Lesson
14
Observations
1. In the life of the positive advancing believer God is at work, empowering, enabling them through the
Indwelling Holy Spirit.
2. It is God/H-S who will illuminate and reveal to us what the will of
God is for us at any given time.
- The Holy Spirit only has
what BD you have resident, already learned to draw from.
- This is the reason Paul exhorts us to keep on renewing our mind, our
norms and standards, the frame of reference we function with.
- So in a very real way by indifference
to BD, failure to assemble consistently you have
limited the power of God in your life.
- What about those areas not directly dealt with in Scripture?
Are to use
spiritual commonsense informed by the truth you know!
3. God works in us, stirring us through the new man, the new conscious
that we're building to do what we ought.
4. Simply to know what is right and even to desire to do the right
thing via the I/H-S isn't enough. [subject of Rom. 7]
5. We must make the overt application of the truth that we
know.
- that's the whole point of Rom 6:11f.
6. "To work" indicates to have production, to bear fruit in
the life.
7. We are to be like a plant
that grows, flowers and sets fruit.
8. Application of this
analogy with the believer:
- grows = to grow up spiritually - God will provide the necessary
resources for any one who is positive and desiring to know His word. establishes their
MPR
- this
is the stage where we're learning what the will of God is, what His desire for
us is.
- flowers = along with our growth is an increasing desire to do what
is right; what is consistent with our new nature in Christ and our developing
relationship with Christ.
our
Positive volition will be reflected in keeping short accounts - maintaining
fellowship as necessary.
- fruit = divine good production
in the life of the believer, and that regardless of the external circumstances.
9. The whole activity of learning what the will of God is and then
acting on it fulfills God's purpose/plan for you.
10. God is not pleased and His purpose is not fulfilled when negative
volition and rejection of truth reigns in our life. 1 Cor 10:5;
Why?? Heb. 4:2; Heb 10:38
Illustrations: