Hebrews 10:5-7 - Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, “Sacrifices and offerings you have not desired, but a body have you prepared for me; in burnt offerings and sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
Psalm 40:6-8 - In sacrifice and offering you have not delighted, but you have given me an open ear. Burnt offering and sin offering you have not required. Then I said, “Behold, I have come; in the scroll of the book it is written of me: I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”
John 4:34 - Jesus said to them, “My food is to do the will of him who sent me and to accomplish his work.
Application:
· Have I pledged lifelong service to my beloved Master? Am I able and eager to hear God’s law?
· Am I committed to the Lord? Does His Word serve as my covenant charter?
· I am dependent on the Father. Am I doing the work He sent me to do?
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
Showing posts with label will. Show all posts
Showing posts with label will. Show all posts
Monday, April 2, 2012
Monday, March 26, 2012
Will
Hebrews 9:15-18 - Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred that redeems them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant. For where a will is involved, the death of the one who made it must be established. For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive. Therefore not even the first covenant was inaugurated without blood.
Exodus 24:8 - And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Application:
· Since Christ’s death has been duly attested, the promised eternal inheritance is available to me
· The payment of sin’s penalty requires a death
· Only after I agree to obey the Lord can I participate in His covenant with Him
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
Exodus 24:8 - And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”
Application:
· Since Christ’s death has been duly attested, the promised eternal inheritance is available to me
· The payment of sin’s penalty requires a death
· Only after I agree to obey the Lord can I participate in His covenant with Him
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Delight In Doing His Will
Hebrews 8:7-9 - For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion to look for a second. For he finds fault with them when he says: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will establish a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them, declares the Lord.
Hebrews 10:1 - For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Luke 22:20 - And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 - And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Romans 8:2-4 - For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Application:
· The Mosaic law can never make a person perfect since it is but a shadow of the true form
· The new covenant is the fuller administration of God’s saving grace founded on and sealed by the death of Jesus
· As the old covenant was observed by the blood of sacrificial animals, so the new would be observed by the blood of Christ
· The new covenant should govern my life
· The glorious basis of the new covenant is God forgiving my sins
· What He requires of His people He always provides
· God bestows His Spirit to enable the human spirit to do His will
· The evidence that I am in Christ is that the power of sin has been broken in my life by the work of the Holy Spirit
· God’s aim in sending His Son was that I might be enabled to embody the true and full intentions of the law
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
Hebrews 10:1 - For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices that are continually offered every year, make perfect those who draw near.
Luke 22:20 - And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.
Jeremiah 31:31-34 - “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”
Ezekiel 36:26-27 - And I will give you a new heart, and a new spirit I will put within you. And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes and be careful to obey my rules.
Romans 8:2-4 - For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.
Application:
· The Mosaic law can never make a person perfect since it is but a shadow of the true form
· The new covenant is the fuller administration of God’s saving grace founded on and sealed by the death of Jesus
· As the old covenant was observed by the blood of sacrificial animals, so the new would be observed by the blood of Christ
· The new covenant should govern my life
· The glorious basis of the new covenant is God forgiving my sins
· What He requires of His people He always provides
· God bestows His Spirit to enable the human spirit to do His will
· The evidence that I am in Christ is that the power of sin has been broken in my life by the work of the Holy Spirit
· God’s aim in sending His Son was that I might be enabled to embody the true and full intentions of the law
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Will Of God
Ephesians 1:1-2 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints in Ephesus, the faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:1-2 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
Romans 1:7 - To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Application:
· Have I been set apart as holy to the Lord?
· Have I been declared holy in the sight of God? Is my life being made holy continually?
· Am I being made increasingly holy by the Holy Spirit?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
2 Corinthians 1:1 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:1-2 - Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the holy and faithful brothers in Christ at Colosse: Grace and peace to you from God our Father.
Romans 1:7 - To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Application:
· Have I been set apart as holy to the Lord?
· Have I been declared holy in the sight of God? Is my life being made holy continually?
· Am I being made increasingly holy by the Holy Spirit?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Monday, January 4, 2010
To Will And To Act
Philippians 2:12-16 - Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed—not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence—continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose. Do everything without complaining or arguing, so that you may become blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and depraved generation, in which you shine like stars in the universe as you hold out the word of life—in order that I may boast on the day of Christ that I did not run or labor for nothing.
Galatians 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Matthew 5:48 - Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Ephesians 5:1-2 - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Conclusions:
Galatians 5:6 - For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.
Matthew 5:48 - Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
Ephesians 5:1-2 - Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Conclusions:
- Faith is not mere intellectual assent but a living trust in God’s grace that expresses itself in acts of love
- Christ sets up the high ideal of perfect love—not that we can fully attain it in this life
- Perfect love is God’s high standard for us
- One way of imitating God is to have a forgiving spirit
- The way we imitate our Lord is to act just as He did
- The sacrificial way Jesus expressed His love for us is not only the means of salvation but also an example of the way we are to live for the sake of others
Application:
- Do you have a living trust in God's grace that expresses itself in acts of love?
- Do you strive for perfect love?
- Do you express your love to others in a sacrificial way?
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
Conclusions derived from NIV Study Bible
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Goal of Christians
1 Thessalonians 3:11 - Now may our God and Father himself and our Lord Jesus clear the way for us to come to you.
Ephesians 1:18-23 - I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Philippians 1:9-11 - And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:9-12 - For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
1 Thessalonians 1:1 - Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
Conclusions:
Ephesians 1:18-23 - I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
Philippians 1:9-11 - And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless until the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God.
Colossians 1:9-12 - For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding. And we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to his glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom of light.
1 Thessalonians 1:1 - Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you.
Conclusions:
- The extraordinary divine force by which Jesus Christ was raised is the same power at work in and through believers
- Christ is not only Head of the Church, but also Head of everything
- Christian love is not mere sentiment; it is rooted in knowledge and understanding
- Christians are to approve what is morally and ethically superior
- The goal of Christians in this life is to be without any mixture of evil and not open to censure because of moral or spiritual failure
- On the day of Christ, the goal will be perfectly realized, and the Christians must give an account
- Knowledge and wisdom in the Bible are practical, having to do with godly living
- Knowledge, wisdom and understanding result in a life worthy of the Lord
- Light symbolizes holiness, truth, love, glory and life
- God and the Christian are characterized by light
- Christians have a vital union and living relationship with the Father and the Son
- The close connection between the Father and the Son points to the Trinitarian relationship
Application:
- Is the power that raised Jesus Christ at work in and through you?
- Is your love rooted in knowledge and understanding?
- Do you approve what is morally and ethically superior?
- Is your goal to be without any mixture of evil?
- Are you ready to give an account?
- Are you characterized by light?
- Do you have a vital union with both the Father and the Son?
- Do you live a godly life?
All scripture verses taken from the NIV.
Conclusions may derived from NIV study Bible comments
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