God reveals secrets God reveals- -Deep and secret things - Daniel -Secret sins to bring correction – Samaritan woman -Our true character – Nathaniel -Thoughts & intents of others – Jesus -Plans & schemes of people in order to protect - Elisha

When the Spirit comes John 16: ‘He will guide into all truth’ -‘He will tell you things to come’ -‘He will glorify me’ -‘He will take of what is mine and declare it to you’ Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you and prepare you

When the Spirit comes John 16: ‘He will guide into all truth’ -‘He will tell you things to come’ -‘He will glorify me’ -‘He will take of what is mine and declare it to you’ Ask the Holy Spirit to speak to you and prepare you

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? Why do we need something above and beyond what we can recognize through our 5 physical senses or what we are taught in our systems of education?

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 1.To know God the Father All things have been delivered to Me by My Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father. Nor does anyone know the Father except the Son, and the one to whom the Son wills to reveal Him (Matthew 11:27)

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 1.To know God the Father That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him (Ephesians 1:17)

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 1.To know God the Father Intimacy with the Father is not because of- -diligent scientific investigation -deep intellectual examination -religious involvement Having accurate knowledge of God is not the same as knowing Him intimately. Knowing Him comes through revelation.

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 2. To know God the Son He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus answered and said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven (Matthew 16:15–17).

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 2. To know God the Son He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him (John 14:21)

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 2. To know God the Son Many educated minds with hardened hearts struggle to understand the divinity of the Lord Jesus. Ephesians 4:18 18 having their understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God, because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart;

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 2. To know God the Son To grow in our personal revelation of the Lord Jesus, we need to- -walk in love -walk in obedience We can make Him known to others only to the degree that we know Him personally

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 3. To understand the works of God Then He began to rebuke the cities in which most of His mighty works had been done, because they did not repent. At that time Jesus answered and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight (Matthew 11:20, 25, 26)

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 3. To understand the works of God Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marvelled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus. And seeing the man who had been healed standing with them, they could say nothing against it (Acts 4:13,14)

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 3. To understand the works of God The wise and learned – unable to understand the supernatural. Perhaps they reasoned away the mighty works of God. The unschooled & untrained like ‘little children’ followed Jesus & understood that the miracles were the true works of God. They continued ministering in the same way after the ascension of the Lord.

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 4. To understand the mysteries of the Kingdom Matthew 13:10,11 10 And the disciples came and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” 11 He answered and said to them, “Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 4. To understand the mysteries of the Kingdom Matthew 13:15,16 15 For the hearts of this people have grown dull. Their ears are hard of hearing, And their eyes they have closed, Lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, Lest they should understand with their hearts and turn, So that I should heal them.’ 16 But blessed are your eyes for they see, and your ears for they hear;

Why do we need revelation through the Spirit? 4. To understand the mysteries of the Kingdom Revelation leads to Repentance, leading to Salvation. (healing of the total person) Sometimes God does a mighty work to open people’s eyes which leads to repentance.

The Revelation of the Scriptures The Scriptures – the written Word of God – a revelation of unseen realities. The Scriptures- -were given by revelation -were received by revelation -are understood today by revelation

The Revelation of the Scriptures Ephesians 3:3-5 3 how that by revelation He made known to me the mystery (as I have briefly written already, 4 by which, when you read, you may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ), 5 which in other ages was not made known to the sons of men, as it has now been revealed by the Spirit to His holy apostles and prophets:

The Revelation of the Scriptures Revealed to us through the Spirit 1 Corinthians 2: But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” 10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.

The Revelation of the Scriptures Revealed to us through the Spirit 1 Corinthians 2: For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.

The Revelation of the Scriptures Revealed to us through the Spirit We, individually and collectively as the Body of Christ grow in the understanding of the things that God has freely given to us because of the Holy Spirit’s revelation. We need to receive His revelation in order to possess/receive that which He has prepared for us.

The Spirit of Revelation & our personal lives Luke 2: And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him. 26 And it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ.

The Spirit of Revelation & our personal lives The Holy Spirit will bring specific revelation into each of our lives for- -counsel -correction -encouragement -direction Opening our lives to the revelatory work of the Holy spirit = growth in our knowledge & understanding of the Father, His Son and His Word