Discerning the will of God
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It is good to be born; but one must then learn to crawl and walk, even to run and fly; Jesus of Nazareth IS the Way, the Truth and the Life - no one goeth unto the Father except by His 'Life', His 'Way'. To know Him IS to be as He is; for how do two walk together if they be of different constitution?
“If you’re saved, Spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, suffering, and thankful – you ready for this? – do whatever you want. Do whatever you want. Marry whoever you want. Go wherever you want. Work wherever you want. Choose whatever you want. You say, “Whoa. Are you sure?” Absolutely. Because if this is true of your life, guess who’s controlling your wants. Do whatever you want.
People say to me, “Why did you come to Grace Church?” I wanted to come. There wasn’t nothing mystical; I didn’t hear voices in heaven. Did I know all this would happen? No, I just came here because I wanted to come. I said, “That’s a good place. They want me; nobody else wants me; I want to go.” It wasn’t like I had a lot of options; still don’t.
People say, “How did you decide to marry Patricia?” That was easy; I wanted her and no one else. And I said, “God, that’s the one I want right there. And I believe You’re controlling my wants.”
You say, “I need a verse for that, that’s way out there.” I’ll give you a verse. I know, you’re used to getting a verse. Here’s a verse: Psalm 37:4. You ready for this? “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” That doesn’t mean He’ll fulfill yours, it means He’ll plant His. You delight in the Lord – saved, Spirit-filled, submissive, all of those things. You delight in the Lord; and He will plant His desires in your heart.”
From the sermon: Taking the mystery out of knowing God’s will.
John MacArthur.
https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/80-310/taking-the-mystery-out-of-knowing-gods-will
People say to me, “Why did you come to Grace Church?” I wanted to come. There wasn’t nothing mystical; I didn’t hear voices in heaven. Did I know all this would happen? No, I just came here because I wanted to come. I said, “That’s a good place. They want me; nobody else wants me; I want to go.” It wasn’t like I had a lot of options; still don’t.
People say, “How did you decide to marry Patricia?” That was easy; I wanted her and no one else. And I said, “God, that’s the one I want right there. And I believe You’re controlling my wants.”
You say, “I need a verse for that, that’s way out there.” I’ll give you a verse. I know, you’re used to getting a verse. Here’s a verse: Psalm 37:4. You ready for this? “Delight yourself in the Lord; and He will give you the desires of your heart.” That doesn’t mean He’ll fulfill yours, it means He’ll plant His. You delight in the Lord – saved, Spirit-filled, submissive, all of those things. You delight in the Lord; and He will plant His desires in your heart.”
From the sermon: Taking the mystery out of knowing God’s will.
John MacArthur.
https://www.gty.org/library/sermons-library/80-310/taking-the-mystery-out-of-knowing-gods-will
“Does anyone have advice on how to discern the will of God? “
we want to get away from our own thoughts and fill up on Jesus thoughts in the gospel he said we need to hear and believe
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
The reason Jesus preached the gospel and then later sent the gospel to all people saying this
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
The reason we need to hear and believe the gospel is because what it actually is is the true and complete understanding of God we can know the real God when we hear and accept the gospel he sent into the world
“And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
1 John 5:19-20
the gospel is what teaches us about the son of God about God th father oit the fact that we are his children it teaches us what God thinks about all the subjects we wonder about what Jesus said in the gospel before he died is this
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
John 12:48-50 KJV
the thing Jesus taught most was that his words and teachings were forever and wouldn’t change or be removed he says many times over my words are life they are the words of God anyone who hears and believes will be saved my one who rejects me and doesn’t receive my words will be judged in the end by those words
at he way for anyone to understand God is to learn about Jesus and learn from Jesus in the gospel it is the understanding of the true God and salvstion he has offered to mankind
His word in the gospel is what discerns his Will fornus
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
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we want to get away from our own thoughts and fill up on Jesus thoughts in the gospel he said we need to hear and believe
“Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.”
John 8:31-32 KJV
“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
The reason Jesus preached the gospel and then later sent the gospel to all people saying this
“And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.”
Mark 16:15-16 KJV
The reason we need to hear and believe the gospel is because what it actually is is the true and complete understanding of God we can know the real God when we hear and accept the gospel he sent into the world
“And we know that we are of God, and the whole world lieth in wickedness. And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.”
1 John 5:19-20
the gospel is what teaches us about the son of God about God th father oit the fact that we are his children it teaches us what God thinks about all the subjects we wonder about what Jesus said in the gospel before he died is this
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.”
John 12:48-50 KJV
the thing Jesus taught most was that his words and teachings were forever and wouldn’t change or be removed he says many times over my words are life they are the words of God anyone who hears and believes will be saved my one who rejects me and doesn’t receive my words will be judged in the end by those words
at he way for anyone to understand God is to learn about Jesus and learn from Jesus in the gospel it is the understanding of the true God and salvstion he has offered to mankind
His word in the gospel is what discerns his Will fornus
“For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Hebrews 4:12 KJV
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