Title: God's Will for the World
Contents
God knows very well what things need to be done to help people.
God knows well what man needs and what is great, but
In fact, human beings are ignoring the help of God the Creator by overestimating their limits, not knowing what they need in their lives and what is a big deal.
2 Corinthians 4:4- “Because the gods of the world have confused men, and sin is teaching them in their hearts.”
▣ Sin not only blinds people and prevents them from putting God who wants to help them in their hearts, but also prevents them from realizing the causes of failure, frustration, and desperation in their lives, and ultimately leads them down the road to destruction. is to lead.
▣ Just as the devil, the culprit of sin, tried to deceive God, just as sin took over the fallen human heart and then did Adam, so sin not only makes people seek shelter from God's face, but also buys God's wrath. is to do
God sent His Son into the world to judge the devil, the power of death, who reigns in the world, and the sins that blind people, and to save humans who are enslaved by the devil and the power of sin.
Because God is righteous, He is looking for those who want to live a righteous life. Because God is honest, He is looking for people who want to live an honest life. Because God is holy, He seeks to live a life separated from sin and evil through the blood of His Son. You are looking for people who want to live.
▣ Jesus, who came into the world as his Son, testified to the world of God's will and insisted that all human beings be in beautiful harmony with God.
▣ Jesus, who came as the Son, came to break down the wall of sin between God and sinful human beings, and he insisted on the fact that the true happiness of man must come from understanding God's will and then breaking free from the power of the devil.
▣ And Jesus on the cross said that humans always ask for the salvation that God has given to the world, and those who have been saved must seek, seek, and knock on the face of God in order to complete that salvation.
▣ What is the salvation that God has given to the world?
It is a holy gift given only to those who know God's will for the world through the Son and understand it through the Word.
So, in this context, Paul
15-17 “Therefore, be careful how you walk, not as unwise, but as wise, saving time, for the times are evil, therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” .
▣ What is the best way for believers who have been saved through the Son to serve God?
Knowing God's will and acting according to God's will is the best way to serve God.
▣ When we have many children and raise them, all children are loving and affectionate, but we are especially fond of those who serve their parents well, do not disobey their parents, and keep them well.
Jacob also had 12 sons, but among them, he loved Joseph more and wore colored clothes, so among the children there are children whose parents love them more.
▣ Why did Joseph receive more love from his father Jacob than his brothers?
This was possible because he knew his father's will and lived according to his will.
When parents suffer through their children, they subconsciously say that they are children who are like enemies. In order to receive God's greater love and become strong children of God, both physically and mentally, we must know and obey God's will. We must serve God with a willing spirit.
In order for believers to receive God's love and blessings, they need to know that the fruit of blessing is greater when they voluntarily understand and obey God's will rather than being led by the commandments reluctantly and obeying them.
In God's sight, we must become more intelligent Chinese characters and receive God's love.
} God has chosen us, as 1 Corinthians 1:26 says, “Not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble.”
However, believers who have been born again through Jesus must realize God's will for the world.
What is God's will for the world?
All people will be saved by believing in Jesus.
John 6:40 - "For my Father's will is that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him has eternal life, and will raise him up on the last day."
God's will for the world is for all people in the world to believe in Jesus and be saved.
The world operates according to God's will, but God does not force faith as much as human beings living in the world have free will.
▣ Even if you look at Abraham and his nephew Lot, even though Abraham inherited the dry land, he lived a life that feared God for his soul, so his descendants received God's blessings,
▣ Although Lot inherited the fertile and water-rich land through God, he could not control the lusts of the flesh and gave priority to the life of the flesh, so Sodom and Gomorrah were destroyed.
In addition, the sons of Moab and Ammon were born through their two daughters, serving idols instead of God, becoming a nation that opposes God and Israel, and later will be destroyed by God's wrath.
▣ Abraham and Lot came out of Haran and lived together in the wilderness by God's grace,
▶ Abraham became a source of blessing by giving his will to God.
▶ Lot, his wife, and son-in-law use their will only for the lusts of the flesh, and the children born through their two daughters will also be destroyed because they cannot give their will to God.
▣ Salvation is a one-sided grace given by God to the world, but how do we obtain salvation?
We must understand God's will for the world and believe in Jesus, whom God sent us as our Savior. Parents give their all if their children do well, but children forget their sacrifice when they do well.
In the same way, all people in the world are living with the help of God, but those who think their life belongs to them and do not want to know the Creator and do not believe in Jesus will not be saved and will eventually suffer in the pit of destruction.
▣ The first will of God for the world is,
Everyone eats well and lives well, not first,
Believing that all life consists in living a life that always walks with Jesus in order to obtain salvation and achieve salvation, and as 1 Corinthians 10:31 says, “Whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, you do all things for the glory of God” May you accomplish the salvation that God has given you.
What is God's will for the second world?
He wants all life to be holy.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 - “This is the will of God, your sanctification.”
▣ Most people in the world do not live a separate life and the reason why they are not at peace is why Paul said in Romans 8:6-7, “It is because we cannot control the thoughts and lusts of the flesh.” Says
Our lives were originally created as beings to live with God, but we became sinful and evil by eating the forbidden fruit of good and evil through the greed of the flesh.
When man was originally created, he was created with a clean soul and body, which were in a sinless state, but the greed of the flesh hidden in man's heart was used to fulfill the lust of the flesh rather than obeying God, and by nature, he became a child of wrath. will be
However, God, who is rich in mercy, paid the price of blood, the wages of sin, first through His Son on behalf of sinful humans and opened the way of salvation, allowing us to live a holy life.
▣ What is a holy life?
It is impossible without one's own efforts and sacrifices because the blood that Jesus shed is not in vain, and it is to remain separated from sin.
So, verse 18 says, “If you want to live a separate life, don’t get drunk, that is debauchery.” Says.
▣ What is drunkenness? It can be drinking alcohol, but it refers to all conditions that hinder the faith of the saints. Believe that the word of God is a mirror through which you can see your soul and life,
I hope that you will recognize God who watches with the same eyes and always live a separate life of saints.
What is God's will for the third world?
He wants everyone to live by faith.
1 Peter 4:2 - “After that, I will no longer walk after the lusts of men, but according to the will of God, so that I may live the rest of the time in the flesh.”
The Apostle Peter told us how we should live the rest of our body.
They say that the most valuable and rewarding life of a believer is to live according to the will of God, not according to the lusts of the flesh.
▣ In order to live according to God's will instead of living according to the lusts of the flesh, we must not only have absolute faith in God but also completely abandon old customs.
▶ In Hebrews 11:7, when Noah, who lived in an age where sin and evil abounded, and was warned of a flood that he had not yet seen, built an ark in the faith of fearing God, and was saved and became an heir of the righteousness that follows faith.
▶ Enoch also entered the kingdom of God without seeing death because he lived with faith in God. The faith of the saints is a powerful condition that pleases God (Hebrews 11:6)
Because the days of Noah and Enoch were new eras, people who instinctively sense God and those who do not sense God coexisted like these days.
However, Noana and Enoch valued the word of God more than their own life experiences and lived with absolute authority over the word of God rather than their extensive knowledge. They became people who passed it on to the world.
▣ No matter how we live in the world, the train of time and time is leading everyone in the world to the judgment seat of God regardless of our will.
At that time, remember that those who live by faith in the fear of God will have eternal life to go to heaven, and those who do not will get eternal life to go to hell.