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NASB | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup from Me; yet not My will, but Yours be done." |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Luke 22:42 saying, "Father, if You are willing, remove this cup [of divine wrath] from Me; yet not My will, but [always] Yours be done." |
Subject: Submissive or Suppressed Wills |
Bible Note: Hi WOS, After considering the Scriptures that seem to apply to this question, mulling this over for a few days, and bouncing some things around, these are the conclusion I have come to. Following the work of regeneration, we respond in our "new creation" spirit to God in submission. We are identified with the new creature, not with the old, so when we speak of the person we are who is responding, it is the new creation. 2 Cor 5 16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. The new creation is in right relationship with God. Eph 4:24 and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness. (I am using for brevity's sake only a small portion of the applicable passages.) We willingly submit to His Lordship. This is axiomatic to a right relationship with Him. Romans 8, and a host of other verses show us this. Since we yield to Him, there is no suppression of our will required. I do not find any Scriptures that speak of us forcefully subjected to God's will. That is reserved for the unbelievers, who will, at the end, submit. All such passages relating to the believer seem to me to be calling us to submit, and to cooperate with the work of sanctification. The old nature, however, is another story. While sanctification, like regeneration, is clearly the Lord's work in us, Heb 2:11 For he who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers, Eph 5:25 Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, Eph 5:26 that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, yet I see over and over instructions that we are to actively follow, resulting in the suppression of the old nature. Col 3:5 Put to death therefore what is earthly in you Rom 6:11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. Rom 8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live. These all speak of an action that happens to the flesh. The flesh does not submit. It is dead, and is to be treated as dead. When it tries to exert its own will, it is to be reckoned as dead, and put to death. So I will answer that as regenerate believers, we respond with submission of our will to God, while suppressing the old nature. Again, I will be interested in your thoughts on this. Great topic! Love in Christ, Mark |