Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Spirit Of Truth!

The Holy Spirit, a free gift from God. We hear a lot about the Holy Spirit, but God is the one who gives the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Trinity and is our helper and our teacher when we are studying the Word of God. When Jesus was about to return to the Father, He told his disciples that the Father would send them a helper after He had returned to Heaven.
John; 14:16
(And I will pray the Father and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever)

When you become a born again Christian, the Holy Spirit comes and dwells in you. He takes up permanent residence in a believer. You might ask "how do I know the Holy Spirit is in me"? If you have given your life to Jesus Christ, you do have the Holy Spirit in you. If you haven't given your life to Jesus, then you don't have the Holy Spirit in you.
Romans; 8:9
(But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he is not His.)
The Spirit of God makes His home in everyone who trust in Jesus Christ.
1Corinthians; 6:19
(Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own?)

THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH
The Holy Spirit is the source of truth and He communicates truth to all believers. If you do not have the Spirit, you cannot know the truths from God's Word.
1John; 2:27
(But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.)
God's Holy Spirit guards and guides the true believer into all truths. The world doesn't have this help because He is given to true believers.
1Corinthians; 2:12-14
(Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know all things that have been freely given to us by God. These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual. But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.)

When you are studying God's Word, ask Him to open your eyes to all of the truths in the Word.
Luke; 24:45
(And He opened their understanding, that they might comprehend the Scriptures.)


God Bless You!

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