Can You Miss God’s Will For Your Life? Written by Stephen Altrogge Quote from Article: The Bible doesn’t tell us what we’re supposed to feel about our decisions. Instead, it tells us how to make biblical, God-honoring decisions. So if you have a big decision to make, don’t freak out. Instead, go to the Word, ask for wisdom, and get others involved. see also www.disciplemaking.net
Here are 4 propositions that Philip Jensen suggests should guide our thinking about how God guides: God, in his sovereignty, uses everything to guide us ‘behind the scenes’. In many and varied ways, God can guide us with our conscious co-operation. God does promise to guide us by his Spirit and Scripture. God does not promise to use any other means to guide us other than his Spirit and Scripture. I believe that it is very important to distinguish between “behind the scene” guidance and “conscious co-operation” guidance if we are to understand God’s will for our lives. How does God guide?
The concept of the 2 wills of God has explained so much when considering the breath of Scriptural commands and relating those to God’s will. It is just a great truth to understand and apply in your teaching of the Scriptures Are There Two Wills in God? Yes.: “ (Author: Tyler Kenney) If you’ve never before heard about the existence of two wills in God, I recommend reading John Piper’s article, “Are There Two Wills in God?” (which is also an appendix in the book The Pleasures of God).In essence, what the doctrine states is that there are… well… two
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