How then do we define God’s will? God’s will is embodied in the concept of love. God could have created the universe, and then reclined from any intervention in the doings of humanity. That is certainly within His right because He is God. However, God did choose to intervene out of love. First, He wanted to identify Himself as the Creator, the One who deserves the credit for His creation. Our response should be an awesome thank you and credit for such a task. Second, He chose the nation of Israel as His people, the people who would be the mouthpiece of God’s love to the world. This does not mean that everyone else is inferior to the Israelites, but rather, that the Israelites initially carried God’s message – God’s Word. The message applies to all people – both the Israelites and everyone else. And third, God’s will established a way for all people to be reconciled to Himself. When sin entered the world, it separated all of us from God (Isaiah 59:2). We were held responsible for our sin, which is eternal damnation or separation from God. However, Jesus Christ, came into the world and sacrificed Himself on the cross for our sin so that we would not see eternal damnation, but rather eternal life with God forever (Romans 6:23). As we can see, God’s will communicated to us with regards to spiritual life and death, something that would affect us for all eternity. This is the beginning of understanding all truth about God. A.W. Pink summarized this understanding in this way: “Grant that the Bible is a Divine revelation and communication of God’s own mind and will to men, and you have a fixed starting point from which advance can be made into the domain of truth.”[1]

[1] Arthur W. Pink, The Divine Inspiration of the Bible, (Swengel, PA: Bible Truth Depot, 1917), 5.