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THREE WILLS OF GOD 1. The providential will of God. Its going to take place no matter what. Between The Lines

THREE WILLS OF GOD 1. The providential will of God. God’s will for your life morally, according to scripture. 2. The moral will of God. Between The Lines

THREE WILLS OF GOD 1. The providential will of God. God’s will for you, specifically. 2. The moral will of God. 3. The personal will of God. The more we get to know the providential will of God and the moral will of God, the better we’ll discern the personal will of God. Between The Lines

THE MORAL WILL OF GOD 1 Thessalonians 4:3 It is God's will that you should be sanctified… Sanctified means: purification (the state of purity, without impurity or pollution) Sanctification consists in two parts: "ceasing to do evil“ and "learning to do well." Between The Lines

THE MORAL WILL OF GOD 1 Peter 4:2-3 2 As a result, he does not live the rest of his earthly life for evil human desires, but rather for the will of God. 3 For you have spent enough time in the past doing what pagans choose to do… Between The Lines

TWO KINDS OF SIN Romans 7:19 19 I want to do what is good, but I don’t. I don’t want to do what is wrong, but I do it anyway. Between The Lines

TWO KINDS OF SIN 1. Sins of commission Romans 6:1-3 Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Between The Lines

TWO KINDS OF SIN 1. Sins of commission What are you doing outside the moral will of God? Between The Lines

TWO KINDS OF SIN 1. Sins of commission 2. Sins of omission What are you doing outside the moral will of God? James 4:17 Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. Between The Lines

TWO KINDS OF SIN 1. Sins of commission 2. Sins of omission What are you doing outside the moral will of God? What are you not doing that God wants you to do ? Between The Lines

Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of His will. God wants us to get to know His providential will, and live by His moral will and so we’ll better be able to discern His personal will. Between The Lines