{"id":3366,"date":"2015-08-06T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T07:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoc6.org\/global\/?p=3366"},"modified":"2015-08-06T00:00:13","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T07:00:13","slug":"86-god-is-with-you-%e8%af%97919-16-%e6%9e%97%e5%89%8d26-16-%e4%bb%a3%e4%b8%8a222-2332","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hoc6.org\/global\/2015\/08\/06\/86-god-is-with-you-%e8%af%97919-16-%e6%9e%97%e5%89%8d26-16-%e4%bb%a3%e4%b8%8a222-2332\/","title":{"rendered":"8\/6: God is With You (\u8bd791:9-16 \u6797\u524d2:6-16 \u4ee3\u4e0a22:2-23:32)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u8bfb\u7ecf\uff1a\u8bd791:9-16 \u6797\u524d2:6-16 \u4ee3\u4e0a22:2-23:32<\/h2>\n

God is With You<\/h2>\n
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I wonder whether you have ever had this experience: you are talking to a friend about your faith and they are looking back at you with a blank stare. They have no idea what you are talking about. When you talk about a relationship with God or about knowing Jesus, to them it is like you are speaking about an \u2018imaginary friend\u2019. It makes no sense to them at all.<\/p>\n

The apostle Paul makes the point that you can only understand spiritual truths with the help of the Holy Spirit. The person \u2018without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are spiritually discerned\u2019 (1 Corinthians 2:14). When God is with us by his Holy Spirit he gives us understanding, \u2018that we may understand what God has freely given us\u2019 (v.12).<\/p>\n

\u2018God with us\u2019 (Immanuel) is one of the titles the New Testament uses for Jesus (Matthew 1:23). He is always with you. In the service of Holy Communion the minister says, \u2018The Lord be with you,\u2019 to which the congregation replies, \u2018And also with you.\u2019 These are momentous words. That the God who created the universe should be with you is not something to be taken lightly. It is an extraordinary and wonderful promise. To experience God with you by his Spirit is life changing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. With you in trouble<\/h2>\n

Psalm 91:9-16<\/a>In the difficult times, \u2018in trouble\u2019 (v.15), you may sometimes feel that God has left you. In these times listen to God\u2019s promises over and above your feelings and emotions.<\/p>\n

This psalm is all about God\u2019s protection and encourages you not to be afraid:<\/p>\n

\u2018If you make the Most High your dwelling \u2013
\neven the Lord, who is my refuge \u2013
\nthen no harm will befall you,
\nno disaster will come near your tent\u2019 (v.9).<\/p>\n

This might appear to be the recipe for a trouble-free life. However, the psalmist goes on:<\/p>\n

\u2018\u201cBecause you love me,\u201d says the Lord, \u201cI will rescue you;
\nI will protect you, for you acknowledge my name.
\nYou will call upon me, and I will answer you;
\nI will be with you in trouble<\/em>\u201d\u2019 (vv.14\u201315).<\/p>\n

It is clear from this that those who love the Lord will not avoid trouble<\/em>. God does not promise a trouble-free life. Rather, he promises that he will rescue you and protect you and answer your prayers. More than that he promises, \u2018I will be with you<\/em>\u2019 in trouble. This is what makes all the difference. Even in the darkest times, he is with you. You are never alone.<\/p>\n

Thank you, Lord, that you are with me in times of trouble. Thank you for your rescue, deliverance, protection and answers to my prayers.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lord, today I call upon you again\u2026<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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2. With you by his Spirit<\/h2>\n

1 Corinthians 2:6-16<\/a>Through the Holy Spirit, God is with you in the most extraordinary way \u2013 he is actually in<\/em> you. It would be impossible for God to be with you any more fully than he is through his Spirit.<\/p>\n

In this passage Paul explains some of the extraordinary benefits of God being with you in this way: \u2018Spirit can be known only by spirit \u2013 God\u2019s Spirit and our spirits in open communion. Spiritually alive, we have access to everything God\u2019s Spirit is doing, and can\u2019t be judged by unspiritual critics. Isaiah\u2019s question, \u201cIs there anyone around who knows God\u2019s Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?\u201d has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ\u2019s Spirit\u2019 (vv.15\u201316, MSG).<\/p>\n

Like the psalmist, the apostle Paul expounds on all the wonderful things that \u2018God has prepared for those who love him<\/em>\u2019 (v.9, see also Psalm 91:14, \u2018Because you love me<\/em>\u2026 \u2018).<\/p>\n

Paul compares God\u2019s wisdom to the \u2018fashionable wisdom of high-priced experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so\u2019 (1 Corinthians 2:6, MSG). God\u2019s secret wisdom has been revealed to us (vv.6\u201310) \u2013 the wonder of Jesus\u2019 life, death and resurrection. The rulers of the world did not understand it. If they had, they would not have crucified Jesus: \u2018The Lord of glory\u2019 (v.8).<\/p>\n

God\u2019s secret wisdom is amazing. \u2018No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him<\/em>\u2019 (v.9).<\/p>\n

In his book, True Spirituality<\/em>, Vaughan Roberts notes that there is a four-fold process in which the Holy Spirit reveals God\u2019s wisdom to us.<\/p>\n