By passing the message to another teacher

He will keep using figures and comparisons

He will leave the Father out of the message

Avoid explaining until every question is solved

Keep only using symbols, even when people are confused

Keep listening with trust, since fuller clarity is coming

Assume no more understanding will ever come

Fill in the blanks with your own ideas and call it truth

Stop paying attention because the wait feels too long

If you would like to receive Jesus, pray this with me: Lord Jesus, I admit that I have sinned and often lived with my own ideas instead of your truth. I turn from my sin and ask you to forgive me. I believe you died for me and rose again. Thank you that you reveal the Father and bring me into the truth. I confess you as my Lord, and I ask you to come into my life and lead me. Amen.

Lord, Make Yourself Known to Me

Father, revive your Church so we speak about you with clarity and courage. Free us from cloudy words, religious noise, and fear of being understood. Let our lives and our speech point people truly to you, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Renew Clear Witness in Your Church

Father, thank you that Jesus does not leave us in confusion forever. Thank you that he speaks in ways we can understand and that he brings us into a clearer knowledge of you. Help me receive his words with gratitude, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

Thank You for Speaking Plainly

Name one area where you feel confused about God. Ask Jesus to make the Father clearer in his time, and ask for the patience to keep listening instead of filling the gaps yourself.

Pray for Clarity

Bring these to God: your unfinished questions, any habit of pretending certainty, and your desire to know the Father more truly. Ask for a listening heart that waits for Jesus to make things plain.

Growing in Trust When Understanding Is Partial

Pray for someone who sees God as distant or confusing, that Jesus would reveal the Father to them with clarity, that their questions would lead them toward faith, and that your words would help rather than hinder, in the name of Jesus. Amen.

For Seekers Who Need the Father Revealed

Ταῦτα{TAF-ta###TAHF-tah###These things} ἐν{en###ehn###in} παροιμίαις{pa-ree-MEE-es###pah-ree-MEE-ehs###figures of speech} λελάληκα{le-LA-lee-ka###leh-LAH-lee-kah###I have spoken} ὑμῖν·{ee-MEEN###ee-MEEN###to you} ⸀ἔρχεται{ER-khe-te###EHR-khe-teh###is coming} ὥρα{HO-ra###HOH-rah###hour} ὅτε{HO-te###HOH-teh###when} οὐκέτι{oo-KE-tee###oo-KEH-tee###no longer} ἐν{en###ehn###in} παροιμίαις{pa-ree-MEE-es###pah-ree-MEE-ehs###figures of speech} λαλήσω{la-LEE-so###lah-LÊ-soh###I will speak} ὑμῖν{ee-MEEN###ee-MEEN###to you} ἀλλὰ{a-LA###ah-LAH###but} παρρησίᾳ{par-ree-SEE-a###pahr-ree-SEE-ah###plainly} περὶ{pe-REE###peh-REE###about} τοῦ{too###too###the} πατρὸς{pa-TROS###pah-TROHS###Father} ⸀ἀπαγγελῶ{a-paNG-YE-LO###ah-pahNG-YEH-LOH###I will tell} ὑμῖν.{ee-MEEN###ee-MEEN###to you}

John 16 : 25 - Revelation, Clarity, Transition

I have told you these things in parables ; an hour is approaching when I will no longer use parables with you, but I will speak openly to you about the Father .

	Lambda	l — as in law
	Alpha	ah — as in father
	Lambda	l — as in law
	Eta	i — as in machine
	Sigma	s — as in sit
	Omega	o — same as omicron

λαλήσω

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Word in context

In context — John 16:25

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