Holy Spirit - Part 7: Our Bible Commentator
The Holy Spirit makes the things of God and His Word clear to us.
1 Cor 2:10
“... God hath revealed them (things of God) unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God”.
The natural man cannot understand the things of God because he does not have the Holy Spirit to teach him.
1 Cor 2:14
“But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned”.
The Spirit has revealed unto us the things of God prepared for us because we love Him as proven in 1Cor 2:9 :
“... the things that God hath prepared for them that love Him”.
There are some aspects of God that man cannot understand and only the Spirit knows them and therefore only the Spirit can show them to us.
1 Cor 2:11
“For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit which is in him? Even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God”.
Many people try to discover what the Bible is all about by approaching them with human intellect. They cannot understand spiritual things without the Holy Spirit to open their minds, so such things appear foolish to them.
1 Cor 2:12
“Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is of God; that we might know the things that are freely given us of God”.
The Holy Spirit is our teacher and Bible commentator guide in spiritual things. Jesus made this promise to all who would follow Him.
John 14:26
“But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you”.
When we sit down to read our Bible we should always begin by asking the Holy Spirit to open our minds and hearts to receive and understand what we are reading.
1 John 2:27
“... ye need not any man teach you … but the same anointing teacheth you all things, and is truth...”.
The Word of God is our spiritual food and we cannot grow as Christians without it. When we read and study the word, the Holy Spirit plants scripture in our minds which will bring us to remember those teachings in our times of greatest need.
He guides us into all truth and shows us the things that are going to happen so that we are well prepared when they do.
1 Thes 5:4
“But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief”.
The Holy Spirit cares for us as he walks along side us and dwells within us, keeping us always moving closer to the Lord as our guide, while at the same time teaching us what the Lord wishes those who are His children to know.