1. Wishing, desiring or choosing especially in reference to the will of God. In the gospels, primarily in John. Jesus is said to be acting not according to His own will, but according to the will of the heavenly Father.
I can do nothing by myself;
I can only judge as I am told to judge,
and my judgment is just,
because my aim is to do not my own will,
but the will of him who sent me. - John 5:30 -
I shall not turn him away;
because I have come from heaven,
not to do my own will,
but to do the will of the one who sent me. - John 6:38 -
Indeed, doing the will of the Father is Jesus' nourishment and Jesus does nothing apart from the Father's will.
But Jesus said:
My food
is to do the will of the one who sent me,
and to complete his work. - John 4:34 -
To this accusation Jesus replied:
I tell you most solemnly,
the Son can do nothing by himself;
he can do only what he sees the Father doing:
and whatever the Father does the Son does too. - John 5:19 -
Gospel of Matthew and Luke confirms this when he quotes Jesus' statement: "Father, if it is Your will, remove this cup from Me; nevertheless not my will, but yours, be done."
Then he withdrew from them, about a stone's throw away and knelt down and prayed. "Father, he said if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Nevertheless, let your will be done, not mine." Then an angel appeared to him, coming from heaven to give him strength. - Luke 22:41-43 -
So you should pray like this:
Our Father in heaven,
may your name be held holy,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven. - Matt. 6:9-10 -
2. A legal declaration of how a person wishes his possessions to be disposed after his death. No written Israelite wills existed until the first century B.C. They were unnecessary because of the strict inheritance customs of the Hebrew people. Land belonged to the family and it was passed on to the sons, the oldest receiving a double portion. If there were no sons, the land passed in the following order - daughters, brothers, father's brothers and next of kin.
Then say this to the sons of Israel, "If a man dies without sons, his inheritance is to pass to his daughter. If he has no daughter, the inheritance is to go to his brothers. If he has no brothers, it is to go to his father's brothers. If his father has no brothers, it is to go to the members of his clan who is most nearly related: he is to take possession. This shall be a statutory ordinance for the sons of Israel, as Yahweh has ordered Moses." - Numbers 27:8-11 -
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Sunday, May 24, 2009
I have through years of reading, pondering, reflecting and contemplating, the 3 things that last; FAITH . HOPE . LOVE and I would like to made available my sharing from the many thinkers, authors, scholars and theologians whose ideas and thoughts I have borrowed. God be with them always. Amen!
I STILL HAVE MANY THINGS TO SAY TO YOU BUT THEY WOULD BE TOO MUCH FOR YOU NOW. BUT WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES, HE WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COMPLETE TRUTH, SINCE HE WILL NOT BE SPEAKING AS FROM HIMSELF, BUT WILL SAY ONLY WHAT HE HAS LEARNT; AND HE WILL TELL YOU OF THE THINGS TO COME.
HE WILL GLORIFY ME, SINCE ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. EVERYTHING THE FATHER HAS IS MINE; THAT IS WHY I SAID: ALL HE TELLS YOU WILL BE TAKEN FROM WHAT IS MINE. - JOHN 16:12-15 -
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