261. What is the will of God?
God's will is that all people come to know Him as their Father and live under the rule of His Son. This petition is closely related to the petitions that His name be hallowed and His kingdom come.
Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure in the death of the wicked, declares the Lord GOD, andot rather that he should turn from his way and live?
John 6:40 For this is the will of My Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in Him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.
1 Timothy 2:4 [God] desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.
1 Thessalonians 4:3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification.
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