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Indispensable Principle

As we prepare to look in the word of God, there is a principle
of Bible study that is absolutely indispensable. That is total
reliance on God’s Holy Spirit. Only God can reveal God and
He’s promised that if we would come as little children He would
reveal Himself to us. He has hidden these things from the wise
and the prudent and has revealed them unto babes. All the
treasures of wisdom and knowledge are hidden in Christ Jesus.
If God hides something, you’ll never find it. But if He tells you
the hiding place, then you can find it. These things are hidden
in Christ Jesus. We know the hiding place. There’s no excuse
for not knowing the Lord.
I want to share the great foundation which we call the Great
Commission. Our Lord Jesus has a worldwide heart. He longs
that people know Him. John 6:37, “All that the Father gives
Me shall come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will
certainly not cast out.” As you go on in the Lord you are going
to learn that there is only one soul winner. His name is Jesus.
There is only one evangelist. His name is the Lord Jesus. There
is only one missionary. His name is Jesus. You might be a
missionary channel but you are not the missionary. You might
be a soul winning channel but you are not a soul winner.

Our Father, we thank You for every part of Your word.
We thank You especially for John 21 and we pray that you will
work that in our hearts. We ask in Jesus’ name. Amen
I wanted to deal with this at the end because I think it’s a
very vital truth on the heart of Jesus. I think that almost all
Christians are familiar with the expression “The Great
Commission”. I misunderstood it for many years. I knew it had
two parts; go preach the gospel to the world and then train them
to be disciples. The Spirit of God has been very patient with Ed
Miller. I thought He sent me into the world to witness for
Christ. He taught me that He put me in Christ to witness to the
world. That’s not the same thing. I’m not in the world to testify
for Christ. I’m in Christ so that He can manifest Himself.
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