Part 2: GOD the Spirit
We are from GOD, and
whoever knows GOD listens to us;
but whoever is not
from GOD does not listen to us.
This is how we
recognize the Spirit of truth
and the spirit of
falsehood. 1 John 4:6 NIV
JESUS prayed for His disciples and the world
before he was crucified. He taught His disciples
to pray and He told them that they would be given an advocate—the Spirit of
truth. This advocate was a gift to JESUS CHRIST’S and GOD’S believers. The advocate
is not nor ever was intended for the world’s unbelievers, the advocate was sent
to the believers to be with them forever to ensure truthful counsel and
teachings from GOD.
This
is what JESUS said:
“If you love me, obey my commandments. And I
will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, who will never
leave you. He is the Holy Spirit, who leads into all truth. The world cannot
receive Him, because it isn’t looking for Him and doesn’t recognize Him. But
you know Him, because He lives with you now and later will be in you. John
14: 15-17 NLT
Please make note what JESUS
said about the Holy Spirit and after you fully grasp this, it is easier to
understand why many people will not accept JESUS CHRIST’S counsel.
Believers have to accept JESUS CHRIST before
we are given the
knowledge and wisdom to fully, fully
understand the deep things of GOD.
Apostle Paul told the
Corinthians this:
When I first came to you,
dear brothers and sisters, I didn’t use lofty words and impressive wisdom to
tell you GOD’S secret plan. For I decided that while I was with you I would forget
everything except JESUS CHRIST, the one who was crucified. came to you in
weakness—timid and trembling. And my message and my preaching were very plain.
Rather than using clever and persuasive speeches, I relied only on the power of
the Holy Spirit. I did this so you would trust not in human wisdom but in the
power of GOD.
Yet when I am among mature
believers, I do speak with words of wisdom, but not the kind of wisdom that
belongs to this world or to the rulers of this world, who are soon forgotten.
No, the wisdom we speak of is the mystery of GOD—His plan that was previously
hidden, even though He made it for our ultimate glory before the world began.
But the rulers of this world have not understood it; if they had, they would
not have crucified our glorious LORD. That is what the Scriptures mean when
they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what GOD
has prepared for those who love Him.”
But it was to us that GOD
revealed these things by His Spirit. For His Spirit searches out everything and
shows us GOD’S deep secrets. No one can know a person’s thoughts except that
person’s own spirit, and no one can know GOD’S thoughts except GOD’S own
Spirit. And we have received GOD’S Spirit (not the world’s spirit), so we can
know the wonderful things God has freely given us.
When we tell you these
things, we do not use words that come from human wisdom. Instead, we speak
words given to us by the Spirit, using the Spirit’s words to explain spiritual truths
But people who aren’t spiritual can’t receive these truths from GOD’S Spirit.
It all sounds foolish to them and they can’t understand it, for only those who
are spiritual can understand what the Spirit means. Those who are spiritual can
evaluate all things, but they themselves cannot be evaluated by others. For, “Who
can know the Lord’S thoughts? Who
knows enough to teach Him?” But we understand these things, for we
have the mind of CHRIST. 1 Corinthians 2:1-16 NLT
*Excerpt
Taken from Part 2: God the Spirit of My Latest Book
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