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Discover the key principles to understanding and living in accordance with God's will for your life. Learn about salvation, being Spirit-filled, sanctification, submission, and embracing suffering. Dr. Heinz Lycklama discusses these principles in selected scriptures.
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What Is God’s Will For My Life?Selected Scripture @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
God’s Will For My Life • We all want to know God’s Will • School?Career? Mate? Job? • Random verse in the Bible? • Spin the globe? • Hear a voice? • How can we know His Will? • Communicated in Scripture • Five basic Principles • Final Principle @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Principle #1 - Salvation 2 Pet. 3:1-10 2 Pet. 2:1 1 Tim. 2:3-4 Acts 17:28 John 10:4 Mark 3:31-35 1 John 2:15-17 • Beware of false teachers who • Deny deity of Christ • Deny Christ’s 2nd Coming • God wants men to be saved • For God to reveal His will to you, you need to be saved • God’s patience delays judgment @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Principle #2 – Spirit-Filled Eph. 5:16-18 Rom. 8:9 1 Cor. 6:19 1 Cor. 12:12-13 Rom. 5:5 2 Cor. 12:9 Phil. 4:13 2 Pet. 1:3 Col. 2:10 Matt. 14:22-33 Acts 1:8 Acts 2:4, 14 Acts 3:6 Col. 3:16 • Redeeming the time • We have more love, grace, strength, power • We are complete in Him • Filled with the Word • Speaking in psalms & songs • Living a Christ-conscious life @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Principle #3 – Sanctification • We are to be purified • Practice purity • Four Principles: • Abstain from fornication • Control your body • Subdue your passions • Treat others fairly 1 Th. 4:3-7 1 Cor. 6:12-13 1 Th. 4:4,5,6 1 Th. 4:8 2 Tim. 2:21 @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Principle #4 – Submission • Obey all laws of the land, unless they violate God’s laws • Be a good citizen • Submit to government • Submit to your master, whether a believer or not • Submit to each other – wives, husbands • Children, obey parents 1 Pet. 2:13-18 Eph. 6:5-8 1 Tim. 3:10 Acts 4:18-20 Matt. 5:13-16 Rom. 13:1-14 Eph. 5:22-6:9 @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
Principle #5 – Suffering Acts 4:1-12 Mark 9:33-35 Matt. 19:28 Luke 9:57-58 1 Pet. 5:10 1 Pet. 4:19 1 Pet. 3:17 2 Tim. 3:12 Phil. 1:29 Acts 4:3,7,29 Phil. 2:17 Col. 1:24 Gal. 6:17 • Living a godly life • You will be persecuted • Bold witnessing • Out in the bushes? • Not out of order • Confronting the world @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama
The Final Principle • God’s will is that you be saved, spirit-filled, sanctified, submissive, and suffering • If you are practicing all five basic principles, then DO WHATEVER YOU WANT! Ps. 37:4 Acts 9:32-35 Acts 16:6-10 Rom. 12:1-2 1 Th. 5:16-18 Rom. 8:28 @ Dr. Heinz Lycklama