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Wanda:

--- Quote from: Arion on April 19, 2021, 04:17:53 PM ---Our answer to what is going on in or with the world is very simple and yet hard for some to accept.  Our answer is this;  'His sheep hear his voice and the voice of a stranger they will not follow.'

Right there we can discern the spirit of error from the spirit of truth.  If we are his and hearing his voice all this other stuff going on is only fluff.  What need have we of a pastor, priest, teacher, self appointed prophet, those giving dreams and visions trying to get people to follow them, etc?

The other part of the equation for me when I don't understand all of the nuts and bolts of why this or that is happening and to what end is simply to remind myself [sometimes several times a day] that God has everything under control, it's going the exact way he wants it to go and if there was a better way for him to accomplish his will in the earth then he would do it that way.

It is enough.

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Thanks Arion,
The reminder that  if there had been a better way for God to accomplish his will then he would have done it that way, resonates with me as a parent.

These we know to be true, and when we don't adhere to this wisdom we become distracted from anything that is spiratually beneficial.
 
Proverbs 3:5 ESV

Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding.

Jeremiah 17:5-9 ESV

Thus says the Lord: “Cursed is the man who trusts in man and makes flesh his strength, whose heart turns away from the Lord. He is like a shrub in the desert, and shall not see any good come. He shall dwell in the parched places of the wilderness, in an uninhabited salt land. “Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord. He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit.” The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

This is where I find truthfull answers. Without him these great  and hidden things would not be obtainable. I remember Ray saying, you think this book was meant to be understood by everyone? No it was not. I was confused and even disheartened by that for a short time, until I realized why he said it.

Jeremiah 33:3 ESV

Call to me and I will answer you, and will tell you great and hidden things that you have not known.

indianabob:
Thanks Wanda,
Yes, God has a plan for all of mankind, but each in their own order or time.
God has revealed parts of His plan over the centuries according to His will.

Many have sought to understand God's plan before God intended them to know.
Even the 12 apostles did not understand much or what Jesus told them until Jesus
explained it to them after his resurrection when the HS came to them at Pentecost.
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Act 2:1  And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place. 
Act 2:2  And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. 
Act 2:3  And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. 
Act 2:4  And they were all filled with the holy spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
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It is God's personal pleasure to call some ahead of time and to specially bless them with truth.
That is the prerogative of a Father, a parent, a provider.
There are many illustrations of a parent favoring the first born in preparing them to serve those born later.
It is not a slight for God to keep the truth from the many while enlightening the few for special responsibilities.
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Matthew 13:11
He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
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1 Corinthians 2:12
Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given to us of God.

John 14:26
But the comforter, which is the holy spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, it shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 15:26
But when the comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, it shall testify of me:

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