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Resolute to Do God’s Will: Understanding and Responding to God’s Direction in Your Life

Discover how to discern God’s will and respond to various opinions on the subject, as exemplified in Acts 21. Learn the importance of following God's will resolutely and applying biblical principles in decision-making.

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Resolute to Do God’s Will: Understanding and Responding to God’s Direction in Your Life

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  1. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

  2. Resolute to Do the Lord’s WillActs 21:1-26 How do you respond when someone tells you that they know God’s will for your life? Reject them as busybodies? Accept them as sent from God? Challenge them to show it from the Bible

  3. God’s Will for Your Life Give thanks in everything – 1 Thess. 5:18 Your Sanctification – 1 Thess. 4:3-7 Anything God has commanded. Other people do not know God’s will for you on issues not specifically addressed in the Scriptures.

  4. Tyre

  5. Warnings in TyreActs 21:5,6 Paul spent a week in Tyre Acts 21:4 – don’t go to Jerusalem Acts 19:21 – go to Jerusalem Acts 20:22-24 – go to Jerusalem Paul knows bonds & affliction await Paul is “bound in spirit” to go No indication Paul ever thought it was a mistake to go to Jerusalem

  6. Warnings in TyreActs 21:5,6 God revealed what would happen but they interpreted the information incorrectly Other people know God’s will for your life only when they can show it to you from the Scriptures They cannot contradict the Scriptures, what God has revealed to you or go beyond what God has revealed.

  7. From Tyre to Caesarea: Acts 21:7-14

  8. Warnings in CaesareaActs 21:8-14 Philip the Evangelist – Acts 6:5 & 8:5-40 Agabus demonstrates how Paul will be bound and delivered to the Gentiles They all beg Paul not to go to Jerusalem Paul is neither stubborn or foolhardy Paul was resolute to do what he knew was God’s will regardless of personal suffering.

  9. Resolute to Do God’s Will We must trust the Lord in all circumstances The glory of God is more important than personal safety Matt. 16:24,25; Matt. 5:10-12; 2 Tim. 3:12 Christians must uphold righteousness: stand firm on the truth; obey God; speak about Jesus; never compromise their faith – even if bad things happen as a result

  10. Paul in JerusalemActs 21:15f Paul arrives in Jerusalem & stays with Mnason of Cyprus – vs. 15-17 He reports to James & the elders – vs. 18-20 They are concerned about a false report about Paul – vs. 20-22 Their solution –vs. 23-25

  11. Prove the slander is not true by showing respect to the Mosaic Law 1 Corinthians 9:20-23 No change in decision concerning Gentile believers ( vs. 25; cf. Acts 15) Gentiles not required to follow Mosaic Law. Jewish believers may keep their traditions as they desire – without compromise to the gospel

  12. Grace Bible ChurchGlorifying God by Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

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