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Before you begin your Bible study, as a believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, be sure you have named your sins privately to God the Father.

/If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

(Known, Unknown and Forgotten sins)/ (1Jn 1:9)

 

You will then be in fellowship with God, Filled with the Holy Spirit and ready to learn Truth from the Word of God.

 

/God is spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in Spirit and Truth.

/(John 4:24)

 

 

/ INTRODUCTION/

 

 HE IS THE ONE!

 

     Before the Fall; man was a perfect creation, and that was all we could ever be, because of the Fall-and then condemnation; Salvation was provided; so we are able to be born into God's family.

In order to live with God, we have to be as perfect as God is, in righteousness and justice.

This is His plan from the beginning!

Never has there ever been a different plan, angels and men have free will, this is the reason for all the “trouble” but no trouble for God! (Isa 52:10; Isa 59:16) He did all the work Himself, He created heaven and earth, (Col 1:15-19) angels and man, He was the only perfectly born human, without a sin nature, and perfect in body, soul and spirit, and He lived a perfect Spiritual life, grew to Spiritual maturity, defeated Satan and all the demon's, was judged for ALL our sins, will put unbelievers in the lake of fire, and believers in heaven, and some in dark pits, He will rule forever!

And never asked us for our opinion, help or guidance!

We either adjust to God's plan, *or it will adjust to us! *

 

     EVERY PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior is the personal representative of the Son of God.

He is called an ambassador for Christ, a witness, a priest, a believer.

But whatever the title, one Truth is clear; Just as Jesus Christ represents every believer at the right hand of the Father, so every believer represents the Son of God on earth!

In order to represent Him effectively, everyone who is born again must be guided by God.

To this end we have the Promise:

 

     /And the Lord will continually guide you, //And satisfy your desire in scorched places, //[//War, beasts, famine, disease and disaster//]// //And give strength to your bones; And you will be like a watered garden,// [//Mature Spiritual life//] //And like a spring of water whose waters do not fail.

//[//Communicating Truth//]// /(1Pe 4:11) /Those from among you will rebuild the ancient ruins; You will raise up the age-old foundations; And you will be called the repairer of the breach, The restorer of the streets in which to dwell.

//[//The Completed Spiritual life//] //If because of the Sabbath, //[//To reach Spiritual maturity//]// //you turn your foot From doing your own pleasure// //on My holy day, /(Heb 4:7-12) /And call the Sabbath a delight, //[//Staying in Spiritual maturity//]// the holy day of the LORD honorable, //[//Everyday//]// //And honor it,// //desisting// //from your own ways,// //From seeking// //your own pleasure And// //speaking// //your own word,// Then you will take delight in the LORD, //And I will make you ride on the heights of the earth; //[//Free from the control of the old sin nature and the false *realities* of Satan's kingdom//]// And I will feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father, //[//Mature Truth//]// For the mouth of the LORD has spoken./

(Isa 58:11-14)

 

     Divine guidance is the Doctrine of determining the will of God for your life, In the Bible the Greek word for /“will”/ is (/Thelema/) When /thelema/ is used with reference to God’s /“will” /for the believer, (Rom 2:18, Eph 1:1) it refers to the purpose or plan He designed for every believer in eternity past.

One of the greatest dilemmas any believer faces is: How can I know God’s will?

How can I be guided by Him?

What is God’s will for me in some crisis or difficulty or problem in my life?

Throughout Scripture, believers are continually exhorted to know the will of God.

 

     /So then do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is./ (Eph 5:17)

 

     A Christian who trusts in himself instead of God and His Wisdom: *is declared to be a fool.*

(Prov 28:26) One of the most detrimental failures in the Christian life is lack of Spiritual Wisdom and Understanding.

(Prov 9:10)

 

     Divine guidance is the Communication of Divine will through Divine Revelation — the Word of God.

(2Pe 1:20-21) Therefore, it is obvious that Divine guidance must be based upon the Bible itself, for the Word of God is the Thinking of Christ.

/For who has known the Mind [//Thinking//] of the Lord, that he should instruct Him?

But we have the Mind [//Thinking//] of Christ./

(1Co 2:16)

 

     Today, the only way you can know what the will of God is for your life is to hear and Understand the Word of Truth.

In (Rom 8:14) we are introduced to God the Holy Spirit as the major factor in Divine guidance.

/For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, *these are sons of God.*/* *(Rom 8:14)

 

     There is no Divine guidance apart from knowing the Word of God and being controlled by the ministry of God the Holy Spirit.

(John 4:23-24) Together, these basics of the Spiritual life form the cornerstone for the three Mandates of Divine guidance

 

/MANDATES OF DIVINE GUIDANCE/

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/Submit to the Will of God/

 

     /I urge you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present [Paristemi] your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your Spiritual service of worship.

/(Rom 12:1)

 

     /“Present”/ in this verse is the same Greek word, /paristemi/, also found in, (Rom 6:13) and means /“to place yourself under orders” /to God, or to submit to the will of God.

When we understand this, we know that this is not a “one — shot” decision to submit to God that guarantees submission forever after.

Submission is an ongoing chain of decisions throughout the course of our Christian life.

We do not decide what the will of God is for us; rather, He Decides His will for us and leads us step by step when we are in fellowship.

(John 15:15) We must be in fellowship with God to be guided by God.

The only way to be in fellowship is to be forgiven our sins and purified from all wrongdoing through rebound; the grace method by which the believer in carnality regains fellowship and Spirituality by admitting personal sins privately to God the Father.

/If we confess [Admit, acknowledge] our [Known] sins, He is faithful and righteous [Just] to forgive us our [Known] sins and to cleanse [Purify] us from all unrighteousness.

[Unknown or forgotten sins]/ (1Jn 1:9)

 

     If there is any sin in your life as a Christian, we are said to be /“out of fellowship //—// men of flesh.”/

We are in carnality, (1Co 3:1-4) and as long as we are carnal, it is impossible for us to be guided by God the Holy Spirit.

Therefore, one of the first steps in Divine guidance is the use of (1Jn 1:9) to rebound.

If we are going to do the will of God, we must be controlled by the Spirit of God, for it is impossible to do the will of God apart from the filling of God the Holy Spirit.

Submission to the will of God begins with the filling of God the Holy Spirit — /“...Be [//Constantly//] filled with the Spirit.”/

(Eph 5:18) When we acknowledge our sins to God, He forgives our known sins and purifies us instantly and completely from our unknown sins.

We are restored to fellowship, immediately our soul is controlled again by God the Holy Spirit, and are *Spiritual.

*The only deterrent to the Spirit’s control is sin; therefore, admitting our sins to God, is the only requirement to receive the filling of God the Holy Spirit.

The Command of submission to the will of God is stated in.

(Rom 6:13)

 

     /And do not go on presenting [Paristemi] the members of your body to sin as instruments of unrighteousness, //but present// [//Paristemi//] //yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and your members// [//Eyes, ears, mind, mouth and body//] //as instruments of righteousness to God./ (Rom 6:13)

 

     The mechanics of submission to God’s will is to confess.

(1Jn 1:9) These are simply two sides of the same coin.

Submission to the will of God is not demonstrated in one particular moment or in one particular incident, but is, rather, having the will of God as the consistent rule for your life!

*Submission is choosing God’s will to be final even before you know what His will is!

*It is not a question of being willing to do one thing.

*It is a question of being willing to do anything!**

*It is impossible to submit to the will of God without the filling of God the Holy Spirit and it impossible to know the will of God until you know the Word of God!

 

/KNOW THE WILL OF GOD /

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     /And do not think with the thinking of this world,// [//Satan's thinking//] //but be transformed by the renewing of your mind,// //[//God's Thinking//] /(Prov 19:21) /that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good,/ (Jer 29:11) /and acceptable //[//Well-pleasing] and perfect.//

[//Complete//] /(Rom 12:2)

 

     Along with this verse, every Command from the negative standpoint, /“Do not be,”/ and from the positive standpoint, /“Do you not know,”/ is an encouragement to know the Word of God, the will of God, and the plan of God; and is, therefore, essential in following the Commands of God's guidance.

Since the Bible is the source of the known will of God, whether by direct statement or by implication from Truth, knowledge of His will is based on the Understanding of the Word of God! *Maximum perception of Truth, techniques, and Promises results in the ability to be guided by God!*

     To settle questions and problems not specified in the Bible, the believer must go from the known to the unknown.

We have a perfect illustration in algebra: X equals the unknown factor, but X cannot be determined without known factors around it.

While X is unknown, as soon as we place known factors around it, we can determine the meaning of X.

For example, if 2X = 10, what is X? Answer: X = 5.

The reason we know that X equals five is because we have known factors in the picture.

Known factors determine the meaning of X.

The known factors as far as Divine guidance is concerned, are all found in the Scripture.

With the known factors in the Bible we can Understand the Mind and the will of God in every Thought of our life.

(1Sa 15:22; Prov 13:13; Prov 16:20) For example, a known factor is found in, (2Co 6:14) where you are told: /“Do not be bound together with unbelievers,”/ (As well as believers who do not *consistently *stay in fellowship) (Psa 26:1-5; (1Co 15:33; Prov 13:20) this brings up the matter of guidance in marriage.

If should you marry?

When should you marry?

What kind of person should you marry?

And there are many other questions involved.

But one thing is definitely known from (2Co 6:14) — you are not to marry an unbeliever.

This is directly stated to be against the will of God.

When, if and who should you marry?

These answers must be determined by a combination of known factors from the Bible, together with the filling of God the Holy Spirit.

There are many things which the Bible directly Mandates to be God’s will or, on the other hand, not to be God’s will.

Other things not directly stated must be determined by a *rational conclusion from Truth resident in our soul.*

In this way we are able to determine at any point and under every circumstance exactly what is God’s will.

But remember the Principle: /You cannot know the will of God apart from having a complete Understanding of the Word of God!// /(Rom 10:2)/ /Likewise, /it is *impossible* to do the will of God without the power to execute it!

/(2Ti 3:5) This power is provided by the filling ministry of God the Holy Spirit.

This is some of the Reasons believers are exhorted to rebound, study the Word of God daily, and expose themselves to Bible teaching as much as possible.