A. God's will regarding salvation:MAT 18:14. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. JOH 1:13. Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. JOH 6:39. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. JOH 6:40. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day. EPH 1:5. Having predestinated us unto the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to himself, according to the good pleasure of his will, 1TIM 2:4. Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. JAM 1:18. Of his own will begat he us with the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of his creatures. 2PE 3:9. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. B. Verses on different aspects of God's will in a Christian's life:1COR 12:11. But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will. GAL 1:4. Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: EPH 5:17. Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. 1TH 4:3. For this is the will of God, even your sanctification, that ye should abstain from fornication: HEB 2:4. God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will? HEB 10:10. By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. 1PE 2:15. For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 1PE 3:17. For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing. 1PE 4:2. That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. 1PE 4:19. Wherefore let them that suffer according to the will of God commit the keeping of their souls to him in well doing, as unto a faithful Creator. C. The will of God is the path of life:PSA 16:11. Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. PSA 23:3. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. PSA 25:10. All the paths of the LORD are mercy and truth unto such as keep his covenant and his testimonies. PRO 2:8. He keepeth the paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. PRO 2:13. Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; PRO 2:20. That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous. PRO 4:11. I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. PRO 4:18. But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. PRO 12:28. In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death. MIC 4:2. And many nations shall come, and say, Come, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, and to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for the law shall go forth of Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. |
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