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THE WILL OF GOD  

11/22/2007 2:07 pm

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 Romans 12
I APPEAL to you therefore, brethren, and beg of you in view of [all] the mercies of God, to make a decisive dedication of your bodies [presenting all your members and faculties] as a living sacrifice, holy (devoted, consecrated) and well pleasing to God, which is your reasonable (rational, intelligent) service and spiritual worship.
Do not be conformed to this world (this age), [fashioned after and adapted to its external, superficial customs], but be transformed (changed) by the [entire] renewal of your mind [by its new ideals and its new attitude], so that you may prove [for yourselves] what is the good and acceptable and perfect will of God, even the thing which is good and acceptable and perfect [in His sight for you].

Because of the mercies of God we should make the quality decision to dedicate our bodies presenting all of its members spirit, soul and body, the whole of our being, as a living sacrifice holy and well pleasing to God which is our reasonable service. It’s our reasonable service or expected of us to give the whole of our being to the Father because of His goodness and mercy to us.

In order to do this we have to do verse 2. We must not be conformed to the world’s way of thinking or adapt to it but be renewed in our mind to the word of God. We can then prove what is the good, acceptable and perfect will of God for our lives.
We must first determine the will of God for our lives. Whether we are in the good, acceptable or the perfect will of God we must still be obedient to His word no matter which one of these states we are in.
Debt is not the perfect will of God for any of us.

Deuteronomy 18:12
The Lord shall open to you His good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain of your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands; and you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.

We can see here that the perfect will of God for us is to not be the borrower but to be the lender. However we know it is a not a sin to borrow otherwise it would be a sin to lend. We can see that borrowing is his good or acceptable will here but it is not His perfect will for us. He wants us to grow from his good and acceptable will into His perfect will. It’s like the 30, 60, and 100 fold. We will receive 100 fold return when we get into His perfect will and stay there.

What if you are a smoker? Does that fall into one of these categories? Maybe smoking would be the good will of God? What if you are having sex outside of marriage? Your mate hasn’t come along yet and you do have needs. So you are having sex with a friend. Could this be God’s good will for you until he sends your mate and then you will be in His perfect will? One thing for sure we cannot list sin in these categories. Sin is never God’s will on any level.

The above-mentioned example of being a borrower or a lender sheds some light on the three different wills of God. No matter what level of will we are at we must still obey God’s word.

Being in the good or acceptable will of God you may have some debt, or drive a 1998 instead of a 2008. You may rent instead of own etc…
But there is no sin involved. Sin is never okay. Like money is the exchange for goods in the world’s system, obedience to God’s word is the exchange for goods in the Kingdom of God’s system.

While you maybe in the good or acceptable will of God you must be striving for the perfect will of God. On each level there are benefits. But there is no comparison between the good and acceptable to the perfect. When you are in the perfect will of God you will never struggle with anything. Opposition will arise but it will be a synch to deal with. There is something about the boldness to stand in your authority or operate from your place of authority, seated at the right hand of the Father in Christ Jesus, when you are in the perfect will of God. When you know where you are seated you live different.

When you are practicing sin this will affect your ability to operate in your authority. If you are not in control of your own life you will not have authority over anything else.

Bottom line He is a good God and His mercies are new every morning and forever lasting, II Chronicles 7:3, Psalm 105:5, Psalm 103:17. Knowing this we need not take His mercies for granted or take advantage of them.

Live right and you will get what is right for you.
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11/22/2007 3:14 pm

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For me to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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