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Decision-Making

Decision-Making. Staying within God's Will. Find the bull's-eye. The Traditional View. God’s Word Circumstances The Holy Spirit Mature Counsel Personal Desires Common Sense Special Guidance. Settle for second-best. T he center of God's will!. You're in trouble!.

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Decision-Making

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  1. Decision-Making Staying within God's Will

  2. Find the bull's-eye The Traditional View God’s Word Circumstances The Holy Spirit Mature Counsel Personal Desires Common Sense Special Guidance Settle for second-best. The center of God's will! You're in trouble!

  3. Problem #1: Inconsistency • What makes a decision "important?" • Problem #2: Uncertainty • How do we know when we've found it? • Problem #3: Reality • "God's will" doesn't always work. The Traditional View God’s Word Circumstances The Holy Spirit Mature Counsel Personal Desires Common Sense Special Guidance

  4. Wisdom • We must search for it. • We find it in the Bible. • God's Moral Will • We know it through the Bible. • We obey it unconditionally. • God's Sovereign Will • We cannot know it ahead of time. • We accept it trustingly. • Freedom • We do what we want within God’s limits. The Traditional View The WisdomView God’s Word Circumstances The Holy Spirit Mature Counsel Personal Desires Common Sense Special Guidance Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  5. What is Wisdom? • The application of knowledge • Wisdom brings success, Ecc 10.10 • A right view of self • Wisdom from above/below, James 3 • A right view of God • Fear of Lord beginning of W, Prov 9 • A right world-view • Fool: "There is no God," Psalm 14 The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  6. James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. Proverbs 2:6, 9 For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding, 9 Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  7. Matthew 12:49-50 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. John 7:17 If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  8. James 4:13-15 Go to now, ye that say, To day or to morrow we will go into such a city, and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: 14Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. 15For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that. The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  9. Ecclesiastes 11:9 Let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thineeyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. I Corinthians 7:39 The wife is bound by the law as long as her husband liveth; but if her husband be dead, she is at liberty to be married to whom she will; only in the Lord. The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

  10. Angel to Manoah's wife: 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.' Manoah to angel: "What shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation?" Angel to Manoah: "Let the woman pay attention to all that I said." The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom Example: Jud 13

  11. While the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint arose … And the twelve said, "It is not desirable for us to neglect the word of God in order to serve tables. "But select from among you, brethren, seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task. But we will devote ourselves to prayer, and to the ministry of the word." And the statement found approval with the whole congregation. The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom Example: Acts 6

  12. Seek wisdom. • Ask God for wisdom. • Obey the biblical commands. • Apply the biblical principles. • Consider yourself: • Strengths, weaknesses, abilities, etc. • Desire/burden. • Circumstances/opportunities. • Motives. • Decide how you can best: • Glorify God. • Serve others. • Do what seems best. • Trust God to work out His plan. The WisdomView Wisdom Moral Will Sovereign Will Freedom

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