Determining the Will of God
David Ireland
Mark 3:31-35
1.0 The Need to Know the Future (Mark 3:31-35)
1.1 The New Age and Neopagan Beliefs
Sarah Pike, professor of religious studies at California State University in her book New Age and Neopagan Religions in America says: Self-help books by New Age channelers and psychics are a large and growing market; annual spending on channeling, self-help businesses, and alternative health care is at $10 to $14 billion; an estimated 12 million Americans are involved with New Age activities; and American Neopagans are estimated at around 200,000.
Source: Sarah Pike, New Age and Neopagan Religions in America.
1.2 What is the will of God?
A. It is one of the indicators of a person's genuine conversion.
B. It is the prerequisite to receiving the promises of God.
Heb. 10:36-''You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.''
C. It is God's blueprint for human conduct.
1 Thess. 4:3-5-''It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn how to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.''
D. It is the plan, intentions, desires, and mind of God.
1.3 We're called to search out the will of God (Rom. 12:2)!
A. We are to test out what is God's will. This means to put to the test for the purpose of approving, and finding that the thing tested meets the specifications laid down.
B. God's will is perfect. It is well-pleasing, complete ...
David Ireland
Mark 3:31-35
1.0 The Need to Know the Future (Mark 3:31-35)
1.1 The New Age and Neopagan Beliefs
Sarah Pike, professor of religious studies at California State University in her book New Age and Neopagan Religions in America says: Self-help books by New Age channelers and psychics are a large and growing market; annual spending on channeling, self-help businesses, and alternative health care is at $10 to $14 billion; an estimated 12 million Americans are involved with New Age activities; and American Neopagans are estimated at around 200,000.
Source: Sarah Pike, New Age and Neopagan Religions in America.
1.2 What is the will of God?
A. It is one of the indicators of a person's genuine conversion.
B. It is the prerequisite to receiving the promises of God.
Heb. 10:36-''You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.''
C. It is God's blueprint for human conduct.
1 Thess. 4:3-5-''It is God's will that you should be sanctified: that you should avoid sexual immorality; that each of you should learn how to control his own body in a way that is holy and honorable, not in passionate lust like the heathen, who do not know God.''
D. It is the plan, intentions, desires, and mind of God.
1.3 We're called to search out the will of God (Rom. 12:2)!
A. We are to test out what is God's will. This means to put to the test for the purpose of approving, and finding that the thing tested meets the specifications laid down.
B. God's will is perfect. It is well-pleasing, complete ...
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