HEARING GOD’S VOICE:
5 STEPS TO DISCERNING GOD’S WILL In short, the five Ws are: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
The Word of Christ The Witness/testimony of the Spirit The Workers of Word and Spirit The Worship of God The need to set the Will of the believer
THE WILL OF THE BELIEVER
THE WITNESS /TESTIMONY OF THE SPIRIT THE WORD OF CHRIST THE THE WORSHIP WORKERS OF GOD OF WORD AND SPIRIT
All five practices are found throughout both the Scriptures and church history. Providentially, all five can be found in a single text: And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful. Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God. And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father (Colossians 3:15-17 NASB). The centre of everything that we think, say and do is the Word, the message/covenant WITHOUT THE of Christ. The central hub is to “let the Word of Christ richly dwell within you”; without WORD, ALL the Word, all discernment fails. Notice the DISCERNMENT principle that underscores all discernment: the Word is to dwell in us. The Word is not FAILS something that we merely read. Rather, the Word “reads” us! It penetrates like shafts of light through the windows of our lives to illuminate the inner rooms.
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