Knowing The Will Of God

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Knowing The Will Of God

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• Topics Holiness of God Isaiah 63v
• Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
  Spirit. Isaiah 68-10v
• Knowing The Will Of God Through Circumstances And
  Counsel Proverbs 246v

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-1

• Before any one can understand the will of God,
  they must have spiritual knowledge of His
  Holiness.
• (Isaiah 63v) And one cried to another and said
  Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts the whole
  earth is full of His glory! Which means to
  glorify God acknowledge his holiness. Humans
  must give praises to the most High and Holy
  divine God, the Lord of hosts.
• "Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do
  all to the glory of God" (1 Corinthians 1031v).
• One of the greatest fall of mankind is in not
  realizing who God is and what His character is
  like.  

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-2

• God is NOT human. He is God, He is a Holy God and
  as such there is an infinite gap between God and
  man concerning His holiness.
• The gap is His holiness verses the ungodliness
  in man kind.
• The gap is Gods absolute righteousness and
  goodness verses the sinful nature in man.
• The gap between God and us is unbridgeable from
  our side. If this unbridgeable gap is to be
  bridged, then it must be from Gods sidefor God
  is holy.
• To be holy means to be set apart. God is set
  apart from the power, practice, and presence of
  sin, and He is set apart to absolute
  righteousness and goodness. There is no sin in
  God and sin cannot stand in the present of God.

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-3

• One needs to understand this. If we are to
  approach God, we must do so on Gods terms.
  Therefore Somehow, we must be made holyjust as
  holy as God is.
• Any holiness, which falls short of Gods
  holiness, will not be able to stand in the
  presence of God. So, because of the holiness of
  God, we must have a new life in which our sins
  have been forgiven and done away with so that we
  actually can be as separated from sin as God is.
• This is the good news of the gospel that Christ
  died for our sins, having taken them upon
  Himself, and has set us apart from them. This is
  our position before God which will never change.

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-4

• Because of what God has done, we can enter boldly
  into the presence of God thru our Lord and savor
  Jesus Christ. So now, if any one happens to thank
  that he or she cant be Holy, I have just told
  you how you can be. For this is the good news of
  the gospel that Jesus Christ died for our sins.
  So you see, as long as you have sin in your life,
  that gap is un-bridged.
• When we confess our sins, we are covered with the
  blood of Jesus and their fore, that unbridgeable
  gap becomes bridged.
• So how in the first place did man become sin and
  separated from God and his Holiness?

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-5

• Turn to (GEN 31v) which tell us that the serpent
  was more cunning than any beast of the field,
  which the LORD God had made. Meaning of CUNNING
  Having skill in deception, guile, cunning means
  delicately pleasing pretty or cute and guile
  means skillful deceit.
• Turn to GEN 36-7v Adams Sin.
• 6V So when the woman saw that the tree was good
  for food, that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a
  tree desirable to make one wise, she took of its
  fruit and ate. She also gave to her husband with
  her, and he ate. 7V Then the eyes of both of
  them were opened, and they knew that they were
  naked and they sewed fig leaves together and
  made themselves coverings.
• After this, Gods plan was to redeem man back to
  Himself and He did that threw His son Jesus
  Christ.

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Holiness of God (glorifying God). 1-6

• (GEN. 217V) Adams sin The tree of knowledge
  good and evil, of which God said that he was not
  to eat under penalty of death.
• Up to this time Adam was morally innocent. When
  he sinned, he by nature became a sinner. As such
  he died. He died spiritually immediately and
  began to die physically. 
• Adam was the first man ever to live upon the
  face of the earth. From Adam and Eve come every
  other human being who ever has lived upon the
  face of the earth. Adam is the federal head
  from whom every other man came. Human beings
  beget human beings.
• Every human being descended from Adam is a sinner
  just like him except Christ. Be cause of Adams
  sin, death entered into the human race (Rom.
  512-21V) every human being needs to have the
  new life.

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The contrast of RIGHTEOUSNESS and CONDEMNATION

• Condemnation The act of condemning, the state
  of being condemned.
• Look at verse 18. Therefore, as through one
  mans offense judgment came to all men, resulting
  in condemnation, even so through one Mans
  righteous act the free gift came to all men,
  resulting in justification of life.
• First lest talk about the offense. For as by one
  mans disobedience many were made sinners.
• The judgment, which came from one offense,
  resulted in condemnation.
• The act of condemning, resulted when Adam
  himself, eat of the forbidden fruit. Now the
  state of being condemned, resulted threw mans
  disobedience, which now the judgment, which came
  form one offense, resulted in condemnation. So
  what was the offense? Mans disobedience. (Now
  Gods Judgment)

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Righteousness

• The Free Gift Take, a look at verse 15. But
  the free gift is not like the offense. For if by
  the one mans offense many died, much more the
  grace of God and the gift by the grace of the one
  Man, Jesus Christ, abounded to many.
• The gift is not like that which came through the
  one who sinned. The judgment, which came from one
  offense, resulted in condemnation, but the free
  gift, which came from many offenses, resulted in
  justification.
• Much more those who receive abundance of grace
  and of the gift of righteousness will, reign in
  life through the One, Jesus Christ. So through
  one Mans righteous act the free gift came to all
  men, resulting in justification of life.
• Take a look verse 19. For as by one mans
  disobedience many were made sinners, so also by
  one Mans obedience many will be made righteous.
• Verse 20. Moreover the law entered that the
  offense might abound. But where sin abounded,
  grace abounded much more.

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. Isaiah 68-10v 1-1

• (8v) Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying
  Whom Shall I send, and who will go for Us? Then
  I said, Here am I! Send me.
• (9v) And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear
  ye indeed, but understand not and see ye indeed,
  but perceive not.
• (10v) Make the heart of this people fat, and
  make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes lest
  they see with their eyes, and hear with their
  ears, and understand with their heart, and
  convert, and be healed.
• These three verses talks about the commission of
  Isaiah, in the year that King Uzziah died, Isaiah
  saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted
  up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.
  Above it stood seraphim each one had six wings
  with two he covered his face, with two he covered
  his feet, and with two he flew.

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-2

• Seraphim meaning, a celestial being having three
  pairs of wings. In this sense, Celestial means
  relating to heaven, supremely good, Blessed,
  Divine, Eternal, Holy, Spiritual
• This word Seraphim also means fiery ones, in
  allusion, as is supposed, to their burning love.
  They are represented as "standing" above the King
  as he sat upon his throne, ready at once to
  minister unto him. Their form appears to have
  been human, with the addition of wings. One of
  the first of nine orders of Angels.
• Take a look verse 3. And one cried to another
  and said Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts
  The whole earth is full of His glory!

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-3

• One of the Seraphim flew to Isaiah having in his
  hand a love coal, which he had taken with the
  tongs from the altar. And he touched Isaiah mouth
  with it, and said Behold, this has touched your
  lips Your iniquity is taken away, And your sin
  purged.
• Now go back to verse 9 10v, the Lord speaking
  to Isaiah and saying go and tell this people
  Keep on hearing, but do not understand Keep on
  seeing, but do not perceive. Make the heart of
  this people dull, And their ears heavy, And shut
  their eyes Lest they see with their eyes, And
  hear with their ears, And understand with their
  heart, And return and be healed, which is simply
  put, be converted.
• The moment a repenting sinner receives Christ by
  faith into his or her heart, the Holy Spirit
  immediately does five things for them

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-4

• He regenerates the believer, that is, He gives
  him a new nature. (John 35-6v Titus 35v).
• He baptizes the believer into the body of Christ.
  (1ST Corinthians 1213v).
• He indwells the believer. (Roman 89-11v 1st
  Corinthians 619-20v).
• (a) To exist as an animating or divine inner
  spirit, force, or principle.
• (b) To be located or implanted inside something.
• He seals the believer. (Ephesians 113-14
  430-32v).
• (a) To complete (something), To engage or make
  full
• He fills the believer. (Acts 24 48-9 755
  1352v).
• All five of these ministries occur at conversion.
  
• What do I mean by conversion?

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-5

• The act of converting, or the state of being
  converted.
• A change in which one adopts a new religion,
  faith, or belief.
• Something that is changed from one uses
  function, or purpose to another.
• The fifth ministry, however, should be asked for
  as needed. See Ephesians 518 Galatians
  516-18v.
• Actually the word control is a better term than
  fill in describing this fifth ministry. It does
  not mean that we get more of the Spirit, but
  rather that He gets more of us.
• The fifth ministry is lost when the believer
  either quenches or grieves the Holy Spirit.
  Quenches1st Thessalonians 519v Grieves
  Ephesians 430v.

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-6

• Meaning of Quench To put out (a fire, for
  example) when filled with the Holy Spirit and you
  sin or quench the Holy Spirit, youve just put
  out your fire. Jesus said that he will baptize
  you with fire, which means be filled with the
  Holy Spirit. We can re- quench our thirst of the
  Holy Spirit but, however, it should be asked for
  as needed.
• Meaning of Grieves To cause to be sorrowful
  distress (example) It grieves me to receive the
  Holy Spirit. Do not be sorrowful that you have
  received the Holy Spirit, instead be happy,
  glorify God.
• The fifth ministry can be regained by following
  the command of (1st John 19v), If we confess
  our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us
  our sins and to cleanse us from all
  unrighteousness.

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
Spirit. 1-7

• How can a Christian be certain that he or she is
  indeed controlled by the Holy Spirit on a daily
  basis?
• First, he or she must consecrate his body as a
  living sacrifice to the Holy Spirit. (Romans
  121-2v)
• Second, he or she must depend upon the Holy
  Spirit to convict them of sin. (Psalms 13923-24
  1912-14v).
• Finally, he or she must look to the Holy Spirit
  for divine power in serving Christ. (Acts 18
  Galatians 516-17v and Ephesians 316v).

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Circumstances And
Counsel Proverbs 246v 1-1

• While the Christians is to live above their
  circumstances, he or she is not to be unaware of
  them. God often works through circumstances in
  revealing His perfect will for us.
• Certainly Pauls wonderful statement, all things
  works together for good to those who love God
  (Romans 828v) takes into account our
  circumstances. A number of biblical examples can
  be given to illustrate this.
• The Will Of God Through Circumstances
• God directed Abraham to substitute a ram, whose
  horns had somehow become entangled in a thicket,
  for the life of Isaac Genesis 2213v.
• God arranged for Pharaohs daughter to be bathing
  in the river Nile at the exact time the baby
  Moses floated by in a little ark of bulrushes
  Exodus 21-10v
• Pauls young nephew happened to overhear a plot
  to kill his famous uncle. He then reported it to
  the authorities, thus saving the apostles life
  Acts 2312-22v.

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Knowing The Will Of God Through Circumstances And
Counsel Proverbs 246v 1-2

• Surely these circumstances were arranged. So the
  Christian should ask, when attempting to discover
  Gods will, is the Lord showing me something
  through my circumstances?
• The Will Of God Through Counsel
• Counselors also play an important role in finding
  Gods will. In a multitude of counselors there
  is safety (Proverbs 246v), but however, three
  things must be kept in mind at this point
• Counsel must come from a godly source.
  Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of
  trouble is like a bad tooth and a foot out of
  joint (Proverbs 2519v).
• Sometimes even the godliest person can
  unknowingly give us wrong advice. Nathan the
  prophet did this when he encouraged David to
  build the temple (2 Samuel 71-13v).
• In the final analysis, each person is responsible
  for knowing Gods revealed purpose for his or her
  own life.

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Occasions Of Doubt (Lamentations 520)

• (a) Doubt may be defined as an uncertainty of
  belief or lack of confidence in something.
  Applied to the Christian life, doubt refers to
  the unbelief in God and His Word that Christians
  occasionally exhibit. It is possible that in a
  moment of infirmity a Christian may doubt the
  existence of God in spite of the fact that it is
  not reasonable for a person to disbelieve this
  truth (Psalms 14 1v). A Christian is more likely
  to doubt his salvation after sinning or after a
  spiritual defeat. A misunderstanding of such
  verses as First John 39v contributes to this
  doubt Whoever has been born of God does not
  sin. It is crucial to note that this verse
  speaks of a life-style of sin, not instances of
  sin.
• (b) A Christian may also doubt Gods sovereignty
  of His goodness. In such circumstances as
  sickness, suffering, injustice, opposition,
  economic problems, family problems, national
  calamity, or apparently unanswered prayer, a
  Christian may be tempted to doubt the goodness of
  God. One must remember that it is not always
  possible to discern Gods good hand in the
  affairs of life. The person of faith believes God
  even when circumstances appear to the contrary.
• (c) All doubt may be traced ultimately to belief
  in the Word of God, which affirms beyond question
  the existence and character of God. To regard
  doubt as the sin of unbelief and then confess it
  to God as sin is therefore the first step toward
  conquering it.

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Sources Of Doubt (Habakkuk 12)

• (a) One of the most potent sources of doubt is
  introduced in the early chapters of Genesis. It
  is Satan himself who causes Eve to doubt God by
  questioning His Word Has God indeed said, You
  shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
  (Genesis 31v). Satan even tries to get the
  suffering Job to curse God (Job 111v). Satan is
  said to be seeking to devour Christians (1 Peter
  58v). This statement must not be taken
  literally, but means that Satan wants to devour
  the Christians commitment to God and testimony
  before others. One way he does this is by
  introducing doubt into the mind.
• (b) The world system is another source of doubt.
  Since it has its own set of values and objectives
  that are opposed to God, it also has its own
  worldly wisdom (1 Corinthians 26v). This wisdom
  stands in direct opposition to the wisdom of God
  taught by the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 213v).
  It is clearly revealed, for example, in the
  opposition of the evolutionary theory to the
  truth of the creation of man (Timothy 620v).
• (c) Probably the greatest source of doubt
  Christians face is simply, their own spiritual
  immaturity. James traces doubting in prayer to
  double-mindedness and instability (James 18v).
  Paul explains that when Christians doubt sound
  doctrine, it is because they are children in the
  faith and thus is easily deceived (Ephesians
  414v). Conquering this kind of doubt demands a
  growing, obedient relationship with God.

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Cure for Doubt 1 King 1821v 1-1

• The cure for doubt depends to some extent on the
  thing that is doubted. However, the real problem
  is not in the object that is doubted but in the
  subject who doubts. Therefore, the doubting
  Christian should take the following steps
• Confess the doubt to god as sin. Doubt is
  basically unbelief in God and His Word and is
  therefore sin (Romans 1423 Hebrews 116v). God
  has promised to hear our confession of even the
  darkest unbelief.
• Study the evidence for the Christian faith.
  Christians have nothing to fear by looking into
  the facts from any source of knowledge. The
  greatest evidence for the belief of Christianity
  is the resurrection of Christ. The resurrection
  of Christ is witnessed by many proofs. Among
  these are the empty tomb, post-resurrection
  appearances, and transformed disciples. Since the
  Resurrection is true, it verifies everything the
  bible says.

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Cure for Doubt 1 King 1821 1-2

• Make certain of your salvation. Paul exhorts
  Christians to examine themselves to make sure
  they are Christians (2 Corinthians 135v). So did
  the author of (Hebrews 61-9v). Salvation from
  sin is by simple trust in Jesus Christ. Until you
  are assured of your salvation you will be
  troubled by enormous doubts.
• Faithfully study the Word of God. Faith comes by
  hearing, and hearing by the word of God (Romans
  1017v). Through study and application of the
  Bible, our faith is strengthened and matured.
  Most especially, we must master the doctrines or
  basic teachings of the Bible if we are to be
  stable, mature Christians (1 Timothy 413v, 16v
  and 2 Timothy 316v, and Titus 21v, 10v).
• Pray The surest way to face doubts when they
  come is to have an extensive past history of
  answered prayer. The more a Christian prays with
  faith, the more that Christian sees God answer
  prayer the more a person sees God answer prayer,
  the stronger that persons faith becomes while
  the doubt becomes less.

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Recognizing Gods Institutions 1-1

• God gave humanity four basic institutions The
  Family, Human Government, Israel, and the Church.
  It may be observed that each of these
  institutions demonstrates a characteristic or
  attribute of God. (Institutions, means a
  significant practice, relationship, or
  organization in a society or culture).
• Family (Genesis 224v and Deuteronomy 64v). The
  family was the first human institution God
  created. Through the family God illustrates
  visibly the relationships which exist in the
  Godhead and the relationship which exists between
  Christ and His church. Through the family God
  sought to bring into proper relationship the
  world with Himself. He created all of the heavens
  and earth and the things in them that they might
  prepare the way for and sustain the crown of His
  creationhumanity.
• Human Government Human government illustrates
  the judgment of God (Romans 131, 2v). Gods
  purpose in human government is that it serve as
  both a custodian and an enforcer of His eternal
  law. It has been correctly noted that all the
  thousands of good and practical laws passed by
  hundreds of legislative bodies and rulers
  throughout history are in reality only
  amplifications of the Ten Commandments.

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Recognizing Gods Institutions 1-2

• Israel Israel illustrates the election of god
  (Romans 91-8v 111-5v). Gods selection of
  Israel as a special nation may puzzle the Bible
  student, but His choice becomes obvious through
  study. When God promised Abraham that he would
  become the father of a great nation, He also
  promised that He would bless all peoples through
  that nation (Genesis 121-3). Israel was to be a
  channel of blessing as well as a recipient.
  (Recipient means one who functioning as a
  receiver).
• Church The church illustrates the love of God
  (Ephesians 522-27v). The church, illustrating
  Gods love for us, is the fourth institution
  through which God works. The universal churchthe
  Body of Christ (Colossians 118v)comprises all
  believers since the institution of the church.

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End Of PowerPoint Study

• Topics Holiness of God Isaiah 63v
• Knowing The Will Of God Through Submission To The
  Spirit. Isaiah 68-10v
• Knowing The Will Of God Through Circumstances And
  Counsel Proverbs 246v
• Hope that you have enjoyed this one as much as I
  have.