What Couldn’t Jesus Tell the Disciples Because They Couldn’t BEAR IT?

The Lord made this interesting statement to His disciples:

12“I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.

John 16:12-13

There were some things that Christ simply could not tell the disciples because they wouldn’t be able to handle the knowledge at the time. Yet the Holy Spirit would later reveal these things to the early Church. What were these things? Here’s a list:

The entire Mosaic system would be set aside since believers are not under the Law (Romans 7:6).
The Sabbath and Hebrew festivals would be abolished (Colossians 2:16-17).
Having a covenant with God and obtaining the corresponding eternal salvation would be extended to Gentile believers and they were to be equal members of the Church (Acts 9:15, 11:18, 28:28, Romans 11:11, etc.).
The Messiah was not a political savior who would save the Hebrews from the oppression of the Roman Empire, but rather something far greater — a spiritual savior who sets people free from the bondage of satan’s dominion and sin & death (Acts 26:18, John 3:36 & 2 Timothy 1:10).

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