will of God
55 subentries
- will of God. See also divine plan; submission
- active submission to (2:5.5) (5:1.12) (110:3.2) (117:5.2) (128:1.6,12) (130:2.2) (131:2.8) (133:7.10) (135:11.3) (136:4.4) (136:6.4) (138:7.1) (140:8.3) (142:6.8) (144:5.95) (146:3.5-7) (149:5.3) (168:0.11) (171:4.7) (171:8.14) (178:3.3) (180:2.2) (181:2.11,15) (182:2.1-2) (186:2.3)
- best and right way to do things always exists (25:4.17) (39:4.14)
- commitment to w.o.G. brought Adjuster prior to Spirit of Truth (108:2.10)
- divine union attained by wholehearted and intelligent conformity to (1:7.2)
- does not always prevail concerning individual, but invariably concerning total (3:5.3) (12:7.1,7) (115:3.13)
- doing the will of God
- always benefits, never destroys (94:6.6)
- discloses way of truth (102:1.1)
- in any earthly occupation (155:6.11)
- is following leading of indwelling Adjuster (107:0.4)
- is not the easy way (136:9.4)
- is partnership with the choice of God over any alternative (130:2.7)
- is passport to infinity, perfection (1:3.6) (106:9.11-12) (131:5.3)
- is secret of survival and perfection (3:5.15) (111:5.2)
- is sharing inner life with God (111:5.1)
- is spiritual finding of Father (111:5.6)
- is supreme virtue (16:7.10)
- makes one more like God (130:2.7) (130:4.3)
- evil, sin, and iniquity are relations to (148:4.2-4)
- fusion proclaims irrevocable choice to live God’s will (5:1.11)
- God the Supreme is highest finite manifestation of total will of God (117:0.1)
- Havona natives are the w.o.G. (14:4.13)
- increasingly discernible in lives of spirit-led as time frame is enlarged (12:7.7)
- is divine truth, living love (3:6.2)
- is holy, just, great, true, beautiful, good; ideal of creature life (136:4.8) (196:0.2)
- is potentialized in 3 Absolutes, personalized in Son, conjoined for action in Spirit, and eternalized in patterns of Paradise (117:0.1)
- is that all beings achieve perfection (1:0.3-6) (7:4.7) (7:5.1) (9:5.6) (13:2.8) (26:4.12) (40:7.4) (56:0.1) (94:3.1) (99:5.3) (107:0.3) (131:9.4) (137:8.13) (140:3.16) (140:5.15) (140:8.32) (140:10.1) (143:2.6) (161:1.10) (181:2.25)
- Jesus
- discourse on w.o.G. (141:2sec)
- healing at sundown not inconsistent with (145:3.9-11)
- preferred term to “kingdom of heaven” (170:2.11)
- turning water into wine not inconsistent with (137:4.12)
- was personification of w.o.G. (149:1.7)
- limitations to God’s will
- limited only by Father’s sentiments and wisdom (4:4.4)
- no limits may be placed upon (136:5.5)
- omnipotence does not imply power to do the ungodlike act (3:3.5) (118:5.1)
- to deny God’s volitional self-limitation would be to deny his volitional absoluteness (4:4.4)
- mind not the ways of men but the w.o.G. (158:7.4)
- misconceptions
- murderous Pharisees think they serve God (155:1.4) (162:2.6)
- one’s highest ideals not necessarily synonymous with w.o.G. (103:4.3) (131:2.3)
- way that seems right but ends in death (139:12.5)
- natural, slow, and sure way of accomplishing (136:8.5-6)
- only creature volition departs from (12:8.3)
- only Father possesses finality of will, absolute self-determination (4:4.3) (118:6.3-7)
- prayers granted if not inconsistent with (145:3.9-11) (159:1.3)
- seek for knowledge of God’s will and grace and courage to do it (154:6.12)
- sin is deliberate rebellion against (75:4.3) (89:10.2) (148:4.4,6) (170:2.23) (186:5.7) (188:4.5)
- Spirit of Truth endows with power to perform (143:2.4)
- Supreme becomes more actual to extent we do (117:0.1)
- that every one who believes in the Son has eternal life (153:2.9)
- we are beholden to do (147:3.3)
- we must wait upon (137:4.8)
- whosoever does God’s will shall comprehend validity of spiritual values (101:10.6)
Cross-references
- See also divine plan
- See also submission
Cited alongside
Headwords that cite the same paragraphs as this one, commonest first. The number is how many subentries each has.
- submission 27
- Universal Father 182
- Jesus 796
- perfection 30
- commandments 17
- God 201
- sin 80
- free will 44