Being Taught by The Holy Spirit

“These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.” (John 14:25-27 NASB1995)

Jesus Christ was speaking to his disciples. He was letting them know that he was going to be leaving them, but that one day he would return for them. In the meanwhile he was going to prepare a place for them, so they were not to be afraid. And this parallels over to the Jewish marriage of that day where the bride and the groom signed a marriage contract, but they did not consummate their marriage until after the groom went and prepared a place for them and then he returned for his bride and he took her to be with him. 

In the meanwhile, the bride and the groom were to be faithful to each other, even though they had not yet united with each other physically. And it is the same with our relationship with Jesus Christ. By faith in him we enter into a marriage covenant with him. But while we wait for him to prepare a place for us, and for him to return to take us to be with him for eternity, we are also to remain faithful to our husband, Jesus Christ, by walking with him in obedience to his commands, and by putting sin to death daily, by the Spirit.

[Matthew 7:13-14,21-23; Luke 9:23-26; John 10:27-30; Acts 26:18; Romans 1:18-32; Romans 2:5-10; Romans 3:23; Romans 6:1-23; Romans 8:1-14; 1 Corinthians 10:1-22; Galatians 5:16-24; Ephesians 2:8-10; Ephesians 4:17-32; Ephesians 5:3-6; Titus 2:11-14; Hebrews 3:1-19; Hebrews 4:1-13; Hebrews 10:19-39; Hebrews 12:1-2; 1 Peter 2:24; 1 John 1:1-10; 1 John 2:3-6; 1 John 3:4-10; Revelation 2:1-29; Revelation 3:1-22]

And then Jesus went on to talk about how, if we claim that we love him, we must be his followers who obey (keep) his commandments (now The New Covenant). He said, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our abode with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me” (John 14:23-24 NASB1995). So, if we refuse him, we do not love him, and we do not know him.

These things, and more, were what Jesus spoke to his disciples while he was still abiding with them on the earth. But Jesus was not going to leave them alone. So, after he was resurrected from the dead, and he had spent about 40 days revealing (showing) himself alive to many people, he ascended back to heaven to be with God the Father. And later on he sent the Holy Spirit to indwell his followers. And since that time, all of us who believe in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior have the Holy Spirit of God dwelling within us.

And the purpose of the Holy Spirit living within us is to be God/Christ living within us in the person of the Holy Spirit. And he is to teach us all things pertaining to Christ. So the Lord does not speak to us, his servants, only through his written word, but he also speaks to us through the Holy Spirit living within us. But what we believe we are hearing from the Holy Spirit within us must not contradict the teachings of Christ. For example, the fruit of the Spirit is self-control, not the things which have us out of control.

And why do we need the Holy Spirit? Well, as we read the Scriptures, we need the guidance of the Holy Spirit in understanding what they teach us and how they are to be applied to our lives. Also, God assigns each of his servants a particular body part within the body of Christ, as a whole. But the written Scriptures do not tell us what our specific body parts and callings from God and the gifts of the Spirit are for each of us individually. So, the Spirit leads us in knowing what God has assigned for us individually.

Since Jesus Christ is no longer with humans on this earth in person, he sent his Holy Spirit to indwell his followers to be Jesus living within us, talking to us, and giving us guidance and direction in the way the Lord would have us to go each and every individual day, like Jesus spoke to people individually when he lived on this earth. The Scriptures speak to us all collectively, but the Holy Spirit within us speaks to us individually so that we know what God has for us to do and to be and to say each and every day of our lives.

[Mark 13:11; Luke 2:26; Luke 4:18-19; Luke 10:21; Luke 12:11-12; John 14:26; John 15:26; John 16:13; Acts 1:8; Acts 2:17-18; Acts 11:12; Acts 13:2; Acts 16:6-10; Acts 20:23; Romans 8:9,14; 1 Corinthians 2:14-16; 1 Corinthians 12:7,11,18; Romans 12:1-8; Ephesians 4:1-16]

As the Deer 

By Martin J. Nystrom

Based off Psalm 42:1

As the deer panteth for the water

So my soul longeth after You

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

You alone are my strength, my shield

To You alone may my spirit yield

You alone are my heart's desire

And I long to worship You

 

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