*LIVING SEEDS DEVOTIONALS*
(Life Transforming Words)
Day:176|Friday|June 25th |21
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*THE SPIRITS OF TRUTH*
_Even the spirits of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you_ .
John 14:17(KJV)
Jesus had referred to Himself as “the truth” a few verses earlier (John 14:6) and now the Holy Spirit was called the Spirit of truth. Not only would He indwell the believer permanently, but He is also the Spirit of truth (John 15:26; 16:13). *Jesus had given the corpus of His teaching, but the Spirit would inform the church of God’s truth* . *The Spirit’s major role is to communicate this truth. He is the successive witness to God’s truth to people since Jesus’ departure to heaven.* The Holy Spirit reveals God’s truth (1Cor 2:10-11), inspires it in words (1Cor 2: 12-13), and illumines or makes God’s truth clear (1Cor. 2:14 -16). *Those who are not converted cannot connect to God’s truth because they do not have spiritual life (1Cor 2:14)* . The world represents those who are in system of rebellion against God. This system cannot accept the truth of God or the Spirit of truth because it is profoundly hostile against Him. Note that Jesus did not say that the world would not receive the Spirit but that it cannot receive Him. Yet this does not mean that there will not be some who will receive Him. It means that those operating under the world system will not be able to accept Him. Whom is in the neuter gender. This does not mean that the Holy Spirit is not a person, but it is simply a grammatical issue because whom agrees with Spirit, which is in the neuter. Elsewhere the masculine gender is used of the Holy Spirit as a person (John 14:26; 15: 26; 16: 7-8; 13-14). The Holy Spirit is invisible to lost people. *The world cannot perceive the Spirit; it cannot grasp how He works in the world. This is especially true when it comes to truth* . The world system begins with man and limits itself to finite knowledge. *The Spirit of truth functions supernaturally* ; it is only through the Spirit that people can break through finite understanding to infinite understanding. The world cannot personally know the activities of the Spirit because it does not have the means of doing so. It is no surprise that the world did not know the Spirit, because it did not know Jesus when He came into the world (John 1:10).It is impossible to become a Christian by operation bootstraps. People want to assume for themselves the right to determine what is true. If man begins with man, he will go no further than man. Finiteness can never find infiniteness. If God is the only infinite being, then man is at the mercy of God to reveal Himself. To use a philosophical term, man is logically at the mercy of God. If truth lies beyond finiteness, then the Holy Spirit must take the initiative to communicate what is real, and man must open his will to it. Beloved, Are you frustrated in the attempt to find God on your own terms, If so, why not let the Holy Spirit speak to you through the Bible. The Bible is God’s revelation about His infinite being and His plan for you. Shalom!!!
*SHALL WE PRAY* :Father in the name of Jesus, let the Holy Spirit dwell richly in my life
*THE BIBLE THROUGH*
Job 41-42
*MEDITATION*
John 17:1-20
*SURE PROPHECY* . I decree you will operate in supernatural increase in the name of Jesus.
©Thomas Adegbile, Senior Pastor, Revealed Life Christian centre. 08035868741
