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Knowing God's Will (3rd edition)

A look both scholarly & practical into what the Bible has to say about rediscovering & re-enlivening God’s Will for your life.

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The 9th Characteristic:<br />

God’s <strong>Will</strong> is always Faithful<br />

God‟s <strong>Will</strong> is always Faith-full (reflected in column #9 in the examplecharts<br />

on pages 70-72). Both societal and man-made judgments of morality are<br />

always in some significant way fear-based -- and therefore always significantly<br />

inaccurate. Spiritual men and women, on the other hand, measure their actions<br />

using the divine standard of a morality instead –a morality that is based in real<br />

Faith (“Even though our outer nature is wasting away, our inner Nature is being renewed<br />

day by day, because we look not to that which can be seen but rather that which cannot<br />

be seen.” ~ 2 Corinthians 4:17-18) … To Do so consistently, we must each follow<br />

the internal guidance of our internal Advocates by focusing primarily on others‟<br />

well-being instead of our own personal “gains” …<br />

The true Child of God (i.e. the one who has chosen to truly abide in God‟s <strong>Will</strong>)<br />

chooses to see the Highest Good that resides in everything making up every<br />

moment. What is, is known as containing both what is Right and what is Good<br />

(“Whenever you face trials of any kind, consider them nothing but Joy …” ~ James 1:2)<br />

… Our Mission, then, is to see life as such, and it is our Faith that allows us to do<br />

so. This hyper-courageous mentality allows us to more readily harmonize with<br />

our true, interconnected Reality. Thus, Faith-full actions encourage us to see the<br />

“Golden Cores of Goodness” residing within all conscious beings we encounter –<br />

regardless of what these beings do or don‟t do to the contrary (“Who are you to pass<br />

judgment on the servants of another? It is before their own Lord that they stand or fall.<br />

And they will be upheld, for God is able to help them stand.” ~ Romans 14:4) …<br />

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