Isaiah 46:9-10 “For I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me, (10) Declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, Saying, 'My counsel shall stand, And I will do all My pleasure.”     In order for us to understand how God’s will interacts with the free will of man we need to have a clearer understanding of how God governs His creation, for if we do not rightly divide the word of truth in this area it can s

2 Corinthians 10:4-5 “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, (5) casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ.”   The fourth part of man we will discuss is how our mind influences our will. In all instances, our spirit, our conscience and our body, through our minds influence the decisions we make, for each pa

Romans 2:14-15 “for when Gentiles, who do not have the law, by nature do the things in the law, these, although not having the law, are a law to themselves, (15) who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them.”   So what is the function of the will of man? Someone once said that our will is our “decider”, and that term is very descriptive of what our will is, for

1 Thessalonians 5:23 “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”   There are three major components to the make up of mankind, and the Holy Spirit through the apostle Paul lists those three components for us in the above quoted passage of scripture, which is the spirit, the soul and the body. The body is the outward man while the spirit and the soul are th

Numbers 22:28-30 “Then the Lord opened the mouth of the donkey, and she said to Balaam, "What have I done to you, that you have struck me these three times?"  (29)  And Balaam said to the donkey, "Because you have abused me. I wish there were a sword in my hand, for now I would kill you!"  (30)  So, the donkey said to Balaam, "Am I not your donkey on which you have ridden, ever since I became yours, to this day? Was I ever disposed to do this to you?" And he said, "No.”    Th

Hebrews 1:7 “And of the angels He says: "Who makes His angels spirits and His ministers a flame of fire.”   Scripture reveals to us three classes of beings that God has created. He has created angelic beings. He has created the living creatures on the earth. And He has created man. Angels were the first of God’s creations, and part of their make up is a free will given to them by God. So why did God give His angels free will? God has done that so that they can, as an act of t

Romans 5:14 “Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned according to the likeness of the transgression of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.”     Many teach the error that mankind fell when Adam sinned, and that God had to then come up with a plan to restore man to where he was before. And so in response to the fall of man God came up with the plan of salvation. But that is not the truth at all, for God never intended that mank

1 Timothy 2:3-4 “For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour, (4) who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”     We have seen that God’s will in the earth has two facets to it, i.e. His perfect will and His permissible will. The question is then asked as to whether the salvation of mankind falls within God’s perfect or His permissible will for men. And so in this section we will answer that question by looking at what scri

Luke 11:2 “So He said to them, "When you pray, say: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”   The context of the above quoted passage of scripture is that the Lord’s disciples had asked Him to teach them how to pray. And so in response to their request we have recorded in scripture the passage that is very often referred to as the Lord’s Prayer. In this prayer our Lord gave us some insight into the will o

Romans 12:2 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”   Although this series is about the will of man nevertheless we will see that man’s will is completely interlinked with the will of God. And so it is for that reason that it is impossible to understand how the will of man functions unless we have some insight into the will of God as well, which is w

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