#john 16:12

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3.] Do we believe that GOD would have spoken to Paul & he would speak to us?      Do we believe this still happens??!

LEADERSHIP TEST: Shawn Scarborough | Part 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 [June 16, 2019]

    Let’s take a quick jump through the Old Covenant, then JESUS speaking     transitionary. Fulfilling one covenant then leading us into a better covenant.

    What actually does this look like? Jeremiah 33:3, GOD spoke through the     prophet, “Call to Me, & I will answer & show you great & hidden things”

Jeremiah 33:3 | Call to Me & I will answer & show you great & unsearchable things you do not know.

  They were living life of the law, they had the law/prophets.   Then there’s another prophesy to them:

If there’s something you don’t know, s/t that’s been hidden from you, call to Me & I will answer & I will tell you.

>> Even under the law, we see GOD promising to speak!        That’s a big deal.

Now what did JESUS say, John 16:12, He said there are still many things that I have to tell you, but you can’t handle it now.

    It’s not like GOD is playing hide & seek.     There are times in our lives -- where we’re just not ready for a further truth.

John 16:12 | I still have much to tell you, but you cannot yet bear to hear it.

    We’re not ready for what’s around the corner, we’re only ready for what we     can see (GOD leads us here), but when we turn the corner -- now we’re     ready for something more & JESUS’ saying there’s a corner up there that     you can’t hear yet.

    But even though I’m leaving, when you turn the corner I’m still gonna speak     to you. Since you can’t bear it now, when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will     guide you into all the truth -- where He will not speak on His own authority,     but whatever He hears, He will speak & He will declare to you those things     that are to come.

Now I love that because He’s saying I’m going to guide & speak.

This is something, maybe it helps you, but maybe it’s just preaching to me.    There are times when I want GOD to speak & tell me something.    And all He’s doing is guiding me.

   And I’m just following, but I don’t really know where I’m going & I don’t    really know what’s around the corner, or what’s going to happen!        And I’m getting really frustrated!        And I’m saying GOD SPEAK!    And He’s just saying: “Follow ME.”

  And I’m just following Him! But I don’t fully know why!   You know what?! Follow Him anyhow.

  WHY? Because He will guide you & He will speak to you!

He will guide you saying nothing, leading you by His precious Holy Spirit

Then there are those moments when He will lead you by speaking!

   They both matter (nodding).

   Don’t stop following! Follow the guide.

So JESUS gives us this promise.

And now we had this lack of wisdom in Jeremiah Then we had this “I don’t know but JESUS says you will know” promise in John Then in James 1:5, so now we are squarely in the middle of the new covenant where all these better promises.

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