I am sure you are familiar with the Gospel of John, chapter 10. Jesus makes it clear that those who belong to Him hear His voice. He is the Good Shepherd, and we are His sheep. His sheep not only hear His voice, but they recognize His voice as well and will follow Him. Those who are not His cannot recognize His voice.
When the Bible speaks of Darkness, it can mean two things. First, of course, is the spiritual realm of Satan and evil. However, many times darkness is talking about “ignorance” or not being able to see the truth- which is light. Look at the next two verses: Show More
- 1 Corinthians 12:1 Now concerning spiritual gifts, brethren, I do not want you to be ignorant: (not knowing truth, in darkness)
Jesus speaks to us through the Holy Spirit…
John 16:13 However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.
- The Bible or the Word– the author, is the Holy Spirit of God.
- Through teaching and preaching of the Word
- Through the circumstances of life, that line up with the Word.
Notice that I have emphasized the term- Word! We understand that the Word in this sense, means the Word of God- the scriptures. However, did you realize that Word, while used about 230 times in the New Testament, can mean two things. The Greek language uses two different, but related definitions for the term “Word”.
- Logos– objective, it applies to all believers, the Bible.
- Rhema– subjective, an utterance, a word spoken for a certain time or circumstance, supported by the Spirit of the scriptures.
Power of the Holy Spirit, even in our human weakness…
1 Corinthians 2:1… Paul’s testimony of his reliance upon the Holy Spirit to guide his words and actions.
“1 And I, brethren, when I came to you, did not come with excellence of speech or of wisdom declaring to you the testimony of God.
2 For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.
3 I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
4 And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power,
5 that your faith should not be in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.”
The Father has opened communication with His children.
1 Corinthians 2:9… God has given us the ability, through the Holy Spirit, to discern, understand, and act upon His Word! By Word, meaning that which is read or heard from the Bible, and the Word as the Holy Spirit brings to remembrance or, speaks to us in our daily lives.
“9 But as it is written: “Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, Nor have entered into the heart of man The things which God has prepared for those who love Him.” (Not by our physical senses of seeing, hearing or the mind, but by personal revelation.)
10 But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all things, yes, the deep things of God.
11 For what man knows the things of a man except the Spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.
12 Now we have received, not the Spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
13 These things we also speak, not in words which man’s wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.
14 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.
15 But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is rightly judged by no one.
16 For “who has known the mind of the Lord that he may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.”
All of this means that when we are born-again, the Holy Spirit comes to live in us, we are the “temple of the Holy Spirit.” The Spirit is the evidence that we are born-again! Because our spirit-man has been made alive in Jesus Christ we are able to communicate, Spirit to Spirit, with God!
That is why Jesus could say in John 16:13, “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.”
Jesus loves you and has equipped you with mighty power, the power of the Holy Spirit! Learn to hear and be led by His Spirit!
Blessings
