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God’s perfect will

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On October 23, 2012

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Often we hear people saying, if it is the will of God, then I would do this or that. We pray for God’s will to be done in and through our life, seldom pausing to find out what that will of God is. Romans 12:2 commands us to be transformed by the renewing of our mind, so that we may prove the perfect will of God. So what is this perfect will of God?

Jesus said, that he came to do the will of God (Hebrews 10:9). Paul, in his letter to Timothy writes that Jesus came to save sinners (1 Timothy 1:15). So by using these two texts, we can extrapolate, that God’s perfect will is to save sinners through Jesus Christ.

Points to ponder:
Are you/I doing the perfect will of God? Proverbs 11:30 affirms that a soul winner is wise. So those who do the will of God, by presenting the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to those who are unsaved, for the salvation of their souls, are wise. In other words, to do the perfect will of God, by pointing the sinner to the Savior Jesus Christ, who came to save, is to be wise. Are you/I doing the perfect will of God? Are you/I wise? 

Hebrews 10:9 (KJV)
9 Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

1 Timothy 1:15 (KJV)
15 This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief.

Proverbs 11:30 (KJV)
30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

Jesus’ Autobiography

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On January 7, 2010

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Jesus, the author of life itself, beautifully summarized His autobiography in one sentence, when He said For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. (John 6:38)

Jesus’ autobiography, while succinct speaks volumes and throws light on two important facts, viz.

  1. Place – from where Jesus came and the
  2. Purpose – for his coming.

Jesus came from heaven and this is important because no one has gone to heaven except Him who descended from heaven (John 3:13) and this reflects the preexistence of Jesus from the very beginning.

Jesus came to do the will of God the Father who sent Him, and not His own. His purpose in life was to fulfill what God has sent Him for, which is not to lose anyone, but to save all (John 6:39), by raising them all from the condition of death due to sin (Matthew 1:21).

Point(s) to ponder:

  1. Shouldn’t we who belong to heaven as co-heirs with Jesus when we believe in Him, also have the same purpose in our lives? Shouldn’t our life’s goal (purpose) be to do the will of God by saving all, and losing no one, by pointing them to Jesus, the one from heaven who came with the purpose to fulfill the will of God?
  2. What will your (auto)biography be in a sentence?
    I pray that I can say of myself  (auto-)  or that it would be said of me (biography),
    I, Mano, a redeemed sinner, saved by the grace of God alone, came to be a compass to all in darkness so that all may see the glorious beauty of Jesus Christ, the only True Light, my Savior.

John 6:38-39 (KJV)

38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me.
39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Tell no one that Jesus is the Messiah

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On July 2, 2009

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Doesn’t the great commission require that we should be witnesses of Jesus, sharing with those who do not know him, that Jesus is the Messiah (the Christ or the Anointed One), and that his name means – Savior, for He shall save His people from their Sins (Matthew 1:21)? Then why would the title of this article read – Tell no one that Jesus is the Messiah? These are not my words, but the words of Jesus himself as expressed in the gospel according to Mark, in chapter 8.

Christians (present company included) are quick to profess their faith and recognize Jesus to be the Messiah, the Christ, as Peter his disciple did, but find it difficult to tell others as to why Jesus came, which was to suffer, be rejected and die in the hands of men, and be raised to life again, so that man need not suffer or be rejected and die in the hands of God but be raised to life when they believe in Jesus. This is exactly what Jesus started to teach the disciples (vs. 31) after he had charged them not to tell anyone that He was indeed the Messiah, the Christ  (vs. 30).

Point(s) to ponder:

Tell no one that Jesus is the Messiah, until you know what he came to do and you are willing to tell that to them too.

Mark 8:29-31 (KJV)
29 And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ.
30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of him.
31 And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

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