“I have yet many things to tell you, but you can’t bear them now.I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
John 16:12 · WEBKJVRead the whole chapter →
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The same threadJohn 16:25
The same conversation promises an end to figures of speech, when He will speak plainly about the Father.
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”
The same threadHebrews 5:14
What is withheld is not withheld forever; maturity, exercised by use, is what opens the solid food.
“But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”
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The same thread (this verse)Mark 4:33-34
Jesus measured His teaching to what His hearers could carry, and told them plainly that He was holding things back.
“With many such parables he spoke the word to them, as they were able to hear it. Without a parable he didn’t speak to them; but privately to his own disciples he explained everything.And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were able to hear it. But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples.”
The same thread (this verse)John 16:25
The plainness Jesus promises answers the burden He said they could not yet bear.
“I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.”
The same thread (this verse)Hebrews 5:14
Growing up into solid food is the answer to the things Jesus said they could not yet bear.
“But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern both good and evil.”