Understanding and living according to God's will, emphasizing that true knowledge of His will comes from a close, personal relationship with Him, akin to a long-term marriage. It draws parallels with Jesus Christ, who perfectly delighted in doing God's will, and contrasts this with human attempts to define God's will through descent, desire, or design. The message outlines key areas where God's will is revealed: salvation, motivation, morality, marriage, and church membership, urging believers to actively practice His will through love, holiness, and unity within the body of Christ. The ultimate application is that knowing God's will is inseparable from doing it, leading to peace and fulfillment.
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The path that I have brought, has brought me near God. The walk it led through sorrows gave I choose In my way I might choose The joy that yet for me Far away Not what I wish to be Nowhere I wish to go, for who am I that I could choose my way, nor will I
The proof that I must bear, if I a crown would wear, is not the proof that I should take, but since our need is made, I'll take it all afraid And bear it for the master's sake Not what I wish to be Nor where I wish to go For who am I that I should choose my way?
The world shall show for me. It is better for all I know. to the will of him who guides me still his surety of his love revealed above this world in which I knew I conquer only where I yield not what I wish thee Nowhere
I wish to go, for who am I that I should choose my way? The way shall show for me is better for Amen. Thank you.
Appreciate that very much. It's a joy to see you with us tonight. Thank you for coming. I want, if I may, to read two portions of the Word of God. in the fortieth psalm, and then in the twelfth chapter of the epistles of the Romans. The Old Testament, first of all, the fortieth psalm. Now, those of you that have been with us in past evenings know that for the four evenings of this week, we are considering together four subjects. Last night we dealt with the Word of God and how to read it.
Now, I don't know whether that's the correct expression. I don't know whether I ought to say we dealt with it. We touched it anyway. The Word of God and how to read it. Tonight, we're going to look at the will of God and how to know it. The will of God and how to know it. As the Lord will help us tomorrow night, we'll be dealing with the worship of God and how to present it. And then on Thursday, if the Lord helps us, we'll be dealing with the work of God and how to do it. And then, of course, Friday night is the special night.
It's the young folks night. Now, please, they've invited me. So you can come however old you are, because I'm older than most of you. So don't say amen as loud as that now. Hear me. But the only time I get them to say amen. But there we are. But on Friday night, if you see, on Friday night, it's a youth night. But it simply means that. Now let's clear up something about this youth night. It simply means that on Friday night, I've been seeking the help of the Lord in a special way for a message that'll reach young people.
Now sheep and lambs feed together. So all of us be here on Friday night. All of us be here. And I believe some of, I don't know, they haven't told me yet. They haven't told me yet, but I believe some of the young folks are going to do something. I don't know what they're going to do. Stand on the head, maybe, I don't know. But Friday night, let's be here and bring all these young folk along as possibly can for Friday evening. But this evening, the will of God and how to know it. The fortieth psalm, if we met, I waited patiently for the Lord, and he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the mirey clay, Set my feet upon a rock, and establish my goings. He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God. Many shall see it in fear, and shall trust in the Lord. Blessed is the man that maketh the Lord his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lie. Many, O Lord, my God, are thy wonderful works, which thou hast done, and thy faults which are to us, lords.
They cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee. If I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Sacrifice and offering, thou didst not desire. My ears hast thou opened. Burnt offering and sin offering, hast thou not required. Then said I, Lo, I come in the volume of the book it is written of me. I delight to do thy will. O my God, yea, thy Lord, is within my heart.
Romans chapter twelve. Romans chapter twelve, as we may please. What tremendous verses are these? This chapter that is the commencement of the last section of this wonderful epistle. Romans chapter twelve. I beseech you, therefore brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world, says J.B.
Phillips, don't let the world press you into its mould. Be not conformed to this world. but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind that ye may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God. May the Lord just add his blessings of the reading of his own precious word. Now you were given a course and a course sheet and And we couldn't gather tonight without singing the chorus again.
If you were not given a sheet, please raise your hand and someone will bring you up. Oh, I can see the folk that came in on the side. Mom, do you mean they've all gone? They've all gone? Would you kindly bring them back when you come tomorrow night? You remember what I said the first season? You are permitted to take them with you, but no further than the door. No, please. No, oh, I say. They need the gospel here, sister, not me. Right, thank you. That's it. Ah, there we are.
Well, it's one between two or one between three or something. Or something. Let's start off if we may please with The little one that we sang the last time I was with you, number one, and I feel that maybe tonight, the Lord's got something to say for us in this room. Number one, let me be a little kinder. Let me be a little blinder to the thoughts of those around me. Let me pray a little more. Are we ready? Thank you. Let me be a little kinder.
Let me be a little blinder. Let me pray a little more. Let me be well. I am weary Just a little bit more teary In the little more the hood And the little left of me I say Hands up everyone who couldn't have sung a bit better if you tried Put your hand on that You couldn't have sung a bit better if you tried My wife's got her hand up anyway. Or I believe I saw a good one.
Would you like to come up and sing with me, sir? No. Oh, there we are. Well, now that's your confession. But two people all confess you could have sung better. Did you put your hand up, didn't you? I didn't say so, because I don't use that at all. No. No. You were glad we're seeing that we had the evidence. Are we ready? Hey, come on. Let's try the second verse. Thank you. Let me be a little braver. Oh, and temptation bids me waver. Let me try a little harder to be all that I should be.
Let me be a little be sure. Oh, is the Father who is we sure? Let me think through all my neighbors, and the littlest of me. Let us live in strength and kindness. lead to cold blood in blindness. Bring them back to springs of water, off a river running free. For the king of Rome, the angel of is the one who's lost salvation, is the one who pays for freedom, that is given you and me.
Amen. Wow, that's great. I say it every time we sing it, but I want to say it again. Or how I long that this may be true in my own life, that I might be a little conscious a little blinder to the thoughts of those around me, that I might pray for a little more. Oh, praise God for those words. May they be true in our experience. Now we're going to sing a chorus that's an English song, a children's song, and we all know it. If you're black, or if you're white, or if you're fat, or lean, God loves you.
Do you know this one, you brethren in the front? Don't you? Your education is neglected. Oh, I tell you, we'll have to sing this one now. If you're blacker, if you're white, if you're paddling, God loves you. If you're short, or if you're taller, if you're in between. God loves you. You come up and sit up with me, brother. Right up here. Doesn't matter about that. I know you've got laryngitis. You come up with me. Right up. You develop laryngitis very quickly. Ah, I love you. Suppose I have one. Ah, I tell you.
If you were a fuse, I'd come down and pick you up. You can do it. Just your listener goes something like this. It's just a children's course. But it goes like, thank you. If you're black, if you're white, there is more. We don't want you listening. We don't want it spoiled. Oh, you know what it's an offer. You have a chance of listening to good singing like this. Is that right? Right. Yes, that's right. Right there. Well, there we are. We'll start again. Thank you. If you're blacker, if you're whiteer, if you're fatally, God loves you.
If you're shorter, if you're taller, if you're in the tree, God loves you. He loves you when you're happy. He loves you when you're glad. He loves you when you're feeling good. He loves you when you're glad. No matter what you look like, no matter what you mean. God loves you. He really loves you. God loves you. The Bible says so. God loves you. You must believe it. God's love.
That's what they'd have done if we'd have been in the Salvation Army. They'd have given them a clap. That was good. Are you ready? Come on, everyone, now. Please, please. It's just the children's for us that we sing with the boys and girls. But I want to tell you it's true. God loves you. Whoever we are, God loves us. So away we go. Thank you. If you're blacker, if you're longer, if you're blacker, if you're black only, God loves you. If you're shorter, if you're taller, if you're less than three, God loves you.
He loves you when you're happy. He loves you when you're sad. He loves you when you're feeling good. He loves you when you're bad. No matter what you look like. No matter what you feel. Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I say, isn't it good to go back to Sunday school again? Just to remind ourselves of the basic truth of the Christian faith.
You know, some of us we get so occupied with deep theology. We forget that God loves us, but He does. Now we've tried for just one more course. Which one would you love, then? Now you choose the next one, isn't it? Number six? Number six? Number six? I only know it. Oh, let the Lord have His way. I think I only. Let the Lord have His way in your life every day. Thank you.
Let the Lord have his way in your life every day. There's no rest, there's no peace until the Lord has his way. Make your life in his hand, rest secure in his plan. Let the Lord, let the Lord have his way. little bit slower. Just a little bit slower. Thank you. Let the Lord have his way. every day.
Oh, there's no rest. Oh, there's no peace. Until the Lord has his way. Place your life in his hand. Rest secure in his plan. Oh, let the Lord have his way. Oh, I know I've said this so many times, but I remember when we first introduced this little chorus. I was leaving the Bible reading among the young folks away, yonder and large, in Scotland. We're a crowd of young people from all over Scotland have gathered for that week, and the Lord was helping us. And we introduced this little chorus, and I know not who it was. But every time that we started a Bible session, as this crowd of young folk just sat quietly down, waiting for it to come after us always, someone would start the little call.
Let the Lord have his way. I trust, as we were teaching the epistle to the Romans, I trust what we said influenced many of those young folks. But I've heard from all over the world of people in those Bible readings who were influenced by God through that book. And as you know, our friends with the Child Evangelization Fellowship have now printed it and got it in one of their courts. But tonight let me say this. If the Lord has his way, in my life has his way, What a blessing it will be for my life and for others as well.
I pray that might be the result of our report here today. Surely. Oh God and Father, we do bless thee together for the opportunity of being here. And every evening we thank thee for the wonder of being able to sing together and smile together. that this evening as we come to thy word we have to confess that we're going to deal with a subject that sometimes is so difficult for thy people by the Holy Spirit be our teacher tonight we pray and grant that each one of us may go upon this place saying of the truth not my will but bind it up for Jesus' sake.
Amen. Amen. I am certain because we have read from the twelve chapter of Romans and from the fortieth psalm that most of you have gathered what is on my heart tonight. For no one could read the fortieth psalm without coming to this absolute conclusion. that the man that's spoken of in the fortieth psalm is none other than the lord himself what glorious words lo i come in the volume of the book it is written of me i delight to do thy will oh my god if ever words were spoken of jesus christ those words were spoken And yet in the Trout chapter of Romans, we were reminded of this tremendous fact, that we are called, as those who know and love the Lord Jesus, we are called to present our bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable unto God, which is our reasonable service.
We are told that we must not be conformed to this world, but transformed by the renewing of our minds, that we might be able to prove what is that good and perfect will of God. There was one who did the will of God. He is our savior and our example. You and I are exalted to follow in his footsteps and be the doers of the will of God as well. So I'm going to liken the Lord Jesus and turn to him again and again, if I may use the expression, to draw lessons from his likeness to what it means to do the will of God, and then seek to apply it in your own life and mind.
As I think indeed of what God's word has to say, I am utterly amazed that men and women are always looking for difficult things when it comes to the understanding of the will of God. At peace, if I can manage to struggle on till October, is this October married now? Yes. If I can manage to struggle on till October, I've been married for years. Married before? Oh, I know I've got it right. But there we are.
Now I'll let him with you. When we were first met, there were many things about her I didn't know. Of course, there are a lot of things I don't know about her today. I won't tell you what happened today when we were out to lunch. I want to be. I only know this. I only know. Now we've been together for years. And I can almost tell you what she's going to do and tell you what she's going to say. I can almost tell you in certain circumstances what her mind is.
Because we've lived together. I suggest to you that the very first thing for any of us knowing the will of God is that we live with Him. We live with Him. Then we're not continually saying, what's the will of the Lord in this circumstance? Well, what's the will of the Lord in that circumstance? We have read his word, and having read his word and lived with him, God in his wondrous grace unfolds his way and his heart.
And sometimes I want to make its impression. Sometimes I couldn't open my Bible and say, look, I know this is the will of God, because here it is, right here. You see, there are so many things in my daily actions the Bible doesn't speak about. For instance, if I needed to buy a new car, I could note my Bible and tell you what one to buy could have. It was what I would do, but I'd say my name's Ford. And I'd rather like to have my name right on the front. As a matter of fact, there's a dear brother here who has been extremely kind to Mary in the South.
He's loaned us a truck so we can get about, and I've been brought he's right on the front. He's great big letters, F-O-R-E. And I can dodge all you queer people who ride on the wrong side of the road? Of course I can with a truck like that. But you see what I'm getting at. There are many things in life. There are many things in life that I can't open my Bible and say, look, I've got a passion in a verse to tell me what I've got to do in this particular circumstance. But when I live with Jesus Christ, my life then is lived for his Lord.
And the first thing I say is, what would he have to do? What would he have? I want, if I may please, to speak of a number of things this evening, I want to speak of the will of God as to our motivation. As to our motivation. I want to speak of the will of God as to our morality. need to say something about that in the days in which we live i want to say something about the will of god not only as to our morality and our motivation i want to say something about the will of god as to our marriage and i know there are some young folks here who maybe are contemplating marriage, but have not yet reached that stage, but I've got something to say to you.
And I want to say something about the will of God, if the Lord may help me, as to my church membership. Now, there are many other things, of course, that I will be making reference. But it is around these four headings that I want mainly to pass my remarks to now. First, the will of God after my motivation, as I start to live out my life, what is the will of God? Well, the first thing about the will of God for my life is this, that I should be saved. Now, that's the first thing.
However we may be, never let us forget this. that the word of God leaves us in no doubt whatsoever, that it is his purpose, it is his will, that I shall be saved. That I shall yield myself to him and know the forgiveness of sin that comes to his shed blood on Calvary's groan. The first chapter of John contains one of the loveliest verses in the Bible. You remember the glorious words of verse twelve.
When you and I are informed of the tremendous fact that each one of us must receive him, to as many as receive him, to then gave he the right to become the sons of God, even to those that believe on his name. And then it goes on and says this. Who were born? Who were born? Not according to the flesh or the will of man, but the will of God. And I want to start this evening by asking a very obvious question. I trust it does not sound discourteous because, sir, above everything else, madam, above everything else, I would be cursed.
But may I ask you, have you received Jesus Christ? Have you received it? The tragedy is that we are living in a day when there are men and women who imagine that salvation is by human descent. There are men and women who imagine that salvation is by human desire. There are men and women who imagine that salvation is by human design. But if ever there was a verse in the Bible that completely answers that, it's John one and two.
Who were born, not a flesh. I know very little really of your country. And so I'm assumed, as it were, my lesson from my own. One of the tragedies in my land is that very frequently when asking someone if they know the Lord, if they're a Christian, if they've been born again, they look at me and say, Well, what do you think I am? A hot and hot? I was born in England. Yes, but being born in the stable doesn't make you a horse. And I won't say this, my friend.
My Bible says, I didn't say it, my Bible says, who were born. Not with that. Young woman, your mother may love the soul. Your father may love you. Young man, you may have been raised in a godly home. You'll never find yourself in glory just because your mother-in-law or mother-in-law. Oh, when I look at my own children, when I look at my grandchildren, how simple it would have been for me to have said, I'll choose Christ for them.
They had to choose Christ themselves. You are not more than that. Some of those Jews could look into the face of the Savior and say, We have Abraham for us, Father. They didn't do them a bit of good. Jesus said to the right reverent Nicodemus D.D. and all the rest of the letters after his name, he must have ordered it. But a person is not born of human descent, nor is he born of human desire.
Who are born not of flesh, nor of the will of man. Nor of the will of man. Do you know I meet some people who have a desire to be a Christian? They desire to be right with God. But the tragedy is this. They don't receive Jesus Christ. They don't receive Jesus Christ. Now you may have the greatest desires in your life. You may desire to live a holy life.
You may desire in the words of our little chorus to be a little kinder, to be a little blinder to the faults of those around you. you'll never, never, never be a Christian until Christ comes in to as many as received. It is not by human descent. It is not by human desire. It is not by human desire. No other will of the flesh. We may set as it were, an example. We may paint a picture. We may try and run for that busy husband.
And please, please, please, all of you who know me know that I don't stand up and speak about others. But I think there are enough religious creeds in America. I must confess sometimes I wish you'd keep them here, too. that there are enough religious treaties here in America that prove beyond a doubt that men make designs when it comes even to religious things. You're not saved by design. You can have all the fancy religions in the world.
My Bible says, to as many as, To those that believe on his end. Isn't that what God wonders? That any of us might be in a moment's doubtless to what it means to receive. God says, I'll tell you what it means to receive him. To those that believe on his end. Have you received him? There's been a time in your life that this is the will of God for you. This is the will of God. That you shall receive Jesus Christ into your life.
That you shall believe on him. And the motivation of our life is the fact that we come to know him as our Savior. You know there's a lovely verse away there in the epistle of John. It's the twenty-third verse of the third chapter of John's first epistle. And this is what it says. This is the commandment. Now we know the will of God now, don't we? When God gives us a commandment, we know his will. This is the commandment that you should believe on the name of his son, Jesus Christ, and love one another.
Could I repeat that? believe on the name of Jesus Christ and love one another as he gave us this commandment. Oh, brethren, listen. If you've received Jesus Christ, the proof that you have received Jesus Christ will be that you love one another. May I repeat that? May I repeat that? when you have received Jesus Christ the truth that you have received is that your loved one this is the will of God I passed a little comment at the conference down at Ben Lippmann's here I said this we were going to I can't remember the context in which I said it but we just were going to a little of the gospel of God and I was pointing out that You know it might not have been a sin, but it might have been over it.
Yeah. The gospel, then? I don't know. It was very terrible when you would forget things like that. I knew. But there it is. But I passed this comment. We were going through the gospel of John, pointing out how every gospel deals with the different aspects of God. He started in the gospel of the tenth chapter because he's going to have time to go right through it. I'll be happy to go right through it really if you'd like to. But chapter ten, the sacrifice of life. Good shepherd, give us his life. The eleventh chapter, not the sacrifice of life. The eleventh chapter, the symphony of life.
Laborate is dead. The shortest verse in the Bible, Jesus read the comment of the people, See how you love them. Do you love one another? Are you prepared to sacrifice for one another? Or do you just say, Oh, I love them, I love them. It costs us something if we love one another, won't it? I say, The sacrifice of love. The sympathy of love. At chapter twelve. Come on, let me ask you. What's chapter twelve?
Did I give you anything? It's the story of Mary with her alabaster body. The story of anointing the Savior. The story of Judas and some of the disciples saying, For what purpose is it, Wes? And the words of Jesus turned on those disciples and said, Let her alone. Sacrifice of love, the sympathy of love, the... Monster?
Yes, well that doesn't begin by the next verse. You're not very good at spelling, are you? No, there we are. I say, let her alone! Oh no, we've got to sacrifice the king. Very good, not quite right. Let her alone! Ooh, I thought we'd have a good version of that. No? I hope we've all got that. The support of love. Here they turn the criticizer, and Jesus looks at them and says, Let her alone. Oh, I wish there were a few Christians like that, don't you?
When someone comes along and is critical of another who loves the failure, most of you faith will tell me more. Tell me more. when you'd be nice if some of us were to say, let her alone. That's what it means to love you. I say, chapter's name. You look like we're going to chapter eleven. You look at maybe chapter twelve. You look before chapter thirty. the service of white top of the class or top of the class, not only a good singer, but I say, he takes the towel and guards himself and washes the disciples.
The soul isn't that. Brethren, sisters, it's no good saying we love one another. It's no good saying it. You've got to show it. That's the will of God. Knowing the will of God, I'll tell you how to know the will of God. To know it is to do it. To read his word. Low in the volume of the book. He remembered. Whenever anyone did the will of God. I delight to do thy will. Oh my God. What's that? What's that?
What's the point? What service? Oh, my goodness. May this church be known as the church. Where you love one another. So that's what we love. That's our motivation. The motivation of every action. Is that we love him and having loved him. We seek to love one another. I say. The will of God as to our motivation, the will of God as to our morality. I don't often have people come to me and say, Mr.
Ford, I'm having difficulty about moral things. I'm not sure of the will of God. Oh, I have them come to me sometimes to say, Mr. Ford, I wonder if you'd pray for us. I wonder if you'd help us. I'm having difficulty about my business. I'm not quite sure of the will of the Lord. I'm not quite sure of the will of the Lord. But I don't often hear them talk about morality. And yet I wish sometimes they would. Well, this is what the word of God says, one Thessalonians, four and three. This is the will of God. Even your sanctification. even your sanctification, that you should abstain from fornication.
For God hath not called us unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. All around us today, is it all? All around us today, young and older people, and don't you young people imagine older folks don't have to face the pressure. Maybe they have to face them more than you. But all around us there are pressures that are unclean, and vile, and wicked. If you walk down the street you can hardly see a hoarding without some picture on the hoarding of some half-dressed woman or some...
And all around us that thing that leads to I don't know about you, but I'm often saying this. I don't know why, but I'm often saying this. You know, I long, really, for some of those old-fashioned adverts we used to have. I've spent, you had them here in America. We did it in our country. We used to have a wonderful one, you know. Hale pork sausages. You wouldn't know anything about them, but they're real ones. Hale pork sausages. A great big king. In a hive, pulling a cart. with a pound of sausages on the cart and underneath, drawing his own conclusion.
Oh, I say, that's the sort of advert I want. You know, something's going to happen. But today, all around us are a pressure, immoral pressure. Young people, oh please, let me talk to you like an older. Let me talk to you like an older. Let me talk to you as I speak to my own children. and my own grandeur. Keep yourself pure. Keep yourself pure. Holiness is the will of the Lord. This is the will of God, even our sanctification. Oh, we love to talk about salvation, but don't you forget Romans seven and eight, as well as Romans five and six.
our sanctification but you know there's something more if they're not that the Lord Jesus is our wonderful example of it I delight to do thy will oh my God and as I said was it last evening that the Lord Jesus is the only one who began his life where he finished it and finished his life where he began it never you forget that Let that be drilled into your being. The only one who began his life is where he finished it. And finished his life where he began it.
I reminded you and I dare say it again. That holy thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. Please, it is easy to say of a little babe, that Holy Ghost. What happened? What should say when all the horses of hell have attacked that babe? For what did they have? He offered himself with ice. What did God? Oh, what did that happen?
Wild. And as I think of him, one alone will set apart for the glory of God. The will of God in our motivation. The will of God in our morality. The will of God in our marriage. Now the Bible leaves us no doubt about that. The twenty-second verse of the fifth chapter of Ephesians has something to say to men and to women. It starts off and it says, Wives, submit yourselves unto your husbands as unto the Lord. And husbands, love your wives.
May I repeat that? Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ loved the church, and gave himself voice. It tells us, and will you please note that it has more to say to the husband than it does to the wife? Would you please remember this, that it's speaking to the husband, says, So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies, for he that loveth his wife loveth himself. This is the will of God. My friend, you don't need to go away to a Bible college to understand that.
You don't need some revelation from heaven, some voice coming out of the sky. This is the plainest truth of the word of God. You know, this is, I can't take you through the epistle of the Ephesians tonight, although it would have been good. But this is the wonder about the epistles to the Ephesians. Would you young people please remember this? There is not an epistle that lifts us higher than the epistle you hear. In heavenly places in Christ Jesus. And there is not an epistle that brings us down to earth more than that one. It may put our head in heaven, but it keeps our feet down on the ground. It doesn't say love of your wife in heaven.
Love over your body, it is. Down here. No, however, there was a need for the day in which we lay. But the Christian church should take it stand again for candlelight. However, there was a need. The day in which we live when we ought to be saying to our young folks, listen, the loveliest thing next to being said is to be united with someone you love. The loveliest thing.
I'm not ashamed to say this when she's here tonight. I love that girl when I married her. And I love her more now than I loved her when I married her. Oh, that doesn't mean to say that we've never had a crossword, you know. She's here, so I dare to speak to that. Oh, if you'd seen what she did at lunch, you'd understand as well. I'm not going to tell you. I'm not going to tell you. I only know there. I only know there. That this is the will of God. Yes. Could I just take a minute there? just a preach, not right away from you, but my favorite Wayne sermon. I say, my favorite Wayne sermon is about me.
He is Aquila and Perseverance. Now, may I ask you, good Bible-loving, hope? How many times are we next in the Bible? Oh, no, I'll do that. How many times am I next to you, Robin? I couldn't. What's worse than that? You're worse than me? Who? Oh, I thought I was coming to a five-year-old, I mean, oh, there's someone at the back end. No, no, you're wrong. You're wrong.
Well, I thought you were to know. I didn't agree. that they're mentioned six times in the world, a quiller and a quiller. And now you're all right. Now you're all right. Three times they're called a quiller and a quiller and a quiller and three times they're called a quiller and a quiller. Three times the man's name is mentioned first, and three times the lady's mentioned first. You know why? Because God looks upon a family as a unit for him. That's it.
When a poet needed to be taught the word of God more perfectly, the scripture says that Aquila and Priscilla took him into their home and then taught him the word of God more perfectly. Oh, I believe a sister's place, and the church is a quiet one. Unimportant place. I don't believe the sister's position in the home is a quiet one. No, of course I don't. There they talk, more times. This is the mind of the woods.
The will of God and our marriage, the will of God and our motivation, the will of God and our morality. the will of God in our church ministry. Oh, there is little doubt, is there? There is little doubt. But Acts chapter two is addressed to everyone. They that gladly received the word of God were that kind. They continued steadfast in the Apostles' doctrine, fellowship, writing of bread and prayer. This is the will of God.
It is the will of God for our church membership. For church membership means church partnership. And I want to say this to every one of you, my brother, my sister, you all are important in the local church. There is not one person more important than another. We are members of his body. Now I know this sounds strange, but I think you will understand it when I finish what I have to say. The Lord has three bodies. Now I know that sounds strange, but please.
He had a material body, the body in which he lived before then. He has a memorial body. This is my body, which was broken, he is. But if he had a material body, he had a memorial body, he has a mystical body, not mythical body, that body which is the church. And we're members of one body, every one of us. You are my brothers, you are my sister.
We're in the body of Christ. The church, as you know, is likened to three things in the Bible. It's likened to a building. It's likened to a bride. It's likened and blew it off. Is this remarkable? You see that wall there? It's pretty strong, at least I hope it is. But I tell you why it's strong, is apparently one of those conscious blocks of bondage together. The bricklayer that put that up has even made every joint of straight joint.
The root with a skewed-out grip. But the strength here is because every one of them is half as very as any other. We're in a building. We're in a body, each one of us. Every part of our body is important, isn't it? You couldn't take a knife and cut any part of my body out without the rest of the body known. When it comes to a brawl, As I said the other evening when speaking about the Holy Spirit as a person, I reminded the post that you don't receive a person in bits and pieces.
When I married Mary forty years ago, we stood before the good gentleman and he said, we'll bow and I will be straight away. But you know, when we stood together, you know what happened? I got her in her entirety. I didn't get an arm today and a leg tomorrow and a knee or a neck. and have told the following day? Of course I didn't know what I was getting, but I saw it all! And if the Holy Spirit's a person, remember this, you don't get the Holy Spirit in bits and pieces. Remember that. And if Christ has a body in the church in Christ, never you forget that every part of us belong to him.
And it is necessary that we shall be working together at his body. This is the will of God. I suppose I ought to take just three minutes, that one was eight, talking about knowing the will of God and those difficult areas, like the problem of business sometimes and the problem of Maybe our education and so on.