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2025-06-26
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2025-06-24
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2025-06-22
Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-20

๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿค—*TIME FOR ALL OUR DARLING PETS TO BE IN THE HOUSE FOR A LONG NIGHTS SNOOZE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*THANK YOU LORD GOD FOR BRINGING ME THROUGH ANOTHER DAY!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’—โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*GOOD NIGHT!*& SWEET DREAMS EVERYONE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ›โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’’โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-20

๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿค—*TIME FOR ALL OUR DARLING PETS TO BE IN THE HOUSE FOR A LONG NIGHTS SNOOZE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*THANK YOU LORD GOD FOR BRINGING ME THROUGH ANOTHER DAY!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’—โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’’๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ›โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›๐Ÿฅ๐ŸŒ€๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿ˜‡๐Ÿชฝ๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿค๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’’โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅโœ๏ธ๐Ÿ‘‘๐Ÿ•Š๏ธ๐Ÿ’ฆโ˜๏ธ๐ŸŒˆโ˜๏ธ๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-20

๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿค—*TIME FOR ALL OUR DARLING PETS TO BE IN THE HOUSE FOR A LONG NIGHTS SNOOZE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿˆ๐Ÿˆโ€โฌ›๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฉ๐Ÿ•๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’œ

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2025-06-20
Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-19

๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค—*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY PLEASANT EVENING!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿค—*GOOD NIGHT!*& SWEET DREAMS EVERYONE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒผ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*PRAY WITH OUT CEASING!*& KNOW PRAYER WORKS!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-19

๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค—*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY PLEASANT EVENING!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿค—*GOOD NIGHT!*& SWEET DREAMS EVERYONE!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’ฎ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿ’๐Ÿต๏ธโ‡๏ธ๐ŸŒผ๐ŸŒป๐ŸŒบ๐ŸŒน๐ŸŒธ๐ŸŒท๐Ÿชป๐Ÿชท

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-19

๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค—*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS ACROSS THE WORLD I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY PLEASANT EVENING!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿ’—๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿงก๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿค๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿฆ‹

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-16

๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD MORNING!*& HAPPY MONDAY!*& I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO FEED MY SPIRIT WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*& SHARING WITH YOU TOO!*I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& FILLED WITH GOD'S LOVE DAY!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฉถ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*Marsupial's Monday!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿค—

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-16

๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD MORNING!*& HAPPY MONDAY!*& I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO FEED MY SPIRIT WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*& SHARING WITH YOU TOO!*I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& FILLED WITH GOD'S LOVE DAY!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฉถ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—*Marsupial's Monday!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿฆ˜๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿจ๐Ÿค—

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-16

๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’๐Ÿฟโ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD GOOD MORNING!*& HAPPY MONDAY!*& I AM ALWAYS TRYING TO FEED MY SPIRIT WITH GOOD!*& LOVING THINGS!*& SHARING WITH YOU TOO!*I PRAY YOU ALL HAVE A FUN!*WHIMSICAL!*& FILLED WITH GOD'S LOVE DAY!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’™๐Ÿฉถ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿงก๐Ÿงก๐ŸคŽ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿซ‚๐Ÿ›๐Ÿค—

Lisa J. Warner / Lisa LuvLisaWarnerLisaLuv
2025-06-16

๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’โ€โ™€๏ธ*DEAR BELOVED FRIENDS AROUND THE WORLD I JUST WANT TO THANK GOD FOR BEING ABLE TO TRANSLATE OTHER LANGUAGES ON THE NET!*I THINK IT IS A GREAT BLESSING TO UNDERSTAND AROUND THE WORLD ALL PEOPLES SHARES!*AMEN!๐Ÿค—๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค—

2025-06-15

Faithโ€™s Descent into Truth

Psalm 8:1,4-5a. Abba God our Governor, how exalted is your Name in all the world! When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars you have set in their courses, what is humanity that you should be mindful of them?

Introduction

Human beings love things that are familiar and known, predictable. At the root of this love is our nervous systems: they crave comfort and nothing brings it more comfort than what is known and familiar, safe. Knowing (roughly) what the day will bring, allows us to breathe that sigh of relief even if that daily routine is a bit banal. Getting up, coffee, eating breakfast, getting ready, going to work, coming home, making dinner, watching TV, and then going to bed with a good book, is comforting even if itโ€™s also the reason for midlife crises.

Humans love the familiar, the predictable, the known, so much that we will persist in doing things that hinder our thriving, surviving, and living; and weโ€™ll vehemently reject anything new that threatens our security. Thereโ€™s a quote about this, โ€œThe nervous system prefers a familiar hell to an unknown heaven.โ€ We love the familiar so much, weโ€™ll risk relationships to maintain it, weโ€™ll stake our livelihood on it; weโ€™d even choose death to keep safe.

Thereโ€™s a problem for Christians here. We donโ€™t worship a God whoโ€™s โ€œsafe,โ€ โ€œeasy to figure outโ€, and completely โ€œknowable and known.โ€ We donโ€™t worship a God who is static and still (characteristics of death); we worship a God who is dynamic and, on the moveโ€”a God who is living! In Genesis 1, we encounter God who is actively pulling things apart to reveal Godโ€™s dynamic, life-giving, liberating love: the heavens from themselves, the waters from themselves, the land from the waters, and human beings from one to two. In the gospels we see God willing to become human so God can identify with the human plight, to live and die as one of us and then render death to its own death in Jesus. And in Pentecost, we see God, set out to pursue every last beloved in the coming and sealing divine Holy Spirit. To quote Mr. Beaver from CS Lewisโ€™s The Chronicles of Narnia, โ€œโ€˜Safe?โ€™ said Mr. Beaver. โ€˜Who said anything about safe? โ€˜Course he isnโ€™t safe. But heโ€™s good.โ€™โ€

So, to follow this God through faith in Christ and by the power of the Holy Spirit is to go into the unknown, the โ€œunsafe,โ€ the unfamiliar; it is to be sent forward, the path backward forever sealed off. As John records in his gospel,

John 16:12-15

I still have man things to say to you, said Jesus to his disciples, but you all are not able to endure/to carry [them] right now. But as soon as the Spirit of Truth comes, [the Spirit of Truth] will guide/teach you all into all truthโ€ฆ (vv 12-13b). Our gospel passage is part of the โ€œFarewell Discoursesโ€ in the gospel of John. Chapter 16 participates in two different aspects of these โ€œFarewell Discoursesโ€: 1. The disciplesโ€™ future in relation to the world; and 2. The disciplesโ€™ future in relation to God.[1] Our portion of scripture is in the later of the two aspects mentioned: the disciplesโ€™ future in the relation to the world. Jesus is, in 16:12-15, preparing his disciples for the future in respect/relation to God.[2] Jesus tells his disciples know that he is not telling them everything; there is more truth to endure and carry. The knee jerk reaction is to think that Jesus is not disclosing all the pain and suffering these disciples of his will have; thatโ€™s not it. Heโ€™s already addressed what they will face as they proceed into the world with out him. Here heโ€™s talking about the divine self-disclosure of the truth of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

The disciples are not ready to hear what this truth of God is that Jesus knows and the Holy Spirit will proclaim to them. Itโ€™s not a psychological unreadiness; itโ€™s an earthly unreadiness; because of where they are, who they are, when they are, how they are, these disciples are not ready to endure any more of the truth than that which they have at that moment.[3] The dynamic truthโ€”the gospel of love, life, and liberationโ€”must not be given before they are ready, otherwise it will fall flat or it will flatten those too weak to bear it. In other words, the disciples need to grow (more!) and as they do grow, by the presence of the Spirit and by faith in Christ, the same Spirit will be the vehicle of more divine self-disclosure.[4]

Johnโ€™s Jesus continues, for [the Spirit of Truth] will not speak from themself, but [the Spirit of Truth] will speak what they will hear, and that which comes [the Spirit of Truth] will announce/bring back to you (v. 13c-e). Jesus puts some qualifiers on this further divine disclosure the disciples are being prepared for. Whatever truth is to be revealed by the Spirit of Truth will not diverge from Godโ€™s mission in the world or depart from the essence of Jesus Christโ€™s witness to God and his participation in the divine mission. There is something to encounter in the darkness of the future sitting just outside of the material bodies of the disciples, something they cannot prepare for now physically, but can mature toward by faith (trust in God). It is the Spirit of Truth who will illuminate the truth cloaked in the darkness of the future once the disciples are there, and it will also be the voice that summons the disciples into that darkness.[5] Faith will step into the darkness knowing the warm, comforting voice of God, trusting that divine voice, and following the call into more divine disclosure.[6]

And, according to John, That one [the Spirit of Truth] will render me glorious, because [the Spirit of Truth] will receive from me and will announce/bring back word to you all. All things whatever the father has, it is mine; on account of this I spoke that what [the Spirit of Truth] receives from me they will bring back word/announce to you (v 14-15). Whatever truth there is to be revealed in the future, itโ€™s source will be God the Creator and God the Reconciler and announced by God the Sustainer. (Hereโ€™s why this is our gospel for Trinity Sunday!). The Spirit of Truth is not going to deliver some brand-new revelation or reveal some new mystery that contradicts Godโ€™s self-disclosure in Christ.[7] Concurrently, this truth that is to come that they cannot bear now will not be fabricated by the kingdom of humanity; it will be of and from and conform to the core and essence of the reign of God.[8] The Spirit of Truth will make Godโ€™s self-disclosure in Christ real for all those who are to believe; the Spirit of Truth will reveal Godโ€™s truth to the community of disciples, and this truth will adhere to the essence of the divine mission of love, life, and liberation in the worldโ€ฆwherever and whenever they are.[9] It will not be an old word, or a word that has ceased to illuminate the future or will it be a summons backward. The word of truth that the Spirit of Truth will hear and bring back to the disciples will be lamp unto their feet, a map forward, a guide through unchartered territory, it will be an otherworldly voice summoning them forward into the new.[10] And this word of truth will be at the center of the communityโ€™s proclamation and praxis: the community, ushered into this divine truth will bring Jesus, thus God,[11] close to the oppressed and disenfranchised, those who are forced to live at the boarders and in the badlands of society, hidden away, fearing for their lives, just as Christ did all those many years before them.[12]

Conclusion

While there is a historical and concrete audience for Johnโ€™s gospel, there is, also, not one. This is my favorite thing about the Johnโ€™s Gospel: as soon as we take up the text, Jesusโ€™s prayers for and exhortations to the disciples become ours. Thus, as the disciples were summoned into the darkness of the future to behold what the Spirit of Truth will receive and bring back to them, so, too, are we. By the power, love, strength of our Triune God, we are summoned into that which we cannot predict, do not know, and cannot understand (at first). It is our faith in Christ, our union with God, and our empowerment by the Holy Spirit that will be our firm foundation as we proceed into that darkness of the future, it will be our comfort, it will be our warmth, it will be our light. We need not fear what comes, because Jesus has told us that by the Spirit of Truth God and Jesus himself will be there to receive us.

We love going backwards because going backwards is safe, and known, and predictable. We love our routines because they, too, are safe, known, and predictable. We like things to stay the same no matter how much that fixed state means our death. But, as mentioned in the beginning, we worship a Triune God of lifeโ€”manifold, rich, robust, incredible, indelible, irreplaceable life. And in worshiping this God we get no choice but to embrace the darkness of the unknown, the unsafe, and the unpredictable and fall into the warm lap of Abba God, embraced by our brother Jesus, and enfolded in the heavy blanket of the Holy Spirit.

So today, hear the summons to go forwardโ€”as scared as you may be, as angry as you may be, as stubborn as you probably areโ€”and embrace the divine truth being disclosed to you and that participates in Godโ€™s mission of the divine revolution of love, life, and liberation in the world on behalf of all Godโ€™s beloved.

[1] Rudolf Bultmann, The Gospel of John: A Commentary, trans. GR Beasley-Murray, Gen Ed, RWN Hoare and JK Riches (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1971), TOC. Originally published as, Das Evangelium des Johannes (Gรถttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1964, 1966).

[2] Bultmann, John, 573. โ€œThe discourse starts again and the first words show that the subject is not, as it was before, the content of the futureโ€”the task and destiny of the disciplesโ€”but the future as such. The intention behind the prophecy of the continuance of the revelation, contained in vv. 13-15, is to bring about a state of readiness for the future, and v. 12 prepares the way for this.โ€

[3] Bultmann, John, 573. โ€œJesus still has much to say, but the disciples are not yet able to bear it. The words should not be understood psychologically; rather they indicate the essential nature of the case. Readiness for the future is not only demanded by that particular hour, but it describes the very existence of the disciple. The believer has not been taken away from the worldโ€ฆhe has a future in it, and must withstand whatever it brings and demands.โ€

[4] Bultmann, John, 573. โ€œWhat [the believer] has to go through, however, cannot be anticipated in words, which he could not even put together; the believer can only measure the significance and claims of what he has to undergo when he actually meets it. He anticipates the future in faith, not in foreknowledge. And thus the apparent contradiction between v. 12 and 15.15 is comprehensible: Jesus cannot state all that the future will bring, and yet he has said it all, everything, that is, that makes the believer free and ready for it.โ€

[5] Bultmann, John, 574. โ€œIf the Spirit is at work in the word that is proclaimed in the community, then this word gives faith the power to step out into the darkness of the future, because the future is always illumined afresh by the word.โ€

[6] Bultmann, John, 574. โ€œFaith will see the โ€˜truthโ€™ in each case, i.e., it will always be certain of the God who is manifest in the word, precisely because it understands the present in the light of this word. The promise is no different from that in 8.31f.โ€

[7] Bultmann, John, 575. โ€œIt is irrelevant from whom the Spirit hears the word, whether from Jesus or from God; for as v. 15a reminds us, they are one and the same. This means that the Spiritโ€™s word is not something new, to be contrasted with what Jesus said, but that the Spirit only states the latter afresh.โ€

[8] Bultmann, John, 575. โ€œThe statement affirms that the word that is at work in the community really is the word of revelation and not human discourse; i.e. it is like the word that Jesus spoke, which did not come from himself.โ€ And, โ€œThe Spirit will not bring new illumination, or disclose new mysteries; on the contrary, in the proclamation effected by him, the word that Jesus spoke continues to be efficacious.โ€

[9] Bultmann, John, 575. โ€œRather the meaning of this: the future will not be unveiled in a knowledge imparted before it happens, but it will be illuminated again and again by the word that is at work in the community.โ€

[10] Bultmann, John, 576. โ€œThe word of Jesus is not a collection of doctrines that is in need of supplementation, nor is it a developing principle that will only be unfolded in the history of ideas; as the Spiritโ€™s proclamation it always remains the word spoken into the world from beyond.โ€

[11] Bultmann, John, 576. โ€œโ€ฆthat the Spirit continues the proclamation of the word of Jesus means that it is the word of God, i.e. revelation.โ€

[12] Bultmann, John, 576. v. 14 โ€œThis is an express statement that the Spiritโ€™s word does not displace or surpass the word of Jesus, as if it were something new. Rather it is the word of Jesus that will be alive in the communityโ€™s proclamation; the Spirit will โ€˜call it to mindโ€™ (14.26). and herein is to be found the completion of Jesusโ€™ glorification.โ€

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