30th May, 2019
TO WILL AND TO DO
David Abankwah
READ: Isaiah 54:16
For it is God which worketh in you both TO WILL AND TO DO of his good pleasure.
-Philippians 2:13 | KJV
Someone once asked that, if God knew that Lucifer would become Satan, then why did He create him anyway? Another also asked, if He would destroy the universe He created some day, then why did He create it in the first place? Another also asked, why didn’t God stop Adam and Eve from touching and eating from the forbidden tree of good and evil of which He knew the consequences that would come? Another also asked, God knew very well what Cain would do to Abel, but why didn’t He send any angel to stop him from killing his brother? The question can go on and on and on, but one thing answers them all: God’s will.
Nothing operates beyond His will. The will of God is the purpose why things exist and were created. You can’t tell God what He should have done and what He should not have done. There are things that goes beyond our scope and grasp. The universe was created for a purpose. I will liken it to a farm. God brought out everything that were within Him in the form of crops. He planted crops He wanted and crops He didn’t need. He is waiting for the day of harvest so that He will reap the fruit of His good crops and burn the rest with unquenchable fire. No farmer comes home with everything he had planted.
Some are left in the farm which he doesn’t need. It will shock you that, before the universe was made, God had already written the names of those who will make it to New Jerusalem in the Book of life (Revelation 13:8). Meaning, God created some people and angels to go to lake of fire. There is one destiny that awaits everywhere. It is either you will be saved or you will perish and those who are destined to be saved are called the elect (Mark 13:27) and those who are destined to perish are called sons of perdition (John 17:12; 2 Thessalonians 2:3).
Before God can call you to be a Christian, note that He knew you long before (Jeremiah 1:5). MANY are called, not ALL are called. If you are a son of perdition, no matter how well you hear the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ, you can never ever repent. You don’t have the WILL and the MIGHT to do what God wants you to do. It will shock you that, there are many sons of perdition in churches now. The fact that you are a believer doesn’t mean you are part of the elect. You will know you are one if you are able to begin in the Spirit and end in the Spirit because the end justifies the means.
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David Abankwah 