Introduction

  • Matthew 6:9-13 – The Lord’s Prayer
  • thelema – translated “will” as in, “will of God”

Exceptions!

  • Matthew 21:31
  • John 1:12
  • I Corinthians 7:37; 16:12
  • Ephesians 2:3
  • II Timothy 2:26
  • I Peter 4:3

Jesus was perfect, sinless …

  • Hebrews 7:26
  • II Corinthians 3:21
  • I John 3:5
  • Hebrews 4:15

The will of Jesus

  • There is a distinction between the will of God and the will of Jesus, but Jesus never sinned.
  • Matthew 26:26-56
  • John 5:30; 6:38

By the will of God

  • John 1:1-14
  • Romans 1:8-10; 15:30-33
  • I Corinthians 1:1
  • II Corinthians 1:1; 8:5
  • Ephesians 1:1
  • Colossians 1:1
  • II Timothy 1:1

According to the will of God

  • Matthew 18:10-14; 26:39, 42
  • John 4:34; 5:30; 6:38-40
  • Galatians 1:3-5
  • Ephesians 1:3-12
  • I Peter 3:14-17
  • Revelation 4:11

Being in the will of God

  • Matthew 7:21; 12:46-50
  • John 7:15-24; 9:30-34
  • Romans 2:12-24
  • Ephesians 5:15-21; 6:5-6
  • Galatians 1:7-14; 4:12
  • I Peter 2:13-15
  • Hebrews 13:20-21
  • I Peter 4:12-19
  • I John 2:15-17
  • We can be confident of the will of God even though we don’t fully understand it. God’s thoughts are much higher than our thoughts.

There is someone else

  • Ephesians 6:13-17
  • James 1:13-14
  • I Peter 5:6-10
  • The devil still has abilities in modern times, although not to the degree that he did in the New Testament times.

Conclusion

  • I Thessalonians 4:3-8; 5:12-23
  • Hebrews 10:1-39
  • Luke 12:35-48
  • Romans 12:1-2
  • God’s will in heaven needs to be done here on earth.