My willingness makes you righteous.
And is in the continual act of making you righteous.
Romans 12:1-2
“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service. And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what [is] that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.“
Hebrews 10:10
“And by that will (Christ’s will in Heb. 10:7), we have been made holy through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.”
In Rom. 12:2,
PROVE means “to test or examine something with the object of the test being to display or prove the genuineness of that which is tried.”
GOOD means “describes that which is “good” in its character or constitution or beneficial in its effect.”
ACCEPTABLE means “that which causes someone to be pleased. It is something which is well approved, eminently satisfactory, or extra-ordinarily pleasing.”
PERFECT means “an adjective which describes some entity which is finished, brought to its end, lacking nothing necessary for completeness.”
The above four things happen by “being transformed by the renewing of our minds” in Christ by hearing and hearing the word of God.
So, I can be in the good will of God. An example could be having the desire to preach or give to the poor.
I can be in the good and acceptable will of God. An example could be having the desire to preach or give to the poor and acting upon it by arbitrarily going to Africa and doing so.
Lastly, by grace, I can be in His good, acceptable and perfect will. An example of this could be having the desire to preach or give to the poor and knowing that the Holy Spirit is unctioning or compelling you to do so in Australia and then doing it.
If am in the good, acceptable and perfect will of God I am in His purpose and mine in Him. I am a righteous creature created by Him functioning, living, and fulfilling the Creator’s purpose which is my purpose in Him.
All of this happens by revelation, grace and faith in His love.
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