Fellow Christians: doing the will of God?

Question

In Matthew, Jesus says that only those who do the will of God will see the kingdom of Heaven.

What does it mean to you to do the will of God?

Answer 1

Follow God's commandents basically, and to grow in knowing him.

Answer 2

1 John 4:23

"And this is His commandment, That we should believe on the name of His Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as He gave us commandment."

and verse 24:  "and he that keepeth His commandments dwells in Him, and He in him.  And hereby we know that He abides in us, by the Spirit which He has given us."

The Holy Spirit guides us.

Answer 3

Personally I don't believe god exists, but even if it does, how could a human possibly know his (her, it's, or their) will?

If such a thing exists I suspect it wants us all to live a good life and enjoy our time here in Earth.

Answer 4

In order to know the will of God we should know the things Jesus did while he was on earth (even in heaven actually). Why? He said in (John 4:34)  ÃƒÂ¢Ã‚€ÂœMy food is for me to do the will of him that sent me and to finish his work. So everything he did was actually the will of His Father.

His works includes the following:

Preaching (Matthew 24:14, Luke 4:43)

Showing goodness (Matthew 7:12)

I really can;t type all. Faith goes along with works. You can't be saved by works alone, same with faith. Both are essential (James 2:17,26)

Answer 5

it means you have gotten rid of self and are in complete guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 6

Jesus explains what His will is. You want to know what it is? John 6:40

"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day." His Will is for you to Believe in Him, and if your faith is real you will strive to keep His commands.

Answer 7

The will of God is to believe in Jesus and keep on believing in Jesus!  This is so simple but many do not know what or how to and keep thinking it cannot be that simple to just believe.  They think they must do something complicated for God.  The truth is we need not to because Jesus has done everything at the cross that we need to be saved.

God knows man's memory is always failing, so He instituted the holy communion to keep us remembering the work of Jesus at the cross.  Hallelujah, I love my Jesus and He loves me!

Answer 8

That Sounds vaguely familiar, Oh YEAH That's Islam

Answer 9

The basic difference between God’s will and God’s work is when we are doing God’s will, God is working through our lives to do His work. However, when we are doing God’s work, we are acting on our own leading to accomplish a Christian project. In other words, although our work may be for a good cause, we are still doing our own thing.

Instead of saying, "God, please show me what you want me to do next," some Christians say, "Lord, this is what I am going to do for you. Please bless it." We must limit ourselves to the ministries the Lord wants us to be in, not the ministries we want to be in. God will give you the desire to do His work.

Our will is probably one of the largest factors hindering God from working in our lives. Our will must step aside before God can take full control of our lives. A minister once paraphrased the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13) by saying, "... Thy kingdom come and my kingdom must leave. Thy will be done and my will must be smashed." There is nothing more important than God’s will, and it can only be found by denying my will.

It is easy to get caught up in the zeal of a Christian project and lose the perspective of proper priorities. If a project is causing you to neglect the spiritual or emotional needs of your family, you are doing something that is out of God’s will.

"For this is the will of God, your sanctification."

The indwelling presence of God in our spirit, soul, and body is the will of God for us.

That is God's will for us, that we may be instruments of his life so others will see God behaving. If you are that man or woman, and the God that is dwelling within is Jesus Christ the eternal Son, Lord of Lords and King of Kings, who would the world see---you, or Christ in you?

That is the will of God. A body presented to God for his exclusive use.

This is the will of God, your sanctification," that you may be a body wholly filled and flooded with God himself.

Yes, you have to have faith working throught love - be Christ.  

Answer 10

To love everybody and to share the Gospel.

Answer 11

The will of God was written out for us in black and white. Read it, live it.

Answer 12

Read Matthew Chapter 5-7. I try to live my life by that.

Peace. ><>

Answer 13

simple that whole scripture means (im paraphrasing) you can read that bible all day long but if you dont practice what you preach, you would have done better not knowing the Way.