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Do the Will of God

1Chronicles 23:4 says: Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
Ecclesiastes 3:17 says: I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
1Peter 1:17 says: And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:
Revelation 20:12 says: And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Revelation 20:13 says: And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works.
Proverbs 26:15 says: The slothful hideth his hand in his bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.  As we have already seen, the slothful grieves over even providing the basics of life for themselves.  They feel that someone else owes them their living.  This belief is the basis of all communistic and socialistic systems.
Matthew 21:28-31 says: But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.

You all have heard American preachers say that Filipinos respond to invitations in a way that Americans don't.  However, that only puts them into the position of the first son who said to the command of his father: I go, sir.  However, those Filipinos who respond to the invitation and do not do the work of God make themselves like the son who answered and said, I go, sir: and went not.  Thus, he did not do the will of the Father.

  1. Purpose:
    1. What is God's Purpose for your life?
    2. What spiritual gifts has God given you and which spiritual gift is primary?
    3. Are you pursuing God's Purpose for your life?
    4. Have you written down God's purpose for your life?
    5. James 4:8 says: Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you.  Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.
    6. The purpose of pastors is supposed to be to get people to spiritually mature so that they can use the spiritual gifts that God gave them to help the church do the 'Great Commission'.  This not only is preaching to the lost but also teaching the saved, such as the Abundant Life Mission.  This is also supporting missionaries, who are away from home, and are doing the 'Great Commission'.  How are you using your God-given spiritual gifts to help your church do God's plan?
  2. Plan:
    1. Failure to plan is a plan to fail.
    2. Plans have specific steps to be accomplished in a specific order in order to fulfill the purpose.
    3. Creating a plan starts with finding out what is required in order to fulfill the purpose.  Then, creating the plan requires determining the detailed steps which are required in order to fulfill these requirements.  Next, the plan must specify specific actions to do and dates by which the actions must be completed in order to fulfill the Plan and reach the original purpose.
    4. Pastor Edgar Nono sought to start a church in Bacolod City in order to fulfill God's purpose in his life as a pastor.  He then sought the spiritual need and determined that there were many churches which told people how to get saved but then made them religious instead of building up their spiritual relationship.  Therefore, he made the main emphasis of Abundant Life Mission to be on spiritual growth and God has provided many saved souls in addition to having people grow spiritually.  He also determined that Bacolod was too large for one man to reach so he planned and found men to train to be spiritual leaders of smaller groups.  He trained these men and revealed that the next step was to have an outreach drive to find people in various neighborhoods who needed salvation and spiritual growth with plans on these men leading neighborhood Bible Studies.  While I believe there is more to his plan you can see that he had taken steps that were put into an order in order to accomplish God's purpose.
  3. Procedure:
    1. While the Plan specified the gross (large) things which must be accomplished in order to fulfill the purpose, the Procedures must specify the detailed steps which must be done in a specific order in order to accomplish the Plan.
    2. Each Step in the Procedure should specify the action to do, what needs to be finished before the step can be done, and what is dependent upon the current Step being accomplished.  Sometimes, this is accomplished by simply specifying that steps need to be done in order and then specifying the steps within the order of their need.  This last works best with a written plan.
    3. When Pastor Edgar Nono made a Plan to start a mission work in Bacolod, he got agreement from his current staff to help.  He then announced to his church members, who live and work in Bacolod, that he would start a ministry in that city to provide for their spiritual needs during mid-week.  He also explained why current churches in Bacolod were not meeting their needs and how this new ministry would be different.  He then secured the necessary start-up finances and had found a place. After that, he found people to provide for all of the physical needs.  He then chose a start date and promoted it to get the church members excited and involved in attending and helping to build the ministry.  There were other things involved in preparing for the first meeting but this should give you an idea of what is needed in order to create a plan and a procedure.
  4. Price:
    1. Luke 14:26-30 says: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.  Thus, with this and other Bible references, we see that God commands us to count the cost  before starting a work, especially before starting a work for God.
    2. There are physical costs and spiritual costs associated with all that is in our lives.  You have heard Pastor Edgar Nono repeatedly preach that God blesses obedience and curses disobedience.  You have heard him repeatedly preach that we must suffer in the flesh so that we can reap spiritually.  Obedience to God's purpose and plan for our life will cost us physically but reap spiritual benefits which we can not lose.  Disobedience may result in physical things, but we can not take them beyond death.  In addition, disobedience also results in spiritual loss and punishment.  The Bible teaches that there will be saved people at the judgment seat of Christ  who will receive bad  (2Corinthians 5:10-11).  These people are in Heaven and receive tears which are not wiped away until after the great white throne  judgment, which is more than 1,000 years later.  In addition, it is a lie of the devil that we will all get a mansion.  Only the people who put enough treasure in heaven  will become leaders and will receive a mansion.  Others will only receive a place,  which can be a bed space in a dorm room for 10,000.
    3. The price for obedience is great in the flesh but the spiritual rewards are far greater and lasts forever.  The rewards for disobedience will only last a little time and be lost at death while the spiritual loss is eternal and can include 1,000 years of tears.
  5. Priorities:
    1. Matthew 19:21; Mark 10:21 and Luke 18:22 tell us:Now when Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that thou hast, and distribute unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.  Our life here is short and 1Timothy 6:7 says:For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out.  If we do not make obeying this command our top priority, then we will not have any treasure in heaven  regardless of what we have here in this life.
    2. Our priorities must put fulfilling God's purpose for our life before all other priorities.  If we do this, then we will put treasure in heaven.  However, if we try to serve God the wrong way then we will not do what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12:2).
    3. Our last priority is to be the desires on our heart.  However, we need to be positive that these things are not the weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us (Hebrews 12:1).  A weight is not a bad thing but is something which slows us down or prevents us from accomplishing all that God wants us to do. Matthew 6:33 says: But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.  The word first implies that there will be a second.  If there was to be no second then Jesus would have used the word only.  This means that we can seek the things of this world if we seek them to use for the kingdom of God.  Paul told the people in Rome to help Phebe earn money because she used it to financially support the church.  The wife of Isaac, Ruth and Esther all married rich men so that they could help God's people.

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