Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Ephesians 1:9-10


9 Making known to us the mystery (secret) of His will (of His plan, of His purpose). [And it is this:] In accordance with His good pleasure (His merciful intention) which He had previously purposed and set forth in Him,

Don’t you just love that, our Father’s good pleasure, or in other words, our Father’s Free Will. Our Father’s will is what is working in this world. Far too many talk of human free will as the power and that is not the power that drives this world. All things exist by our Father, for our Father, and through our Father, Colossians 1:16.   

Now the mind of the flesh [which is sense and reason without the Holy Spirit] is death [death that comprises all the miseries arising from sin, both here and hereafter]. But the mind of the [Holy] Spirit is life and [soul] peace [both now and forever]. [That is] because the mind of the flesh [with its carnal thoughts and purposes] is hostile to God, for it does not submit itself to God's Law; indeed it cannot. So then those who are living the life of the flesh [catering to the appetites and impulses of their carnal nature] cannot please or satisfy God, or be acceptable to Him. Romans 8:6-8

Our Father describes here in Romans 8 what human free will accomplishes: destruction. The Truth is that even our righteousness is as filthy rags. There is nothing that we can do on our own that accomplishes anything but destruction. But amen, human will isn’s running things, our Father’s Will is.  

O Lord [pleads Jeremiah in the name of the people], I know that [the determination of] the way of a man is not in himself; it is not in man [even in a strong man or in a man at his best] to direct his [own] steps. Jeremiah 10:23

10 [He planned] for the maturity of the times and the climax of the ages to unify all things and head them up and consummate them in Christ, [both] things in heaven and things on the earth.

So what is our Father’s will? It is at the climax of the ages, or at Judgment Day, to unify all things in Christ. Our Father’s will isn’t just to unify some things, or only those things that have said yes to Him, but all things. At the climax of the ages our Father will gather everyone, from everywhere, both good and bad, to the Marriage Supper of the Lamb.

And those servants went out on the crossroads and got together as many as they found, both bad and good, so [the room in which] the wedding feast [was held] was filled with guests. Matthew 22:10 

Eternity will be filled with our guest’s. We are the Bride of Christ. We are not guests at our own wedding. Jesus’ Wedding will be filled with guests and all things will be made new, Revelation 21:5. Eternity will be filled with millions of people who do not deserve to be there. But it is our Father’s Will that all men be saved and through Christ our Father will get what He wants!

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