Yes—but it begins with salvation, because God must first make you a new creation and free your will before His will can be proved and lived out.
Before you are saved, you are bound by the devil, the flesh, and the world, and no one seeks God unless God first seeks him. At salvation God performs the miracle, gives you a transformed mind, and later gives you the power to live the Christian life. Then you are expected to grow in grace and knowledge, and your good works become evidence of God's work in you.
Romans 12:2 — This is the clearest biblical answer: the renewed mind is how a believer proves God's good, acceptable, and perfect will.
2 Corinthians 5:17 — Les quotes this verse to show that salvation creates the transformed mind and new creature necessary for living God's will.
2 Timothy 1:9 — It shows that God's call in a believer's life is according to His purpose and grace, not human works.
The Bible says that God sent His Son so the world would not be condemned but saved (John 3:17). A person who is in Christ is a new creation: old things are passed away and all things become new (2 Corinthians 5:17). This is the work of God—not something a person performs. In Romans 12:2, Scripture connects the renewed mind directly to discerning God's will: "that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God." The believer is also told that God called him "with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace" before the world began (2 Timothy 1:9).
Les Feldick begins with the lost person's condition. He says no one seeks God; God is the seeker and makes the first move (Clip 2). The unsaved person is entangled by the devil, the flesh, and the world, and only God's power can break that bondage (Clip 1). God must take the sinner where he is and perform the miracle of salvation; all He looks for is faith (Clip 3). When a person believes, God does the saving work. He creates a new creature and a transformed mind (Clip 0). At that moment the believer is set free and is given true free will—the ability to exercise choices as a child of God (Clip 1). God expects the new believer to grow in grace, knowledge, and wisdom, and a true born-again child of God will visibly be a good citizen (Clip 4). Les is clear that human works cannot produce salvation or earn God's direction. Baptism, church membership, charity, and other flesh-energized acts are worthless for salvation, yet they are expected after one is saved (Clip 6). Instead, the believer lives by faith, trusting that God gives the power to live (Clip 5). Since God called believers according to His purpose and grace before the world began (2 Timothy 1:9), the believer can be confident that God has already been at work in his life from eternity (Clip 7).
Yes. Les says lost people are wrapped in the spider web of the devil, the flesh, and the world; only the power of God can break that binding force (Clip 1). He also says God always makes the first move; no human being ever seeks God (Clip 2). Scripture confirms that God sent His Son to save the world, not to condemn it (John 3:17). Until you are saved, you have neither the freedom nor the power to follow God's will.
Les says the new birth includes God creating within us a transformed mind; He is the One who causes the metamorphosis from a hell-bound sinner to a heaven-bound saint (Clip 0). Paul's words in Romans 12:2 tie this renewal to proving God's will: you cannot prove the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God without a mind God has transformed.
God gives genuine free will at salvation, according to Les. The believer is no longer trapped by the old binding forces, and now the exercise of the will is left to him (Clip 1). A believer is expected to grow in grace, knowledge, and wisdom (Clip 4), and to live as a good citizen. God gives the power to live out this new life (Clip 5), so the choices you make as a believer are real choices made in that power.
Les uses examples like baptism, church membership, visiting the sick, and giving to the poor to show that works done in the energy of the flesh cannot save; God will not recognize them as the basis of salvation (Clip 6). But he adds that after salvation these works are fine and are what God expects. Finding God's will is therefore not a project of earning favor; it is a life of faith that naturally produces the works God has planned for His children.
Les points to 2 Timothy 1:9: God called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace, given us in Christ Jesus before the world began (Clip 7). This means the believer can look back and see that he was chosen before God created Adam and was positioned in the body of Christ. That eternal calling forms the foundation on which daily guidance rests.
The New Creation and Transformed Mind
Les shows that salvation is God's work of making a person a new creation with a transformed mind—this is the foundation for proving God's will.
Free Will Given to Believers
Believers are set free from bondage and given true free will; finding God's will involves using that freed will rather than being dragged by the world.
God Seeks Sinners First
Les emphasizes that God is the seeker and makes the first move; therefore the starting point for finding God's will is responding to God's call.
Salvation Is God's Work
God performs the miracle of salvation; no one can clean up first or add anything to faith.
New Believers Grow and Show Good Citizenship
Expected growth in grace and a changed lifestyle are the visible marks of a saved person walking in God's will.
God Gives Power to Live It
A person cannot live the Christian life until saved; after believing, God gives the power to live it.
Works After Salvation, Not For It
Works done in the flesh do not save; once saved, good works are expected.
Chosen and Called According to God's Purpose
Believers can trust God's eternal purpose and grace for guidance because their salvation was planned before the world began.
Romans 12:2: 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.
This is the key verse connecting a renewed mind to proving God's good and perfect will.
2 Corinthians 5:17: Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.
Les quotes this to show that salvation creates the transformed mind and new life that make God's will attainable.
John 3:17: For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.
This verse shows God's saving intent, which is the starting point for anyone who wants to know His will.
2 Timothy 1:9: Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began,
God's call and purpose in a believer's life are established by grace, not works, before the world began.
No. Les says you cannot live the Christian life until you are saved (Clip 5). God takes the sinner as he is and performs the miracle of salvation (Clip 3). After you believe, God gives you power to live that new life (Clip 5).
No. Works like baptism, church membership, and charity, done in the flesh, cannot save or earn God's favor (Clip 6). Salvation is by faith plus nothing, and God looks for faith alone (Clip 6).
Les says God expects a new believer to grow in grace, knowledge, and wisdom (Clip 4). A true born-again child of God becomes a good citizen (Clip 4). The believer lives by faith, and works follow as God's expectations for the saved (Clip 6).
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