Romans 12

4 ways to think about the Will of God:

1. The theory.

2. The theory.

3. theory.

4. The theory.

The to God is , the of God is .

📖  Psalm 119:44–45 ESV I will keep your law continually, forever and ever, 45 and I shall walk in a wide place, for I have sought your precepts.

📖  Psalm 18:35–36 ESV You have given me the shield of your salvation, and your right hand supported me, and your gentleness made me great. 36 You gave a wide place for my steps under me, and my feet did not slip.

Five Good Questions to Discern the Will of God:

1. What will God?

📖  Romans 12:1 ESV present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.

A. The of God is why you were .

📖 Colossians 1:16 ESV For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

B. The of God is the reason you’re .

📖  Ephesians 1:11–12 ESV In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, 12 so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory.

C. The of God is the point of all .

📖  1 Corinthians 10:31 ESV So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.

2. has God me?

📖  Romans 12:5 ESV so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.

📖 Acts 17:26–27 ESV And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place, 27 that they should seek God, and perhaps feel their way toward Him and find Him. Yet He is actually not far from each one of us.

📖  Acts 13:1–3 ESV Now there were in the church at Antioch prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a lifelong friend of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. 2 While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.” 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off.

📖  Acts 13:4 ESV So, being sent out by the Holy Spirit, they went down to Seleucia, and from there they sailed to Cyprus.

3. What do I ?

📖 Romans 12:6 ESV Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…

📖 Exodus 4:1–3 ESV Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’ ” 2 The LORD said to him, “What is that in your hand?” He said, “A staff.” 3 And he said, “Throw it on the ground.” So he threw it on the ground, and it became a serpent, and Moses ran from it.

📖 Exodus 4:20 ESV So Moses took his wife and his sons and had them ride on a donkey, and went back to the land of Egypt. And Moses took the staff of God in his hand.

Today’s can reveal tomorrow’s .

4. What’s in my ?

📖 Romans 12:3 ESV For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

📖 1 Timothy 3:1–2 ESV The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

5. Am I in the ?

📖 Galatians 5:25 ESV If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

📖 Romans 8:14–15 ESV For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”

📖 John 16:13 ESV When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.