Guidance 2

guid•ance \ˈgī-dən(t)s\ n

1590

1           : the act or process of guiding

2     a      : the direction provided by a guide

     b      : advice on vocational or educational problems given to students

3           : the process of controlling the course of a projectile by a built-in mechanism[1]

1. God guides through specific directions. (Gen. 12:1-3), (John 16:13)
2. God guides with a visual sign to follow
1. Cloud by Day – Fire by night. (Ex. 13:21)
2. Also provided for needs. (Neh. 9:19-20)
3. God gives light to darkness for guidance. (Isa. 42:16), (2 Sam. 22:29), (Luke 1:79)
4. God guides and provides as a shepherd. (Psa. 80:1), (Psa. 78:52), (Isa. 40:11), (Isa. 58:11), (Ps. 23), (John 10:3, 4)
5. God guides through Pastors

SHEPHERD. (John 10:2) poimen (poy-mane); Strong’s G#4166: A herdsman, sheepherder; one who tends, leads, guides, cherishes, feeds, and protects a flock. The New Testament uses the word for a Christian pastor to whose care and leadership others will commit themselves (Eph. 4:11). The term is applied metaphorically to Christ (John 10:11, 14, 16; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 2:25). [2]

1. God guides through teaching us.(Ps.119:105) (Psa. 25:5, 9), (Psa. 27:11), (Isa. 48:17)
2. God guides while HE Anchors and Protects (Psa. 31:3), (Psa. 32:8), (Ps. 139:10)
3.  God guides through His Spirit. (John 10:3, 4)

God guides us by circumstances, God guides by His word, God guides us by His Spirit, speaking through our common-sense and in our understanding, and, most of all, God guides us by that dear Son of His, in whom is the fire and round whom is the cloud.…[3]

Greek-English Lexicon:

41.40 πνευματικόςc, ή, όν: (derivative of πνεῦμαa ‘Spirit of God,’ 12.18) pertaining to a pattern of life controlled or directed by God’s Spirit—‘spiritual, of spiritual conduct, guided by the Spirit.’ οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλ̓ ὡς σαρκίνοις ‘I could not talk to you as spiritual people, but as worldly people’ 1 Cor 3.1.4

15.182 ὁδηγέωa: to guide or to direct, with the implication of making certain that people reach an appropriate destination—‘to lead, to guide.’ τυφλὸς δὲ τυφλὸν ἐὰν ὁδηγῇ, ἀμφότεροι εἰς βόθυνον πεσοῦνται ‘if one who is blind tries to guide another who is blind, they will both fall into a ditch’ Mt 15.14; ὁδηγήσει αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ ζωῆς πηγὰς ὑδάτων ‘he shall lead them to living springs of water’ Re 7.17.

15.183 ὁδηγόςa, οῦ m: (derivative of ὁδηγέωa ‘to guide,’ 15.182) one who guides—‘guide, leader.’ περὶ Ἰούδα τοῦ γενομένου ὁδηγοῦ τοῖς συλλαβοῦσιν Ἰησοῦν ‘concerning Judas who became the guide for those who arrested Jesus’ Ac 1.16.

15.184 χειραγωγέω: to lead or guide by taking by the hand—‘to lead someone by the hand, to take by the hand.’ χειραγωγοῦντες δὲ αὐτὸν εἰσήγαγον εἰς Δαμασκόν ‘they led him by the hand and took him into Damascus’ Ac 9.8.

15.185 χειραγωγός, οῦ m: (derivative of χειραγωγέω ‘to lead by the hand,’ 15.184) a person who leads another by the hand—‘a guide, one who leads by the hand.’ περιάγων ἐζήτει χειραγωγούς ‘he went around seeking for people to lead him by the hand’ Ac 13.11.

15.186 μετάγω: to cause to move from one place to another by bringing or leading—‘to direct, to steer, to guide.’ εἰ δὲ τῶν ἵππων τοὺς χαλινοὺς εἰς τὰ στόματα βάλλομεν εἰς τὸ πείθεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἡμῖν, καὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα αὐτῶν μετάγομεν ‘if we put bits into the mouths of horses in order to make them obey us, we can guide them’ (literally ‘ … their whole body’) Jas 3.3; μετάγεται ὑπὸ ἐλαχίστου πηδαλίου ‘(the ship) can be steered by means of a very small rudder’ Jas 3.4. [4]

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n northern, noun

act active

[1]Merriam-Webster, Inc: Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. Eleventh ed. Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, Inc., 2003

[2]Hayford, Jack W. ; Thomas Nelson Publishers: Hayford's Bible Handbook. Nashville : Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1995

[3]Hayford, J. W. 1997, c1993. Spirit Filled Life Daily Devotional Bible : New King James Version with 365 readings for the Spirit-Filled Christian (electronic ed.) . Thomas Nelson Publisher: Nashville

4 4 It is possible that πνευματικόςc should be regarded as identical with πνευματικόςa (12.21), but in 1 Cor 3.1 the focus seems to be upon the pattern of behavior rather than upon the state of having received God’s Spirit.

m masculine

[4]Louw, Johannes P. ; Nida, Eugene Albert: Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament : Based on Semantic Domains. electronic ed. of the 2nd edition. New York : United Bible societies, 1996, c1989, S. 1:204