The deepness of God's general will is for all humanity throughout all civilizations and is revealed in His Written Word - The Bible. In the Old Testament Christ is revealed through types, symbols, shadows, and vacuums, or "black-holes" of un-understanding of the flaws unseen by one's self [their self]. Examples: Job and Wife of the Prophet Hosea - exhibited self-righteousness. But the Apostle Paul illustrates and resolvingly demonstrates the solution to all prideful, aggressive, arrogant, and derogatory advances of egotistical self-righteousness as "God's Secret" by bold remedial-assertive-denunciations of pretentious works of primative divisive penetration of un-understandings - into and onto - altruism; particularly those "starting their journey in the hot-desert-sands of Egyptian-bondage" - and stay there - are not those that end-up upon the Solid-Rock-Of-Christ at the finish line "of the Land of Canaan."

"For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth." Psalm 33:4. In other words, the Core Truths of God's Word to this day and all future days (ages) shall remain "unbroken" as Jesus' body was resurrected unbroken!

"All God's words are true and trustworthy. The Bible is reliable because, unlike people, God does not lie, forget, change his words, or leave his promises unfulfilled. We can trust the Bible because it contains the words of a holy, trustworthy, and unchangeable God." - Life Application Bible, p. 979.

"Order my steps in thy word: and let not any iniquity have dominion over me." Psalm 119:133. While walking with the Lord, we look not for sin to prevail in our lives as before we came to know Jesus Who and which enables us to "do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly" (Micah 6:8) before God Almighty - The Father of all living! And dead!

"Thy word have I hid in mine heart [for lighting Your Way for me to follow], that I might not sin against thee." Psalm 119:11. Thereby doing "me" - the spirit, "myself" - my soul, and "I" - my body nothing against my individual personality of my personhood - that is nothing but healthy-wellness!!! The Full Spirit, Whole Soul, and all the body of me. Amen!

In the New Testament God is revealed to us as a Living Saviour Who came so any "whosoever" that believes, may receive the Gift of Eternal Life. He is "their" pro-conditioned preserving-salt and pro-conditioned illuminous-light which, in turn, by receiving both of these attributes enables the receiver to give or share these two forever-enablings to all others around them. That is, as long as the receivers don't lose the usage themselves. For if un-used, these "enablings" are sure to dwindle and eventually lose their powerful influence or savorings.

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth." John 1:1, 14. The Son of God (Christ) was incarnated into Jesus (adopted by his earthly-fleshy-father Joseph), onto the Quickening of the Holy Spirit, unto the Father God.

"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16.

"To believe is more than intellectual agreement that Jesus is God. It means to put our trust and confidence in him that he alone can save us. It is to put him in charge of our present plans and eternal destiny,. Believing is both trusting his words as reliable and relying on him for the power to change. If you have never trusted him, let this promise of everlasting life be yours." - Life Application Bible, p. 1802.

Altruistic Will

The broadness of God's altruistic will is imbued [permeate or inspire with principles, ideas, emotions, etc.] to each individual through the many diverse giftings of abilities and skills God gives each individual for the building-up and edifying the Body of Christ.

"Now there are diversities of gifts, but the same spirit, and there are differences of administrations, but the same Lord. And there are diversities of operations, but it is the same God which worketh all in all. But the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal. For to one is given by the spirit the word of wisdom; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; to another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; to another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues; but all these worketh that one and the selfsame spirit, dividing to every man/woman severally as he will." 1 Cor. 12:4-11.

"Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular. And God hath set some in the church [body of believers or bride of Christ], first apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers, after that miracles, then gifts of healings, helps, governments, diversities of tongues. Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? Have all the gifts of healing? Do all speak with tongues? Do all interpret? But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet show I unto you a more excellent way. Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity [love], I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal." 1 Cor. 12:27-31; 13:1.

"The best gifts are those that are more beneficial to the body of Christ. Paul has already made it clear that one gift is not superior to another, but he urged the believers to discover how they can serve Christ's body with the gifts God has given them. Your spiritual gifts are not for your own self-advancement. They were given to you for serving God and enhancing the spiritual growth of the body of believers. God gives us spiritual gifts for life on earth in order to build up, serve, and strengthen fellow Christians. The spiritual gifts are for the church [body of believers or bride of Christ]. In eternity, we will be made perfect and complete and will be in the very presence of God. We will no longer need the spiritual gifts, so they will come to an end." - Life Application Bible, p. 2018.

Intimate Will

The wideness of God's intimate will is a personalized enduement [be dressed, clothed, or put on personal attachment qualities] upon each individual to the most detailed degree and must be kept free from the invasion of anyone else's meddling or interference. Intimate, spiritually-justifiable-actions identified from the knowings of the teachings of God's Word in proof-referencings, have the most imports of all other wills of God's informings - as spiritual things are spiritually understood. The Apostle Paul's great desire for those accepting Christ as their Saviour was that they "might be filled with the knowledge of His Will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding." Col. 1:9.

God intimately communicates and directs individuals in a variety of ways. At times God may direct through the stillness of the spirit and soul by His "Still Small Voice" (1 Kings 19:12). "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left." Isaiah 30:21.

At other times, he may direct with a strong, inward impression or in conjunction with other spirit-filled individuals such as directions given to Paul and Barnabas: "As they ministered to the Lord, and fasted, the Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. And when they had fasted and prayed, and laid their hands on them, they sent them away." Acts 13: 2, 3.

God also speaks to individuals through both positive and negative messages, visions and dreams; such as after the wise men had found and worshiped the Christ Child they were "warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod" (Matthew 2:12), but should return to their home country another way.

The intimate will is the only direct communication of any and all the other Wills of God for personalized realizations; but will never be an unadvised request by God to make as divisive any bearings of the principles of integral compliance to the fidelity of God's Word in justifying the Spiritual-Sense, Super-Sense or Super-Natural-Sense thereof!!!

The intimate will is not formed from any religion and can happen at any time, place or circumstance wherein all who are called of God to be or be-long-with-God; because regardless of being born physically to a family, or a particular blood-line, or even one's own will apart from God, or the will of any other of which [they] may or might have/had or are wanting [themselves] to guide someone to, in or through; God's call to be His, is very intimately personal, and therefore a private eternal matter of which God gives His total concern.

From THE MESSAGE Contemporary Bible, hear and picture it for yourself! "But whoever did want him, who believed he was who he claimed and would do what he said, He made to be their true selves, their child-of-God-selves. These are the God-begotten, not blood-begotten, not flesh begotten, not sex-begotten." John 1:12, 13.

Yes! The first-person-place-in-God, is to be true to one's self; for being true to yourself - is to love yourself as God loves you. Although it's true, God caringly loves each of His-children as if he or she is the only-one-of-a-kind that He gave life to in all the world; for He did just that. And when anyone (whosoever) loves God back [they] are able to stand straight and tall and look the world in its eye, because [they] know where [they] will be in the "sweet of now," but even more so in the "sweet-by-and-by"!

Ultimate Will

God's highest ultimate will is His imbruement [to totally soak, as in the dye of Christ's Blood, to appear - as transparent - whiter than snow to the Father] upon all who accept Salvation and allow God to saturate them within His love, giving Him all praise, honor and glory in a practical-harmonious-balance. For God is "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (2 Peter 3:9); and then to allow the Holy Spirit to so transform their lives until Christ is formed in them [us](Gal. 4:19); as a light [whiter than snow] reflecting Christ - The Light of the World - to the world. The demonstrative transparency the world is waiting for as "white-frosted-frozen" (a crop of souls ripe and ready to be harvested), through Christ, within the Presence of The Holy Spirit, are made ready for the harvest-reaping of, by and for Godly service!

The Psalmist declares: "The steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord: and he delighteth in his way. Though he fall, he shall not be utterly cast down: for the Lord upholdeth him with his hand. I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed [children] begging bread." Psalm 37:25.

Ultimately, God wants us so much that He Wills to tolerate and grow-up-in-Christ all who call upon His Name, and meet Him for the long-haul-of-this-earthly-journey where in Heaven the ransomed-saved will be at perfect-atonement of being "one" with the Father for the Eternal Wedding Feast.

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Scripture taken from THE MESSAGE. Copyright © 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002. Used by permission of NavPress Publishing Group.