Knowing the will of God

I. Can we ask God to know His will?

A. Moses asked the Lord.

1. Exodus 33:13 Now therefore, I pray thee, if I have found grace in thy sight, shew me now thy way, that I may know thee, that I may find grace in thy sight: and consider that this nation [is] thy people.

B. Jesus told us to ask the Father for His will to be done.

1. MAT 6:10 {Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.}

2. Would Jesus ask is to do this if it was not possible.

C. Jesus sought to do the will of His Father.

1. JOHN 5:30 {I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.}

2. John 14:12 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth o*n me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

II. Can we do the will of God?

A. Jesus said we could do the Fathers will.

1. MAT 7:21 {Not every o*ne that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.}

2. JOH 9:31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

3. 1JO 5:14 And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us:

B. Paul said we could do the will of God.

1. ROM 12:2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.

2. EPH 1:9 Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:

C. Paul was told by God that he would Know His Will.

1. ACS 22:14 And he said, The God of our fathers hath hemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />>>

2. chosen thee, that thou shouldest

3. know his will, and

4. see that Just o*ne, and shouldest

5. hear the voice of his mouth.

6. Acts 10:34 Then Peter opened [his] mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons:

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I. Paul Prayed that we could know the will of God.

A. Ephesians 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you

1. the spirit of wisdom and

2. revelation in the knowledge of him: 1:18

3. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened;

4. that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and

5. what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, 1:19 And

6. what [is] the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

B. COL 1:9 For this cause we also, since the day we heard [it], do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might

1. be filled with the knowledge of his will

2. in all wisdom and

3. spiritual understanding;

4. EPH 5:17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord [is].

5. COL 4:12 Epaphras, who is [one] of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.

II. God will help us to know Him and His will.

1. Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them an heart to know me, that I [am] the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

2. Isaiah 58:2 Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways, as a nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God.

III. Jesus wanted us to know.

1. John10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father [is] in me, and I in him.

2. Matthew 9:6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power o*n earth to forgive sins,

3. Mark 7:14 And when he had called all the people [unto him], he said unto them, Hearken unto me every o*ne [of you], and understand:

4. John 5:20 For the Father loveth the Son, and sheweth him all things that himself doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye may marvel.