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Filled with the Knowledge of His Will, Part 3 (TMF:2519)

Thursday, January 02, 2025
Peace to Live By: Filled with the Knowledge of His Will, Part 3 (TMF:2519) - Daniel Litton
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       We know today, as Christians, that God’s will is shown forth in the Bible, and again, ironically (or perhaps not), this is the very thing Paul is pointing out. Without “the knowledge of [God’s] will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” we wouldn’t know what God wants. What God desires. What God’s actual will is. People would just be making up their own rules, their own ways, in everything. We think Christianity suffers from differences across the board right now, well, what if there was no clearly defined “knowledge of his will” to speak of? So, what does this foundation of God’s knowledge provide us with? What are the positive consequences? Paul lists the first one. Verse 10: “so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him” (ESV). The point is simple. We have “the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding” so that we can live good, righteous lives in a way that is worthy, acceptable, to God, and in a way that makes God happy fully and completely.