1. HOW TO KNOW
GOD’S WILL FOR
YOUR LIFE!
I CORINTHIANS
16:5-9

2. THE TRADITIONAL VIEW:
“God’s Will” has 2 “parts”…
God’s God’s
Perfect Permissive
Will Will

3. A MORE BIBLICAL VIEW:
God’s Will has 3 “parts”…
• God’s Sovereign Will…His
“Determinative Will”
• God’s “Moral Will”…His
“Desirous Will”
• God’s “Personal Will”

4. DECISION-MAKING…
Finding God’s Personal Will:
The Way of Wisdom!
A Model:
A child
playing on a playground...
inside a protective fence

5. Within the boundaries of
the Moral Will of God,
the believer is free
and responsible
to make his own decisions,
using Scriptural principles,
wisdom,
and spiritual maturity.

6. 1. Make Sure You Are Following
God's Desirous Will...His
Revealed, Moral Will.
• Obey commands & prohibitions!
• Apply principles of Christian
Liberty!
• Establish Biblical priorities!
• Adopt Biblical Attitudes!

7. 2. Seek Wisdom to make Wise
Decisions!
• Through Scripture!
• Through Prayer!
• Through careful study of options
and ramifications!
• Through wise Counselors!
• Through life itself!

8. 3. Watch for “Doors” that God may
open…or close!
4. Seek to use your spiritual gift!
5. If you are in fellowship with God,
walking within the Biblical
principles, follow your desires!
• Philippians 2:13
• I Cor. 16:5-9; II Cor. 2:12-13

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