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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 and 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
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