Determining The Will Of God

In this blog were going to begin talking about a most important subject THE WILL OF GOD. Is it something that can be found and known? Many think that its cloaked and covered in a mystery. There are people that believe that everything that happens on the planet is the will of God. In the last few blogs we discussed the wealth transfers. In it we made a statement, "We must settle once and for all if the word says it that settles it, and it must be first and final! The roman centurian got this very clearly. The bible says that he came to Jesus asking him to heal his servant that was sick with a palsy, and he made this powerful declaration, SPEAK THE WORD ONLY FOR IAM A MAN UNDER AUTHORITY and say to one go and he goeth and to another come and he cometh(Matt 8:8,9) What does the word say about the will of God. He tells us himself through the mouth of Paul that were not to be unwise but know what the will of the Lord is(Eph 5:17) In other words he wants us to know what his will is pertaining to salvation, healing, prosperity and baptisim in the HolyGhost. Its not hidden, its been made plain and most americans have access to it on their table or shelf. The bible is made out of an old and new TESTEMENT. When one is making out what they would like to have happen after they go off the earth, its called a last WILL and testement. The word testement is contract. This deal has been sealed in blood thats not corruptible like silver and gold but incorruptible the precious BLOOD of Christ without blemish and spot. This came into effect after the death burial ressurrection and acension of Jesus Christ. God said through the mouth of Paul that in order for a testement to come into effect there must be the death of a testator(Heb 9:16) Lets talk about three areas where the Lord has clearly stated his will once and for all. First salvation. God said through the mouth of Peter Hes not willing that any man perish but that all should come to repentence(2 Peter 3:9) God takes no pleasure in one going to Hell. Some people have been like How can a loving God send somebody to Hell? The answer is he doesent. Jesus said that he that believes in the son hath life and those that believe not are condemned already. All we need to do to have a one way ticket straight to hell is be born! God said through the mouth of Paul By one mans sin ALL HAVE BEEN MADE SINNERS(Rom 5:19) We all have sinned after the simlitude(likeness) of Adam. Adam and eves transgression in the garden caused the stensh of sin to flow through our veins and the only cure is the blood transfusion from the cross! Being a good person doesent cut it, there is none righteous no not one and ALL have SINNED and come short of the glory of God. Good works dont either, Its by grace that were saved through faith NOT OF WORKS lest any man should boast(Eph 2:8,9) It dont make any difference how many charitable acts someone does it wont save them. the ONLY THING THAT SAVES US IS THE BLOOD OF JESUS! Without the shedding of BLOOD THERE IS NO REMISSION OF SIN!(Heb 9:22) Second, HEALING. Some think that sometimes Gods will is not to heal. Jesus who was the will of God in action establishes it eternally. There was a leper that asked him Will thou make me clean? Listen to Jesus response I WILL(Matt 8:3, Luke 5:14) Now Iam not saying that everyone unfortunately have expierenced healing. However our expierences do not determine the will of God. We are going to talk about that a bit later. God is no respector of persons and never changes. Healing was in the atonement, WITH HIS STRIPES WE ARE HEALED, Peter said WERE HEALED(1 Peter 2:24) If we were, WE IS. The third, prosperity. God wills and wishes above all things that we prosper(3 John 2) Now that word has been often reduced down to money. It includes money, but its every area and arena. If you have a guy that has alot of money without Christ, Hes a poor man with it! Jesus said Whats it proft a man to gain the whole world and loose their own soul?(Matt 16:25, Mark 8:36) God is all about enlargement and enhanchment from faith to faith and glory to glory! Lets discuss some things that will war against the will of God in our lives. Number one, Opinion. They are like bellybuttons everybody has ONE! We live in a very opinionated society, but we must understand that if it goes against the written will of God its of zero importance. The bible declares the wisdom of the world is foolishness with God(1 Cor 3:19) We as preachers are called to preach the word NOT OPINION or HOW WE FEEL! God said through the mouth of Paul PREACH THE WORD, instant in and out of season(2 Tim 4:2) The Bereans had a readiness to search the scriptures to see whether things be so. They were not people that lived by opinion but by the dictates of his declarations and Hes telling us to do the same. Number two, Statistics. Faith is greater than facts! Its amazing the amount of even believers that take heed to them. You know what I'm talking about? 7 out of every ten get this, one out of four get that. We must turn our ears from such things and choose to believe the report of the Lord, Jesus said SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES, for in them are ETERNAL LIFE(John 5:39) What listen to gets into our heart and out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. Number four, Teaching. The bible declares in the the last days men shall heap to themselves teachers having itching ears(2 Tim 4:3,4) there is a saying that goes "Teacher teacher scratch my ear tell me what I want to hear" Jesus said in the last days men would be decieved by false teaching. God said through the mouth of Peter There shall be false teachers among you who privilyshall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that brought them(2 Peter 2:1) The way to combat this is found with what you spoke through the mouth mof the apostle Paul Study to show OURSELVES approved UNTO GOD(2 Tim 2:15) We must understand that no one can do our studying for us. Isiah talks about the word being line upon line and precept upon precept(Isiah 28:10) We must be that thorough with our meditation of it so that we'll see falseness a million miles away! Finally expierence. I have saved the biggest for last. More people attempt to discern the will of God by expierence than we ever would want to imagine. There are many reasons of why we expierence things that are not the will of God. People have a free will and choose to be mean say wrong things eetc.... However God said through the mouth of the prophet Isiah NO weapon formed against us SHALL PROSPER(Isiah 54:17) When Jesus was in the wilderness, He could have used his expierence of being baptised nin the Jordan river to explain that was the son of God. No He used the word! Men shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth from the mouth of God(Matt 4:4 Luke 4:4) Get into the will of God TODAY!