John the apostle has been sharing with us about having fellowship with God. God's desire is to have a relationship with every person who lives, and yet, some will not, some have not realized the barrier of sin that separates them from God, some simply do not know that God sent His Son Jesus to remove the barrier of sin so that any person who believes and trusts in Jesus' sacrifice may now have fellowship with God. The difficult part in all of this is, “How does a person come to know whether all of the things of the Bible about the salvation plan of God are true?” How do we know deep within our souls that Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life according to the gospel of John chapter fourteen and verse six? Today John helps us by sharing about the anointed teacher who will instruct us. In First John chapter two and verse twenty-seven he writes:
But the anointing which ye have received of him abides in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Whenever we see the word “but” in the Bible, we can realize that whatever was said just before “but” will now be superseded by this next statement. If you recall, John has been sharing with us about the spirit of antichrists that are in the world to seduce us away from the truth about Jesus Christ. Many people have been deceived who believed these offerings, and therefore have rejected the teachings of the Bible. John now lets us know that there is an “anointing” which we have received, and this anointing lives within us. This is who the Bible refers to as the Holy Spirit. Let's look at what Jesus Himself said about the Holy Spirit in the gospel of John chapter sixteen and verse thirteen:
However when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will show you things to come.
The Holy Spirit is the Divine Teacher. Jesus gave us the promise that even though He would physically leaving the Earth, He would leave behind “the Spirit of truth” and His function would be to guide us into all truth, not speak of Himself, and speak whatever He heard, and show us things to come. John repeats this idea in our verse for today. The Holy Spirit of God is our teacher.
First, He comes along side of us to share with us the truth of God's salvation plan for our sins. Next, when we receive Jesus as our Savior He comes to live within us, and we begin our journey of walking with God. Finally, He comes upon us to give us the ability to live a Christian life in a manner that others are drawn to God by our lives. The Holy Spirit teaches us all things, is truth, and is no lie, and we benefit greatly by listening to Him, especially as we read the Bible. We then abide with Him in our daily lives. This is how we know whether those “antichrists” and their doctrines are true or leading us away from fellowship with God.
Next time we shall share together about the benefits of abiding in fellowship with the Holy Spirit, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.
Until tomorrow...there is more...
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