Insight from the Spirit
When he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. John 16:13
READ John 16:12–15
As the French soldier dug in the desert
sand, reinforcing the defenses of his army’s encampment, he had no idea
he would make a momentous discovery. Moving another shovelful of sand,
he saw a stone. Not just any stone. It was the Rosetta Stone, containing
a listing of the good things King Ptolemy V had done for his priests
and the people of Egypt written in three scripts. That stone (now housed
in the British Museum) would be one of the most important
archaeological finds of the nineteenth century, helping to unlock the
mysteries of the ancient Egyptian writing known as hieroglyphics.
For many of us, much of Scripture is also wrapped in deep mystery.
Still, the night before the cross, Jesus promised His followers that He
would send the Holy Spirit. He told them, “But when he, the Spirit
of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak
on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what
is yet to come” (John 16:13). The Holy Spirit is, in a sense, our
divine Rosetta Stone, shedding light on the truth—including truths
behind the mysteries of the Bible.
While we’re not promised absolute understanding of everything given
to us in the Scriptures, we can have confidence that by the Spirit we
can comprehend everything necessary for us to follow Jesus. He will
guide us into those vital truths.
By Bill Crowder |
What are some portions of the Bible you have
found difficult? List them and ask the Holy Spirit to guide you into
better understanding of those Scriptures.
God of all truth, help me to rest in the Spirit of truth that I might better understand the wisdom You’ve provided.
Read A Message for All Time: Understanding and Applying the Bible. | | | | |
SCRIPTURE INSIGHT
Before Jesus left the earth, He promised His
disciples He would send “the Spirit of truth,” who would guide them
“into all the truth” (John 16:13). The Spirit would relay what Jesus
made known to Him. Jesus also told them that when they were arrested and
brought to trial, they needn’t “worry beforehand about what to say.”
Instead they were to speak whatever was given them to say because it
would be “the Holy Spirit” speaking (Mark 13:11). In Luke, Jesus says
something similar: “When you are brought before . . . authorities, do
not worry about how you will defend yourselves or what you will say, for
the Holy Spirit will teach you at that time what you should say”
(12:11–12; see John 14:26). In a season of persecution, the Holy Spirit
will help and equip all believers in Jesus.
Alyson Kieda
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