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What is the will of God | Section 01 Episode 08

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 SECTION 1 During these first nine lessons I would like to talk about why we are here on this planet called Earth. I do not believe we are here by chance or by some cosmic accident. It is obvious there is a purpose for our existence and that is what Lessons 1-9 are about. LESSON 8 ─ What is the will of God? Bible References: John 17:3 (1) Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (2) Good morning and welcome to another Lesson From The Tent. Well let’s get right into our lesson for today. One thing I have learned from my personal journey to the kingdom of God is how similar it is to the path we travel on to become married. Let me explain what I mean. The first thing that occurs on the journey to marriage is a person must find something attractive about another person that will cause them to begin pursuing that certain individual. And the more we learn and like about that person, the more intense our pursuit becomes, until one day the journey ends, when you find yourself standing next to your new spouse and are pronounced husband and wife. Today I would like to introduce you to something about God that I hope you will find attractive enough to cause you to strongly pursue becoming favored by Him and remove any thoughts you may have that what is important to God is religion. In last week’s lesson if you remember we talked about when the kingdom comes, God’s will is done. I think it’s time we look at the will of God and try to understand a little more of what takes place when the kingdom comes. The day before Jesus was crucified for all the sins of His human creation, He paused the busyness of His life and spent some intense personal time talking with His Father. It is in this prayer we see Jesus reveal what the divine will of God is. At the beginning of His prayer, Jesus said to His Father that it pleases Him to give His followers eternal life. And He says this in such a way that you know that no one has ever experienced this before. Then, He continues by explaining what eternal life is, and when He does, we get to understand why no one had ever thought of or experienced this before. Listen to what Jesus said in His prayer: “This is eternal life, that my followers may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”(1) Now make sure you catch this; Jesus just defined eternal life as an eternal relationship. He doesn’t mention anything about our physical life lasting forever. What Jesus calls eternal life is a relationship between God, Himself and His favored ones that never ends. But what really makes this even more interesting is His use of this word know, and that’s k.n.o.w, to define this relationship. The original word know means knowledge and understanding in the deepest, most comprehensive ways. That is amazing when you realize how difficult it is for us mortals to know God and Jesus Christ, because they are beyond the capability of our limited human minds to fully comprehend, yet Jesus connects eternal life to understanding the unknowable depths of God. But this word know adds far more meaning to eternal life than increasing our understanding of God. This word know was also an axiom for the intimacy of the marriage relationship. This means Jesus just defined eternal life as an intimate partnership between His Father, Himself and His favored ones. Let me say this one more time – according to Jesus’ eternal life is an intimate partnership between God, Himself and His favored ones that never ends. Normally people think of eternal life as some heavenly thing going on in the clouds, but Jesus brings this eternal life relationship with His Father and Himself into our life now, while we live on earth. And through His use of this word know, He brings the relational partnership aspect of marriage into our daily life with God here on earth and in the future after we leave here. From what Jesus said, we can actually look at marriage and learn some things about how this eternal life partnership works. For example, I can distinctly remember how much my life changed after I said, “I do” want this woman to be my wife. From that moment on, no longer was I a single guy doing whatever I wanted to do. I was now in an everyday partnership with my new bride and this relationship affected everything I did. I no longer had the freedom to just do my own thing, because whatever I chose to do had repercussions on my wife and our relationship. The same applied to whatever she chose to do. This is how a marriage partnership is supposed to work, and it is also how our relationship with God is designed to work. When Joan and I both said, “we do,” we gave up our singleness and exchanged it for something far greater in terms of who we could become and what we could experience. Listen to what the Bible says about this. “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out ...
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