“But you have been anointed by the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.” 1 John 2:20
June 27, 2023
If you are a Christian, you have been given the Holy Spirit. Part of His work within us is providing the ability to detect false teaching. Specifically, the Holy Spirit helps to protect believers from falling into theological error. For this to happen it is necessary to develop a mind that is saturated with biblical truth. It is a hand in a glove relationship. The hand is the Spirit of God. The glove is correct doctrine. The apostle John is underscoring the Spirit’s enabling work for the understanding of biblical teaching and its significance in one’s life. It is like having a flash light when walking through dark surroundings which can keep us from being deceived about what is true and what is not true. This is not saying that we can receive direct revelation from God like the apostles did when writing Scripture. Nor is it saying that Christians have instinctive knowledge about what is true. The Spirit always works with and through God’s Word. There is a false teaching that says we can get impressions within which are equal to the Word of God. Do you know the truth about Jesus Christ? Are you harboring some untruth about Christ? We can never know too much about the Lord Jesus Christ, so to love Him more.
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“Since He looked upon me my heart is not my own. He hath run away to heaven with it.” Samuel Rutherford