How To Find The Perfect Will Of God

There is a way to find the perfect will of God. And there is a way not to find that will. There is a way to know exactly what God says and wants. And there is a way to arrive at a network of guesses. Many believers, some even known as "scholars" have fallen into the trap of guesswork, based on culture, history, and semantics. The following comments will be based only on the words given by the Spirit to apostles and prophets.

That royal way of searching is prescribed in the Scriptures. Psalm 119, for example, says in 176 different ways that the written Word of God is our source. eg, v. 2: "Blessed are those who keep His commandments, who seek Him with the whole heart." v. 30: "Your judgments have I laid before me." v. 31: "I cling to Your testimonies. v. 42: I trust in Your Word . v. 75 "I know Lord, that Your judgments are right ."

Many such sentiments gives the Psalmist. Couple this with the sage words of our beloved apostle Paul to his son in the faith, Timothy," ...the Holy Scriptures...are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. ALL Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine..."(II Timothy 3:15, 16), and the resultant warning in chapter 4: 1-4 (there is no break in the original document) "... I charge you therefore...Preach the Word!...for the time will come when they will not endure sound teaching, but according to their own desires, because they have itching ears...they will turn their ears away from the truth, and be turned to fables... "

Thus, the royal way of which I speak is to see the clear statements of Scripture, and find in that precious Book examples and patterns, written expressly for us through God's Holy men. But the itching ear gives rise to that other way of finding the truth : the statements of and examples and patterns of men. Every cult uses this method, and alas! many of God's own seem to fall therein.

The process happens something like this: a pastor or leader, quite content with the Scriptures as they are, nevertheless is turned aside from this contentment by a straying member of the flock, a malcontent, one who has seen the Word and decided it is not for all men of all time. This fleshly one has further decided that he personally will not obey this word, and that there must be a clearer interpretation, a more modern one that fits our time. The pastor wishes to be loyal to his sheep, but without realizing it becomes disloyal to his Master. If the pastor insists on the pure Word of God, the brother of the itching ear will find another church where his interpretation and practice will be more readily accepted. So Pastor offers to research the passage, though he has known for years exactly what it means. He suddenly desires, as Balaam, a second opinion. And lo! Upon further searching he discovers that the old truth is just that, old.

He finds fathers of the church who have been in favor of the new rendering. He discovers that godly people from every generation, even his own, have digressed similarly. Certainly these godly ones cannot all be wrong. Of course in the process of his discovery, he ignores the words and lives of those who have continued on in the old truth, and found it to be sufficient.

The itching ear has been scratched. But no one thought to ask Mr. Disgruntled whence came his itch in the first place. The discernment of the Spirit will reveal that the tendency to want more or less than the prophets have spoken is from the one who appeared in the Garden and spoke to our first parents, "Did God REALLY say that? Oh my, he actually MEANT this!" His lies are oh so convincing. Only a few care to challenge them and cling for dear life to what God has said.

I trust that you, dear reader, are one of these.

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