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THREE WILLS OF GOD
1. The providential will of God.
Its going to take place no matter what.
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THREE WILLS OF GOD
1. The providential will of God.
God’s will for your life morally, according to scripture.
2. The moral will of God.
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THREE WILLS OF GOD
1. The providential will of God.
God’s will for you, specifically.
2. The moral will of God.
3. The personal will of God.
The more we get to know the providential will of God and the moral will of God, the better
we’ll discern the personal will of God.
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THE MORAL WILL OF GOD
1 Thessalonians 4:3 It is God's will that you should be sanctified…
Sanctified means: purification (the state of purity, without impurity or
pollution)Sanctification consists in two parts:
"ceasing to do evil“ and "learning to do well."
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THE MORAL WILL OF GOD
1 Peter 4:2-32 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for
evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what
pagans choose to do…
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TWO KINDS OF SIN
Romans 7:19 19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t.
I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway.
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TWO KINDS OF SIN
1. Sins of commission
Romans 6:1-3Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase?
By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer?
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TWO KINDS OF SIN
1. Sins of commission
What are you doing outside the moral will of God?
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TWO KINDS OF SIN
1. Sins of commission
2. Sins of omission
What are you doing outside the moral will of God?
James 4:17Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do
and doesn't do it, sins.
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TWO KINDS OF SIN
1. Sins of commission
2. Sins of omission
What are you doing outside the moral will of God?
What are you not doing that God wants you to do ?
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Ephesians 1:11In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined
according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will.
God wants us to get to know His providential will, and live by His moral will and so we’ll better be able to
discern His personal will.
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