The Spirit-Taught Truth

I John 2:27:  But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you and you do not need that anyone teach you; but as the same anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you will abide in Him.

This is such incredibly good news! 

Have you ever thought you were not smart enough to discern between truth and error; good and evil.  The fear that we might not get it right compels us to listen to other voices instead of going to the word and listening for the instruction of the Holy Spirit. 

When at Mt. Sinai, the Children of Israel made a decision to put Moses between them and God because they were afraid of Him.  It seems that is our tendency.  Fear of not knowing enough, fear of authority, fear of assuming responsibility, etc. encourages us to put that person, teacher, preacher, group, etc. in between God and us. 

This scripture frees us from the self-limiting lie that the truth is beyond our comprehension.  Those authorities who have all the answers often have come out from situations of being under abusive spiritual authority.  They have moved into positions of being a spiritually abusive authority with their own answers.   Anytime you find a situation that is creating the us/them paradigm…run.

This doesn’t mean that we are above instruction.  It does mean that all of man’s instruction needs to line up with God’s instruction in the Bible...when He (Holy Spirit) is come, He will guide you into all truth.  It is very obvious that people take Scripture and distort it and create all type of creeds and theologies that are not anointed.

It seems that God’s word has to be read and understood from a place of love and communion.  If I trust Him with everyone and everything, I will not be trying to “sit on His throne.”  The Church of Ephesus got sidetracked with the doctrine of the Nicolations.  It is easy for all of us to get sidetracked trying to prove this or that.  All that energy causes us to lose our first love…relationship/communion with God.  I would rather be known for what I am for (Jesus Christ and His love) than for what I am against.  We strengthen what we fight against…this world is a great example of this truth.  If we spent as much time, energy, and money into what we are for, it would be a different world.

God wants to communicate with us.  It is promised that His Spirit leads us into all truth.  Praise God.  There is no reason to feel inadequate.  Humility is the very best place from which to come to the Word in seeking truth.  We often measure “right” with what the Christian crowd does.  The righteous stand, however, is different.  We are warned against false prophets and antichrists.  These are in the church.  Stay in the Word, dear friends.  Our text today gives me much courage to believe in the truth that what God has started in me, He will continue!