God Perfect Will
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 1: Introduction“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect.” – Romans 12:2 There is no phrase more often…
Lesson 2: Learning His Will
Lesson 2: Learning His Will“Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God! Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground!” – Psalm 143:10 As we read in the closing of the previous lesson, the Will of God is the place in which we live. When we live the…
Lesson 3: Loving His Will
Lesson 3: Loving His Will"Oh how I love Your law…Your commandment is exceedingly broad" (Psalm 119:96-97). The devotional books are all occupied with the same theme. Songs find their keynote in the kinghood and throne of God. When the song is of hum…
Lesson 4: Delighting in His Will
Lesson 4: Delighting in His Will"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…
Lesson 5: Pleasure in His Will
Lesson 5: Pleasure in His Will "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…
Lesson 6: Learning His Will
Lesson 6: Learning His Will "I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed…
Lesson 7: The Future of His Will
Lesson 7: The Future of His Will "And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying, ‘Amen. Hallelujah!’ And from the throne came a voice saying, ‘Praise our God, all you His se…
Lesson 8: God’s Will is Perfect
Lesson 8: God’s Will is Perfect"Teach me to do Your Will; for You are my God" (Psalm 143:10). In our previous lessons we have seen that the supreme subject of Scripture is the Will of God. As a revelation to man, it declares that human life is only…
Lesson 9: God’s Will is Pleasant
Lesson 9: God’s Will is PleasantII. Pleasure.“You make known to me the path of life; in Your presence there is fullness of joy; at Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.” Psalm 16:11 The second demand is for Pleasure. This is a perfectly legitim…
Lesson 10: God’s Will is Eternal
Lesson 10: God’s Will is EternalIII. Permanence.“He has put eternity into man’s heart...” (Ecclesiastes 3:11) The last demand is that of Permanence. Man is everywhere, at all times, in every way, at war with decay. The hatred of death, and the dread…
Lesson 11: Provides for Perfection
Lesson 11: Provides for PerfectionMatthew 5:48 – “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” In considering the threefold demand dealt with in the last chapter, we come first in order to the demand for perfection. The answer…
Lesson 12: Perfection’s Source
Lesson 12: Perfection’s SourceMatthew 5:48 – “You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.” As we see above, no man knows perfectly and completely his fellow man. The mother that bore me, the wife of my heart, the children of…
Lesson 13: Purchases Pleasure in Obedience
Lesson 13: Purchases Pleasure in Obedience“Love is the fulfilling of the Law” Romans 13:10. Man's nature is such that, in addition to perfection, it demands pleasure. How that demand is met in the Will of God may be declared like this: God's Will is…
Lesson 14: Purchases Pleasure With Love
Lesson 14: Purchases Pleasure With Love“Blessed are those who…seek Him with their whole heart” (Psalm 119:2 II. Love can only make laws for man which will provide him with perfect pleasure. Love’s very nature, as we have already seen, makes this a…
Lesson 15: Purchases Pleasure Through Hope
Lesson 15: Purchases Pleasure Through Hope“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepar…
Lesson 16: Promise’s Permanence Through Himself
Lesson 16: Promise’s Permanence Through Himself“…whoever does the will of God abides forever" 1 John 2:17. The third demand of man is for permanence. That also is secured by those who dwell wholly within the Will of God. The argument may be simply…
Lesson 17: Promises Permanence Against All Other Forces
Lesson 17: Promises Permanence Against All Other Forces"The world is passing away along with its desires, but whoever does the will of God abides forever" (1 John 2:17). The light falls in the act of retrospection. Looking back today to the events…
Lesson 18: Practical Because its Nature is Organized
Lesson 18: Practical Because its Nature is Organized“The steps of a man are established by the Lord, when he delights in his way” Psalm 37:23For the reasons stated, we grant that the Will of God should be the best law of life for man. Having granted…
Lesson 19: Practical Because its Nature is Seen in His Orderly Creation
Lesson 19: Practical Because its Nature is Seen in His Orderly CreationGenesis 1:31 – “And God saw everything that He had made, and behold, it was very good…” By this interest in, and arrangement for, all the details of every individual life, God ma…
Lesson 20: Practical Because Revealed in Jesus
Lesson 20: Practical Because Revealed in Jesus“He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation” Colossians 1:15 While the fact that the Will of God includes and conditions all His creation is a most blessed one, yet it is not suf…
Lesson 21: Practical Because Revealed to All Who Desire to Know It
Lesson 21: Practical Because Revealed to All Who Desire to Know It“[Jesus is] the true light, which gives light to everyone…” John 1:9 In Jesus’ perfect life God revealed His Will for every human being. It was not the life of an angel visitor. Its…
Lesson 22: Practical by New Life God Works In Us
Lesson 22: Practical by New Life God Works In Us"For it is God who works in you both to will and to work for His good pleasure" (Philippians 2:13). This statement occurs between two commands. The first has reference to personal salvation, and the se…
Lesson 23: Practical by New Life God Works Through Us
Lesson 23: Practical by New Life God Works Through Us"It is God who works in you both to Will and to do." (Philippians 2:13) Think first of the inner, "to Will." This is active determination for what is to be done. Not determination from us alone,…
Lesson 24: Its Ultimate Realization Is Already Visible In Part
Lesson 24: Its Ultimate Realization Is Already Visible In Part"For now we see in a mirror dimly; but then face to face" (1 Corinthians 13:12"We shall see Him even as He is" (1 John 3:2) So far we have considered the subject of the Word of God…
Lesson 25: The Ultimate Realization Brings Complete Knowledge
Lesson 25: The Ultimate Realization Brings Complete Knowledge"We shall be like Him" (1 John 3:2) II. Perfect Correspondence.The first result of this, according to our verse today, will be that of perfect correspondence with our Master. In the moment…
Lesson 26: The Ultimate Realization Produces Service
Lesson 26: The Ultimate Realization Produces Service"His servants will worship Him. They will see His face" (Revelation 22:3-4) IV. Unceasing Service.From the three facts we have studied in the last two lessons comes the fourth glorious fact, that…
Lesson 27: Practical Guidance to God’s Will
Lesson 27: Practical Guidance to God’s Will“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make straight your paths.” (Proverbs 3:5-6) We have learned much about the Wi…
God’s Perfect Will
God’s Perfect Will from the work of G Campbell Morgan CHARACTER COUNT Lesson 1: Introduction 3,130Lesson 2: Learning His Will 3,025Lesson…