Comments on: The Will of God http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god Have communication with God through journalizing Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:52:43 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Jaque http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-44 Jaque Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:40:03 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-44 Nothing. We are waiting for nothing. "Only believe" Jesus said. "Only believe." I believe that to live "is" Christ. (Phil 1:21) Amen. Nothing. We are waiting for nothing. “Only believe” Jesus said. “Only believe.”
I believe that to live “is” Christ. (Phil 1:21) Amen.

]]> By: Georgia http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-43 Georgia Sat, 13 Feb 2010 16:33:02 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-43 Amen! So what are we waiting for? Amen! So what are we waiting for?

]]> By: Sara http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-40 Sara Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:27:00 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-40 OOOH I love it Georgia! "What if someone became so transformed by 'casme'- Christ as Me- that they saw clearly and always obeyed?" This is the freedom Christ died to give us! OOOH I love it Georgia! “What if someone became so transformed by ‘casme’- Christ as Me- that they saw clearly and always obeyed?” This is the freedom Christ died to give us!

]]> By: Georgia http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-39 Georgia Sat, 13 Feb 2010 00:08:00 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-39 "We" is us! Mankind. The collection of all humans who have lived (except Jesus, of course). It all started with Adam and Eve in the garden, who ALLOWED sin to come in, and then as Dr. Phill says, "If you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences." The consequences are staggering if you you think of all the suffering, pain, and torment that started then and continues for eternity. "Why" is another consideration. We know Eve was deceived, but Adam disobeyed. And since then we've all had to deal with deception and disobedience. But what if someone became so transformed by "Casme" that they saw clearly and always obeyed? Is that what is that it's talking about when it says "The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed." (Rom 8:19) ? Come forth, sons of God! “We” is us! Mankind. The collection of all humans who have lived (except Jesus, of course). It all started with Adam and Eve in the garden, who ALLOWED sin to come in, and then as Dr. Phill says, “If you choose the behavior, you choose the consequences.” The consequences are staggering if you you think of all the suffering, pain, and torment that started then and continues for eternity.
“Why” is another consideration. We know Eve was deceived, but Adam disobeyed. And since then we’ve all had to deal with deception and disobedience. But what if someone became so transformed by “Casme” that they saw clearly and always obeyed? Is that what is that it’s talking about when it says “The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed.” (Rom 8:19) ?
Come forth, sons of God!

]]> By: Jaque http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-32 Jaque Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:52:07 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-32 Georgia, Yesterday I listened to one of the old God's Money Highway CDs since I've currently planning a revision. I quoted Oswald Chambers from "My Utmost for His Highest" the following words. "I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth" (Gen. 9:13). "It is the will of God that human beings should get into moral relationship with Him, and His covenants are for this purpose. Why does not God save me? He has saved me, but I have not entered into relationship with Him. Why does not God do this and that? He has done it, the point is - Will I step into covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant. Waiting for God is incarnate unbelief, it means that I have no faith in Him; I wait for Him to do something in me that I may trust in that. God will not do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man has to go out of himself in his covenant with God as God goes out of Himself in His covenant with man. It is a question of faith in God - the rarest thing; we have faith only in our feelings. I do not believe God unless He will give me something in my hand whereby I may know I have it, then I say - "Now I believe." There is no faith there. "Look unto Me, and be ye saved." When I have really transacted business with God on His covenant and have let go entirely, there is no sense of merit, no human ingredient in it at all, but a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and the whole thing is transfigured with peace and joy." This was a tremendous blessing to me--again :). I believe it fits here perfectly. Ultimately God allows it. Yes. Because God allowed Satan into the Garden. However, there's paradox. I can find myself waiting for God to do something, all because I'm dwelling in the place of forgetfulness of not 'seeing (or remembering) what He's already done.' Indeed it is a matter of faith. Don't you think, instead of saying that God allows...this or that, the truth is WE allow...this or that? And that brings me to the question: who is this "we" allowing it? And why, why, why? Georgia,

Yesterday I listened to one of the old God’s Money Highway CDs since I’ve currently planning a revision. I quoted Oswald Chambers from “My Utmost for His Highest” the following words.

“I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between Me and the earth” (Gen. 9:13).

“It is the will of God that human beings should get into moral relationship with Him, and His covenants are for this purpose. Why does not God save me? He has saved me, but I have not entered into relationship with Him. Why does not God do this and that? He has done it, the point is – Will I step into covenant relationship? All the great blessings of God are finished and complete, but they are not mine until I enter into relationship with Him on the basis of His covenant.

Waiting for God is incarnate unbelief, it means that I have no faith in Him; I wait for Him to do something in me that I may trust in that. God will not do it, because that is not the basis of the God-and-man relationship. Man has to go out of himself in his covenant with God as God goes out of Himself in His covenant with man. It is a question of faith in God – the rarest thing; we have faith only in our feelings. I do not believe God unless He will give me something in my hand whereby I may know I have it, then I say – “Now I believe.” There is no faith there. “Look unto Me, and be ye saved.”

When I have really transacted business with God on His covenant and have let go entirely, there is no sense of merit, no human ingredient in it at all, but a complete overwhelming sense of being brought into union with God, and the whole thing is transfigured with peace and joy.”

This was a tremendous blessing to me–again :) . I believe it fits here perfectly. Ultimately God allows it. Yes. Because God allowed Satan into the Garden.

However, there’s paradox. I can find myself waiting for God to do something, all because I’m dwelling in the place of forgetfulness of not ’seeing (or remembering) what He’s already done.’ Indeed it is a matter of faith. Don’t you think, instead of saying that God allows…this or that, the truth is WE allow…this or that? And that brings me to the question: who is this “we” allowing it? And why, why, why?

]]> By: Georgia http://www.visionwriters.com/blogs/jaques-blog/the-will-of-god/comment-page-1#comment-30 Georgia Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:39:24 +0000 http://www.visionwriters.com/?p=1299#comment-30 This is deep! Obviously God has the power to make everything conform to His will. But things don't always happen according to His expressed will, as He stated above. James says he never tempts anyone to sin, but obviously that happens all the time. So therefore, He must allow things to happen that are not His will. This week in COG, we're studying that God is timeless and unchanging. So my answer to the question is no, God's will has not changed, even though something happens that He would not want. His promise to those that love him is that he will work all things together for good. Amazing! God wins with any hand - even a pair of 2's! He will use what ever happens for His glory. This is deep! Obviously God has the power to make everything conform to His will. But things don’t always happen according to His expressed will, as He stated above. James says he never tempts anyone to sin, but obviously that happens all the time. So therefore, He must allow things to happen that are not His will. This week in COG, we’re studying that God is timeless and unchanging. So my answer to the question is no, God’s will has not changed, even though something happens that He would not want. His promise to those that love him is that he will work all things together for good. Amazing! God wins with any hand – even a pair of 2’s! He will use what ever happens for His glory.

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