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| “teach” AND “me” occurs 65 times in 28 verses in the NASB20, including 18 exact phrases shown first. |
A person may not be aware of the flaws and defects of his/her character or personality. To be taught is to learn. Why do we need to be taught? Because we are stupid. The poor know they are poor. The wicked do not know they are wicked. The ignorant do not know they are foolish. Fools do not know they are stupid. The useless people do not know they are good for nothing, they only know eating and drinking. Even believers, children of God need to be taught many things: Above all, we need to know the Word of God, to follow the Way of God, and to do the Will of God.
Job 6:24, “Teach me, and I will be silent; and show me how I have done wrong.”
To sin is to have done wrong. Many do not know they have sinned. IN fact, the Bible says all have sinned. First you have to know you have sinned, second you will seek salvation. Only sinners need the Savior. Jesus is the Savior of mankind.
Job 34:32, “Teach me what I do not see; If I have done wrong, I will not do it again’?”
Sinners do not see well; do not have correct perspective. Sinners need to have the sight of God, for sins have blinded the mind of people.
Psa 25:4, “Make me know Your ways, LORD; Teach me Your paths.”
Sinners do not know the ways of the Lord, they need to be taught the paths of the Lord. God’s ways are not the ways of mankind.
Psa 25:5, “Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day.”
Sinners do not know the truth and need to be taught, for God is our salvation.
Psa 27:11, “Teach me Your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.”
Children of God are eager to know the way of the Lord and be led on a level path.
Psa 86:11, “Teach me Your way, LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.”
Children of God want to know the way of the Lord so that they will walk in the truth of God and fear His name.
Psa 119:12, “Blessed are You, LORD; teach me Your statutes.”
Deu 4:40, “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
Psa 119:33, “Teach me, the way of Your statutes, LORD, and I shall comply with it to the end.”
Children of God shall comply with the statutes of the Lord to the end.
Psa 119:66, “Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.”
The children of God believe in God’s commandments and so they also want to learn good discernment and knowledge. You know in this age of deception, how important it is to have good discernment and knowledge. Most people are confused and cannot differentiate between right and wrong, good and evil, important and unimportant, true and false.
Psa 119:108, “Be pleased to accept the voluntary
offerings of my mouth, LORD, and teach me Your judgments.”
Children of God want to praise the Lord and learn the judgments of the Lord. Judgment tells you what is yes is yes, what is no is no. “Deal with Your servant according to Your graciousness, and teach me Your statutes.”
Had it not for the grace and graciousness of the Lord, we would have all perished. Children of God need to be taught in many ways and many things. “Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me
Your statutes.”
We have light when the face of the Lord shines upon us.
Psa 143:8, “Let me hear Your faithfulness in the morning, for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul.”
Children of God need to be taught the way in which we should walk; for to God we lift up our souls. The people of the world do not know how to live, be they world leaders or politicians.
Psa 143:10, “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
As cited by the Scriptures above, believers or the children of God have to be taught many things. We need to learn the Word of God, the Way of God, and do the Will of God. The most important is to do the will of God. Each child of God needs to find OUT the will of God in his/her life and do it. Blessed is the one who does the will of God.
Deu 4:10, “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My Words so that they may learn to fear Me
all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Christian parents have duties and responsibilities to teach their children the Words of God, the most important is how to get to Heaven. In fact, it is the greatest responsibility of local pastors to teach their members how to get to Heaven.
Psa 34:11, “Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”
Jer 31:34, “They will not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their wrongdoing, and their sin I will no longer remember.”
The knowledge of the Lord is the most important. Everything else you know does not matter. There are people who pride themselves in knowing from Anthropology to Zoology. What does it matter if you do not know how to get to Heaven? To know God is to know the salvation of God, you will receive forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ.
It is a pity and tragedy that many people are unteachable. Christians learn all their lives; they are special people taught by God.
Isa 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great.”
The saddest thing is the fact individuals, organizations, societies and nations do not learn wisdom. As Children of God, to be taught by God involves at least learning the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God.
Sanctification and Love
1Th 4:1-12, “Finally then, brothers and sisters, we request and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel even more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how
to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us
for impurity, but in sanctification. Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; for indeed you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to excel even more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.”
Isa 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great.”
1Co 2:13-15, “We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual
thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot
understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.”
1Th 4:9-12, “Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; for indeed you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to excel even more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet
life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.”
2Th 2:15, “So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by
letter from us.”
People are stupid because of many reasons:
A). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous thinking.
Stupid thinking includes simplistic thinking, evil thinking, careless thinking, self-conceited thinking, wicked thinking, mistaken thinking, immature thinking, worthless thinking, etc. Be careful how you think.
1Co 3:18, “Let no man deceive himself. If any man
among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.”
Psa 10:4, “The wicked man is so arrogant he always
thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; He doesn’t care.”
Jas 1:8, “being a double-minded man, unstable and
restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].”
Pro 23:7, “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you.”
B). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous words, unreasonable words, untested words, unverified words, unkind words, untrue words, harmful words, ugly words, false words, words of conflict, harsh words, bad words, cursed words, angry words, fearful words, unpleasant words, empty words, rash words, non-sensible words, blasphemous words, irrational words, lying words, arrogant words, unsound words, useless words.
C). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous acts, reckless acts, unlawful acts, sinful acts, insolent acts, abominable acts, unrighteous acts, unfaithful acts, detestable acts, ungodly acts, shameful acts, arrogant acts, false acts, wrongful acts, merciless acts, rebellious acts, immoral sexual acts.
Mankind is unlimitedly stupid in thought, word, and deed.
I. TAUGHT BY HUMAN WISDOM
Act 7:22-25, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action. But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel. And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended
and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian. And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them
deliverance through him; but they did not understand.”
Moses was educated in the all the wisdom of the Egyptians. Many times you did a good thing but people do not understand.
The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible
CHAPTER
7 Wisdom in Egypt
“Abstract
Current definitions of “Wisdom” for ancient Egypt often suffer from the influence of categories developed for the Hebrew Bible. Applying emic categories leads instead to a focus on instructions, which have a clear Egyptian term (sbꜣy.t). They are typically stylized as the teaching of a son by his father and authorized by the indication of name and title of the teacher. Often a prologue indicates the setting of the teaching more closely. Some historical development can be recognized, but at the same time, there are also contemporary compositions with different outlooks and social settings. For some periods, the older “classical” texts exist together with more recent ones, and the question of their respective role has still to be studied in more detail. The older compositions often have a casuistic structure of maxims recommending behavior in certain situations, while the younger ones are more loosely organized. The main aim of the texts is to teach how to have success in life.”
The early America was built great through education. Both Harvard and Yale were founded by Christians.
According to The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2024 • Article History Harvard University
university, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
John Harvard
Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for their high academic standards, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Harvard’s total enrollment is about 23,000.
Harvard’s history began when a college was established at New Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge for the English alma mater of some of the leading colonists. Classes began in the summer of 1638 with one master in a single frame house and a “college yard.” Harvard was named for a Puritan minister, John Harvard, who left the college his books and half of his estate.
The alumni and faculty of Harvard have been closely associated with many areas of American intellectual and political development. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Harvard had educated seven U.S. presidents—John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama—and a number of justices, cabinet officers, and congressional leaders. Literary figures among Harvard graduates include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Henry James, Henry Adams, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, Walter Lippmann, and Norman Mailer. Other notable intellectual figures who graduated from or taught at Harvard include the historians Francis Parkman, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Samuel Eliot Morison; the astronomer Benjamin Peirce; the chemist Wolcott Gibbs; and the naturalist Louis Agassiz. William James introduced the experimental study of psychology into the United States at Harvard in the 1870s.”
The History of Yale University
Yale has grown and evolved for 300-plus years, passing many milestones and forging traditions along the way.
The university traces its roots to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a local college in the tradition of European liberal education. In 1701 the Connecticut legislature adopted a charter “to erect a Collegiate School.” The school officially became Yale College in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I.”
Now universities have become a big business. American universities have lost its lustre and goal.
All undeveloped nations have one thing in common: their people are uneducated, unskilled, and unproductive.
Education is the path for individuals or nations to improve its fate.
According to https://potomac.edu/benefits-of-education/
15 BENEFITS OF EDUCATION THAT CAN IMPACT YOUR FUTURE
“While everyone might have a different definition of education, its importance remains undisputed. By receiving a systematic education, people gain knowledge and develop skills and character traits crucial for a certain standard of life.
According to https://potomac.edu/benefits-of-education/
“15 Benefits of Education
Most people agree on the importance of education, but only a fraction of that is truly aware of the impact of education on our lives. Receiving an education has a significant impact not only on our quality of life but on our physical and psychological well-being. Below you will find 15 different benefits of education that can impact your life in the future.
1. Creating More Employment Opportunities
“Finding a job” is probably one of the most common reasons people choose to pursue a college degree, as we are all well aware of the difficulties of landing a good job. In most cases, tens of candidates are applying for the same position, and a college degree can help set you apart from others. In addition, a college education will create more employment opportunities as you will be qualified for more than low-paying and entry-level jobs.
2. Leading to Career Advancement
If you have already joined the workforce and love your job, you might think you don’t need to pursue a college or university education. We are here to tell you that a college degree can have other benefits than just landing you a job. By receiving higher education, you gain the knowledge and skills that will give you a competitive edge and allow you to advance your career in a chosen field.
3. Securing a Better Income
As previously mentioned, a college education can be grounds for career advancement. Advancement in your field comes in the form of a new job title and greater responsibilities—consequently, a higher salary and added benefits. You will also qualify for higher-paying entry-level jobs by getting a higher education degree. As a result, a higher wage can grant you financial stability and improve your quality of life.
4. Developing Critical-Thinking Skills
Higher education equips you with the knowledge and essential skills necessary to join the workforce. One of the most vital skills you will develop when pursuing a college degree is the ability to think critically. Critical thinking skills are an advantage and sometimes even a requirement to succeed in your career. By developing critical-thinking skills, you can improve your work’s quality, solve problems, and prevent possible issues that might arise.
5. Improving Self-Discipline
The amount of work that one has to put in to get a college degree is sometimes precisely what improves one’s self-discipline. When pursuing higher education, you have assignments that you must deliver on time and tests you must study for—all of which require self-discipline. Improved self-discipline will, in turn, help you in your future career by making you a reliable and hardworking team member.
6. Developing Cognitive And Communication Skills
Learning how to communicate with others is a highly valuable skill in the job market and one that will significantly contribute to your career success. Pursuing a university or college degree is a great way to further develop your cognitive and communication skills. During your studies, you will constantly be in contact and collaborate with colleagues and professors, giving you insight into a typical work environment.
7. Promoting Equality And Empowerment
One of the most important benefits of education is probably the promotion of equality and empowerment within society. Higher education can make people more open-minded in accepting others’ ideas and opinions regardless of race, gender, age, etc. In addition, education empowers people through expert knowledge and valuable skills and gives them the mental capacity to make decisions and create a life of their own independently.
8. Providing a Prosperous And Healthy Life
The list of highest-paying careers contains mostly professions that require a higher education degree. This is why one must pursue a college education to land a well-paying job. A high-paying job career has many benefits, including a comfortable life for you and your family, the respect and admiration of your family and friends, etc. Being financially secure will also contribute to your and your family’s overall happiness and quality of life.
9. Instilling a Sense of Accomplishment
There are still advantages to a college or university degree, even if we were to take out the “landing a job” benefit. Another great benefit of pursuing a degree is the sense of accomplishment you gain when you obtain your degree. Feeling like you accomplished something important will, in turn, make you more confident in pursuing other things you want in life and getting them.
10. Spreading Awareness
Nowadays, technological advancement has made it possible for people to easily connect and communicate with virtually anyone anywhere in the world. This, of course, includes students in colleges and universities. Getting a college education will, directly and indirectly, expose students to different cultures around the world, thus increasing cultural awareness.
11. Enhancing Productivity
Getting a college degree is a lot of hard work, requiring self-discipline and good time-management skills. Pursuing and obtaining a college degree will improve these skills and qualities in a person. Such essential attributes and skills will make you a valuable employee and asset for the companies you work for as they help enhance your overall productivity.
12. Offering the Opportunity to Socialize And Network
Another way a college education will prepare you for your future career is through socializing and networking. When pursuing a college degree, you are surrounded by other students who will soon enter the same job market as you. Socializing or creating a network with them early on will be a great advantage when pursuing a career or seeking career advancement.
13. Pursuing a Passion
Pursuing a college or university degree in a field you are passionate about is a great way to land a fulfilling career. A college education will allow you to turn your passion into a stable job and income you need to live comfortably. In addition, the specialized knowledge you gain during your studies will help you plunge deeper into the things you love.
14. Opening Your Horizons
Pursuing higher education is a great way to open your horizons regarding knowledge, understanding, or experience. Whether it is the specialized knowledge and understanding you gain, the different things you experience, or the relationships you form, a college education will expose you to things you can’t find elsewhere.
15. Contributing to the Community
Lastly, all the benefits of education mentioned above will make you a better member of society. By receiving higher education and landing a fulfilling and high-paying job, you can then turn your energy into giving back to the community and helping others. Educated people are aware of the role an individual must play in society for it to function well, so they do their part accordingly.
I agree with the 15 points cited above. Although the human wisdom is limited. Human wisdom is fallible.
According to https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/wisdom
“Wisdom is one of those qualities that is difficult to define—because it encompasses so much—but which people generally recognize when they encounter it. And it is encountered most obviously in the realm of decision-making.
Psychologists tend to agree that wisdom involves an integration of knowledge, experience, and deep understanding, as well as a tolerance for the uncertainties of life. There’s an awareness of how things play out over time, and it confers a sense of balance.
What Is Wisdom?
Wise people generally share an optimism that life’s problems can be solved and experience a certain amount of calm in facing difficult decisions. Intelligence may be necessary for wisdom, but it definitely isn’t sufficient; an ability to see the big picture, a sense of proportion, intellectual humility, and considerable introspection also contribute to its development.
Wisdom can be acquired only through experience, but by itself, experience does not automatically confer wisdom. Researchers are continuing to probe the social, emotional, and cognitive processes that transmute experience into wisdom.
How do researchers define wisdom?
Numerous theories are emerging to try to measure and model wisdom. A leading theory, developed by psychologists Paul Baltes and others, defines wisdom as “expert knowledge in the fundamental pragmatics of life that permits exceptional insight, judgment, and advice about complex and uncertain matters.” That encompasses five key components: rich procedural knowledge, rich factual knowledge, an understanding of different life contexts, an awareness of the relativism of values and priorities, and the ability to recognize and manage uncertainty. These criteria are measured by introducing hypothetical scenarios and assessing what participants would consider or do in those situations.
But there are other theories of wisdom as well. Sociologist Monika Ardelt believes that individuals develop wisdom as personality characteristics encompassing reflection, compassion, and the pursuit of truth. Psychologist Robert Sternberg understands wisdom as balance between oneself and others so that actions are directed at the common good.
What are the components of wisdom?
Wisdom encompasses cognitive components, such as knowledge and experience, reflective components, or the ability to examine situations and oneself, and prosocial components, meaning benevolence and compassion. Wisdom is also connected to abilities such as perspective-taking, open-mindedness, and intellectual humility.”
I do not know what a Christian university is like because I had never attended one. I attended a top American university which was altogether secular. One professor in fact deliberately made fun and mocked at the Bible. I knew the professor was misquoting the Bible, at that time my Bible knowledge was not good enough to give him a correct answer. However, my faith in the Word of God was firm and so the mocking did not affect me at all. However, I was grateful to study Advanced Management Theory under Dr. Professor Harold Koontz who became my personal friend. I also appreciated a few outstanding professors in their fields of expertise. I know secular education means godless education.
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“Whether religious affiliates are less likely to pursue education or are less likely to excel in school is a complicated subject in the sociology of religion. On one hand, participation in congregational religious
expression develops critical social skills that enables participates to function well in other public engagements, including the classroom. Religion also provides members with an identity, a sense of
belonging, and positive values, all of which contribute
beneficially to multiple measures of psycho-social well-being as well as educational performance. On the other hand, in countries such as the United States we have witnessed a conservative backlash against
the so-called corrupting influence of secular education, including attacks against particular classroom subjects such as evolution. Some
fundamentalist groups choose to insulate their children from secularizing influences through privatized religious colleges. Evaluating the influence of religion on educational trajectories hence requires
a nuanced appreciation of both the positive and negative drivers of religious practice on educational outcomes.”
“Secular Christianity” is a contradiction in terms. It is a figment of imagination of unworthy theologians. Do not waste your time and effort in studying them. secularism
social movement
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last Updated: Jan 25, 2024 • Article History
National Center for Biotechnology Information – PubMed Central – Debating secularism: A liberal cosmopolitan perspective (Jan. 25, 2024)
“Secularism, any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth.
In the Middle Ages in Europe there was a strong tendency for religious persons to despise human affairs and to meditate on God and the afterlife. As a reaction to this medieval tendency, secularism, at the time of the Renaissance, exhibited itself in the development of humanism, when people began to show more interest in human cultural achievements and the possibilities of their fulfillment in this world.
Christianity: Eschatological expectations and secularization
The movement toward secularism has been in progress during the entire course of modern history and has often been viewed as being anti-Christian and antireligious. In the latter half of the 20th century, however, some theologians began advocating secular Christianity. They suggested that Christianity should not be concerned only with the sacred and the otherworldly but that people should find in the world the opportunity to promote Christian values. These theologians maintained that the real meaning of the message of Jesus can be discovered and fulfilled in the everyday affairs of secular living.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Brian Duignan.”
Christianity by nature is Heavenly, it could never be secular. Just like it is impossible to have black snow. For Jesus Christ Himself declares, Jhn 8:23-30, “And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I AM
from above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM, you will
die in your sins.”
Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said,
“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and I do nothing on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me.
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.”
1Co 1:19-24, “For it is written:
“I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, I WILL CONFOUND.”
Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this world? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those
who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”
II. WHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE SAY
Aesop said, “Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
Confucius said, “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Francis Bacon said, “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
Helen Rowland said, “A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.”
Gautama Buddha said, “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”
Confucius said, “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
Albert Einstein said, “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
Henry Ford said, “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”
Isaac Asimov said, “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
William Glasser said,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Dale Carnegie said, “Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.”
George Bernard Shaw said, “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
Alvin Toffler said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
Richard Bach said, “Mistakes – call them unexpected learning experiences.”
III. TAUGHT BY GOD
A). The Word of God
The Word of God is the only basis of the Christian Faith. The Holy Scriptures or the Holy Bible is the sole Authority of faith and conduct of Christians of all generations. The Word of God is absolute, inspired, supreme, ultimate and eternal. No human science or wisdom matters. The Word of God matters above everything.
Act 2:22-24, “Men of Israel, listen to these Words: Jesus the Nazarene, a Man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which
God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.”
Act 6:7, “The Word of God kept spreading; and the
number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.”
The primary mission of the Church of Jesus Christ is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As the Word of God is spreading, the number of believers will be increasing. Those who believe naturally become obedient to the faith.
Act 13:7, “who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the Word of God.”
Act 4:31, “And when they had prayed, the place
where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the Word of God with boldness.”
The filling of the Holy Spirit is not to speak in tongues as the Pentecostal church insists, but to speak the Word of God with boldness and power.
Luk 11:28, “But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and follow it.”
Rom 9:6-8, “But it is not as though the Word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children
because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE NAMED.” That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.”
Jhn 10:26, “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
In the early days I was disappointed when people rejected the salvation of God. Later I have learned there are people who are not the sheep of Jesus.
2Co 4:2-5, “but we have renounced the things
hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the Word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending
ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case
the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they will not see the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants on account of Jesus.”
It is sad but true there are people who are distorting the Word of God, who are perishing, the unbelieving whom the god of this world has blinded their minds; and there are evangelists, pastors and preachers who preach themselves, and make church members their own disciples.
2Ti 3:16-17, “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.”
The Word of God declares, Rom 3:23-26, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God
displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint
He let the sins previously committed go unpunished; for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”
This is the most important message to mankind: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Do you know any business that does not practice greed? Do you know any leader or politician who does not practice wickedness? Greed and wickedness will send billions of peoples to Hell. By the grace of God I have lived to be of advanced age who has met millions of peoples in this world. I can attest the Word of God is true: All have sinned, including me. But I am a saved sinner by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. No matter who you are, you can also be saved throufgh a propitation in the precious blood of Jesus Christ, if only you repent of your sins and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, your Savior. And Jesus says.
Mat 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away.”
(Mar 13:32–37; Luk 17:26, 27, 34, 35; 21:34–36 )
Jde 1:17-21, “But you, beloved, ought to remember the Words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building
yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.”
B). THE WAY OF GOD
Mar 12:14, “They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
Way in Greek is hodos which means metaph. a course of conduct; a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding; a usual manner of behaving or doing; — which occurs 101 times in the New Testament.
Jesus Christ sets an example for all teachers of the Word of God. (a). Be truthful. (b). Do not care what anyone thinks. (c). Not partial to anyone. (d). Teach the way of God in truth.
Luk 20:21, “And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.”
Act 18:26, “and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him.”
Apollos was being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; so Priscilla and Aquila explained the way of God more accurately to him. Those who know better must explain to those who knew less accurately.
Jhn 8:23-24, “And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I AM from above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”
Mar 12:14, “They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
The Word of God is sure, Heb 2:2-4, “For if the Word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.”
Hell is the place once you enter there is no way out.
Zec 1:4, “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the LORD.”
The wicked have evil ways and evil deeds.
2Co 5:17, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
Eph 4:22, “that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.”
Col 3:9, “Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices.”
The ways of the world are evil practices.
The ways of God are contrary to the ways of the wicked. The ways of the wicked are obstinate ways, evil ways, wicked ways, destructive ways, violent ways, wrong ways, crooked ways, unjust ways, the ways of darkness, devious ways, unstable ways, pervert ways, wayward ways, unjust ways, abominable ways, defiled ways, senseless ways,
deviate ways, shameful ways, corrupt ways, blameful ways.
By the grace of God I have lived to be advanced in age, and I have met millions of people. I discover most of the troubles and tragedies of people are self-afflicted or self-inflicted as it is written below:
Jer 4:18, “Your ways and your deeds have brought these things upon you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”
Psa 1:6, “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”
The more accurately you know the Word of God, the more accurately you know the Way of God. The way of God is the way of salvation.
As it is written,
Eph 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Act 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other
name under Heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
There is no other salvation, and there is no other Savior.
Psa 25:5, “Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day.”
Those who are saved are the children of God. The children of God want to be taught the truth of God and want to be led or guided into all truth.
Gen 18:19, “For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
The way of the Lord is by doing righteousness and justice. No nation on earth is doing that.
Deu 5:33, “You shall walk entirely in the Way which the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be well for you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.”
The Way of the Lord promises life and being well.
Deu 13:5, “But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the LORD your God
who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to drive you from the way in which the LORD your God
commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.”
Under the Mosaic Law that prophet or that dreamer who has spoken falsely against the Lord shall be put to death. Anyone who speaks against the Way of the Lord is evil.
Mat 5:12, “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in Heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
The Way of God is not the way of Cain, the way of the ungodly, and the way of the wicked.
Let me inform you the way of EU, NATO, US –is also not the Way of God. I often wonder why people deliberately choose the wicked way.
Heb 13:7, “Remember those who led you, who spoke the Word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.”
The Way of God is the Christian way of life.
Deu 8:6, “Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.”
To walk in the ways of the Lord is to fear Him.
Deu 10:12, “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deu 11:22, “For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His
ways and cling to Him.”
To walk in all God’s ways is to cling to Him.
Deu 26:17, “Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.”
To walk in God’s ways is to keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Deu 32:4, “The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and just is He.”
God is the Rock, His work is perfect, all His ways are just without injustice, righteous and just is He.
Qbstinate ways, dishonest gain, acting wickedly, doing what is wrong, evil ways, wicked ways, the ways of the house of Ahab, ways of destruction, ways of the violent, crooked ways, ways of darkness, devious ways, unstable ways, pervert ways, devious ways, wayward ways, aborminable ways, shameful ways, corrupt ways — are not the Ways of God.
Hos 14:9, “Whoever is wise, let him understand
these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but
wrongdoers will stumble in them.”
2Co 13:11, “Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, mend your ways, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.”
Rev 15:3, “And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!”
Luk 20:21, “And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.”
The good test whether it is the way of God is whether it is on the basis of truth.
The more you understand the Word of the Lord, the more you understand the Way of the Lord, the more you will know the Will of God.
C). THE WILL OF GOD
Mar 3:35, “For whoever does the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.”
Will in Greek is thelēma which means desire; pleasure; what God wishes to be done by us; decree; — which occurs 62 times in the New Testament.
Jesus elevates those who do the will of God as His brother, and sister, and mother.
Rom 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
If you want to know the Will of God, you cannot be conformed to this world. You must be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you MAY prove what is the Will of God; the Will of God is good and acceptable and perfect.
When peoples of a certain culture encounter intractable and insurmountable troubles and tragedies, they have a tendency to say, “It is the will of Heaven!” Do you know the will of God must be good and acceptable and perfect?
Co 7:9-10, “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but
that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.”
The sorrow of believers is according to the Will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation. Unbelievers and the wicked do not want to repent of their sins.
Col 4:12, “Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the Will of God.”
1Th 4:3-7, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how
to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter,
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.”
To avoid confusion, there are two Wills of God: the general will and the special will. The general Will of God covers every Christian of all generations, such as your sanctification, abstain from sexual immorality, possess your own vessel in sanctification and honor; for God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.
The following is also the general Will of God:
1Th 5:18-23, “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit, do not utterly reject prophecies,
but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Heb 10:36-37, “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME, AND WILL NOT DELAY.”
Whether to do the general Will or special Will of God, Christians have need of endurance to receive what was promised.
Eph 6:6, “not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
Act 20:35, “In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the Words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Rom 14:17, “for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,
but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
Rom 14:18, “For the one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to
God and approved by other people.”
Rom 14:19, “So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.”
Eph 4:22, “that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid
yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.”
This is also the general Will of God:
1Pe 2:15-17, “For such is the will of God, that by doing right you silence the ignorance of foolish people. Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.”
It is important not to confuse the general will of God with the special will of God. The special will of God is tailored to individual, what God wants you to do in your own life. With regard to the special will of God, may I use some Bible characters to illustrate.
A). Joseph
Gen 50:18-20, “Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive.”
In retrospect, Joseph can say to his brothers, “you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
This reminds me,
Rom 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
This Scripture is a wonderful comfort to know that God causes all things to work together for good as the events of the life of Joseph clearly illustrate and prove beyond any doubt.
B). Naomi
As it is written, Rth 1:20-22, “But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went
away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?” So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.”
Little did Naomi realize of the sweet ending,
Rth 4:13-15, “So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the
LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves
you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Where can you find a daughter-in-low who is better to you than seven sons?
C). Apostle Paul
Act 8:1-4, “Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison. Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
Act 13:9-50, “But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,
“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath. Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming. Paul and Barnabas
spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.”
1Co 15:9-11, “For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I
labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.”
2Ti 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
The three persons cited above have done the Will of God in their lives victoriously. It is hoped now you know the difference between the General Will of God and the Special Will of God for individuals.
“Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.”
Jhn 5:24, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My Word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
Believers do not come into judgment because Jesus died for their sins, and they have passed out of death into life.
Rom 2:5, “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
Judgment day is the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God.
2Co 5:10, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for his deeds done through
the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.”
1Ti 5:24-25, “The sins of some people are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.”
Heb 9:27-28, “And just as it is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”
For unbelievers, judgment comes after death.
Heb 10:27-31, “but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified,
and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Above all, this compelling reason:
2Pe 3:9, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.”Oh God, I need to be taught the Word of God, Way of God, and the Will of God all my lifeIV. TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT
To be taught by God, and to be taught by the Spirit, are one and the same. To be taught by the Spirit is to be taught by God. Jesus Christ did not want to leave His followers orphans and so He sent the Promise of God, the Spirit of Truth, to be with Christians always.
As it is written,
Jhn 14:16-26, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are
in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus
answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”
After Jesus returned to the Father, and after the New Testament was completed, it is the Spirit of Truth WHO will teach Christians all things.
To be guided into all truths is to be TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT.
The Holy Spirit
Jhn 14:16-31,
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself
to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who
does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind
you of all that I said to you. Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful. You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I AM going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And 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
regard to Me, but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.”
Jhn 16:12-15, “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot
bear them at the present time. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, 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 from Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.”
Sinners do not have the Spirit of truth. Only the children of God will be guided into all the truth. Those who are devoid of the Spirit will not know the truth as it is in Christ Jesus.
What does the Spirit teach?
Rom 8:1-17, “Therefore there is now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please
God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.”
The only proof that you are saved is to have the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that you are children of God.
V. LEARN FROM JESUS
Mat 11:29, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I AM gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.”
Eph 4:17-21, “So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being
darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent
behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus.”
To learn from Jesus is to learn Christ, to be taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus. You are no longer to walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of their ignorance, because of the hardness of their heart; and they are callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
A). Learn from God and come to Jesus.
Jhn 6:45, “It is written in the Prophets: ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
It is impossible to learn from the Father and not come to Jesus Christ.
Mat 11:28, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
All who are weary and burdened, you can find rest in Jesus Christ which the world cannot give.
B). Learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Eph 5:5-10, “For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. See that no one deceives you with
empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.” Therefore do not become partners with them; for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), as you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”
C). Learn to fear the Lord.
Deu 4:10, “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’”
Deu 14:23, “You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.”
Deu 17:19, “And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully following
all the Words of this Law and these statutes.”
Deu 31:12-13, “Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to follow all the words of this Law.
And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
D). Learn the Lord’s righteous judgments.
Psa 119:7, “I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous judgments.”
E). Learn the Lord’s statutes.
Deu 5:1, “Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them.”
Psa 119:71, “It is good for me that I was afflicted,
So that I may learn Your statutes.”
F). Learn the Lord’s commandments.
Psa 119:73, “Yodh Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.”
G). Learn righteousness.
Isa 26:9-10, “At night my soul longs for You, indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; for when the earth experiences Your judgments, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Though the wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness; he deals unjustly
in the land of uprightness, and does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.”
Act 13:10, “and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you
son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?”
Act 17:31, “because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
I often wished that the wicked would be punished on earth now. I wished the wicked would be dead. I was guilty for not knowing the Word of God and the Will of God. Now I submit myself patiently to the Will of God. For God has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through Jesus Christ whom He has appointed, the Judge of the living and the dead, whom having furnished proof to all people by raising Him for the dead. Just as God has set a day for the second coming of Jesus Christ, so God has set a day for the judgment of the world in righteousness. Suffering saints must wait patiently.
H). Learn to do good.
Isa 1:17, “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, obtain
justice for the orphan, plead for the widow’s case.”
I). Learn from correction.
Pro 15:5, “Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise.”
J). Learn not to exceed what is written.
1Co 4:6, “Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become
arrogant in behalf of one against the other.”
K). Learn and all may be exhorted.
1Co 14:31, “For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted.”
L). Learn to show proper respect for own family.
1Ti 5:4, “but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back
compensation to their parents; for this is acceptable
in the sight of God.”
M). Learn to engage in good deeds.
Tit 3:14, “Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unproductive.”
Christians learn to engage in good deeds all their lives.
You do well, if you learn to do all the above.
Jiddu Krishnamurti had the correct view of learning in saying, “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
Epictetus said, “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
IN CONCLUSION
Unbelievers need to be taught the salvation of God first. Without salvation, there cannot be any edification or instruction. The most important thing on earth is to learn how to avoid getting into Hell.
Believers are children of God and need to be taught by the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God. It is the Spirit of Truth who guides the children of God into all truths. Above all, Christians need to be taught obedient to the Faith, the truth in Jesus Christ.
Mar 4:1-2, “Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore. And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them.”
The teaching of Jesus is plainly presented in the New Testament, without secret code or hidden message.
Jhn 7:16-18, “Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority. He who speaks on his own accord seeks glory and
honor for himself. But He who seeks the glory and the honor of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness or deception in Him.”
The teachings of the Apostles are the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:11-12, “For I want you to know, believers, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not man’s Gospel [it is not a human invention, patterned after any human concept]. For indeed I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a [direct] revelation of Jesus Christ.”
2Ti 3:10-12, “Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
2Ti 4:14-17, “Alexander the copper smith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Be on guard against him yourself too,
for he vigorously opposed our teaching. At my first
defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.”
Tit 1:9-11, “holding firmly the faithful Word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it. For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.”
2Jo 1:9-10, “Anyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your
house, and do not give him a greeting.”
Eph 4:21-25, “if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another.”
1Th 4:9, “Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no
need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.”
Christians are taught by God to love one another.
You do not know how lucky I was to be taught by Dr. Prof. Harold Koontz in Advanced Management and Theory. Once in a elevator, came a young mother and son. I quickly (I have the habit of guessing the age of children) told the boy he was five years old. That was right, the boy was happy; the mother was happy too. You do not know to have the knowledge of God is the happiest thing in the world.
On the Internet there are many business organizations who claim or pretend to be “Christian” or “Evangelical”. They exist to make money or merchandise the Gospel or Bible Knowledge for money. Some of them outrageously charge a high fee or so-called “subscription” for Bible study or access to the Word of God. Most of them ask for donation like beggars ask for alms. I want you to know that my website https://williewongthought.hpage.com
is dedicated to proclaim the glorious Gospel of Jesus Christ absolutely free. Any unbeliever or anyone may have free access to it. As of to date (6/20/2025) I have written 189 articles (including the present one) all free to Christians everywhere. Knowledge is power.
For that reason, the American mega corporation wanted to cooperate with me, index my articles and sell them. I turned it down because the preaching of the Gospel cannot have money motive.
Jas 1:23-25, “For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.”
No matter who you are and where you are, you can come now to repent and believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
Will you do it now? Tomorrow may be too late!
Strangest thing: UN, WHO, EU, NATO, ARAB-ISLAMIC-Black nations all work for the terrorists Hamas — the historical greatest distortion. Hamas and Palestinians do not have homeland in Israel. The sooner they realize it the better. Who is stopping Palestinians to establish a Palestinian state in an Arab land? Arabs go to Arab’s land is most reasonable. Palestinians and Arabs are unworthy. Hamas, Hezebollah and Houthis are wicked terrorists deserved to be destroyed for good.
The whole world believes in a lie.
What AFRICA needs most is SELF-SUFFICIENCY in everything; not useless general elections, not modernization, not deluded democracy, not new corruption replacing old corruption, not fat people who sing and dance and drink beer and produce children they cannot support, not foreign aid of any kind to deal with natural disasters and man-made disasters. African nations and citizens need a NEW CONSTITUTION with majority (51%) through National Referendum to instantly remove unwanted leaders or politicians, to execute the junta of any military coups d’etat for any reason, and to change government or direction. Nations and peoples who habitually are corrupt, unmotivated, unproductive, with abilities to eat and drink beer, to sing and dance, to have sex and produce children they cannot support; unable to solve their own problems and perennial in shortages of money and basic necessities; — who have no reason to exist should not receive any humanitarian aid.
Palestinians in Gaza died because they refused to evacuate. After Israel made repeated and urgent orders for Gaza to evacuate. Hamas uses Palestinian children for protection. UN and WHO use schools and hospitals to protect terrorists. Only Egypt has taken less than 100 injured Palestinians. Not one Arab nation demonstrates its sincerity to take in Palestinians (Arabs) from Gaza. As Israel forces advance on grounds, Hamas buried tons of explosives and bombs in Gaza. The world must help Israel to eliminate the wicked Hamas and Hezbollah terrorists once and for all. America must destroy any nation that attacks Israel, including Iran.
The UN is a useless organization. What it should do, it does not. What it should not do, it does. In truth, Palestinians have no “legitimate right” in the Promised land. God gave the Promised Land to Abraham and his descendants some 4,000 years ago. During the British colonial rule, Palestinians and Hamas were Arabs who surreptitiously moved into the Promised Land (so-called Palestine) unlawfully. Hamas dared to make first the barbaric attack of Israel. Hamas made the first barbaric attack, killed more than 1,400 Jews, took hundreds of hostages, illegally occupied the Jewish land — are these not war crimes? Hamas, Hezbollah and Houthis are known terrorists. UN is using all its resources to help the terrorists. They and Arab nations want to cease fire now, because they are afraid with one stroke Israel can wipe out Hamas and Hezbollah and illegal occupants. Whatever strategy Israel uses to destroy Hamas and Hezbollah and expel illegal Palestinians effectively is a good strategy. Peoples of Arab and Muslim nations protest for Palestinians, yet no Arab or Muslim nation wants to welcome or take in any Palestinians. Israel has no option but to destroy Hamas and Hezbollah and expel all Palestinians from the Jewish Land. The territories occupied by Palestinians and Hamas are the Jewish land. There is no Palestinian land in the Jewish land. It is high time that Israel gets rid of all Palestinians, Hamas, Arabs from the Jewish land. No aid should be given to Palestine or Palestinians. The “legitimate aspirations” of Palestinians are to get out the Jewish Land at once to establish a Palestinian state in Arab land or there will be conflict and no peace. Syria is not wise to provide weapons for Hamas. Israel is surrounded by enemies. A stupid question: Where do Palestinians go? Palestinians are Arabs, Arabs go to the lands of Arabs. After all have been said, it is awakening and eye-opening: Arab countries do not want Palestinian Arabs. Their doors are closed. All Arab nations and peoples in protests support the Palestinians; but most strangely no Arab nation would indeed welcome or take in Palestinians (Arabs). Why should there be any reason for Israel to let Palestinians (Arabs) and Hamas live in the Jewish land? Arab nations and peoples who protest for Palestinians should indeed take Palestinians in. Palestinians may go to the Red Sea. Watch will their god open the Red Sea so that Palestinians may walk through dry land?
UN and WHO use all their resources to support and aid terrorists.
Jesus Christ is coming again!
The world must finally wake up to the dark evil forces and face an aggressive, belligerent, irrational, hegemonic and bad-faith superpower who seeks its monopoly on global power and is the greatest source of instability, chaos, inflation, injustice, trouble and conflict in the world — which is seeking to contain Russia and China, and strategically crush them at all costs. The West has wronged China since the infamous Opium Wars to the present. Not only there will be no peace, these hostile activities and militant mind-set will inevitably leads to a coming nuclear war to destroy the whole world.
According to https://unherd.com/thepost/who-really-blew-up-the-nord-stream-2-pipeline/
– JEFFREY SACHS
America’s history of interference abroad is well-documented, but did other countries not have a motive too? Other likely suspects could feasibly include Ukraine, but also Russia itself — chaotic, irrational behaviour is not an uncommon characteristic of Putin’s Russia. Besides, was it not a slight stretch of the imagination to claim that the US would order the destruction of a piece of public infrastructure that partly belongs to a NATO ally?
Sachs dismissed these questions as as “absurd” and declared that those who didn’t believe America would act against allies in pursuit of its own interests “don’t really know the US.” He believes that decades of antagonistic relations with Russia culminated in the Nord Stream attack, which American foreign policymakers have long viewed as a threat.
According to Sachs, the America neoconservative view of Russia and the war has now become mainstream. Where Europe’s acquisition of cheap Russian gas was once viewed as ‘trade’, it is now seen as a dependency. That said, the small detail of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine may have played a part in that.”
The only way to have WORLD PEACE is to abolish NATO, G-7 and EU; abandon American imperialism, capitalism, hegemony,warmongering and sanctions; and leave corrupt Ukraine desolate and unsupported economically, financially and militarily. The Ukraine war criminal eyes victory is an illusion and delusion; the reality is Ukraine destroyed and desolate.
The Philippines has taken the WRONG side of America, China must act accordingly. AID to such a useless nation would be a big WASTE!!!
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The fake claim and biggest black lie is black Jews. Abraham was not a Negro, the twelve tribes of Israel were not Negroes. David was not a Negro. Jesus was born a Jew, not a Negro. There are no black Jews. Merriam Webster defines Negro as a person of Black African ancestry. The Biblical Jews are neither black nor African.
The two-state proposal is not the two-state solution. For God gave the Promised Land to Abraham and his descendants some 4,000 years ago. The Chosen People rebelled against God and they were scattered all over the world. During the British colonial rule, the Holy Land was known as Palestine, illegal Arabs moved in to occupy the Holy Land without payment. The illegal Arabs were latter known as Palestinians. Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas have no claim to the Holy Land and no resettlement right in the Holy Land. They do not own one inch of the Jewish land, they now illegally occupied the Promised Land; Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas must at once leave the Jewish land for good. The leaders of the United Kingdom could tell them so. Palestinians could never establish a Palestinian state in the Holy Land. The United Nations or any agency has no authority to give the Jewish land to Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas. Jerusalem is forever the capital of the great King David. It is high time for Palestinians, Arabs and Hamas to get out of the Holy Land in peace; or they will be evicted by force. God will fight for Jerusalem, for God is the Protector of Israel. Palestine only existed in British colonial rule, so Palestinians are not free in Israel; they must be expelled from Jerusalem and the Jewish land, from the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. They are free to go to Arab nations. Palestinians and Hamas must withdraw from the Jewish land that God gave to Abraham and his descendants without delay. Any strategy to bargain away the Jewish land is wrong.
This article is written to let you know we have many things to learn: above all the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God.
| “teach” AND “me” occurs 65 times in 28 verses in the NASB20, including 18 exact phrases shown first. |
A person may not be aware of the flaws and defects of his/her character or personality. To be taught is to learn. Why do we need to be taught? Because we are stupid. The poor know they are poor. The wicked do not know they are wicked. The ignorant do not know they are foolish. Fools do not know they are stupid. The useless people do not know they are good for nothing, they only know eating and drinking. Even believers, children of God need to be taught many things: Above all, we need to know the Word of God, to follow the Way of God, and to do the Will of God.
Job 6:24, “Teach me, and I will be silent; and show me how I have done wrong.”
To sin is to have done wrong. Many do not know they have sinned. IN fact, the Bible says all have sinned. First you have to know you have sinned, second you will seek salvation. Only sinners need the Savior. Jesus is the Savior of mankind.
Job 34:32, “Teach me what I do not see; If I have done wrong, I will not do it again’?”
Sinners do not see well; do not have correct perspective. Sinners need to have the sight of God, for sins have blinded the mind of people.
Psa 25:4, “Make me know Your ways, LORD; Teach me Your paths.”
Sinners do not know the ways of the Lord, they need to be taught the paths of the Lord. God’s ways are not the ways of mankind.
Psa 25:5, “Lead me in Your truth and teach me, for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day.”
Sinners do not know the truth and need to be taught, for God is our salvation.
Psa 27:11, “Teach me Your way, LORD, and lead me on a level path because of my enemies.”
Children of God are eager to know the way of the Lord and be led on a level path.
Psa 86:11, “Teach me Your way, LORD; I will walk in Your truth; unite my heart to fear Your name.”
Children of God want to know the way of the Lord so that they will walk in the truth of God and fear His name.
Psa 119:12, “Blessed are You, LORD; teach me Your statutes.”
Deu 4:40, “So you shall keep His statutes and His commandments which I am giving you today, so that it may go well for you and for your children after you, and that you may live long on the land which the LORD your God is giving you for all time.”
Psa 119:33, “Teach me, the way of Your statutes, LORD, and I shall comply with it to the end.”
Children of God shall comply with the statutes of the Lord to the end.
Psa 119:66, “Teach me good discernment and knowledge, for I believe in Your commandments.”
The children of God believe in God’s commandments and so they also want to learn good discernment and knowledge. You know in this age of deception, how important it is to have good discernment and knowledge. Most people are confused and cannot differentiate between right and wrong, good and evil, important and unimportant, true and false.
Psa 119:108, “Be pleased to accept the voluntary
offerings of my mouth, LORD, and teach me Your judgments.”
Children of God want to praise the Lord and learn the judgments of the Lord. Judgment tells you what is yes is yes, what is no is no. “Deal with Your servant according to Your graciousness, and teach me Your statutes.”
Had it not for the grace and graciousness of the Lord, we would have all perished. Children of God need to be taught in many ways and many things. “Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes.”
We have light when the face of the Lord shines upon us.
Psa 143:8, “Let me hear Your faithfulness in the morning, for I trust in You; teach me the way in which I should walk; for to You I lift up my soul.”
Children of God need to be taught the way in which we should walk; for to God we lift up our souls. The people of the world do not know how to live, be they world leaders or politicians.
Psa 143:10, “Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
As cited by the Scriptures above, believers or the children of God have to be taught many things. We need to learn the Word of God, the Way of God, and do the Will of God. The most important is to do the will of God. Each child of God needs to find OUT the will of God in his/her life and do it. Blessed is the one who does the will of God.
Deu 4:10, “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My Words so that they may learn to fear Me
all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”
Christian parents have duties and responsibilities to teach their children the Words of God, the most important is how to get to Heaven. In fact, it is the greatest responsibility of local pastors to teach their members how to get to Heaven.
Psa 34:11, “Come, you children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the LORD.”
Jer 31:34, “They will not teach again, each one his neighbor and each one his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them,” declares the LORD, “for I will forgive their wrongdoing, and their sin I will no longer remember.”
The knowledge of the Lord is the most important. Everything else you know does not matter. There are people who pride themselves in knowing from Anthropology to Zoology. What does it matter if you do not know how to get to Heaven? To know God is to know the salvation of God, you will receive forgiveness of sins in Jesus Christ.
It is a pity and tragedy that many people are unteachable. Christians learn all their lives; they are special people taught by God.
Isa 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great.”
The saddest thing is the fact individuals, organizations, societies and nations do not learn wisdom. As Children of God, to be taught by God involves at least learning the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God.
Sanctification and Love
1Th 4:1-12, “Finally then, brothers and sisters, we request and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received instruction from us as to how you ought to walk and please God (just as you actually do walk), that you excel even more. For you know what instructions we gave you by the authority of the Lord Jesus. For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how
to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter, because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us
for impurity, but in sanctification. Therefore, the one who rejects this is not rejecting man, but the God who gives His Holy Spirit to you.
Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; for indeed you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to excel even more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.”
Isa 54:13, “All your sons will be taught by the LORD; And the well-being of your sons will be great.”
1Co 2:13-15, “We also speak these things, not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words. But a natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. But the one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is discerned by no one.”
1Th 4:9-12, “Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another; for indeed you practice it toward all the brothers and sisters who are in all Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers and sisters, to excel even more, and to make it your ambition to lead a quiet life and attend to your own business and work with your hands, just as we instructed you, so that you will behave properly toward outsiders and not be in any need.”
2Th 2:15, “So then, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us.”
People are stupid because of many reasons:
A). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous thinking.
Stupid thinking includes simplistic thinking, evil thinking, careless thinking, self-conceited thinking, wicked thinking, mistaken thinking, immature thinking, worthless thinking, etc. Be careful how you think.
1Co 3:18, “Let no man deceive himself. If any man
among you thinks that he is wise in this age, he must become foolish, so that he may become wise.”
Psa 10:4, “The wicked man is so arrogant he always
thinks, “God won’t hold me accountable; He doesn’t care.”
Jas 1:8, “being a double-minded man, unstable and
restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].”
Pro 23:7, “For as he thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!” But his heart is not with you.”
B). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous words, unreasonable words, untested words, unverified words, unkind words, untrue words, harmful words, ugly words, false words, words of conflict, harsh words, bad words, cursed words, angry words, fearful words, unpleasant words, empty words, rash words, non-sensible words, blasphemous words, irrational words, lying words, arrogant words, unsound words, useless words.
C). Stupid because of wrong or erroneous acts, reckless acts, unlawful acts, sinful acts, insolent acts, abominable acts, unrighteous acts, unfaithful acts, detestable acts, ungodly acts, shameful acts, arrogant acts, false acts, wrongful acts, merciless acts, rebellious acts, immoral sexual acts.
Mankind is unlimitedly stupid in thought, word, and deed.
I. TAUGHT BY HUMAN WISDOM
Act 7:22-25, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and he was proficient in speaking and action. But when he was approaching the age of forty, it entered his mind to visit his countrymen, the sons of Israel. And when he saw one of them being treated unjustly, he defended
and took vengeance for the oppressed man by fatally striking the Egyptian. And he thought that his brothers understood that God was granting them
deliverance through him; but they did not understand.”
Moses was educated in the all the wisdom of the Egyptians. Many times you did a good thing but people do not understand.
According to The Oxford Handbook of Wisdom and the Bible
CHAPTER
7 Wisdom in Egypt
“Abstract
Current definitions of “Wisdom” for ancient Egypt often suffer from the influence of categories developed for the Hebrew Bible. Applying emic categories leads instead to a focus on instructions, which have a clear Egyptian term (sbꜣy.t). They are typically stylized as the teaching of a son by his father and authorized by the indication of name and title of the teacher. Often a prologue indicates the setting of the teaching more closely. Some historical development can be recognized, but at the same time, there are also contemporary compositions with different outlooks and social settings. For some periods, the older “classical” texts exist together with more recent ones, and the question of their respective role has still to be studied in more detail. The older compositions often have a casuistic structure of maxims recommending behavior in certain situations, while the younger ones are more loosely organized. The main aim of the texts is to teach how to have success in life.”
The early America was built great through education. Both Harvard and Yale were founded by Christians.
According to The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last Updated: Feb 2, 2024 • Article History Harvard University
university, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
John Harvard
Harvard University, oldest institution of higher learning in the United States (founded 1636) and one of the eight Ivy League schools, widely regarded for their high academic standards, selectivity in admissions, and social prestige. The main university campus lies along the Charles River in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a few miles west of downtown Boston. Harvard’s total enrollment is about 23,000.
Harvard’s history began when a college was established at New Towne, which was later renamed Cambridge for the English alma mater of some of the leading colonists. Classes began in the summer of 1638 with one master in a single frame house and a “college yard.” Harvard was named for a Puritan minister, John Harvard, who left the college his books and half of his estate.
The alumni and faculty of Harvard have been closely associated with many areas of American intellectual and political development. By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, Harvard had educated seven U.S. presidents—John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, and Barack Obama—and a number of justices, cabinet officers, and congressional leaders. Literary figures among Harvard graduates include Ralph Waldo Emerson, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Henry David Thoreau, James Russell Lowell, Henry James, Henry Adams, T.S. Eliot, John Dos Passos, E.E. Cummings, Walter Lippmann, and Norman Mailer. Other notable intellectual figures who graduated from or taught at Harvard include the historians Francis Parkman, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Samuel Eliot Morison; the astronomer Benjamin Peirce; the chemist Wolcott Gibbs; and the naturalist Louis Agassiz. William James introduced the experimental study of psychology into the United States at Harvard in the 1870s.”
The History of Yale University
Yale has grown and evolved for 300-plus years, passing many milestones and forging traditions along the way.
The university traces its roots to the 1640s, when colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a local college in the tradition of European liberal education. In 1701 the Connecticut legislature adopted a charter “to erect a Collegiate School.” The school officially became Yale College in 1718, when it was renamed in honor of Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I.”
Now universities have become a big business. American universities have lost its lustre and goal.
All undeveloped nations have one thing in common: their people are uneducated, unskilled, and unproductive.
Education is the path for individuals or nations to improve its fate.
According to https://potomac.edu/benefits-of-education/
15 BENEFITS OF EDUCATION THAT CAN IMPACT YOUR FUTURE
“While everyone might have a different definition of education, its importance remains undisputed. By receiving a systematic education, people gain knowledge and develop skills and character traits crucial for a certain standard of life.
According to https://potomac.edu/benefits-of-education/
“15 Benefits of Education
Most people agree on the importance of education, but only a fraction of that is truly aware of the impact of education on our lives. Receiving an education has a significant impact not only on our quality of life but on our physical and psychological well-being. Below you will find 15 different benefits of education that can impact your life in the future.
1. Creating More Employment Opportunities
“Finding a job” is probably one of the most common reasons people choose to pursue a college degree, as we are all well aware of the difficulties of landing a good job. In most cases, tens of candidates are applying for the same position, and a college degree can help set you apart from others. In addition, a college education will create more employment opportunities as you will be qualified for more than low-paying and entry-level jobs.
2. Leading to Career Advancement
If you have already joined the workforce and love your job, you might think you don’t need to pursue a college or university education. We are here to tell you that a college degree can have other benefits than just landing you a job. By receiving higher education, you gain the knowledge and skills that will give you a competitive edge and allow you to advance your career in a chosen field.
3. Securing a Better Income
As previously mentioned, a college education can be grounds for career advancement. Advancement in your field comes in the form of a new job title and greater responsibilities—consequently, a higher salary and added benefits. You will also qualify for higher-paying entry-level jobs by getting a higher education degree. As a result, a higher wage can grant you financial stability and improve your quality of life.
4. Developing Critical-Thinking Skills
Higher education equips you with the knowledge and essential skills necessary to join the workforce. One of the most vital skills you will develop when pursuing a college degree is the ability to think critically. Critical thinking skills are an advantage and sometimes even a requirement to succeed in your career. By developing critical-thinking skills, you can improve your work’s quality, solve problems, and prevent possible issues that might arise.
5. Improving Self-Discipline
The amount of work that one has to put in to get a college degree is sometimes precisely what improves one’s self-discipline. When pursuing higher education, you have assignments that you must deliver on time and tests you must study for—all of which require self-discipline. Improved self-discipline will, in turn, help you in your future career by making you a reliable and hardworking team member.
6. Developing Cognitive And Communication Skills
Learning how to communicate with others is a highly valuable skill in the job market and one that will significantly contribute to your career success. Pursuing a university or college degree is a great way to further develop your cognitive and communication skills. During your studies, you will constantly be in contact and collaborate with colleagues and professors, giving you insight into a typical work environment.
7. Promoting Equality And Empowerment
One of the most important benefits of education is probably the promotion of equality and empowerment within society. Higher education can make people more open-minded in accepting others’ ideas and opinions regardless of race, gender, age, etc. In addition, education empowers people through expert knowledge and valuable skills and gives them the mental capacity to make decisions and create a life of their own independently.
8. Providing a Prosperous And Healthy Life
The list of highest-paying careers contains mostly professions that require a higher education degree. This is why one must pursue a college education to land a well-paying job. A high-paying job career has many benefits, including a comfortable life for you and your family, the respect and admiration of your family and friends, etc. Being financially secure will also contribute to your and your family’s overall happiness and quality of life.
9. Instilling a Sense of Accomplishment
There are still advantages to a college or university degree, even if we were to take out the “landing a job” benefit. Another great benefit of pursuing a degree is the sense of accomplishment you gain when you obtain your degree. Feeling like you accomplished something important will, in turn, make you more confident in pursuing other things you want in life and getting them.
10. Spreading Awareness
Nowadays, technological advancement has made it possible for people to easily connect and communicate with virtually anyone anywhere in the world. This, of course, includes students in colleges and universities. Getting a college education will, directly and indirectly, expose students to different cultures around the world, thus increasing cultural awareness.
11. Enhancing Productivity
Getting a college degree is a lot of hard work, requiring self-discipline and good time-management skills. Pursuing and obtaining a college degree will improve these skills and qualities in a person. Such essential attributes and skills will make you a valuable employee and asset for the companies you work for as they help enhance your overall productivity.
12. Offering the Opportunity to Socialize And Network
Another way a college education will prepare you for your future career is through socializing and networking. When pursuing a college degree, you are surrounded by other students who will soon enter the same job market as you. Socializing or creating a network with them early on will be a great advantage when pursuing a career or seeking career advancement.
13. Pursuing a Passion
Pursuing a college or university degree in a field you are passionate about is a great way to land a fulfilling career. A college education will allow you to turn your passion into a stable job and income you need to live comfortably. In addition, the specialized knowledge you gain during your studies will help you plunge deeper into the things you love.
14. Opening Your Horizons
Pursuing higher education is a great way to open your horizons regarding knowledge, understanding, or experience. Whether it is the specialized knowledge and understanding you gain, the different things you experience, or the relationships you form, a college education will expose you to things you can’t find elsewhere.
15. Contributing to the Community
Lastly, all the benefits of education mentioned above will make you a better member of society. By receiving higher education and landing a fulfilling and high-paying job, you can then turn your energy into giving back to the community and helping others. Educated people are aware of the role an individual must play in society for it to function well, so they do their part accordingly.
I agree with the 15 points cited above. Although the human wisdom is limited. Human wisdom is fallible.
According to https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/wisdom
“Wisdom is one of those qualities that is difficult to define—because it encompasses so much—but which people generally recognize when they encounter it. And it is encountered most obviously in the realm of decision-making.
Psychologists tend to agree that wisdom involves an integration of knowledge, experience, and deep understanding, as well as a tolerance for the uncertainties of life. There’s an awareness of how things play out over time, and it confers a sense of balance.
What Is Wisdom?
Wise people generally share an optimism that life’s problems can be solved and experience a certain amount of calm in facing difficult decisions. Intelligence may be necessary for wisdom, but it definitely isn’t sufficient; an ability to see the big picture, a sense of proportion, intellectual humility, and considerable introspection also contribute to its development.
Wisdom can be acquired only through experience, but by itself, experience does not automatically confer wisdom. Researchers are continuing to probe the social, emotional, and cognitive processes that transmute experience into wisdom.
How do researchers define wisdom?
Numerous theories are emerging to try to measure and model wisdom. A leading theory, developed by psychologists Paul Baltes and others, defines wisdom as “expert knowledge in the fundamental pragmatics of life that permits exceptional insight, judgment, and advice about complex and uncertain matters.” That encompasses five key components: rich procedural knowledge, rich factual knowledge, an understanding of different life contexts, an awareness of the relativism of values and priorities, and the ability to recognize and manage uncertainty. These criteria are measured by introducing hypothetical scenarios and assessing what participants would consider or do in those situations.
But there are other theories of wisdom as well. Sociologist Monika Ardelt believes that individuals develop wisdom as personality characteristics encompassing reflection, compassion, and the pursuit of truth. Psychologist Robert Sternberg understands wisdom as balance between oneself and others so that actions are directed at the common good.
What are the components of wisdom?
Wisdom encompasses cognitive components, such as knowledge and experience, reflective components, or the ability to examine situations and oneself, and prosocial components, meaning benevolence and compassion. Wisdom is also connected to abilities such as perspective-taking, open-mindedness, and intellectual humility.”
I do not know what a Christian university is like because I had never attended one. I attended a top American university which was altogether secular. One professor in fact deliberately made fun and mocked at the Bible. I knew the professor was misquoting the Bible, at that time my Bible knowledge was not good enough to give him a correct answer. However, my faith in the Word of God was firm and so the mocking did not affect me at all. However, I was grateful to study Advanced Management Theory under Dr. Professor Harold Koontz who became my personal friend. I also appreciated a few outstanding professors in their fields of expertise. I know secular education means godless education.
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“Whether religious affiliates are less likely to pursue education or are less likely to excel in school is a complicated subject in the sociology of religion. On one hand, participation in congregational religious
expression develops critical social skills that enables participates to function well in other public engagements, including the classroom. Religion also provides members with an identity, a sense of
belonging, and positive values, all of which contribute
beneficially to multiple measures of psycho-social well-being as well as educational performance. On the other hand, in countries such as the United States we have witnessed a conservative backlash against
the so-called corrupting influence of secular education, including attacks against particular classroom subjects such as evolution. Some
fundamentalist groups choose to insulate their children from secularizing influences through privatized religious colleges. Evaluating the influence of religion on educational trajectories hence requires
a nuanced appreciation of both the positive and negative drivers of religious practice on educational outcomes.”
“Secular Christianity” is a contradiction in terms. It is a figment of imagination of unworthy theologians. Do not waste your time and effort in studying them. secularism
social movement
The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Last Updated: Jan 25, 2024 • Article History
National Center for Biotechnology Information – PubMed Central – Debating secularism: A liberal cosmopolitan perspective (Jan. 25, 2024)
“Secularism, any movement in society directed away from otherworldliness to life on earth.
In the Middle Ages in Europe there was a strong tendency for religious persons to despise human affairs and to meditate on God and the afterlife. As a reaction to this medieval tendency, secularism, at the time of the Renaissance, exhibited itself in the development of humanism, when people began to show more interest in human cultural achievements and the possibilities of their fulfillment in this world.
Christianity: Eschatological expectations and secularization
The movement toward secularism has been in progress during the entire course of modern history and has often been viewed as being anti-Christian and antireligious. In the latter half of the 20th century, however, some theologians began advocating secular Christianity. They suggested that Christianity should not be concerned only with the sacred and the otherworldly but that people should find in the world the opportunity to promote Christian values. These theologians maintained that the real meaning of the message of Jesus can be discovered and fulfilled in the everyday affairs of secular living.
The Editors of Encyclopaedia BritannicaThis article was most recently revised and updated by Brian Duignan.”
Christianity by nature is Heavenly, it could never be secular. Just like it is impossible to have black snow. For Jesus Christ Himself declares, Jhn 8:23-30, “And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I AM
from above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM, you will
die in your sins.”
Then they were saying to Him, “Who are You?” Jesus said to them, “What have I even been saying to you from the beginning? I have many things to say and to judge regarding you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I say to the world.” They did not realize that He was speaking to them about the Father. So Jesus said,
“When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I AM, and I do nothing on My own, but I say these things as the Father instructed Me.
And He who sent Me is with Me; He has not left Me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to Him.” As He said these things, many came to believe in Him.”
1Co 1:19-24, “For it is written:
“I WILL DESTROY THE WISDOM OF THE WISE, AND THE UNDERSTANDING OF THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERSTANDING, I WILL CONFOUND.”
Where is the wise person? Where is the scribe? Where is the debater of this world? Has God not made foolish the wisdom of the world?
For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not come to know God, God was pleased through the foolishness of the message
preached to save those who believe. For indeed Jews ask for signs and Greeks search for wisdom; but we preach Christ crucified, to Jews a stumbling block, and to Gentiles foolishness, but to those
who are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.”
II. WHAT FAMOUS PEOPLE SAY
Aesop said, “Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
Marcus Tullius Cicero said, “The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.”
Confucius said, “The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Francis Bacon said, “Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.”
Helen Rowland said, “A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.”
Gautama Buddha said, “Do not give your attention to what others do or fail to do; give it to what you do or fail to do.”
Confucius said, “When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”
Confucius said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
Albert Einstein said, “A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”
Henry Ford said, “Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.”
Isaac Asimov said, “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
William Glasser said,
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.”
Dale Carnegie said, “Learning is an active process. We learn by doing.. Only knowledge that is used sticks in your mind.”
George Bernard Shaw said, “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.”
Alvin Toffler said, “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.”
Richard Bach said, “Mistakes – call them unexpected learning experiences.”
III. TAUGHT BY GOD
A). The Word of God
The Word of God is the only basis of the Christian Faith. The Holy Scriptures or the Holy Bible is the sole Authority of faith and conduct of Christians of all generations. The Word of God is absolute, inspired, supreme, ultimate and eternal. No human science or wisdom matters. The Word of God matters above everything.
Act 2:22-24, “Men of Israel, listen to these Words: Jesus the Nazarene, a Man attested to you by God with miracles and wonders and signs which
God performed through Him in your midst, just as you yourselves know—this Man, delivered over by the predetermined plan and foreknowledge of God, you nailed to a cross by the hands of godless men and put Him to death. But God raised Him from the dead, putting an end to the agony of death, since it was impossible for Him to be held in its power.”
Act 6:7, “The Word of God kept spreading; and the
number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith.”
The primary mission of the Church of Jesus Christ is to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. As the Word of God is spreading, the number of believers will be increasing. Those who believe naturally become obedient to the faith.
Act 13:7, “who was with the proconsul, Sergius Paulus, a man of intelligence. This man summoned Barnabas and Saul and sought to hear the Word of God.”
Act 4:31, “And when they had prayed, the place
where they had gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the Word of God with boldness.”
The filling of the Holy Spirit is not to speak in tongues as the Pentecostal church insists, but to speak the Word of God with boldness and power.
Luk 11:28, “But He said, “On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the Word of God and follow it.”
Rom 9:6-8, “But it is not as though the Word of God has failed. For they are not all Israel who are descended from Israel; nor are they all children
because they are Abraham’s descendants, but: “THROUGH ISAAC YOUR DESCENDANTS SHALL BE NAMED.” That is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are regarded as descendants.”
Jhn 10:26, “But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep. My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.”
In the early days I was disappointed when people rejected the salvation of God. Later I have learned there are people who are not the sheep of Jesus.
2Co 4:2-5, “but we have renounced the things
hidden because of shame, not walking in trickery nor distorting the Word of God, but by the open proclamation of the truth commending
ourselves to every person’s conscience in the sight of God. And even if our Gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing, in whose case
the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelieving so that they will not see the light of the Gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your bond-servants on account of Jesus.”
It is sad but true there are people who are distorting the Word of God, who are perishing, the unbelieving whom the god of this world has blinded their minds; and there are evangelists, pastors and preachers who preach themselves, and make church members their own disciples.
2Ti 3:16-17, “All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work.”
The Word of God declares, Rom 3:23-26, “for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, being justified as a gift by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus, whom God
displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint
He let the sins previously committed go unpunished; for the demonstration, that is, of His righteousness at the present time, so that He would be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.”
This is the most important message to mankind: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Do you know any business that does not practice greed? Do you know any leader or politician who does not practice wickedness? Greed and wickedness will send billions of peoples to Hell. By the grace of God I have lived to be of advanced age who has met millions of peoples in this world. I can attest the Word of God is true: All have sinned, including me. But I am a saved sinner by the grace of God through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus. No matter who you are, you can also be saved throufgh a propitation in the precious blood of Jesus Christ, if only you repent of your sins and have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, your Savior. And Jesus says.
Mat 24:35, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but My Words will not pass away.”
(Mar 13:32–37; Luk 17:26, 27, 34, 35; 21:34–36 )
Jde 1:17-21, “But you, beloved, ought to remember the Words that were spoken beforehand by the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ, that they were saying to you, “In the last time there will be mockers, following after their own ungodly lusts.” These are the ones who cause divisions, worldly-minded, devoid of the Spirit. But you, beloved, building
yourselves up on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Spirit, keep yourselves in the love of God, looking forward to the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.”
B). THE WAY OF GOD
Mar 12:14, “They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
Way in Greek is hodos which means metaph. a course of conduct; a way (i.e. manner) of thinking, feeling, deciding; a usual manner of behaving or doing; — which occurs 101 times in the New Testament.
Jesus Christ sets an example for all teachers of the Word of God. (a). Be truthful. (b). Do not care what anyone thinks. (c). Not partial to anyone. (d). Teach the way of God in truth.
Luk 20:21, “And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.”
Act 18:26, “and he began speaking boldly in the synagogue. But when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained the way of God more accurately to him.”
Apollos was being fervent in spirit, he was accurately speaking and teaching things about Jesus, being acquainted only with the baptism of John; so Priscilla and Aquila explained the way of God more accurately to him. Those who know better must explain to those who knew less accurately.
Jhn 8:23-24, “And He was saying to them, “You are from below, I AM from above; you are of this world, I AM not of this world. Therefore I said to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I AM, you will die in your sins.”
Mar 12:14, “They came and said to Him, “Teacher, we know that You are truthful and do not care what anyone thinks; for You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God in truth. Is it permissible to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?”
The Word of God is sure, Heb 2:2-4, “For if the Word spoken through angels proved unalterable, and every violation and act of disobedience received a just punishment, how will we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? After it was at first spoken through the Lord, it was confirmed to us by those who heard, God also testifying with them, both by signs and wonders, and by various miracles and by gifts of the Holy Spirit according to His own will.”
Hell is the place once you enter there is no way out.
Zec 1:4, “Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘This is what the LORD of armies says: “Return now from your evil ways and from your evil deeds.”’ But they did not listen or pay attention to Me,” declares the LORD.”
The wicked have evil ways and evil deeds.
2Co 5:17, “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, this person is a new creation; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come.”
Eph 4:22, “that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.”
Col 3:9, “Do not lie to one another, since you stripped off the old self with its evil practices.”
The ways of the world are evil practices.
The ways of God are contrary to the ways of the wicked. The ways of the wicked are obstinate ways, evil ways, wicked ways, destructive ways, violent ways, wrong ways, crooked ways, unjust ways, the ways of darkness, devious ways, unstable ways, pervert ways, wayward ways, unjust ways, abominable ways, defiled ways, senseless ways,
deviate ways, shameful ways, corrupt ways, blameful ways.
By the grace of God I have lived to be advanced in age, and I have met millions of people. I discover most of the troubles and tragedies of people are self-afflicted or self-inflicted as it is written below:
Jer 4:18, “Your ways and your deeds have brought these things upon you. This is your evil. How bitter! How it has touched your heart!”
Psa 1:6, “For the LORD knows the way of the righteous,
but the way of the wicked will perish.”
The more accurately you know the Word of God, the more accurately you know the Way of God. The way of God is the way of salvation.
As it is written,
Eph 2:8-9, “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Act 4:12, “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other
name under Heaven that has been given among mankind by which we must be saved.”
There is no other salvation, and there is no other Savior.
Psa 25:5, “Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
for You are the God of my salvation; for You I wait all the day.”
Those who are saved are the children of God. The children of God want to be taught the truth of God and want to be led or guided into all truth.
Gen 18:19, “For I have chosen him, so that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing righteousness and justice, so that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has spoken about him.”
The way of the Lord is by doing righteousness and justice. No nation on earth is doing that.
Deu 5:33, “You shall walk entirely in the Way which the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and that it may be well for you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which you will possess.”
The Way of the Lord promises life and being well.
Deu 13:5, “But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has spoken falsely against the LORD your God
who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to drive you from the way in which the LORD your God
commanded you to walk. So you shall eliminate the evil from among you.”
Under the Mosaic Law that prophet or that dreamer who has spoken falsely against the Lord shall be put to death. Anyone who speaks against the Way of the Lord is evil.
Mat 5:12, “Rejoice and be glad, for your reward in Heaven is great; for in this same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.”
The Way of God is not the way of Cain, the way of the ungodly, and the way of the wicked.
Let me inform you the way of EU, NATO, US –is also not the Way of God. I often wonder why people deliberately choose the wicked way.
Heb 13:7, “Remember those who led you, who spoke the Word of God to you; and considering the result of their way of life, imitate their faith.”
The Way of God is the Christian way of life.
Deu 8:6, “Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.”
To walk in the ways of the Lord is to fear Him.
Deu 10:12, “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deu 11:22, “For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His
ways and cling to Him.”
To walk in all God’s ways is to cling to Him.
Deu 26:17, “Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.”
To walk in God’s ways is to keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Deu 32:4, “The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and just is He.”
God is the Rock, His work is perfect, all His ways are just without injustice, righteous and just is He.
Qbstinate ways, dishonest gain, acting wickedly, doing what is wrong, evil ways, wicked ways, the ways of the house of Ahab, ways of destruction, ways of the violent, crooked ways, ways of darkness, devious ways, unstable ways, pervert ways, devious ways, wayward ways, aborminable ways, shameful ways, corrupt ways — are not the Ways of God.
Hos 14:9, “Whoever is wise, let him understand
these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but
wrongdoers will stumble in them.”
2Co 13:11, “Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, mend your ways, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.”
Rev 15:3, “And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!”
Luk 20:21, “And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.”
The good test whether it is the way of God is whether it is on the basis of truth.
The more you understand the Word of the Lord, the more you understand the Way of the Lord, the more you will know the Will of God.
C). THE WILL OF GOD
Mar 3:35, “For whoever does the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.”
Will in Greek is thelēma which means desire; pleasure; what God wishes to be done by us; decree; — which occurs 62 times in the New Testament.
Jesus elevates those who do the will of God as His brother, and sister, and mother.
Rom 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
If you want to know the Will of God, you cannot be conformed to this world. You must be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you MAY prove what is the Will of God; the Will of God is good and acceptable and perfect.
When peoples of a certain culture encounter intractable and insurmountable troubles and tragedies, they have a tendency to say, “It is the will of Heaven!” Do you know the will of God must be good and acceptable and perfect?
Co 7:9-10, “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but
that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.”
The sorrow of believers is according to the Will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation. Unbelievers and the wicked do not want to repent of their sins.
Col 4:12, “Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the Will of God.”
1Th 4:3-7, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how
to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter,
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.”
To avoid confusion, there are two Wills of God: the general will and the special will. The general Will of God covers every Christian of all generations, such as your sanctification, abstain from sexual immorality, possess your own vessel in sanctification and honor; for God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.
The following is also the general Will of God:
1Th 5:18-23, “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit, do not utterly reject prophecies,
but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Heb 10:36-37, “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME,
AND WILL NOT DELAY.”
Whether to do the general Will or special Will of God, Christians have need of endurance to receive what was promised.
Eph 6:6, “not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
Act 20:35, “In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the Words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Rom 14:17, “for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,
but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
Rom 14:18, “For the one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to
God and approved by other people.”
Rom 14:19, “So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.”
Eph 4:22, “that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid
yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.”
This is also the general Will of God:
1Pe 2:15-17, “For such is the will of God, that by doing right you silence the ignorance of foolish people. Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.”
It is important not to confuse the general will of God with the special will of God. The special will of God is tailored to individual, what God wants you to do in your own life. With regard to the special will of God, may I use some Bible characters to illustrate.
A). Joseph
Gen 50:18-20, “Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive.”
In retrospect, Joseph can say to his brothers, “you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
This reminds me,
Rom 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
This Scripture is a wonderful comfort to know that God causes all things to work together for good as the events of the life of Joseph clearly illustrate and prove beyond any doubt.
B). Naomi
As it is written, Rth 1:20-22, “But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went
away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?” So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.”
Little did Naomi realize of the sweet ending,
Rth 4:13-15, “So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the
LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves
you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Where can you find a daughter-in-low who is better to you than seven sons?
C). Apostle Paul
Act 8:1-4, “Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison. Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
Act 13:9-50, “But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,
“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath. Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming. Paul and Barnabas
spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.”
1Co 15:9-11, “For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I
labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.”
2Ti 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
The three persons cited above have done the Will of God in their lives victoriously. It is hoped now you know the difference between the General Will of God and the Special Will of God for individuals.
“Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.”
Jhn 5:24, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My Word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
Believers do not come into judgment because Jesus died for their sins, and they have passed out of death into life.
Rom 2:5, “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
Judgment day is the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God.
2Co 5:10, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for his deeds done through
the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.”
1Ti 5:24-25, “The sins of some people are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.”
Heb 9:27-28, “And just as it is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”
For unbelievers, judgment comes after death.
Heb 10:27-31, “but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified,
and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Above all, this compelling reason:
2Pe 3:9, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.”Oh God, I need to be taught the Word of God, Way of God, and the Will of God all my lifeIV. TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT
To be taught by God, and to be taught by the Spirit, are one and the same. To be taught by the Spirit is to be taught by God. Jesus Christ did not want to leave His followers orphans and so He sent the Promise of God, the Spirit of Truth, to be with Christians always.
As it is written,
Jhn 14:16-26, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are
in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus
answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”
After Jesus returned to the Father, and after the New Testament was completed, it is the Spirit of Truth WHO will teach Christians all things.
To be guided into all truths is to be TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT.
The Holy Spirit
Jhn 14:16-31,
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself
to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who
does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind
you of all that I said to you. Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful. You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I AM going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And 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
regard to Me, but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.”
Jhn 16:12-15, “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot
bear them at the present time. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, 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 from Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.”
Sinners do not have the Spirit of truth. Only the children of God will be guided into all the truth. Those who are devoid of the Spirit will not know the truth as it is in Christ Jesus.
What does the Spirit teach?
Rom 8:1-17, “Therefore there is now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please
God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.”
The only proof that you are saved is to have the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that you are children of God.
V. LEARN FROM JESUS
Mat 11:29, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I AM gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.”
Eph 4:17-21, “So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being
darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent
behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus.”
To learn from Jesus is to learn Christ, to be taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus. You are no longer to walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of their ignorance, because of the hardness of their heart; and they are callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
A). Learn from God and come to Jesus.
Jhn 6:45, “It is written in the Prophets: ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
It is impossible to learn from the Father and not come to Jesus Christ.
Mat 11:28, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
All who are weary and burdened, you can find rest in Jesus Christ which the world cannot give.
B). Learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Eph 5:5-10, “For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. See that no one deceives you with
empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.” Therefore do not become partners with them; for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), as you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”
C). Learn to fear the Lord.
Deu 4:10, “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’”
Deu 14:23, “You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.”
Deu 17:19, “And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully following
all the Words of this Law and these statutes.”
Deu 31:12-13, “Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to follow all the words of this Law.
And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
D). Learn the Lord’s righteous judgments.
Psa 119:7, “I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous judgments.”
E). Learn the Lord’s statutes.
Deu 5:1, “Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them.”
Psa 119:71, “It is good for me that I was afflicted,
So that I may learn Your statutes.”
F). Learn the Lord’s commandments.
Psa 119:73, “Yodh Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.”
G). Learn righteousness.
Isa 26:9-10, “At night my soul longs for You, indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; for when the earth experiences Your judgments, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Though the wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness; he deals unjustly
in the land of uprightness, and does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.”
Act 13:10, “and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you
son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?”
Act 17:31, “because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
I often wished that the wicked would be punished on earth now. I wished the wicked would be dead. I was guilty for not knowing the Word of God and the Will of God. Now I submit myself patiently to the Will of God. For God has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through Jesus Christ whom He has appointed, the Judge of the living and the dead, whom having furnished proof to all people by raising Him for the dead. Just as God has set a day for the second coming of Jesus Christ, so God has set a day for the judgment of the world in righteousness. Suffering saints must wait patiently.
H). Learn to do good.
Isa 1:17, “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, obtain
justice for the orphan, plead for the widow’s case.”
I). Learn from correction.
Pro 15:5, “Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise.”
J). Learn not to exceed what is written.
1Co 4:6, “Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become
arrogant in behalf of one against the other.”
K). Learn and all may be exhorted.
1Co 14:31, “For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted.”
L). Learn to show proper respect for own family.
1Ti 5:4, “but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back
compensation to their parents; for this is acceptable
in the sight of God.”
M). Learn to engage in good deeds.
Tit 3:14, “Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unproductive.”
Christians learn to engage in good deeds all their lives.
You do well, if you learn to do all the above.
Jiddu Krishnamurti had the correct view of learning in saying, “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
Epictetus said, “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
IN CONCLUSION
Unbelievers need to be taught the salvation of God first. Without salvation, there cannot be any edification or instruction. The most important thing on earth is to learn how to avoid getting into Hell.
Believers are children of God and need to be taught by the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God. It is the Spirit of Truth who guides the children of God into all truths. Above all, Christians need to be taught obedient to the Faith, the truth in Jesus Christ.
Mar 4:1-2, “Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore. And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them.”
The teaching of Jesus is plainly presented in the New Testament, without secret code or hidden message.
Jhn 7:16-18, “Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority. He who speaks on his own accord seeks glory and
honor for himself. But He who seeks the glory and the honor of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness or deception in Him.”
The teachings of the Apostles are the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:11-12, “For I want you to know, believers, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not man’s Gospel [it is not a human invention, patterned after any human concept]. For indeed I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a [direct] revelation of Jesus Christ.”
2Ti 3:10-12, “Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
2Ti 4:14-17, “Alexander the copper smith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Be on guard against him yourself too,
for he vigorously opposed our teaching. At my first
defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.”
Tit 1:9-11, “holding firmly the faithful Word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it. For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.”
2Jo 1:9-10, “Anyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your
house, and do not give him a greeting.”
Eph 4:21-25, “if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another.”
1Th 4:9, “Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no
need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.”
Christians are taught by God to love one another.
You do not know how lucky I was to be taught by Dr. Prof. Harold Koontz in Advanced Management and Theory. Once in a elevator, came a young mother and son. I quickly (I have the habit of guessing the age of children) told the boy he was five years old. That was right, the boy was happy; the mother was happy too. You do not know to have the knowledge of God is the happiest thing in the world.
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Jas 1:23-25, “For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he
has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.”
No matter who you are and where you are, you can come now to repent and believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
Will you do it now? Tomorrow may be too late!
Palestinians, Africans, and others serve as example of peoples who want to eat and do not want to work. UN, WHO, EU, etc. champion their cause. Palestinians do not want evacuate from Gaza, Jewish lands to resettle in Arab lands. Because they will lose their status as refugees where they can get their food, fuel, water, medicine and everything for free from international community. These problems multiply with the passage of time.
UN, EU, GERMANY, UK, FRANCE, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZELAND, ETC. are strange and unreasonable peoples. Who is stopping Palestinians to build a Palestinian state in an Arab land? It is wrong and illegal to build a Palestinian state in Jewish land (Gaza, West Bank, etc.). That is the cause of conflict.
The fact that National Guards have to patrol Washington, D.C. with weapons speaks loudly and badly of the capital. The mayor of Washington, D.C. should be dismissed and deported. All the more urgent the national capital should move to Lincoln, Nebraska, without delay.
The mayor of Washington, D.C. bowed to the illegal acts of street people who set up tents on public streets. She should be dismissed and deported. The National Guards are empowered to trash the tents, clear the streets and vanish street people. Los Angeles is a disgraced city because the California Governor and Los Angeles mayor failed to solve the problems of street people who not only set up tents on public streets, but also urinate and defecate. All the more urgent for the national capital to move to Lincoln, Nebraska. In the face of national debt exceeding $37 trillion, the people can save money by abolishing the House, retain the unicameral legislation of Senate to move also to Lincoln Nebraska. All this can be accomplished legally by a national refrerendum. America is ruined by dark and evil forces.
Heroes of all races who sacrified their lives for China in the war against Japanese aggression should be celebrated and remembered. The descendants of them are eternal friends of China. Descendants of American Flying Tiers whose forefathers had sacrified their lives in the war against Japanese aggression and atrocities must always be honored and remembered. The Chinse government must treat them as eternal friends, and they are welcome to China anytime. Such blood bonds must be appreciated and maintained forever.
The world wrongly marks the anniversary of dropping atomic bomb on Hiroshima while neglecting the Japanse aggression and atrocities of killing 35 million innocent Chinese without remorse or reparations. UN overappointed unqualified blacks and media have given too much covergage to unworthy black spoke-persons. It is amazing no matter how beautifully white organizations and individuals hail human rights, civil rights, democracy, development, technology, benefits, justice, etc., what they are actually after is MONEY. This can be said equally true about blacks.
Pet economy is wasted economy. Money should better be spent on nutrition and education of children and orphanes. In cities all dogs must have annual license of Y5,000, cats Y4,000, and birds Y3,000. It is exempt for rural areas. If a dog defecates in public place, it shall be fined Y3,000 plus cleanup by owner or walker.
Global media highlight the number of Palestinians who have died, but fail to consider why Palestinian Authority and Palestinians do not want to evacuate from Jewish land and resettle in Arab land. Palestinians, men and women, young and old, are shameless beggars. They remain in Gaza to qualify for refugees so that they can get everything free from international community. The international community is ignorant of the fact that GAZA and related territories all belong to the Jews. Israel has every right to take back and take over Gaza and related territories. Palestinians must evacuate and relocate to Arab lands, make a living and establish its own Palestinian state without further delay.
French nincompoop Macron reognized Palestine as a state but failed to know that Palestine does not have territory and sovereignty. Leaders of UK, GERMANY, AUSTRLALIA would commit the same mistake by supporting terrorists. Hamas, Hezebolla, Houthis are wicked terrorists, they should be destroyed without mercy. Leaders of Palestinian Authority are guilty for the death and malnutrition of children because they lead Palestinians to the path of destruction. They could have led Palestinians to lands of Arabs to earn a living and build their own Palestinian state. Palestinians (young & old, man & woman) are most shameless beggars for food & water, they don’t want to go to an Arab land to earn a living and build their own Palestinian state. Africa amid famine has the most fat people in the world, they are also shameless beggars. Ukranians are shameless beggars for weapons, they do not have reason for existence. Harvard though the richest university in the world is a shameless beggar for US aid. Japan claims to practice democracy, its ruling party lost election miserably, yet its prime minister shamelessly wants to stay in power. The world must realize years of aid to Africa produced nothing, trillions of dollars went to black holes. Africa is corrupt, unmotivated and useless. Black leaders and politicians take advantage of it; dress well, eat well, and live a luxurious life style. Black problems can be solved only by Blacks. Let Africa alone to survive on its own. Blacks create most of the problems in the world, given too much coverage and platform in world media, overappointed and given too many spokespersons and positions in UN. Any nation who shares destiny with Africa will be doomed. Nothing good comes out of Africa: primitive religion, superstition, spiritism, orgies, black magic, tribalism, voordoism.
If the Texas flooding is an act of God; Ukraine conflict, and conflicts of Hamas, Hezbollah, and Houthis must be acts of the devil.
India must coexist with China, at the same time India and South Africa must be expelled from BRICS besause they do not remain true to BRICS’ founding mission, they do not belong, must be replaced by Indonesia and Saudi Arabia. US and EU must not rearm Ukraine, let Russia destroy it, and never to be rebuilt. The leader of Ukraine must also be executed.
Palestinian Authorities are guilty for leading Palestinians to a path of death, children died and suffer malnutrition. Palestian Authorities do not lead Palestinians (who are Arabs) to a land of Arabs to work for a living and build the Palestinian state.
American forces have successfully wiped out three Iranian nuclear sites through B-2 bombers. The “everlasting consequence” is Iran cannot be a nuclear threat anymore. I stand with the overwhelming majority of Dutch people to demolish NATO — the war machine.
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The Way of God is the Christian way of life.
Deu 8:6, “Therefore, you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to fear Him.”
To walk in the ways of the Lord is to fear Him.
Deu 10:12, “And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and love Him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Deu 11:22, “For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His
ways and cling to Him.”
To walk in all God’s ways is to cling to Him.
Deu 26:17, “Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in His ways and keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.”
To walk in God’s ways is to keep His statutes, His commandments, and His ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Deu 32:4, “The Rock! His work is perfect, for all His ways are just; a God of faithfulness and without injustice, righteous and just is He.”
God is the Rock, His work is perfect, all His ways are just without injustice, righteous and just is He.
Qbstinate ways, dishonest gain, acting wickedly, doing what is wrong, evil ways, wicked ways, the ways of the house of Ahab, ways of destruction, ways of the violent, crooked ways, ways of darkness, devious ways, unstable ways, pervert ways, devious ways, wayward ways, aborminable ways, shameful ways, corrupt ways — are not the Ways of God.
Hos 14:9, “Whoever is wise, let him understand
these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous will walk in them, but
wrongdoers will stumble in them.”
2Co 13:11, “Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice, mend your ways, be comforted, be like-minded, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.”
Rev 15:3, “And they sang the song of Moses, the bond-servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are Your works,
Lord God, the Almighty; Righteous and true are Your ways, King of the nations!”
Luk 20:21, “And the spies questioned Him, saying, “Teacher, we know that You speak and teach correctly, and You are not partial to anyone, but You teach the way of God on the basis of truth.”
The good test whether it is the way of God is whether it is on the basis of truth.
The more you understand the Word of the Lord, the more you understand the Way of the Lord, the more you will know the Will of God.
C). THE WILL OF GOD
Mar 3:35, “For whoever does the will of God, this is My brother, and sister, and mother.”
Will in Greek is thelēma which means desire; pleasure; what God wishes to be done by us; decree; — which occurs 62 times in the New Testament.
Jesus elevates those who do the will of God as His brother, and sister, and mother.
Rom 12:2, “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is,
that which is good and acceptable and perfect.”
If you want to know the Will of God, you cannot be conformed to this world. You must be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you MAY prove what is the Will of God; the Will of God is good and acceptable and perfect.
When peoples of a certain culture encounter intractable and insurmountable troubles and tragedies, they have a tendency to say, “It is the will of Heaven!” Do you know the will of God must be good and acceptable and perfect?
Co 7:9-10, “I now rejoice, not that you were made sorrowful, but
that you were made sorrowful to the point of repentance; for you were made sorrowful according to the will of God, so that you might not suffer loss in anything through us. For the sorrow that is according to the will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation, but the sorrow of the world produces death.”
The sorrow of believers is according to the Will of God produces a repentance without regret, leading to salvation. Unbelievers and the wicked do not want to repent of their sins.
Col 4:12, “Epaphras, who is one of your own, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, sends you his greetings, always striving earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the Will of God.”
1Th 4:3-7, “For this is the will of God, your sanctification; that is, that you abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you know how
to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in lustful passion, like the Gentiles who do not know God; and that no one violate the rights and take advantage of his brother or sister in the matter,
because the Lord is the avenger in all these things, just as we also told you previously and solemnly warned you. For God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.”
To avoid confusion, there are two Wills of God: the general will and the special will. The general Will of God covers every Christian of all generations, such as your sanctification, abstain from sexual immorality, possess your own vessel in sanctification and honor; for God has not called us for impurity, but in sanctification.
The following is also the general Will of God:
1Th 5:18-23, “in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God for you in Christ Jesus. Do not quench the Spirit, do not utterly reject prophecies,
but examine everything; hold firmly to that which is good, abstain from every form of evil. Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you entirely; and may your spirit and soul and body be kept complete, without blame at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
Heb 10:36-37, “For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised. FOR YET IN A VERY LITTLE WHILE, HE WHO IS COMING WILL COME,
AND WILL NOT DELAY.”
Whether to do the general Will or special Will of God, Christians have need of endurance to receive what was promised.
Eph 6:6, “not by way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.”
Act 20:35, “In everything I showed you that by working hard in this way you must help the weak and remember the Words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Rom 14:17, “for the Kingdom of God is not eating and drinking,
but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.”
Rom 14:18, “For the one who serves Christ in this way is acceptable to
God and approved by other people.”
Rom 14:19, “So then we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.”
Eph 4:22, “that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid
yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit.”
This is also the general Will of God:
1Pe 2:15-17, “For such is the will of God, that by doing right you silence the ignorance of foolish people. Act as free people, and do not use your freedom as a covering for evil, but use it as bond-servants of God. Honor all people, love the brotherhood, fear God, honor the king.”
It is important not to confuse the general will of God with the special will of God. The special will of God is tailored to individual, what God wants you to do in your own life. With regard to the special will of God, may I use some Bible characters to illustrate.
A). Joseph
Gen 50:18-20, “Then his brothers also came and fell down before him and said, “Behold, we are your servants.” But Joseph said to them, “Do not be afraid, for am I in God’s place? As for you, you meant evil against me,
but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to keep many people alive.”
In retrospect, Joseph can say to his brothers, “you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good.”
This reminds me,
Rom 8:28, “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
This Scripture is a wonderful comfort to know that God causes all things to work together for good as the events of the life of Joseph clearly illustrate and prove beyond any doubt.
B). Naomi
As it is written, Rth 1:20-22, “But she said to them, “Do not call me Naomi; call me Mara, for the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me. I went
away full, but the LORD has brought me back empty. Why do you call me Naomi, since the LORD has testified against me and the Almighty has afflicted me?” So Naomi returned, and with her Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, who returned from the land of Moab. And they came to Bethlehem at the beginning of barley harvest.”
Little did Naomi realize of the sweet ending,
Rth 4:13-15, “So Boaz took Ruth, and she became his wife, and he had relations with her. And the LORD enabled her to conceive, and she gave birth to a son. Then the women said to Naomi, “Blessed is the
LORD who has not left you without a redeemer today, and may his name become famous in Israel. May he also be to you one who restores life and sustains your old age; for your daughter-in-law, who loves
you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him.”
Where can you find a daughter-in-low who is better to you than seven sons?
C). Apostle Paul
Act 8:1-4, “Now Saul approved of putting Stephen to death. And on that day a great persecution began against the church in Jerusalem, and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except for the apostles. But Saul began ravaging the church, entering house after house; and he would drag away men and women and put them in prison. Now Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, and he fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?”
Act 13:9-50, “But Saul, who was also known as Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, stared at him, Now Paul and his companions put out to sea from Paphos and came to Perga in Pamphylia; but John left them and returned to Jerusalem. Paul stood up, and motioning with his hand said,
“Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen:
As Paul and Barnabas were going out, the people repeatedly begged to have these things spoken to them the next Sabbath. Now when the meeting of the synagogue had broken up, many of the Jews and the God-fearing proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas, who were speaking to them and urging them to continue in the grace of God. But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy and began contradicting the things spoken by Paul, and were blaspheming. Paul and Barnabas
spoke out boldly and said, “It was necessary that the word of God be spoken to you first. Since you repudiate it and consider yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we are turning to the Gentiles.
But the Jews incited the devout women of prominence and the leading men of the city, and instigated a persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out of their region.”
1Co 15:9-11, “For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I
labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.”
2Ti 4:6-8, “For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure has come. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith; in the future there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day; and not only to me, but also to all who have loved His appearing.”
The three persons cited above have done the Will of God in their lives victoriously. It is hoped now you know the difference between the General Will of God and the Special Will of God for individuals.
“Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; Let Your good Spirit lead me on level ground.”
And this is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and people loved the darkness rather than the Light; for their deeds were evil.”
Jhn 5:24, “Truly, truly, I say to you, the one who hears My Word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.”
Believers do not come into judgment because Jesus died for their sins, and they have passed out of death into life.
Rom 2:5, “But because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God.”
Judgment day is the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgement of God.
2Co 5:10, “For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive compensation for his deeds done through
the body, in accordance with what he has done, whether good or bad.”
1Ti 5:24-25, “The sins of some people are quite evident, going before them to judgment; for others, their sins follow after. Likewise also, deeds that are good are quite evident, and those which are otherwise cannot be concealed.”
Heb 9:27-28, “And just as it is destined for people to die once, and after this comes judgment, so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.”
For unbelievers, judgment comes after death.
Heb 10:27-31, “but a terrifying expectation of judgment and THE FURY OF A FIRE WHICH WILL CONSUME THE ADVERSARIES. Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified,
and has insulted the Spirit of grace? For we know Him who said, “VENGEANCE IS MINE, I WILL REPAY.” And again, “THE LORD WILL JUDGE HIS PEOPLE.” It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.”
Above all, this compelling reason:
2Pe 3:9, “The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not willing for any to perish, but for all to come to repentance.”Oh God, I need to be taught the Word of God, Way of God, and the Will of God all my lifeIV. TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT
To be taught by God, and to be taught by the Spirit, are one and the same. To be taught by the Spirit is to be taught by God. Jesus Christ did not want to leave His followers orphans and so He sent the Promise of God, the Spirit of Truth, to be with Christians always.
As it is written,
Jhn 14:16-26, “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are
in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”
Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?” Jesus
answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind you of all that I said to you.”
After Jesus returned to the Father, and after the New Testament was completed, it is the Spirit of Truth WHO will teach Christians all things.
To be guided into all truths is to be TAUGHT BY THE SPIRIT.
The Holy Spirit
Jhn 14:16-31,
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, so that He may be with you forever; the Helper 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 remains with you and will be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I am coming to you. After a little while, the world no longer is going to see Me, but you are going to see Me; because I live, you also will live. On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I in you. The one who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will reveal Myself to him. Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, “Lord, what has happened that You are going to reveal Yourself
to us and not to the world?” Jesus answered and said to him,
“If anyone loves Me, he will follow My Word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our dwelling with him. The one who
does not love Me does not follow My Words; and the Word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. These things I have spoken to you while remaining with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and remind
you of all that I said to you. Peace I leave you, My peace I give you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled, nor fearful. You heard that I said to you, ‘I am going away, and I am coming to you.’ If you loved Me, you would have rejoiced because I AM going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And 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
regard to Me, but so that the world may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded Me. Get up, let’s go from here.”
Jhn 16:12-15, “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot
bear them at the present time. But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own, 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 from Mine and will disclose it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine; this is why I said that He takes from Mine and will disclose it to you.”
Sinners do not have the Spirit of truth. Only the children of God will be guided into all the truth. Those who are devoid of the Spirit will not know the truth as it is in Christ Jesus.
What does the Spirit teach?
Rom 8:1-17, “Therefore there is now no condemnation at all
for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.
For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. For those who are in accord with the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are in accord with the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace, because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so, and those who are in the flesh cannot please
God. However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him. If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.
But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you. So then, brothers and sisters, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—for if you are living in accord with the flesh, you are going to die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you
will live. For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons and daughters of God. For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons and daughters by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!” The Spirit Himself
testifies with our spirit that we are children of God, and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.”
The only proof that you are saved is to have the Holy Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that you are children of God.
V. LEARN FROM JESUS
Mat 11:29, “Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I AM gentle and humble in heart, and YOU WILL FIND REST FOR YOUR SOULS.”
Eph 4:17-21, “So I say this, and affirm in the Lord, that you are to no longer walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being
darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart; and they, having become callous, have given themselves up to indecent
behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness. But you did not learn Christ in this way, if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus.”
To learn from Jesus is to learn Christ, to be taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus. You are no longer to walk just as the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their minds, being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of their ignorance, because of the hardness of their heart; and they are callous, have given themselves up to indecent behavior for the practice of every kind of impurity with greediness.
A). Learn from God and come to Jesus.
Jhn 6:45, “It is written in the Prophets: ‘AND THEY SHALL ALL BE TAUGHT OF GOD.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father, comes to Me.”
It is impossible to learn from the Father and not come to Jesus Christ.
Mat 11:28, “Come to Me, all who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”
All who are weary and burdened, you can find rest in Jesus Christ which the world cannot give.
B). Learn what is pleasing to the Lord.
Eph 5:5-10, “For this you know with certainty, that no sexually immoral or impure or greedy person, which amounts to an idolater, has an inheritance in the Kingdom of Christ and God. See that no one deceives you with
empty words, for because of these things the wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.” Therefore do not become partners with them; for you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord; walk as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), as you try to learn what is pleasing to the Lord.”
C). Learn to fear the Lord.
Deu 4:10, “Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, ‘Assemble the people to Me, that I may have them hear My words so that they may learn to fear Me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.’”
Deu 14:23, “You shall eat in the presence of the LORD your God, at the place where He chooses to establish His name, the tithe of your grain, your new wine, your oil, and the firstborn of your herd and your flock, so that you may learn to fear the LORD your God always.”
Deu 17:19, “And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the days of his life, so that he will learn to fear the LORD his God, by carefully following
all the Words of this Law and these statutes.”
Deu 31:12-13, “Assemble the people, the men, the women, the children, and the stranger who is in your town, so that they may hear and learn and fear the LORD your God, and be careful to follow all the words of this Law.
And their children, who have not known, will hear and learn to fear the LORD your God, as long as you live on the land which you are about to cross the Jordan to possess.”
D). Learn the Lord’s righteous judgments.
Psa 119:7, “I will give thanks to You with uprightness of heart, when I learn Your righteous judgments.”
E). Learn the Lord’s statutes.
Deu 5:1, “Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them.”
Psa 119:71, “It is good for me that I was afflicted,
So that I may learn Your statutes.”
F). Learn the Lord’s commandments.
Psa 119:73, “Yodh Your hands made me and fashioned me; give me understanding, so that I may learn Your commandments.”
G). Learn righteousness.
Isa 26:9-10, “At night my soul longs for You, indeed, my spirit within me seeks You diligently; for when the earth experiences Your judgments, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness. Though the wicked person is shown compassion, he does not learn righteousness; he deals unjustly
in the land of uprightness, and does not perceive the majesty of the LORD.”
Act 13:10, “and said, “You who are full of all deceit and fraud, you
son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not stop making crooked the straight ways of the Lord?”
Act 17:31, “because He has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through a Man whom He has appointed, having furnished proof to all people by raising Him from the dead.”
I often wished that the wicked would be punished on earth now. I wished the wicked would be dead. I was guilty for not knowing the Word of God and the Will of God. Now I submit myself patiently to the Will of God. For God has set a day on which He will judge the world in righteousness through Jesus Christ whom He has appointed, the Judge of the living and the dead, whom having furnished proof to all people by raising Him for the dead. Just as God has set a day for the second coming of Jesus Christ, so God has set a day for the judgment of the world in righteousness. Suffering saints must wait patiently.
H). Learn to do good.
Isa 1:17, “Learn to do good; seek justice, rebuke the oppressor, obtain
justice for the orphan, plead for the widow’s case.”
I). Learn from correction.
Pro 15:5, “Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline;
whoever learns from correction is wise.”
J). Learn not to exceed what is written.
1Co 4:6, “Now these things, brothers and sisters, I have figuratively applied to myself and Apollos your account, so that in us you may learn not to exceed what is written, so that no one of you will become
arrogant in behalf of one against the other.”
K). Learn and all may be exhorted.
1Co 14:31, “For you can all prophesy one by one, so that all may learn and all may be exhorted.”
L). Learn to show proper respect for own family.
1Ti 5:4, “but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to show proper respect for their own family and to give back
compensation to their parents; for this is acceptable
in the sight of God.”
M). Learn to engage in good deeds.
Tit 3:14, “Our people must also learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, so that they will not be unproductive.”
Christians learn to engage in good deeds all their lives.
You do well, if you learn to do all the above.
Jiddu Krishnamurti had the correct view of learning in saying, “There is no end to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning.”
Epictetus said, “It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
IN CONCLUSION
Unbelievers need to be taught the salvation of God first. Without salvation, there cannot be any edification or instruction. The most important thing on earth is to learn how to avoid getting into Hell.
Believers are children of God and need to be taught by the Word of God, the Way of God, and the Will of God. It is the Spirit of Truth who guides the children of God into all truths. Above all, Christians need to be taught obedient to the Faith, the truth in Jesus Christ.
Mar 4:1-2, “Again Jesus began to teach beside the sea [of Galilee]. And a very large crowd gathered around Him, so He got into a boat [anchoring it a short distance out] on the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the shore. And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said to them.”
The teaching of Jesus is plainly presented in the New Testament, without secret code or hidden message.
Jhn 7:16-18, “Jesus answered them by saying, “My teaching is not My own, but His who sent Me. If anyone is willing to do His will, he will know whether the teaching is of God or whether I speak on My own accord and by My own authority. He who speaks on his own accord seeks glory and
honor for himself. But He who seeks the glory and the honor of the One who sent Him, He is true, and there is no unrighteousness or deception in Him.”
The teachings of the Apostles are the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Gal 1:11-12, “For I want you to know, believers, that the Gospel which was preached by me is not man’s Gospel [it is not a human invention, patterned after any human concept]. For indeed I did not receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a [direct] revelation of Jesus Christ.”
2Ti 3:10-12, “Now you followed my teaching, conduct, purpose, faith, patience, love, perseverance, persecutions, and sufferings, such as happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of them all the Lord rescued me! Indeed, all who want to live in a godly way in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.”
2Ti 4:14-17, “Alexander the copper smith did me great harm; the Lord will repay him according to his deeds. Be on guard against him yourself too,
for he vigorously opposed our teaching. At my first
defense no one supported me, but all deserted me; may it not be counted against them. But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully accomplished, and
that all the Gentiles might hear; and I was rescued out of the lion’s mouth.”
Tit 1:9-11, “holding firmly the faithful Word which is in accordance with the teaching, so that he will be able both to exhort in sound doctrine and to refute those who contradict it. For there are many rebellious people, empty talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, who must be silenced because they are upsetting whole families, teaching things they should not teach for the sake of dishonest gain.”
2Jo 1:9-10, “Anyone who goes too far and does not remain in the teaching of Christ, does not have God; the one who remains in the teaching has both the Father and the Son. If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your
house, and do not give him a greeting.”
Eph 4:21-25, “if indeed you have heard Him and have been taught in Him, just as truth is in Jesus, that, in reference to your former way of life, you are to rid yourselves of the old self, which is being corrupted in accordance with the lusts of deceit, and that you are to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth. Therefore, ridding yourselves of falsehood, SPEAK TRUTH EACH ONE OF YOU WITH HIS NEIGHBOR, because we are parts of one another.”
1Th 4:9, “Now as to the love of the brothers and sisters, you have no
need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.”
Christians are taught by God to love one another.
You do not know how lucky I was to be taught by Dr. Prof. Harold Koontz in Advanced Management and Theory. Once in a elevator, came a young mother and son. I quickly (I have the habit of guessing the age of children) told the boy he was five years old. That was right, the boy was happy; the mother was happy too. You do not know to have the knowledge of God is the happiest thing in the world.
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Jas 1:23-25, “For if anyone is a hearer of the Word and not a doer, he is like a man who looks at his natural face in a mirror; for once he
has looked at himself and gone away, he has immediately forgotten what kind of person he was. But one who has looked intently at the perfect law, the law of freedom, and has continued in it, not having become a forgetful hearer but an active doer, this person will be blessed in what he does.”
No matter who you are and where you are, you can come now to repent and believe in Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
Will you do it now? Tomorrow may be too late!
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