LEARNING DAILY

John 14:25-26, “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring them to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”  Jesus

I’m not sure I would like to know about difficult situations ahead of time or not. I might like to know about them if that information came with guidance regarding how to deal with what was coming. While Jesus was with the disciples, they could listen to His teachings and ask Him questions. Often, they did not understand; they would after His death and resurrection. It was after they received the Holy Spirit in their life that they came to fully understand the full picture of what Jesus taught. Then, they were able to preach to and teach others.

Believers, today, have the benefit of 2,000 years of teaching and scholarship. No one should shake their heads at the disciples’ lack of understanding of Jesus teaching. Paul wrote in       1Corinthians 2:14, “The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.” Non-believers, those not led by the Holy Spirit simply lack a godly perspective.

Once again, this statement is not to be taken out of context. Jesus is speaking about the teaching He has given while He has been with the disciples on earth. It does not guarantee that one will be an expert on all earthly teaching. That may be difficult for some to believe! It also does not mean that the Holy Spirit will give “new revelation” or “personal revelation”. The Holy spirit will reinforce what Jesus has already taught and guide Believers to understand more fully the truths of God’s Word.

The moment you asked Jesus into your heart the Holy Spirit came to live in your heart and began to change you. As you walk the narrow way, the Holy Spirit is changing you to look more like Jesus – that’s sanctification. The Holy Spirit helps us to understand and to be obedient to God’s commands. As Jesus promised the disciples in the Upper Room, He gives Believers the Holy Spirit to equip them to know, to understand, and apply the teachings of Jesus to our lives.