Message Notes

“YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN”

THE WILL OF GOD

1. Different terms may be employed

a) God’s commandments

b) His laws

d) His decrees

e) His word

2. An Example of God’s will declared

a) Because I have spoken             Jeremiah 4:28

b) I have purposed and will not relent Jeremiah 4:28

c) Nor will I turn back from it Jeremiah 4:28

DISOBEYING GOD’S WILL                                         

1. Ancient Israel

2. Numerous books written concerning this problem of disobedience

a) The Psalms                                                 Psalms 78, 106

b) The Prophets             Major prophets; Minor Prophets

OBEYING GOD’S WILL

1. The example of the Lord Jesus

a) I have come… to do Your will                                         Hebrews 10:7

b) My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me          John 4:34

2. Struggle to give full obedience

a) Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane Matthew 26:36-46

b) Total submission

i) Not My will

ii) Your will be done

ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN

Prayer that there will be full and humble submission to God’s will