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Sermon One From The Sermon Series
Ephesians 1:4-11 according as He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame
before Him in love, (5) having predestined us to the adoption of children by Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the good pleasure of His will (thelema), (6) to the praise of the glory of His grace, in which He has made us accepted in the One having been loved. (7) In Him we
have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace, (8) which He caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and understanding; (9) having made known to us the mystery of His will (thelema), according to His good pleasure which He purposed
in Himself, (10) for an administration of the fullness of times, to head up all things in Christ, both the things in Heaven, and the things on earth, even in Him, (11) in whom also we have been chosen to an
inheritance, being predestinated according to the purpose of Him who works all things according to the counsel of His own will (thelema),,
Eph 1:12 That we should be to the praise of His glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Eph 1:13 In whom you also trusted, after that you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after
that you believed, you were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
Eph 1:14 Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of
His glory.
Understanding The Will Of God
The Decreed Will/Purpose of God
Think of it as “The Conception”
• It was conceived in eternity before creation• It is a pre-determined project/desire • It is unchangeable
It is a noun - θελημα - thelema
God’s Decreed Will (thelema )
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Time/Space/History
WGod’s thelo
I L L
Word – Commands and PrinciplesInput – People/circumstances/events
Life – Obedience and disobedience
Leading – God intervening
God’s Decreed Will
Accomplishedthelema
Psalms 2:6-7 Yea, I have set My king on My holy hill, on Zion. (7) I will declare the decree of
Jehovah. He has said to Me, You are My Son; today I have begotten
You.
II. The Directive Will Of God (Activation)
• It has to do with guidance and influence• It is being worked out in time• It is the process/means to reach the goal• It is always a verb - thelo
Romans 9:22-23 What if God, willing/ thelo to show His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much long-suffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction; (23) and that He might make known the riches of His glory on the vessels of mercy which He had before prepared to glory;
Understanding The Directive Will Of God
ConscienceVisions
Dreams
AngelsPrayer
Bible
Preaching
God speaking
The Will/Thelema of God Noun = a thing
Pre-determined Conception
The willing/Ethelo of God Verb = an action
Directive
The Will/Thelema of God = a thing
Actualization
Time Space History
Time Space History
Time Space History
You Didn’t Build This
The Accomplished Will Of God (Actualization)• It is the end product of the conception• It is eternal • It is always a noun - θελημα - thelema