Joe mentioned some interesting things about commentary and how many books are about the Bible but the Bible itself, people have laid aside.
But something interesting that Joe mentioned was that Moses was a man of God and he would listen to God and say exactly what God would command him. Do you know who God deemed the most humble man that walked on the face of the earth to be?...
Moses (Numbers 12:3)
Very interesting...Something God gave Moses to help him out in leading Israel was the Holy Spirit or Gods Spirit. Lets look at this:
Moses (Numbers 12:3)
Very interesting...Something God gave Moses to help him out in leading Israel was the Holy Spirit or Gods Spirit. Lets look at this:
Numbers 11:17 (16-30) I encourage you to read this whole context on your own. I am going to highlight the verses that I found to be interesting...
(v.17) "Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not bear it all alone.
Basically Israel wanted more then just manna, they wanted meat. They complained against Moses and in turn complained against the LORD. The LORD is going to give Moses some help by giving him 70 elders from among the tribes of Israel. The LORD notes that He is going to take of the Spirit that is upon Moses and place it upon these 70 elders to help carry the burden. So the Spirit will help carry burdens.
(v.25) Then the LORD came down in the cloud and spoke to him; and He took of the Spirit who was upon him and placed Him upon the seventy elders. And when the Spirit rested upon them, they prophesied. But they did not do it again.
Here is something else that is interesting, not only will the Spirit help carry burdens but when the Spirit is upon someone, it says they can prophesy!
(v. 29) But Moses said to him, "Are you jealous for my sake? Would that all the LORD'S Spirit people were prophets, that the LORD would put His upon them!"
Moses' response was that he wishes the LORD would put His Spirit on all the people. Interesting statement if you ask me. Remember this is the most humble man that walked on the face of the earth. It says that Moses would talk face to face with God. Yet he wished that all men would have the Spirit and prophecy.
One thing I always saw in church was the same man up at the front. It was 98% of the time the same guy up there. The other 2% were other qualified members of the church that could speak in the front of the church. Let me ask you, do they have the same heart that Moses had? Do they want all men to have the Spirit of God? The Body of Christ is not a "one man show". It says that Jesus is the head and that there are "MANY MEMBERS". If you see the same man up at the front all the time, ask yourself, who is truly the head of the church? You may be looking at him.
There was a connection from the LORD to Moses and to the sons of Israel.
Moses was given a Helper to help him lead the sons of Israel to follow the LORD GOD.
John 14:15-21
"If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. "After a little while the world will no longer see Me, but you will see Me; because I live, you will live also. "In that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him."
• Jesus is going to give us a Helper, those of us who keep His commandment. This shows that we love Jesus. He is not interested in "lip service".
• The Helper = The Spirit of Truth
• If we do these things, Jesus will love us and we will be loved by God and Jesus will disclose himself to those that keep His commandments. He will make Himself known to them. (Keep this in mind, its going to come up shortly.)
John 14:25-30
"These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. "Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful. "You heard that I said to you, 'I go away, and I will come to you.' If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I go to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. "Now I have told you before it happens, so that when it happens, you may believe. "I will not speak much more with you, for the ruler of the world is coming, and he has nothing in Me; but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let us go from here.
(v.26) - "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
This is where it starts getting interesting...
• The Helper = the Holy Spirit, will be sent in the name of Jesus Christ.
• He will teach you ALL things and help you remember ALL that Jesus says.
If the Holy Spirit is going to be sent in Jesus name, that means that man does not have the Holy Spirit to begin with. Think about that...
John 16:12-15 (context 1-15)
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
• The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth.
Psalm 119:160 - The sum of thy word is truth and all of your righteous ordinaces are everlasting.
The Holy Spirit is going to guide us through all of Gods word not leaving any out. If we take anything away from Gods word, its not truth. If we add anything to Gods word, it is not truth.
• The Spirit is going to take of what is Jesus' and disclose it to you. The Holy Spirit is going to share what Jesus' thoughts are to those that have His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:6-16
Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.
• We speak wisdom that is from God, not man (which is passing away)
•This wisdom that is of God has been hidden but He has prepared if for those who love Him (keeping His commandments)
• GOD HAS REVEALED THEM THROUGH THE SPIRIT, FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS, EVEN THE DEPTHS OF GOD!
(v.26) - "But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.
This is where it starts getting interesting...
• The Helper = the Holy Spirit, will be sent in the name of Jesus Christ.
• He will teach you ALL things and help you remember ALL that Jesus says.
If the Holy Spirit is going to be sent in Jesus name, that means that man does not have the Holy Spirit to begin with. Think about that...
John 16:12-15 (context 1-15)
"I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. "But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. "He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you. "All things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said that He takes of Mine and will disclose it to you.
• The Spirit of truth will guide you into all truth.
Psalm 119:160 - The sum of thy word is truth and all of your righteous ordinaces are everlasting.
The Holy Spirit is going to guide us through all of Gods word not leaving any out. If we take anything away from Gods word, its not truth. If we add anything to Gods word, it is not truth.
• The Spirit is going to take of what is Jesus' and disclose it to you. The Holy Spirit is going to share what Jesus' thoughts are to those that have His Spirit.
1 Corinthians 2:6-16
Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are mature; a wisdom, however, not of this age nor of the rulers of this age, who are passing away; but we speak God's wisdom in a mystery, the hidden wisdom which God predestined before the ages to our glory; the wisdom which none of the rulers of this age has understood; for if they had understood it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory; but just as it is written, "THINGS WHICH EYE HAS NOT SEEN AND EAR HAS NOT HEARD, AND which HAVE NOT ENTERED THE HEART OF MAN, ALL THAT GOD HAS PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO LOVE HIM." For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God. For who among men knows the thoughts of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, which things we also speak, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual. But he who is spiritual appraises all things, yet he himself is appraised by no one. For WHO HAS KNOWN THE MIND OF THE LORD, THAT HE WILL INSTRUCT HIM? But we have the mind of Christ.
• We speak wisdom that is from God, not man (which is passing away)
•This wisdom that is of God has been hidden but He has prepared if for those who love Him (keeping His commandments)
• GOD HAS REVEALED THEM THROUGH THE SPIRIT, FOR THE SPIRIT SEARCHES ALL THINGS, EVEN THE DEPTHS OF GOD!
• Even the thoughts of God no one knows except the Spirit! These things are freely given to us to know if we obey Gods commandments. If not, then you will not know what is hidden in God. Why do you think that there are so many books written about the mysteries of God? Why dont these authors of all these books encourage people to read the Bible? Its all in here, not out there. Maybe there are so many books and views about it because they are all taught by different men? You think if the Spirit had taught them, they would all come from the same point.
• THE THINGS WE SPEAK ARE NOT TAUGHT BY HUMAN WISDOM. WE DID NOT LEARN THEM FROM MAN OR MANS WISDOM BUT TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT.
Remember, Jesus said that He was going to give us a Helper, the Holy Spirit, who is going to lead us into ALL truth and teach us ALL things and bring to rememberance ALL that Jesus says. The Spirit is ONLY given in Jesus' name.
Did Jesus or any of His disciples go to school to learn?
Acts 4:13 - Now as they observed the confidence of Peter and John and understood that they were uneducated and untrained men, they were amazed, and began to recognize them as having been with Jesus.
Peter and John spent a lot of time at Jesus' feet listening. These men were uneducated and untrained. They did not go to seminary school and were not taught by men but by Jesus and these men had the Holy Spirit and were still learning even after Jesus left the earth.
Acts 5:32 (12-42) - "And we are witnesses of these things; and so is the Holy Spirit, whom God has given to those who obey Him."
The Holy Spirit, who is going to teach us all things, is ONLY given to those who obey Jesus.
If the Holy Spirit is given only to those who OBEY Jesus commandments. And is only sent in Jesus' Name. Then what is this commandment that we must obey that is invloved with Jesus Name?