Being sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit

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right in. I want to thank the pastorate for the

opportunity. And I also want to thank you for

being here today. So today we're going to be

looking into the Word of God and our topic today

is going to be being sensitive to the leading

of the Holy Spirit. Praise the Lord. Being sensitive

to the leading of the Holy Spirit. I would encourage

us to pay attention. I would encourage us to

not be distracted by our phones. I would encourage

us to... be blessed. Praise the Lord. Because

you can decide not to be. So, to put away every

form of destruction, everything that would make

you not pay attention, you have worn a very beautiful

dress and clothes. Don't waste your time. Praise

the Lord. Matthew 28. So this is where Jesus

was talking with his disciples, finally, before

he departed from their sight, praise the Lord,

and he was giving them a command, and he was

telling them things that they should do, or how

they should move. And then from verse 18 he says,

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, All

authority has been given to me in heaven and

on earth. Go, therefore, and make disciples of

all nations, baptizing them in the name of the

Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, teaching

them to observe all things that I have commanded

you, and lo, I am with you always, even to the

end of the age. Amen. Praise the Lord. So Jesus

was talking to his disciples, and he was giving

them a command. He says that all authority has

been given to him in heaven and on earth. Praise

the Lord. He said, go and make disciples. Go

and make disciples. That word, go and make disciples,

is the word for teach. Praise the Lord. Go and

teach all the nation. It's the word matatio.

Praise the Lord in Greek. It's the word matatio.

It is M -A -T -T -E -T -E -U -O. Praise the Lord.

So it's the word. To teach is the same word that

is used in Matthew chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew

Matthew 13:52 Matthew 13:52

chapter 13 verse 52. Matthew chapter 13 verse

Matthew 13:52

52. He says, Then he said to them, Therefore

every scribe instructs on signing the kingdom

of heaven like a householder who brings out the

treasures of things new and old. Praise the Lord.

So it's the word there instructs. Praise the

Lord. And then we also see in Matthew chapter

Matthew 27:21

27 verse 21. Matthew chapter 27 verse 21. No.

Matthew 27:21

Let's go to Acts chapter 14, verse 21. Acts chapter

Acts 14:21 Acts 14:21

14, verse 21. And when they had preached the

gospel to the city and made many disciples, they

returned to Lastria, Iconia and Antioch. Praise

the Lord. So that word, they made many disciples,

right, is the word there. It means... The process

of learning, right? They took them through a

process of learning. It's the same word that

we see here, matatu, which it means to teach.

Praise the Lord. But then we see in verse 20

of that Matthew. We see in verse 20, he says,

teaching them to observe all the things that

I've commanded you and lo, I'm with you always.

Praise the Lord. Paso Victor has helped us many

times with this word teaching. It's the word

didasco, which is the opposite of experience.

Praise the Lord. So this teaching here is not

the same as what we saw earlier. It's a teaching

them, right, to observe all the things that I've

commanded you and lo, I'm with you always. The

word teaching there is the word didasco, which

is opposite of teaching, which is opposite of

experience, right? It comes with... Explanation

and instructions. Praise the Lord. It's like

going to school. You don't go to school to get

experience. You go to school to learn and then

it becomes your experience. Praise the Lord.

This word is a very large word depending on the

text. So it carries a lot of implication depending

on the text. It involves explaining. And then

giving instructions. Praise the Lord. So what

is he telling them to teach? Why is he telling

them? Why is he using that word, the dash code

there? Right? So what are they explaining? What

they are explaining or what they are teaching

is all authority has been given to me. Praise

the Lord. In verse 18. Right? He said, all authority

has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

What are they going to teach? They are going

to teach that all authority has been given to

him in heaven and on earth. Praise the Lord.

So instructing them. And then he instructs them

to go and teach. Praise the Lord. So the instructions

there is to go and teach. Praise the Lord. We

say the word didasko carries with it two things.

It carries an explanation of a thing and also

an instruction that follows. Praise the Lord.

So the leading of the Spirit involves an explanation

and also an instruction. Praise the Lord. The

leading of the Spirit carries an explanation

and then it carries an instruction. You're led

by the Spirit when you hear the explanation and

then you follow the instruction afterwards. Praise

the Lord. You're led by the Spirit when you hear

the instruction. As the word is coming, you are

hearing an explanation. Praise the Lord. There

is an instruction that would follow. You're led

by the Spirit when you follow the instruction.

Praise the Lord. So when the gospel is preached,

an explanation is done. Right? An explanation

is done and afterwards we have an instruction.

Praise the Lord. They should not be separate.

When the gospel is preached, there is an explanation,

and then there is also an instruction that follows.

So we see here that what he was telling them

to go and explain, or go and explain, is that

all authority has been given me in heaven and

on earth. Praise the Lord. So sometimes we get

carried away by the explanation of the thing.

Or maybe you come and then somebody is preaching.

You're so good. You are having a good time. You

are laughing. And then you forget that there

is an instruction in the teaching that is given

you. Praise the Lord. You forget that it is an

instruction in the midst of that teaching. As

you are enjoying the service. As you are listening.

Praise the Lord. There is an instruction that

comes. So we should not be carried away by it.

Or maybe there is an instruction and then you

forget about the explanation. Praise the Lord.

They go hand in hand. Praise the Lord. So we'll

see that more even as we look into the text.

Hallelujah. So what is he explaining? Right?

So explanation is what something is about. Right?

Explanation is what something is about and why.

Praise the Lord. What something is about and

why. So it is not good enough to just know what

something is about and not know the reason behind

it. And not know the why, because the why is

the reason. Praise the Lord. The why is the reason.

Why did Jesus have to die? Have you asked that

question? Why is it that I grew up in a Christian

home? What makes me different from somebody else?

Why is it that I believe the things that I believe?

Why did Jesus perform the miracles that he performed

in the scriptures? Why did God give believers

authority? Praise the Lord. Why did God give

you authority? So an explanation is what something

is about and why. Why did Jesus walk miracle?

Why do you have the life of God in the inside

of you? Why are you a Christian? Praise the Lord.

So these are questions that we need to ask. These

are questions that we need to ask. And I say

didactical is not an experience, right? You don't

go to school, like I said, to learn, to get experience.

You go to school to learn and then it becomes

your experience. Praise the Lord. You go to school

to learn, right? It becomes your experience.

You go to school to listen. You go to school

to learn. You go to school to ask questions.

Why is that? Praise the Lord. If your teacher

is teaching you calculus, if you don't ask why,

you're probably not in the class. Praise the

Lord. So who are they teaching? Teaching who?

It's teaching the disciples, those who are learning,

right, to observe. To observe the things that

he has commanded them. So verse 20 again, he

said, teaching them to observe. So the word observe

is tareo, right? In the Greek, it's T -E -R -O,

sorry, R -E -O, right? It's used to watch over.

The way it's used is that watch over something

as though it will get lost. Praise the Lord.

You should watch over something as though that

thing will get lost. So he's telling them to

observe. To observe, tario. To watch as though

it will get lost. Watch the things that have

commanded you as though it's going to get lost.

As though it's going to get missing. Praise the

Lord. When you're watching something as though

it's going to get missing, you be vigilant. You

will not allow it to... To just, you will not

take your eyes off it. When I came to Cyprus,

I saw that the fences were low. In Nigeria, you

don't build like that. You're not a good engineer.

You don't think about security. Praise the Lord.

You build with a high fence. Some people pride

themselves on how long their fence is. If you

go to the Emya Palace in the north, you'll find

out that the fence is very, very long. Intentionally

very, very long. Praise the Lord. He's part of

the design. He's the way he should be. Praise

the Lord. So he's saying you should watch, you

should observe as though the things that he has

commanded will get lost. Praise the Lord. It

is used like that. So a man who is led of the

Spirit is a man that observes as though the things

that he has been commanded will get lost. As

the word is coming, as you have received the

word, you are watching over it. You're being

mindful as though the thing will get lost. Praise

the Lord. You're not just forgetting. You're

not a forgetful hearer, but you pay attention.

Hallelujah. So we see this in the same thing

that he tells us. Something similar, right? To

watch over yourself. We see in 1 Timothy chapter

1 Timothy 4:12–16

4, verse 12 to 16. 1 Timothy chapter 4, verse

1 Timothy 4:4–16

4 to 16. It says, let no one despise your youth.

4th of verse 12 to 16. Give attention to reading,

to exaltation, to doctrines. Do not neglect the

gift that is in you which was given to you by

the prophecies with the laying on of the hands

of the eldership. Meditate on these things, give

yourself entirely to them, that your progress

may be evident to all. So take heed to yourself

and to the doctrine. Continue in them, for in

doing this you will save both yourself and those

who hear you. Praise the Lord. We see here that

Paul is admonishing Timothy and he's telling

him to pay attention. He said, pay attention

to the doctrine, the things that you have learned.

Pay attention to the things that you have. Pay

attention to the life that you have in God. Praise

the Lord. Take heed to reading. Hallelujah. And

then we also saw in that place, In that verse

20, the second part of it, it says, Lord, I'm

with you always to the end of the age. Amen.

So the word Lord is the word that is used to

see. It's a word which means see. It's a word

see. So in teaching the gospel, we do two things.

I say first, we give an explanation. Praise the

Lord. We saw it in verse 18. So the explanation

is that verse 18, all power has been given to

him. That's what you're explaining. Praise the

Lord. So in verse 20, now say observe. He said,

lo, I'm with you. So he's telling them, right?

He's giving them instruction to observe. So in

teaching the gospel, there is an explanation

and there is an instruction. So the observe there

is to, is an instruction. He's telling them observe.

Praise the Lord. So he's teaching them the explanation.

So what he's teaching them is the explanation

of all things, all power has been given to me.

Praise the Lord. The explanation there is all

power has been given me in heaven and on earth.

So all power has been given me in heaven and

on earth. That is the explanation of what Jesus

just did. So in case you're wondering, all power

has been given to me in heaven and on earth.

What is he talking about? He's talking about

that he has died, he has risen, and he's at the

right hand of the Father. Praise the Lord. So

it's a short form to say I have died. I have

resurrected and I'm at the right hand of the

Father. That is the explanation of all power.

Praise the Lord. That is the explanation. Praise

the Lord. So, it's the explanation of the gospel.

Hallelujah. So, again, he says to observe and

know and with you. So, he's telling them there

are two things they need to pay attention to.

Or there are two things that they need to be

allotted by. One is to observe. One is to observe,

to watch as though something is going to get

missing. And then the other one is to look, to

see. So in the Christian walk, the Christian

walk is a watchful experience. It's not a careless

life. Praise the Lord. You don't just live it

as you please. It is a watchful experience. You

say, observe. It's a law in which you see, look.

So the Christian walk is a watchful experience.

You need to pay attention to your life. You need

to pay attention to your walk. You need to pay

attention to it. Praise the Lord. He said, watch

as though he's going to get lost. Watch as though

he's going to get lost. Observe. Praise the Lord.

So the believer who is growing has this alertness

in him. Praise the Lord. The believer who is

growing. who is maturing, has this alertness

in him to watch, to see. Praise the Lord. To

watch over himself, to watch the things that

he hears, to watch the lifestyle around him.

Praise the Lord. So the key ingredient for a

growing or a maturing Christian is to stay alert.

Praise the Lord. He does not let anything just

fly. It's to watch, it's to be mindful. Praise

the Lord. is to be mindful, to stay awake. So

I said the word, lo, I'm with you always, is

the word to see, right? I said, I'm with you

always. But by account, we know that when he

said, lo, I'm with you always, even to the end

of the age, he left them. Praise the Lord. He

was not with them again, right? But then he said,

I'm with you always. So why did he leave them?

If he's just told them that I'm with you always.

But he left. He goes away. So where is he with

them? Praise the Lord. Because he said he's with

them always. So where is he with them? So he's

letting them know or he's telling them the fulfillment

of the things that he has said before to them.

Praise the Lord. So he's telling them the fulfillment

of the things that he has said to them earlier

or before. So to observe all these things, as

we said, to observe the things I've commanded

you in verse 20. He's saying to them that the

things that I've said to you before has come

to pass. Praise the Lord. To observe all the

things I've commanded you. And then we see, I'm

always with you. He's trying to tell them that

the things I've commanded to you or the things

I've said to you earlier, they have come to pass.

And we're going to see that. Praise the Lord.

The things have come to pass. So by seeing or

by saying law and saying observe means that they

are aware of the things that Christ is talking

about. Praise the Lord. So when he says to them,

observe, and he says, look. I'm with you always.

They know what he's talking about. They are not

confused about what he's talking about. Praise

the Lord. They are very aware of the things that

he's saying. But let's also be aware of ourselves.

Praise the Lord. John chapter 14. John chapter

John 14 · chapter mention John 14 · chapter mention

14. From verse 1 to 3. He said, Let not your

heart be troubled. You believe in God, believe

also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions.

If it were not so, I would have told you. I go

to prepare a place for you. Verse 3. If I go

and prepare a place for you, I will come again

and receive you to myself. That where I am, there

you will be also. Praise the Lord. That where

I am, there you will be also. And we'll be doing

this teaching several times about in my father's

house are many mansions. So I believe that some

of us know this, but I will try to also help

those who don't know this. So in my father's

house, right, that word house is more like a

word of like household, right? It's a word okia,

all right, which means a dwelling place. Praise

the Lord. It's the root word for like somebody

dwelling with his family. Hallelujah. In my father's

house is the word okia, right? The word household.

It's the word household in the root word. It's

where somebody stays with his family. And he

says, in my father's house are many mansions.

So the word mansion are the word meneo, which

means, right, a place. or where you stay, or

a space. Praise the Lord. He said, I go to prepare

a place for you. If you were not so, I would

have told you, I go to prepare a place for you.

And if I go and prepare a place for you, I'll

come again and receive you to myself. Now, where

I am, you will be also. I go to prepare a place

for you, right? It's different from saying, Let

us create a place because the children are running

around or the instrumentalists do not have a

room or do not have a space for their instrument.

So let's create somewhere. Let's create somewhere

for them. And then we build something outside

or maybe there's a storage outside and we build

something there. It's different from that. It

means that you added to the building. Praise

the Lord. It's different from that. I go to prepare

a place for you is meaning that it's more like

I am making room for you. Praise the Lord. It's

like I'm making room for you. I go to prepare

a place is I go to prepare a room for you. That

is, I'm adding you to a family. So if I make

a room for you, I'm adding you to something.

Praise the Lord. So if I prepare a room for you

here, it means that I am adding you to this family.

Remember what we said earlier, that the word

in my father's house is saying, it means that

he is more like a place, a person living with

a family. So I'm adding you to this family. Praise

the Lord. I'm adding you to this family. So he's

an inclusion of men. He's not an inclusion of...

more spaces outside the building. It's an inclusion

of men. Praise the Lord. It is an inclusion of

men. It means that people are added to the dwellers

of that place. Praise the Lord. It's not a building.

It's not more building for people. Praise the

Lord. It's that people are added to a place.

It's an inclusion of men. Verse 3. The second

part of it says, that where I am, you will be

also. That where I am, you will be also. So this

is a very strong word that is used. Where I am,

you will be also, right? It's not talking about

like the way we are now in this place. I say,

where I am, you will be also. Saying that as

the way Tito is there, he's also here with me.

He's not the same. That's not what he's saying.

Where I am, you will be also. He's not saying

that you will be around me. Hallelujah. He's

not saying that you would be around me. He's

not saying that you will be in the presence of

me. Praise the Lord. So, For example, Femi is

here now, right? Is Femi where I am? Okay. In

English, it means that he's where I am. Praise

the Lord. But for him to be where I am, he has

to be here. At where I am. Praise the Lord. So

this is a very strong word that is used. It means

that you are there where Christ is. It means

that you are in him. Praise the Lord. That where

I am you will be also is saying that you are

here with him. You are in the inside of him.

That is that the same place he's standing is

where you are standing. Praise the Lord. The

same place he's standing is where you're standing.

It's a union of places. Like he's no longer far

away from me but in the inside of me. So he stands

where I stand. Hallelujah. So that means that

you are in him and he is in you. That where I

am you will be also means that he is in you and

you are in him. Praise the Lord. So he goes further

to explain this again in verse 10. He says, do

you not believe that I am in the Father and the

Father is in me? And the Father is in me. The

word that I speak to you, I do not speak of my

own authority, but the Father who dwells in me

does the work. Praise the Lord. So he says in

verse 9, he said, If you see me, you have seen

the Father. And Jesus said to him, I have been

with you so long, and yet you have not known

me. And Philip said to him, Philip, you have

not known me, Philip. He who has seen me has

seen the Father. So how can you say, show me?

Show us the Father. Praise the Lord. So, he said,

if you see me, you have seen the Father. In verse

9. Right? So, where is he? Where is Jesus? Hmm?

Where is Jesus? Where is he? No, according to

where we are reading right now. In verse 10 and

verse 9. Right? Where is Jesus? Right? And where

is the Father? Praise the Lord. So he's saying

that he's in the Father and the Father is in

him. Praise the Lord. So we also see that again

in the verse 3 part. He says that where I am,

there you would be also. Praise the Lord. So

where is Jesus? He's in the Father and the Father

is in him. So where are we? Hallelujah. Do you

understand that? Okay. Verse 16. It said, And

I will pray the Father, and he will give you

another helper, that he may abide with you forever.

Praise the Lord. The word I will pray the Father,

or I will pray the Father, is the word, which

is E -R -O -T -A -O. Praise the Lord. Right?

I will pray the Father. Right? It's a very strong

word as well. It's used. The prayer there is

not like begging. I will beg the Father. Praise

the Lord. That he will give you another comforter.

It's a word that is a demand. He said, I will

make a demand. It's a word for I pray that we

see there is I will make a demand. Praise the

Lord. I will make a demand. It's not for begging.

It's not like, please do this for me. Praise

the Lord. I would make a demand to make a legitimate

request because of what you have done. Praise

the Lord. It's a word to make a legitimate request

for what you have done or the work that you have

fulfilled. Praise the Lord. It's like completing

a project. You have a building project and you

completed it and maybe you are in Nigeria. And

you know, sometimes government projects, they

don't give you money. You have to do it first

and then they will give you money. Praise the

Lord. So when you go to demand your pay, you're

not going to beg. You have done the work. Praise

the Lord. So that's the word there, I pray the

Father. It's a word that is demanding something

because of what I have done. Praise the Lord.

So when he says, I will pray the Father, and

he will give you another helper that he may abide

with you forever. Right? He's that, I will pray

the father. And the reason why he can pray the

father is because he's going to die and he's

going to be buried and he's going to be resurrected.

And because of that, he will pray the father.

He will make a demand for you. Praise the Lord.

Because of what he has done. And the things he

has done is that he died, he was buried and he

resurrected. Praise the Lord. So there is a legitimate

thing that is being done here. There is a legitimate

request that is being asked for from here. Praise

the Lord. So I will pray the Father and what

we'll see in verse 2, that I go to prepare a

place for you. And if I go and prepare a place

for you, I will come again and receive you to

myself. That where I am, you will be also. They

are the same thing. Praise the Lord. They are

synonyms or they are the same thing. I will pray

the Father. That he will give you another comforter.

Right? And what we saw in verse 2 that talks

about, I go to prepare a place for you. He's

talking about the same thing. Praise the Lord.

He's talking about the same thing. In verse 9

says, as we saw, he said, if you see me, you

have seen the Father. I am in the Father and

the Father is in me. Right? I dwell in the Father

and the Father dwells in me. Praise the Lord.

So let's read from verse 12 to 17 now. Keep my

commandment. And I will pray the Father, and

he will give you another helper, that he may

abide with you forever. The Spirit of truth,

whom the world cannot receive, because it neither

sees him nor know him. But you have known him,

for he dwells with you and will be in you. Praise

the Lord. The he there, as we know, is talking

about the father, right? So he said, you will

know the father because he dwells in the inside

of you, verse 17. You will know the father because

he dwells in the inside of you. So what we saw

from verse 2 to 3 tells us that in my father's

house are many mansions. If it were not so, I

would have told you, I go to prepare a place

for you. And if I go and prepare a place for

you, I will come again and receive you to myself.

That where I am, there you would be also. What

would Jesus do? He says that he's going to go

and he's going to come back. He says, I go to

prepare a place for you and I will come again

and receive you to myself. Right? So how is he

going to do that? How is he going to go and come

back? How is he going to do that? We see that

in verse 10. He said, if you believe in me, right?

Do you not believe that I am in the Father and

the Father is in me? The words that I speak to

you, I do not speak of my own authority, but

the Father who dwells in me does this work. Praise

the Lord. So the Father that dwells in him will

dwell in us. Praise the Lord. The Father that

dwells in him will dwell in us. Praise the Lord.

Hallelujah. Same verse this thing. He says, and

I will pray the Father and he will give you another

helper that he may abide with you forever. Right?

Other scriptures will say another comforter.

So the word another, Or the word another helper

is the word alios parakletos. Praise the Lord.

Alios parakletos. A -double -L -O -S is alios.

And parakletos is P -A -R -A -K -L -E -T -O -S.

Arius Paracletus. This Arius is a word for another.

It's the same word as well. It has another word

called Heteros. Right? It's the word H -E -T

-R -O -S. Heteros. It means another. Praise the

Lord. So, let me try to explain this. So, example,

as a church, we came here with the bus. Right?

We came here with a bus. And let's say they were

supposed to come back and pick us back to our

various destination. And then the bus came. He

brought the bus. And then we found that the bus

is faulty. Or the bus is not going. And then

I say, give us another bus. Because the one you

brought is not working. Give us another bus.

And then you brought another bus. But this other

bus you brought. He's a Mercedes bus. Praise

the Lord. Maybe the previous one you bought was

a Toyota. But then you brought a Mercedes bus.

Praise the Lord. So, you gave us another bus,

but it's a different kind of bus because it's

a Mercedes. Praise the Lord. It is a different

kind of bus. So this is another, but it's not

the same. Praise the Lord. But in this place,

right, we also see when Jesus was talking about

this word, another, when he used it in Acts chapter

Acts 2:4

2, verse 4. Speaking in tongues. Acts chapter

Acts 2:4

2, verse 4. And they were filled with the Holy

Spirit and began to speak with other tongues

as the Spirit gave them utterance. So this word,

another, sorry. Another tongue is talking about

another kind of speaking. A different kind of

speaking. Another type of speaking. Praise the

Lord. But here, when we said, alios parakletis,

he's talking about the same. Praise the Lord.

He's talking about the same. Because what have

we been talking about? What has the discussion

been? The discussion has been that God... is

in him and him in God. Praise the Lord. We've

been asking, where is Jesus? He's in God. God

is in him. Praise the Lord. So he's talking about

the same. Right? This another is not different.

He's the same. Praise the Lord. So Elias Paracletus

is talking about the same. Praise the Lord. So

he's saying that the way the Father dwells in

me, is the same way he's going to dwell in you.

Praise the Lord. So that's what he's saying,

that the same way the Father dwells in me is

the same way he's going to dwell in you. That

is alios parakletos. The way the Father dwells

in me, he also will dwell in the inside of you.

The same way the Father dwells in me, he will

dwell in you. The same way that I dwell in the

Father, I will also dwell in you. Praise the

Lord. And said he would abide with you forever.

He would abide with you forever. Does that not

look like verse 2 as well? Verse 2, the B part

of it said, that, sorry. Okay, verse 3, the B

part of it tells you what? He says that where

I am, you would be also. Praise the Lord. He

said that he may dwell with you forever. So in

verse 18 now says, verse 18, he said, I will

not leave you orphans. I would come to you. Praise

the Lord. I will come to you. So, but he has

been saying that where I am, you would be also.

So I will come to you. It's not a rapture, right?

It's that I will come in the inside of you. That

where I am, you will be also. That's what he's

saying. That I will come to you is where I am,

you will be also. Praise the Lord. So Jesus is

talking about indwelling. Praise the Lord. Jesus

is talking about indwelling. Indwelling. Indwelling.

Matthew chapter 28. Matthew chapter 28. Matthew

Matthew 28 · chapter mention Matthew 28 · chapter mention Matthew 28:20

chapter 28, verse 20. And it says, teaching them

to observe all the things that I've commanded

you and lo, I'm with you even to the end of the

age. Right? To observe. What are they to observe?

They are to observe that he has come to them.

Praise the Lord. They are to observe that he

has come to them. We are to observe that God

has come to us. Praise the Lord. We are to observe

that there is an indwelling. Praise the Lord.

We are to observe that he is in us. We are to

observe that he is in us. We need to pay attention

that the Father is in us. Praise the Lord. We

need to pay attention that the Father is in us.

So when he said, Lord, I'm with you always, he's

saying that I will come, to say that I will come

to you, right, does not mean something else.

He's talking about that I will come in you. Praise

the Lord. That I will come in the inside of you.

Verse 12 of John 14. More assuredly, I say to

you, he who believes in me, the work that I do,

will he do also. Greater works than these he

will do. Because I go to the Father. Praise the

Lord. So what work is this person going to do?

Right? What is Jesus leading us to do? What is

the work that Jesus is leading us to do? What

greater works are you doing? In verse 20 of Matthew

28, it tells us that he will teach them. They

say, go and teach them to observe. Praise the

Lord. So the leading of Christ or the leading

of Jesus in our lives is to go and preach the

gospel. Praise the Lord. It's to go and preach

and teach the gospel. It's to go and preach and

teach the gospel. Matthew chapter 10, verse 1.

Matthew 10:1

And when he had called the twelve disciples to

him, he gave them power of an unclean spirit

to cast them out and to heal all kind of sickness

and all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. But

then, before then, he was talking about that

the harvest is... is plenteous, but the laborers

are few. Chapter 9, verse 37 to 38. So Jesus

has called them and he says to them, go and teach.

But then he says in chapter 9, verse 37, then

he said to his disciples, the harvest is truly,

truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.

Therefore pray. the Lord of the harvest, to send

out laborers into his harvest. Praise the Lord.

But then we see in the next chapter, what did

he do? 10 verse 1. Then he called his 12 disciples

and gave them power over unclean spirits to cast

them out and to heal all kind of sicknesses and

all kind of disease. Praise the Lord. So he has

called them, he said to them that the laborers

are few. They should pray the Lord of the harvest

to send them, but he's sending them. Praise the

Lord. So he tells them that the laborers are

few, but he sent them. Praise the Lord. So when

he says that the Lord of the harvest, what he

said the Lord of the harvest would do, he did.

Praise the Lord. He said he should pray for what?

Laborers. And then he sent out the laborers.

Praise the Lord. So he leads us to preach the

gospel. Praise the Lord. So don't be concerned

about how many are you. Praise the Lord. There

is a leading already for you to go and preach

the gospel. Praise the Lord. He said he leads

and sent. Praise the Lord. What kind of leading

again does Jesus lead us to? He leads us to give.

Praise the Lord. He leads us to give. He leads

us to forgive. Luke chapter 17, verse 1 to 10.

Luke 17:1–10

He leaves us to forgive. To give to those in

need. Praise the Lord. To give to those in need.

So when was the last time you listened to God

tell you, go and preach. Go and preach to somebody

and you did it. Not about talking about church

service or fellowship or they gave you the...

you know, assign you to something, to go and

preach. When last did you hear that leading?

When last did you hear God tell you that somebody

is in need, that you need to help, or you had

a conversation, you were passing, and somebody

is talking to a friend and talking about how

they are suffering, and you overheard it, and

the Spirit prompts you to do something, and then

you say, ah, there you go, no consigning, because

you don't know them. Praise the Lord. When last

did you obey that voice to help? What did you

do when you had to help somebody? He leads us

to forgive. He leads us to heal the sick. We're

going to look into this more broadly on Wednesday.

He leads us to pray. Not prayer cruise. Praise

the Lord. Or prayer chains that we have. When

we have prayer cruise, he leads us to pray. We

came to pray for the whole day. When did you

pray? Do you hear the leading to go and pray?

The Spirit leads us to pray, to make intercessions.

Praise the Lord. I remember one experience that

I really recall. One day I just woke up in the

night, middle of the night, and I was just hearing,

just pray. I don't know what I was praying for.

I don't know who it's for. I think I slept as

I was praying. Praise the Lord. But then I woke

up the next day and heard that, They arrested

one of my brothers. Praise the Lord. But they

let them go. Praise the Lord. When last did you

hear the prompting of God? So God gives us word

and promptings. If somebody comes into your mind,

this person's thoughts just came to your mind.

Not because you are thinking about them. Not

because... You saw them somewhere. You just know

that there is prompting, there is thought in

your heart. Do you go and say, ah, or maybe it's

a sister that is coming to your mind. Instead

of you to go and pray, you now say, let me go

and propose. Maybe the Lord is saying something.

Praise the Lord. So he gives us promptings. He

gives us word. He makes people come to our minds.

Not because, okay, what am I thinking about this

person? He's telling you to pray. Praise the

Lord. Or to speak to that person, to find out

what is going on in their lives. He leads us

to suffer for his sake. Praise the Lord. Not

all leading are comfortable. It's only when the

Lord has led me, there's always good leading.

Praise the Lord. There are leadings that are

not comfortable for you. Hallelujah. He leads

us to deny ourselves, to reset our priorities.

to read the Word. So if the Father is glorified

in the teachings or in the suffering of Jesus,

be sure that He's also glorified in the suffering

that you're suffering for His sake. He does not

lead us to worry. He does not lead us to fear

or doubt. He leads us for His sake, not for our

sake. Praise the Lord. We're going to look at

this more, more. So in the midst of every leading

of the Spirit, you would find the glory of Christ.

Praise the Lord. In the midst of every leading,

you will find the glory of Christ. You cannot

separate the leading of the Spirit from the passing

of Christ. The end point of every leading of

the Spirit is the glory of Christ. That is how

you know it is a leading from Him. Praise the

Lord. That is how you know that it is a leading

from Him. Praise the Lord. Let's just close our

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