THE FACULTY OF THE WILL

The Bible is in two parts, and each are called “Testaments” for a reason; they are the last will and testament of God. That His will be done is the prayer goes (Mat 6:10) is a search for His heirs. His search for heirs is for the division of the Estate of God. That Estate is Paradise in heaven which God desires to share with his heirs whether by birth or adoption. For those who do His will each will obtain a share of His Estate in heaven, providing that His will be done.

The will of God is divided into two parts: (1) for His Hebrew heirs — His prodigal children, and (2) for His Christian heirs who should be his devoted children. Hence the will of God is both a legal and genetic testament and only those adopted by Jesus will receive their share since His natural born children have relinquished their share.

God’s children are not those who are outwardly circumcised, but “he is a Jew, which is one inwardly” with the circumcision of the heart. The latter are those who do God’s will.

The Will of God is expressed in His “Ten Wills” that we wrongly dub, “commandments.” The Greatest Commandment is His expectations of those doing His will: loving him and his other children, even those who are wayward and err.

Upon the death of anyone of His children, they each shall get their reward based on whether they are a fellow-heir with Jesus (Rom 8:17) hinting that Jesus is the example that others should endeavor to follow.

King David wrote, “Teach me to do your will; for You are my God: your spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness” (Psalm 143:10). That “land of uprightness” was not Israel but Paradise in heaven. The latter has always been the “land” that the Hebrews sought. Hence, Paradise in heaven is the real estate, although only those who can see it as real obtain the real deal! You cannot obtain heaven unless it is real enough for you to seek it.

For those who do not, heaven is an inclusive domain for wayward children will obtain Hell also within the realm of heaven but partitioned off by a great gulf that cannot be crossed (Luke 16). Paradise will be reward and Hell punishment for those who deny the will of God. Hence, the will of God is both a great and terrible thing (Mal 4:5) for heirs, great, and for those who deny the Son of God; terrible.

To be heirs, we must like be the Son for the Father to know us; “Then will I profess unto them, ‘I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity,” and for those who do His will; “Well done, good and faithful servant; you have been faithful over a few things, I will make you ruler over many things: enter you into the joy of the Lord” (Mat 25:23). Where will you be on judgment day when the will of God is probated? That depends on whether your will has been syncretic with the will of God.

Those in capitalist societies know what a will is. It is a division of the property for which the father has worked. Both morally and legally, only real heirs would receive their parts of the division of the Estate of God. Pretenders would be excluded, and courts would decide who are real. For example, Caesar, knowing the real heirs of King Herod were dead, excluded fake Alexander from wearing Herod’s crown. Only legitimate heirs are recognized in heaven’s “Caesar” — the King of kings and Lord of lords (Rev 19:16) which in effect means that Jesus is the Caesar of heaven.

What is the faculty of the will? Fort that, we turn to the Hebrew.

“Will” in the Hebrew is rason (רָצוֹן): resh, ayin, tsade, nun. The letters provide a clue to the literal meaning. The letter tsade represents both faith and justice. The will of God is just. He is equally fair to real heirs and equally punitive to those who deny Him.

The letter resh is characterized by the human face. Animals are not heirs for only human beings in the Image of God have dominion, meaning that they are the only Images of God. To be in the will of God, heirs cannot be like the beasts doing whatever they will to do by natural instinct.

Ayin, represented by the eye means insight, nor just superficial things. Heaven must be seen as real and only those who can see the Estate of God would desire it.

The letter nun represents seed. Seed is an important thread in scripture. The seed of anything is its potential offspring. To be an heir, when the Estate is probated, there must be evidence that the prospective heirs truly be the seed of God by rebirth.

All the heirs are born the seed of Satan, but to be heirs of God, it is by adoption (Ephes 1:5), the process of rebirth (John 3:7).

As you can see, there is criteria to be met to become a citizen of heavenly Paradise, and all the others are cast out into Hell as children of the Devil (John 8:44).

The will of God is fair but stringent and it is His reward to grant to whomever He pleases; albeit He desires that none should perish (John 3:16), many will perish, according to His will, not ours.

Next, more about whose will is what.

 

The will of natural born men is instinctive. They do whatever it is that they will to do… “What is right in their own eyes” (Deut 12:8). What are those things that common men want to do (and women)?

 

The works of the flesh are manifest which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings. And such. (Gal 5:19-20)

 

To do “works” requires motivation, or willingness, to do them. As such, the minds of common men are focused on all those things and they are your will for yourselves. You are naturally inclined to do those things, so it is your nature, or will. All those things can ultimately kill you. You may luck out for a while, but one of them may bite you. Paul warned, “If you bite and devour one another, take heed that you be not consumed one of another” (Gal 5:15). That list is how carnal men and women consume one another, and those consumed will perish.

On the other side of the spectrum, God’s will for you is much different:

 

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance (and three others not listed from the twelve fruits); against such there is no law, and they that are Christ's have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. (Gal 5:22:25)

 

Hence, the will of carnal man (of the flesh) is not complementary of the will of God. To never die, carnal man must conform to God’s will for them. Hence, life is the battle of the wills; shall God’s will be done, or your own?

We are to pray that God’s will be done Earth as it is in heaven (Mat 6:10). As said before, the “will” in Hebrew is rason, but thelema in the Greek. The concept of the human will is the focal point of Greek philosophy. Thelema are things you have in mind to do. Hence, thoughts precede actions until they become routine. As such mankind is conditioned to do whatever he pleases, whenever he pleases, as pleasure leads him or her. Because we are rewarded with pleasure when are flesh is pleased, carnal men and women are as much Pavlovian dogs that when the bell was rung, they salivated even if no reward was forthcoming.

That is the natural state of carnal man. Once sin becomes routine, pleasure no longer ensues, so to pleasure again requires a higher state of sin.

From where do abnormal behaviors come? From those whose will is too weak to suppress the classical conditioning. Jesus said to His followers, “Watch and pray, that you enter not into temptation; the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mat 26:41).

The flesh is guided by the human will but the Spirit by the will of God. Sin is thought of as powerful, but it is weak. How so? The flesh or people follow the path of least resistance. That is the nature of sinful men. We are “beasts” in countenances.

How do animals travel? They travel the paths with least resistance just like water flowing. How did Cain travel? To the land of Nod (Gen 4:16). Cain wandered from the Presence of the Lord to anywhere he wanted to go. That implies that he was like the other beasts whose destinations were for self-preservation.

The Presence of the Lord is a sanctuary where there are rules for safety and preservation. God’s will for carnal man, Cain, was that he should never perish, so God marked him to avoid him being hunted like the beast that he was (Gen 4:15). God put some type of identification onto Cain, so that He would not perish in accordance with John 3:16.

God’s will for Cain was that he would not perish, meaning that in a sense, God branded Him as His own livestock just like a husbandman would his cattle.

Cain’s will for himself was to be free-range and away from the Presence and safekeeping of God. His will was the pleasure principle and God’s Will was for preservation of his kind. Cain was more like the beasts of the lower states of life than he was God’s kind.

Lower states of men are “beasts” and without consciences.

The human conscience is an internal capacity for moral reasoning that allows individuals to perceive right from wrong and guides their actions, thoughts, and feelings. It acts as an inner witness or "moral compass," prompting feelings like guilt or shame when an action is perceived as wrong, and feelings of satisfaction or pleasure when it aligns with one's values. While external factors influence it, it is considered an inherent human ability that develops throughout life. (PMC 2025)

Freewill is to either act, or not, against our conscience, or moral compass. Cain removed himself from God and had no moral compass, and so it is with carnal men and women even now.

What is even worse, is a misguided moral compass — totally out of the Presence and inconsiderate of any thoughts about God. For instance, the mob that curses and destroys things do have moral compasses, but it is their own morality. Rather than consider the Word of God, they do what is right in their own eyes. Mankind’s problem is following their own moral compasses, and that was the sin of Cain.

Human notions of morality are much like both Cain’s and the mob’s. Those who seek to destroy civilization, more so, follow “Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance” which is this:

Unlimited tolerance must lead to the disappearance of tolerance. If we extend unlimited tolerance even to those who are intolerant, if we are not prepared to defend a tolerant society against the onslaught of the intolerant, then the tolerant will be destroyed, and tolerance with them. (Lehman 2025)

In brief form, Popper’s Paradox is extreme intolerance for those who are intolerant. That is the paradox. Better he had said, it is acceptable to hate haters to rid the world of hatred. In that scenario, only haters are the fittest to survive and the world and they would be lost to the moral compasses of wanna-be do-gooders who are not in the Presence of THE MORAL COMPASS — God.

Truly, street violence against society is a gathering of all sorts of people invoking their own standards on the weakest. Their first attacks are narratives — partial truths, deception, and outright lies. If that fails, then for them, violence is justified. Errant men and women then endeavor to force their morality on others then Popper is a happy man, and Lucifer a pleased demon!

If even any church intimidates or forces their doctrines on church people, Satan smiles. There is “One Lord, one faith, one baptism…” (Ephes 4:5). Christianity is not about forcing anybody to believe or do anything.

Cain wandered away from God, and God still blessed him, desiring for him to return to His Presence.

Cain’s will remained intact and he went on with his life and so goes ours. God does not smile when sinners wander from His Presence, but is always ready to catch us from falling all the way by giving many opportunities.

God is not a God of force. He shares His thoughts (The Word), then we determine our own fate.

The human will, although weak to sin, is strong against the Spirit. Paul persuaded many to become Christians and even after they were persuaded, he still had to persuade them to continue following the Presence of God in Christ:

 

Now when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and religious proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)

 

The mind of mankind with such a strong faculty of the will must remain close to the Presence of God, or even Christians may wander away. Distant from the Presence of God (Jesus) jeopardizes the faith by grace that He has given you.

That “grace” is His Spirit that goes with you. However, you must want the Spirit of God nearby. He honors your will, and if you want Him away from you, away He will go (Heb 6:6).

Some see God as an unwanted “Bodyguard” who prevents you from wandering, with Him in control of your every thought and move. That is not freedom, and it is not true. You have free wills to have Him near, or not.

Have you ever caught yourselves removing Christian icons when you are doing, or going someplace where God might object? That demonstrates that you want God to close His eyes when you sin. You are exercising your free will, but ironically by doing so, you are doing the will of Satan for “it” is in your blood. He is the animal instinct in you to disregard your conscience and do anything that you will to do.

That process is the Satanic motto: "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law", according to Anton Levay, the most notable Satanist in this century. However, Levay’s last words were said to be these: "Oh my, oh my, what have I done! There's something very wrong, there's something very wrong, there's something very wrong!"

The “beast” Levay, even as he was dying, revealed a moral compass that he had ignored most of his life. Somewhere hidden away is our godly will that appears only when we need Him. Would his last words satisfy God? He is among those “whosoever’s” that God wants never to perish. Atheism dies with death approaching!

Since even Levay had a hidden will, so do you. Face it… you want to never perish. You know you will, and the only way out of that prospect is Jesus Christ — the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Your will inevitably match God’s; you never want to die, and He does not want you to die. He will never force you to either live or die, meaning that it is your choice and your will that will be done.

If you go to Hell; who to blame? Yourselves. Anton Levay probably did that saying, “What have I done?” He realized that God had not damned him, but that he had damned himself because of his lack of conscience and strong freewill.

With that evidence, some still believe that grace is irresistible and that you are predestined to either die forever or live forever. So, if you are going to Hell, who to blame? Calvinism places the blame on a dictatorial and controlling God.

Grace means something! We are all predestined as carnal men and women to Hell. Grace means that God provides a way out, and that choice is symbolized by the Holy Cross. It is a decision tree to determine which way we choose to go. The repentant thief willed to go where Jesus was going, and the unrepentant malefactor chose the way of Judas. He essentially suicided his soul to Hell where he is still dying.

Torments are always dying but never quite dead, over and over again. That thief chose that! His will was exercised and Jesus with God in Him, allowed him to die.