Lesson 2
3.
Satan has a will!
He
was the first to deviate from God's expressed will.
How
or what is the means of influence by Satan??
How can he get to you??
In
the garden God put a tree (TKGOKE) and to Adam God said, "Do not eat!"
Ø What
does this give Adam the opportunity to do??
(2 things)
1. The opportunity to affirm the will of God!
2. The opportunity to
challenge it and say, "I deny the will of
God."
Ø Why
did God Put the Tree there?? Why the
Command??
1. God desires volitional obedience!
2. He desires to
influence man's will to the point that he will
say, "I see your will, and I recognize that it is the best course
for me, and I submit to it."
3. Every time Adam
walked by that tree, and did not eat, he was
saying, God you know best.
4. One day when he
went by the tree, Ishah was standing there and said to him, Hey Adam eat, its
really great!
Ø With
man we have a "will" explosion.
There
is a problem: Too many believers today
are tied down by a horrible concept,
the viewpoint that they're victims; we
just can't help it!
When
we begin to accept responsibility for our actions, in everything that we do, then we have begun the process of
maturity.
Point
of observation: God is an objective
God!
With the creation of man God is saying, I will
grant time, human history and in the
course of human history, as it is played out, it is going to prove something
very important.
Is my will best or is it not??
Ø As
we look at the will of man, our ability to choose, we have in the process of
making decisions 3 options:
1. Option to respond to God's will.
2. Option to respond to Satan's will.
3. Option to respond to our own sin nature.
Ø Lets
look at some Documentation for these statements!!
1.
May a Believer Respond to the will of Satan?
Eph. 4:27
2.
Does God have a will relative to Us??
You bet He does!
3. What about our old nature,
OSN; something we all have as a
consequence of the fall?
Ø Something
to think about!
The
measure of maturity is the measure to which we respond positively to the will of God.