if you are already
married - that would be adultery. Many would agree that incest or sex
with a sister, brother, son or daughter is immoral. But we would make
a serious mistake if we limited God's will about our sexual purity to
just adultery and incest. To limit the English translation of the Greek
word PORNEIA to "immorality" misses
the mark because it also includes incest, homosexuality, lesbianism,
bestiality, and prostitution.
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