The School of the Spirit PART I
by Darrell W. Johns
Atlanta West Pentecostal Church (Lithia Springs, GA)
Kind: teaching
Scripture: John 14:25-26, John 5:39, Luke 24:44-49, John 14:1, John 14:16, John 14:17, John 14:18, Colossians 1:27, John 3:8, John 7:37-38, John 16:7, John 16:13, 2 Corinthians 3:5-6, 1 Corinthians 2:9-14, Matthew 16:17, Psalms 25:14

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John 14 25 these things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you but the comforter which is the Holy Ghost and the father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you Jesus said a lot in John 14 but I want to just focus on this phrase that the Holy Ghost will teach you and I'd like for us to enroll tonight in the school of the spirit God bless you please be seated thank you when you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and we use Holy Ghost and holy spirit interchangeably for a while it was cool to say holy spirit but all the non-apostolics started saying Holy Ghost so I guess it's cool to say holy ghost again Spirit of Jesus Christ that fills the life of a believer when you receive the gift of the Holy Ghost a teacher moved into your life to teach you and to remind you now Jesus Christ and the days of his flesh was a congressman teacher the words he spoke were spirit and they were life he taught us one having Authority and not as the theologians the scribes who had to quote another source but Jesus who did not hold an office did not graduate from their rabbinical schools they noted at the end of The Sermon on the Mount that he taught us one having Authority and not as the scribes his students wondered where he learned such wonderful words having never studied he didn't go to Seminary but how did he know all this in verse 25 of John 14 Jesus said these things have I spoken unto you being yet present with you I am still here in the flesh and I am still your teacher in the days of his flesh Jesus was I said the consummate teacher he was the teacher he confirmed in his teaching that the Old Testament was indeed the word of God the foundation for preaching in the New Testament was the Old Testament so Jesus proved that the Old Testament was the word of God he used it widely which we'll get into just a little bit and as kind of an intentional sidebar I want to talk about Jesus's teaching from the Old Testament the gospels record Jesus quoting from 14 different Old Testament books it's been estimated that about a tenth of the teachings of Jesus recorded in the gospels was taken from the Old Testament about 180 of the 1800 verses that are his discourses were from the Old Testament he confirmed that the Old Testament characters were indeed real people they weren't just made-up people he confirmed that Old Testament is events were factual events he quoted from every book of the penalty Genesis Exodus Leviticus Numbers and Deuteronomy he quoted from uh at least eight of the prophets and he quoted from the Psalms at least 16 times he addressed or referenced all three divisions of the Old Testament the law the prophets and the Psalms in other words Jesus Christ and his teaching was not just giving practical teaching but it was relying and pulling from the word of God when he was tempted by the devil he had all power in heaven and on Earth but he quoted scripture to the devil he said it is written it's good to know what is written in the word of God God cannot bring to your remembrance what you have not put there to start with sometimes you wonder if it's there but then God in a moment can remind you of what you thought you had for gotten Jesus referred to the Fulfillment of Old Testament prophecy he confirmed that the Old Testament references to the Messiah refer to him in John 5 39 search the scriptures for in them you think you have eternal life and they are they which testify of me now Jesus then opened the understanding of his disciples so they could understand the scriptures specifically related to the mission of the Messiah from Brother John Turner was talking to us about God knowing how to make an entrance he spoke about Jesus came as a lamb and not the lion in his first coming and many missed him because they saw him coming as a conquering King not as a suffering savior in Luke 24 Jesus opened the understanding of the disciples so that they can understand the scriptures now the highest revealed form of the will of God is the written word of God the Apostle Peter said we have a a more sure word of Prophecy I thank God for the gifts of the Spirit we believe in them and we believe that they operate in the church in Believers today I thank the Lord that is not just tongues and interpretation but the nine gifts of the Spirit operate and we believe in that God can speak through dreams and Visions through impressions of the Holy Ghost but however we think God speaks we always the Bible said you can you know speak one by one but let the other judge they don't judge that person but we hold every prophecy we hold every gift we hold every dream every Vision every impression behold it up to the word of God to make sure that it matches what is in this book that's why we should not be ignorant of the Bible we should be Bible students not because we are preachers but because we are believers amen now the Bible is the god-breathed word of God it doesn't just contain the word of God it's interesting how tricky people are when they talk about the Bible they might say the Bible contains the word of God which is implying or inferring that the word of God is in there but it's not all the word of God we believe in verbal plenary inspiration that the very words and the original languages were God breathed by the Lord amen now there are a lot of things that the disciples did not comprehend Jesus said they were dull of hearing uh he sometimes chided him or rebuked him because they didn't get it when he felt like they should have gotten it so he told them that when the Holy Ghost comes when you receive the Holy Ghost he's going to teach you all things it's going to bring things to your remembrance it's the comforter which is the Holy Ghost and he's the teacher so I I want to enroll in the school of the spirit I want to be a a man a person of the word of God but I also want that word to be quickened by the spirit of God Amen the letter kills but the spirit gives life now I want to go through John 14 just a little bit we're going to be in the Bible tonight isn't that shocking John 14 is a continuation of what is done as a farewell discourse that began in John 13 31 right after Judas Iscariot left the upper room to go seek to betray Jesus Christ if you look back at the beginning of chapter 13 of John the disciples are feeling a little confusion and frustration and in John 13 they are kind of arguing with one another about who would be the greatest talk about missing the boat missing the point that's what's on their mind they're in Jerusalem and Jesus is clearly speaking about his imminent death it's expedient that I must go away and the disciples are thinking about Thrones and positions and he's going to be on his right hand who's going to be on his left hand and there's some heaviness from what they're hearing from Jesus some doubt confusion concern as much as he spoke about his demise his death they still didn't get it their hearts were troubled he tells them in John 14 let not your hearts be troubled he's trying to pull them out of that so at the end of John Chapter 13 and in John chapter 14 Jesus provides answers to some spoken and spoken questions that the disciples have the primary theme of John 14 is the departure and then the return of Jesus Christ I'll go away I'll come again it's interesting in this discourse that this theme is kind of carried Along by some questions that the disciples are asking in John 13 26 the Apostle Peter asked to the Lord where are you going in John 14 verse 5 Thomas asks how can we know the way in John 14 8 Philip asks show us the father in John 14 22 Judas not Judas Iscariot ask how is it that you will manifest yourself to us and not to the world the questions that are raised by the disciples are literary devices that kind of push this theme along and bring this to its culmination the point that Jesus is trying to make now he tells them John 14 1 not let not your heart be troubled and by the way I think you know I do not show all the verses on the screen because it's a lot of verses let not your heart be troubled you believe in God believe also in me he speaks about going away and preparing a place for them and he said where I go you know and the way you know and that's when of course they did not think they knew in John 16 7 in this discourse still he said nevertheless I tell you it is expedient that I go away if I do not go away the comforter will not come to you but if I depart I'll send him to you they're not understanding even at this point in the last few days of his Earthly Ministry what is going on I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you that's what he says in John 14 18. now the Holy Ghost is not a substitute for Jesus start a separate entity from Jesus the Holy Ghost is Christ in you John 14 17. even the spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but you know him for he dwelleth with you and shall be in you we understand that there is one God and one mediator between God and man the man Christ Jesus we understand that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself we understand that all the fullness of the godhead dwelt in him bodily and so Jesus said I'm going away but I'm going to send my spirit back no wonder Jesus could say the works that I do shall you do and greater works out than these shall you do because I go to the father I'm going away I'm going to send back my spirit instead of being present in one body I'm going to be present in everybody that is filled with the spirit and wherever you go you'll testify in me you'll be my Witnesses and the Holy Ghost will back you up amen they went everywhere the Lord working with him right Colossians 1 27 to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles which is Christ in you the hope of glory we can say that we are in Christ and Christ is in us we can say it both ways amen you're baptized into Jesus Christ now in the Book of John there are lots of references to the Holy Ghost John speaks of the spirit often I'm just going to kind of peruse them run through them quickly in John 1 33 John the Baptist speaks of Jesus as being the baptizer in the Holy Ghost in John 3 John Jesus talking to Nicodemus talks about being born again of water and of the spirit in John 3 and 8 he's speaks to Nicodemus about the wind that the wind blows where it wants to you hear the sound thereof you don't know where it's coming from or where it's going but so is everyone that is born of the spirit in John 4 and 10 he tells the woman of Samaria that is at the well at the city of saikar that the water I'm going to give you living water she liked that idea especially in that moment because Jesus said you won't ever have to come draw here again it's going to be in you and she still didn't get that by the way in John 7 37 and that great day of the feast Jesus said he that believeth on me as the scripture has said out of his belly or innermost being shall flow rivers of Living Water in John 14 16 this chapter we're in tonight Jesus spoke about to comforter that he will abide with you forever I will not leave you comfortless I will come to you John 14 26 he speaks of the comforter of the Holy Ghost that is the teacher that will remind you and he this word comforter some other translations new King James New Living Translation may say the helper and the Greek kid is paraclete or pericolitis I'm not a Greek scholar but it is the one who comes alongside it is The Advocate it is the helper Jesus said I will not leave you some say orphans I will not leave you alone but I will come to you amen I'm glad that when I receive the gift of the Holy Ghost I have Christ in me but I have Christ with me wherever I go he is my advocate he is the helper Helper and he also is a comforter in the way we use that word I'll teach you all things I'll bring all things to your Remembrance in John 15 he said that the spirit will testify of me in John 16 7 he speaks again about a comforter that he will send to us in John 16 12-14 he said when the Holy Ghost comes it's going to guide you now this is another Nuance of the work of the spirit have you ever needed to make a good decision the Holy Ghost will guide you amen into all truth and John 16 13 said and he will show you things to come that's an intriguing phrase that it will reveal to you things about the future he will glorify me and he will show it unto you in John 20 the last reference that I'm going to speak of in John about the Holy Ghost for now Jesus breathed on his disciples and he told him to receive the Holy Ghost John is full of references to the Holy Ghost it is the verse of the spirit but in John 14 26 he speaks about the specific role of the Holy Ghost as a teacher and a reminder good teachers are good reminders right John 14 26. again we've seen it before tonight but to comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said unto you he is a teacher he is a reminder I want to pause right here for just a moment to say that God is omnipotent not in my notes right now but just kind of thinking about this between syncing my notes and walking to this pulpit God knows everything he's omniscient all-knowing and when God gives a person a word of knowledge he gives you a piece of knowledge speaking of the gifts of the Spirit the Bible said we know in part and we prophesy in part and we see through a glass Darkly we don't know everything amen but when we need to know something God who knows everything can reveal it to us whether it is a word of wisdom to solve a predicament that we don't know the answer to or it is a piece of information that solves a puzzle in dealing with the situation or a person God can teach you what you need to know in that moment he knows all things and he can bring all things to your remembrance now my theme tonight is the school of the spirit and I already mentioned that we need to be people of the word but we don't have to be this or that people we are this and that people or people of the word and people of the spirit the Bible said that the word of God is the sword of the spirit so if I have a sword that would be like an inanimate object but it's not it's the word of God is quick and Powerful right sharper than any two-edged sword but the word of God is the sword of the spirit it is the spirit that guides you how to use the sword the word I believe that when I pray that God guides me and what I should teach on what I should speak but even Beyond whatever theme I have or whatever notes I have I have learned that God sometimes puts something in my mind or my mouth or uses something that is preached or taught to be a very direct or specific word for somebody in the congregation or watching online they've been needing that word they've been talking about a dilemma and in that moment the power of the Holy Ghost Works in us and he is a he is a teacher amen so I I want to be sensitive to the voice of God I want to be tuned into the voice of God because I believe I have an edge the edge of the spirit that people who are not Spirit-filled don't have that edge is in every area of life not just when you're in church not just when you're doing Ministry and by the way thanks to everyone who serves the ministry at Atlanta West when it came in tonight everybody worked so hard around here to make sure when it's Church time that everything is ready for us to have church amen but this this spirit Works in every way in your life amen and give you insight into relationships give you insight into dilemmas that work that you cannot saw the conundrum that you've just come to a dead end of perplexity but the Holy Ghost is a teacher and he can take the word of God that does not change it is fixed this is called the Canon of scripture 66 books doesn't change you don't add to it you don't take away from it and you don't need to because it is complete in itself that God can take this word and the Holy Ghost can Quicken a verse of scripture to your mind he can give you a piece of information that you could not know any other way that you need to know some examples came to my mind but I decided just to pass them on by when in Ministry the Lord is just out of nowhere spoken to me about something and and that person that I was very surprised that I knew that I was surprised that I knew that I didn't know that the Holy Ghost did he will teach you all things now I've already mentioned this but the Holy Ghost is not a separate Spirit but the unique identity it is God's spirit and when we talk about the Holy Ghost the Holy Spirit we are talking about the work of almighty God Jesus Christ in us now the writers of the Old Testament the Bible says rode as they were moved on by the Holy Ghost holy men of God wrote as they were moved on by the Holy Ghost the writers of the New Testament also wrote as they were moved on by the Holy Ghost equally inspired perfect recall of the words of Jesus to be able to pin scripture that is for are learning the Bible says not all of the Apostles wrote scripture but but some did amen so I want to talk about how the spirit teaches in our lives some several examples of how the Holy Ghost teaches second Corinthians three five and six there'll be a couple lengthy passages you may want to open your Bible or you can watch the screens as things are there Paul's writing about his ministry not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think anything as of ourselves but our sufficiency is of God I can tell you that this is true all the time that anything you do for God if you were always in over your head because if you can do this without God right well I shouldn't even say it that way you cannot do this without God our sufficiency is of God if you can do this without God it is not the work of God verse 6 who also has made us able Ministers of the New Testament not of the letter but of the spirit for the letter killeth but the spirit giveth life now Paul is not saying that we threw away the Bible he also quoted the Bible extensively in his writings he often taught thematically quoting from a scripture here and a scripture there and put them together thematically in his preaching and in his writing but the latter alone will kill the spirit gives life legalistic people live by the letter of the law and look for Luke Luke look for loopholes he teach principles of the Bible we apply them to Modern Life we teach practical standards of Holiness and Apostolic identity but they're based on the scripture but if all you have is a is a requirement a rule that's dead and you'll be dead but it is a spirit that brings life to us not just dead teaching of the word of God we don't study the Bible as a historical book and think about this there are thousands of theologians that are schooled in the scripture but do not understand the scripture so how is that possible it is possible in the same way that Paul before he received the Holy Ghost when he was referred to as Saul of tarshish did not understand amen the natural mind does not comprehend spiritual things we'll get into that in a little bit First Corinthians 2 9. First Corinthians 2 9. but as it is written I hath not seen Nor Ear heard neither have entered in the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him now is this talking about heaven or life is it open-ended but you know I've heard people stop in verse 9 to tell you that we have no idea the things that God has prepared for us but it's amazing if you just keep reading the Bible sometimes context gives meaning to a text verse 10. but God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit for the spirit searcheth all things yea the Deep things of God are you glad there are some deep things they're shallow people who never go deep and they get bored with God because they live in the same scriptures and the same prayers and as a writer of Hebrew said for the time they've been in the church long enough to be able to digest the meat of the word of God but they still only can handle the milk because they're immature spiritually but there are some deep things of God the Bible said in the Psalms that the secret of the Lord is within that fear Him it's fascinating I was studying this for article for July in the sermon I hope to preach on July 2nd but when God was going to destroy Sodom and Gomorrah he said shall I hide the thing that I'm going to do from Abraham now why did God feel a sense of I'm going to call it obligation that you know I this I'm going to do this I'm going to go down and Destroy Sodom and Gomorrah but I feel like I need to tell Abraham about this God doesn't know oh anyone anything but Abraham is a friend of God and so God goes to Abraham and he tells him his plans God can do that when he wants to right In this passage First Corinthians 2 11. for what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of a man which is in him so in other words you know what you're thinking other people may know not he's using this as an example even so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God to think you know what God is thinking is probably delusional I know what God is thinking from his word right I can know his word but I can't pretend to know what is in the mind of God at any particular moment because I see through a glass Darkly and I know in part but God knows what's in his mind and on his mind verse 12 First 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 Paul's saying God talks to us we've been to the school of the spirit and we tapped into the voice of God and an understanding about what God is doing it is not against God's word different from God's word but how God is working his will in the earth verse 13 which things also we speak not in The Words which man's Wisdom teacheth but which the Holy Ghost teacheth just think about that for a moment a lot of things that human beings teach may be called man's Wisdom but there's a there's a better wisdom a deeper wisdom a more accurate wisdom and Paul says in the last phrase comparing spiritual things was spiritual verse 14. this is kind of at the heart if I were talking about the school of the spirit the natural man verse 14 receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him people that are not Spirit-filled or or spirit-led spiritual things are dumb foolish nonsensical they have no place in their lives it does not matter what type of an education or experience that person may have I'm not throwing off on them I'm just telling you that there's another world and you can only understand that world if the Holy Ghost teaches it to you in the school of the spirit verse 14 again but the natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for their foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually deserved that's why we teach fasting in prayer you teach spending time in the presence of God I know you are praying people but sometimes you wait on the Lord you listen for his voice you open your heart to what he's saying and you patiently wait on God the Bible said you incline your ear to him you know sometimes this is experiential so it's just going to be my best attempt at saying this sometimes I feel like God's trying to say something to me but I don't know what it is and I can sense he wants to guide me he wants to speak to me and so I I've learned that I have to just stop be quiet I can't be in a hurry I can't move past that time in prayer because of his spiritual if it's from God it's better and more important than what might have distracted me and I am easily distracted sure you're not so we study the word of God but we realize that we can't comprehend the things of God if we just look at the Bible as a textbook I mentioned to my wife the other day when I was preparing for Father's Day and I wrote an article a month before Father's Day I had pages and pages of ideas that I wanted to teach but I was in my office studying and I just stopped and told the Lord Lord I I don't I'm not writing you know a speech I know he knows that right but I wanted him to know that I know that and I need you right now I need you to help me I'm leaning on you Lord because I know that I can't do this or I can just write words down you gave me a brain can use creativity or resources and I'm all for that I'm not against that but I need the help that comes from God because it's better and I taught on the superiority of the spiritual years ago carnal people think the Bible is foolish we already read that in the scripture so we need to be students in the school of the spirit so the Lord can Quicken his word to us how does the spirit teach es by the spirit amen John 16 33. how does the spirit teach it teaches by guiding us John 16 13. Jesus is teaching on the Holy Ghost all right albeit when he the spirit of Truth has come he will guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself but whatsoever he shall hear that shall he speak and he will show you things to come I read this verse earlier about halfway through he will guide you into all truth you know the Pentecostals to not have a corner on the Holy Ghost and some people receive the Holy Ghost and we might look at them in a judgmental way and say Well they're not where we are well our people talking about Pentecostals apostolics we receive the Holy Ghost over a hundred years ago our people have been talking in tongues for over a hundred years we've had a while for the spirit to guide us so just because a person is born again doesn't mean that they're grown up in God and so you should encourage people who have received the Holy Ghost who may not understand a lot of things that we've come to understand and I'm not saying that we've got everything perfect but we've had decades and decades to study and experience and learn and be taught and to teach others but the spirit the purpose of the Holy Ghost is to guide you into all truth and Jesus is saying that the Holy Ghost is not going to be a separate entity than me it is God's spirit it's the spirit of Christ is coming in you he's not going to have a different agenda it's not going to tell you anything different than you've already seen in the word or heard from me amen then our text John 14 26 I've talked about the teacher but he said he will remind you the comforter which is the Holy Ghost whom the father will send in my name he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance whatsoever I have said to you when the word of God abides in you it can remind you and bring things to your remembrance now to remember is to bring up something you already know correct remember Jesus told his disciples I'm going to tell you before it comes to pass so when it comes to pass you'll believe there are some things he told them that they did not understand until after he ascended and sent back the Holy Ghost and then when they receive the gift of the Holy Ghost the spirit of God began to illuminate the word of God the teachings of Jesus and it made sense then but it didn't make sense before as I mentioned earlier God May remind you something that's personal or in your ministry I know this sounds silly but he might remind you where you left your wallet he might help you find something in his place that's really not what that verse is talking about but it sounded good right then not happen every time but there's been some times when the Lord just helped something they found that shouldn't have been found and if God can do anything he can do anything amen now there's some examples of the Holy Ghost teaching and some of these I'll take a little more time with but I plan to take at least two weeks to talk about the school of the spirit God spoke to people before the Holy Ghost was poured out and and I want to make one particular point this part of my message that there are things that you can know by the holy ghost that you cannot know any other way but God can reveal it to you now I've established that point I've given you the principle now I want to give you just a few examples Matthew 16 is the story of Jesus and the great confession of the Apostle Peter Jesus asked him who do you who do men say that I am and then who do you say that I am and Simon says they are to Christ the son of the Living God and Jesus says to Peter who's not yet Holy Ghost filled Simon barjona flesh and blood is not revealed this unto you but my Father which is in heaven God revealed truth to Peter that he did not learn in a classroom now we know that God spoke to the Old Testament prophets God gave his word to Old Testament writers God is Not restricted to speaking to men and women in the New Testament who only have the Holy Ghost but one of the purposes of the Holy Ghost is to teach you all things so this is amazing to me that the Apostle Peter uh you know he's typically the first guy to raise his hand and say something in the classroom whether it was right or wrong but Jesus is telling him you do not get this because your IQ it was not deductive reasoning philosophical pondering Simon Peter is listening to Jesus and this we're going to call it a revelation this Revelation comes to him from God or God is not going to reveal anything to you about himself that he's not already revealed in his word okay so don't think that God's going to show you something to add another book to the Bible and and by the way if you think you know something that no one else knows in the world you're probably wrong if you think you're the only person that God is speaking to in the world you're probably wrong and if you think you know everything I know you're wrong because you know in part people that think they know it all really bother those of us who really do right you can remember that and use it later and my uncle told me one time you know my Uncle Mike seal I was a young guy trying to trying to pray and fast and developed my early early Ministry really early Ministry he let me preach in the church in Lakeland Florida and I feel so sorry for those people but he believed in me and had an all-night prayer meeting in that church and I was there and it was just a good it was a good time for me to be there but you know God gave us senses like sight and touch hearing smelling tasting and all of the senses are specialized they don't overlap you cannot identify a scent by seeing it that's the job of your nose you cannot hear a sound by touching it that's the role of your ears your auditory right if you cannot feel the texture of material by hearing it I guess that you could scratch your hand upon it on it like the wind you know blows with so you can scratch it you could tell the texture but you have to touch it to really feel the texture and you cannot perceive spiritual realities by human reasoning or deduction and I've already mentioned this Jesus has said this Paul said this in Corinthians they are spiritually discerned you can think as hard as you want to think you can read as much as you want to read and reading and study can give insight and understanding but in the end God does it by the Holy Ghost and it can only be comprehended by the spirit that's why we want to engage in role in the school of the spirit so we can understand what the spirit is saying remember the two men on the road to Emmaus they didn't understand the resurrection of Jesus Christ they were slow of hearing but then Jesus opened their understanding the same thing happened in the same chapter Luke 24 just before Jesus gave them the Great Commission when he opened the understanding of the disciples so that they would understand the scriptures they had the scriptures knew the scriptures spent three years with Jesus and still didn't know Luke 24 44. and he said unto them these things these are the words which I've spoken to you while I was yet with you but all things must be fulfilled which were written in the law of Moses and the prophets and in the Psalms remember I mentioned that Jesus acknowledged and embraced all those three divisions of the Old Testament well here's that verse concerning me all of those prophecies Messianic prophecies Jesus said were about me then open he their understanding that they might understand the scriptures and said unto them thus it is written and thus it behoove Christ to suffer and arise from the dead the third day and their repentance the remission of sins shall be preached in his name among all nations beginning at Jerusalem and you're Witnesses of these things behold I send the promise of the father upon you to tear you in the city of Jerusalem until you be a dude with power from on high he opened their understanding and it is my prayer that God would open our understanding to spiritual realities to spiritual things amen that he would allow us to see more clearly so that we can make better decisions that we could be more effective with people that we can live more holy lives before God amen they're examples in Acts that I'm going to hold on if you don't mind please stand musicians can come give us hope remember when the Apostle Peter's preaching on the day of Pentecost and he says you know these men are not drunk as you suppose third hour of the day this is that which is spoken of by the prophet Joel she come to pass in the last days saying God that I will pour out my spirit upon All Flesh he spoke in the anointing of the Holy Ghost but then in Acts chapter 10 when the Lord wanted him to go down to cornelius's house the Prejudice that was in him nationally toward gentiles was working against what the spirit was saying sometimes we undermine what the spirit is saying by our preconceived ideas not that person no God not that that can't be God and the Lord has given us understanding that we need to then obey and walk and act with that understanding amen the school of the spirit I want to enroll in that spirit and I want to hear the voice of God speaking in my life through his word and if God has some deeper things to know and I want to know there's deeper things not so I can sit around and say yeah bro I'm deep anybody that tells you that you know they're not it's sometimes when people try to be spiritual or pretend to be spiritual you know you know amen the school of the spirit to walk in the spirit to be led of the spirit to hear and know the voice of God