Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
I'll continue to press this home until someone finally understands it.
OK, I am here..........had family night so did not get through to the forums till late.
These questioning are prime examples of Christians who do not respect nor seek the gift of tongues, even when they are told every believe can have this awesome gift they miss out and ignore then they have questions that would have been answered if they had just did what you asked them to do. Seek, until you get............. Very simple.
What is Jesus saying?
Joh 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;
Joh 16:18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith,
A little while? we cannot tell what he saith.
Joh 16:20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.
Jesus is saying that I am outta here!!! I am leaving you guys. Yet he reminds them that...........
Joh 14:17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Joh 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Jesus is not going to leave them comfortless, He is sending the awesome comforter, Jesus is not going to leave them without directions because He is sending the Spirit that guides you into all truth and shows you things to come.
That is the whole subject of the Article, I am leaving, but I am sending something better.
Before, Jesus did all the decision making and guiding them as they followed. After the Holy Spirit comes and does the guiding and comfort.
1Co 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Those that Love God have no way of knowing what God has prepared, or planed for them. Everyone that is born again has a plan of those that Love God. The Spirit of truth will guide us into all truth and show us what is to come. This is what Jesus was telling them. He was telling them your still going to get direction, your still going to be guided, your still going to know what is to come.
1Co 2:10 But
God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
1Co 2:12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God;
that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.
Jer_33:3 Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and
shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.
Mar_4:22 For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad.
So, instead of following around Jesus which there would be a very long line today with all the believers to get directions, we have the Holy Spirit which is able to fill all in all and give direction to all in all those things God has planed and wants to reveal to us.
Rom_8:14 For as many as are
led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.
Gal_5:18 But if ye be led of the Spirit, ye are not under the law.
So, the Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth for what you have to do, and show you what is to come for your life. It's not about things already written as the whole context was the disciples who lived their life following Jesus around. Jesus said................ Don't worry, I am sending someone to guide you and lead you.
Paul said the same thing, we would be clueless if we did not have the Holy Spirit to reveal the plan of God and show us what God has prepared for us.
You can't follow a plan if you don't have the vision.................without the vision, you have nothing to focus on. Nothing to focus on, then you will be dissatisfied in life, and out of the plan of God. To get the plan, you have to see a glimpse of what is to come, and where to start.
This is what the Lord was referring to when He told his disciples he was leaving them.
The Holy Spirit of God hasn't shown anyone in CF anything that is to come ?
The list is long!!! from short time things, to things in the future.
One short time thing was I was at the bank and the Holy Spirit showed me a brief picture of a man in a wheel chair that was a Sam's club. The Lord then said, "
Go, talk to him for me." So, I drive to Sam's Club, walk in and then I get another picture (Some would call them visions, but whatever) I see this man in the produce section. So, I proceed over to that section just to see if any such man in a wheel chair was there.
Being willing to step out with no thought about embarrassing yourself is very important to getting further directions. If you can't be a fool for Christ, you won't be used.
A long term thing to come was a time I was in the shower and the Lord said, "
I am anointing you to teach, take my people and teach them and help them, you will also Pastor a Church."
A few things the Lord needed to know here.............. I was in prison at the time and under two other bible leaders in what was called the Christian wing. I was also not qualified to Pastor a ant farm, let alone people.
Months go by..................... I was given the opportunity to take my turn at bible studies but I just sucked horribly. It was dry, and I stumbled around and it was just awful.
We have to keep in mind, that knowing something does not make it automatic. Some believers hear God but get confused because they have years of being faithful in something small to move to the next step. They feel if God told them, then others should just move out of their way and give them a place at the company, head position, leader of this or that or even get up and teach in their church. It don't work like that. Showing you things to come normally means years if it is part of the big plan of God. Many get impatient and leave their place and miss everything.
Well, it ended up I was voted to be leader of the Christian wing. The anointing to teach came to me at that time (Amazing difference to be anointed to do something as opposed to just giving head knowledge) It was a few years later I was asked to Pastor a church with no qualifications. I did and it was awesome.
All those things came much later, but I had something to keep preparing for and getting ready. You never know when that door will be opened and God uses those that are ready and focused on the plan.
I can't stress enough the importance of speaking in tongues............... I fully believe it's a key to hearing God because it's in my prayer times that the Lord speaks to me as we speak mysteries to God, He imparts the interpretation in our spirit man to get direction and the plan. Seek this gift, it's yours.................
Mike.
