Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is.
Ephesians 5:17 NKJV
So don’t be foolish with your lives, but learn what the Lord wants you to do.
Ephesians 5:17 ERV
What's a will?
Will:- To express desire, choice, consent, willingness, frequent customary or habitual action, natural tendency/disposition, Capabilitysufficiency,insistence, persistence
Command, exhortation, injunction
All connotes and explain will according to Merriam Webster
What's the association between God and Knowledge?
God is a God of knowledge, a knowing God. He knows all things; past, present, future.
“Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.
I Samuel 2:3 NKJV
He was pleased when Solomon asked for wisdom and knowledge. 2 Chr 1:11-12
He walks with us according to our knowledge of Him, He works with you on your level and desire.
He doesn't appreciate ignorance.
“Who is this ignorant person saying these foolish things?
Job 38:2 ERV
“Who is this that darkens counsel [questioning my authority and wisdom] By words without knowledge?
JOB 38:2 AMP
My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
Hosea 4:6 NLT
Therefore my people have gone into captivity, Because they have no knowledge; Their honorable men are famished, And their multitude dried up with thirst.
Isaiah 5:13 NKJV
All things created of him reveals knowledge
The heavens declare the glory of God; And the firmament shows His handiwork. Day unto day utters speech, And night unto night reveals knowledge.
Psalms 19:1-2 NKJV
He teaches, so we can know.
He who instructs the nations, Does He not rebuke and punish, He who teaches man knowledge?
PSALMS 94:10 AMP
Knowledge is embedded in His very core.
The [reverent] fear of the Lord [that is, worshiping Him and regarding Him as truly awesome] is the beginning and the preeminent part of knowledge [its starting point and its essence]; But arrogant fools despise [skillful and godly] wisdom and instruction and self-discipline.
PROVERBS 1:7 AMP
The heart of him who has understanding seeks knowledge, But the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
Proverbs 15:14 NKJV
He uses knowledge to increase our strength.
Wisdom makes a man more powerful. Knowledge gives a man strength.
Proverbs 24:5 ERV
Knowledge keeps us in love with Him.
And this I pray, that your love may abound more and more [displaying itself in greater depth] in real knowledge and in practical insight,
PHILIPPIANS 1:9 AMP
Knowledge is power😀
Why is His will important?
I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. I say, ‘My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please.’
Isaiah 46:10 NIV
Because He's God, knows all, sees all, owns all...
It's His world, we are His creation
We exist because He willed it
“You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being.”
Revelation 4:11 NIV
In Greek, will thelema means desire, pleasure, choice, purpose.
What's God's will
- That we exist. Rev 4:11
- That all men be saved
- that the saved men come to the knowledge of the truth
who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.
1 Timothy 2:4 NIV
Do I have any pleasure at all that the wicked should die?” says the Lord God , “ and not that he should turn from his ways and live? For I have no pleasure in the death of one who dies,” says the Lord God . “Therefore turn and live!”
Ezekiel 18:23, 32 NKJV
His will is that we understand him in truth.
And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us an understanding, that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
I John 5:20 NKJV
That we live for Him.
To me, the only important thing about living is Christ. And even death would be for my benefit.
Philippians 1:21 ERV
so that he can no longer spend the rest of his natural life living for human appetites and desires, but [lives] for the will and purpose of God.
1 PETER 4:2 AMP
God's will is that we become sons through adoption.
He predestined and lovingly planned for us to be adopted to Himself as [His own] children through Jesus Christ, in accordance with the kind intention and good pleasure of His will—
EPHESIANS 1:5 AMP
That we become one as He is.
He made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ, with regard to the fulfillment of the times [that is, the end of history, the climax of the ages]—to bring all things together in Christ, [both] things in the heavens and things on the earth.
EPHESIANS 1:9-10 AMP
His will is that we live in thanksgiving.
in every situation [no matter what the circumstances] be thankful and continually give thanks to God; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:18 AMP
His will is that we see His as our savior and we live forever as He would and is.
For this is My Father’s will and purpose, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in Him [as Savior] will have eternal life, and I will raise him up [from the dead] on the last day.”
JOHN 6:40 AMP
His will is that we be delivered from evil.
who gave Himself [as a sacrifice to atone] for our sins [to save and sanctify us] so that He might rescue us from this present evil age, in accordance with the will and purpose and plan of our God and Father—
GALATIANS 1:4 AMP
Why should we do His will?
We receive direction.
In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.
Proverbs 3:6 NKJV
In it we find satisfaction.
But He said to them, “I have food to eat of which you do not know.” Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work.
John 4:32, 34 NKJV
We judge rightly by it.
I can of Myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is righteous, because I do not seek My own will but the will of the Father who sent Me.
John 5:30 NKJV
We find purpose by doing His will
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has chosen you that you should know His will, and see the Just One, and hear the voice of His mouth. For you will be His witness to all men of what you have seen and heard.
Acts 22:14-15 NKJV
We prove the goodness, acceptability, and perfection of His will by doing it.
And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2 NKJV
We abide forever by doing His will.
And the world is passing away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever.
I John 2:17 NKJV
We receive our request by asking according to His will.
Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
I John 5:14 NKJV
Why is His will important?
Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, ‘My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure,’
Isaiah 46:10 NKJV
Because he knows the end.
Why is his will important?
It's access to his kingdom.
“Not everyone who calls out to me, ‘Lord! Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.
Matthew 7:21 NLT
What's God's will for you?
That we be saved, know the truth, which brings the liberty and freedom of our predestinated sonship
That's general for all believers
What's His specific will for you?
I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you [who are willing to learn] with My eye upon you.
PSALMS 32:8 AMP
God's specific will for you:
That you walk worthy of Him, pleasing Him, you are fruitful in every good work, that you increase in the knowledge of Him
How do you know His will?
- Receive His word.
- Obey His word
- Study His word
- Pray
- Give yourself to service (for/to/in Him)
- Ask Him
- Have the desire to know
- be steady with him
- Follow through with his leadings
Lastly
Pray Colossians 1:9-10 till it drops🌚.
So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.
Colossians 1:9-10 NLT
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