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Spirit Of Truth

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XV.

The Spirit of Truth)

XV.

The Spirit of Truth.

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth in John 14:17, “Even the Spirit 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”

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth because it is the work of the Holy Spirit to communicate truth, to impart truth, to those who receive Him

The Key is Who Receive Him

This comes out in the passage given above, and, if possible, it comes out even more clearly in John 16:13, R. V., “Howbeit when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He shall guide you into all the truth: for He shall not speak from Himself; but what things soever He shall hear, these shall He speak: and He shall declare unto you the things that are to come.”

All truth is from the Holy Spirit.

It is only as He teaches us that we come to know the truth.

The Truth & The Life

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

A Handbook on the Gospel of John (John 14:6)

What is the relation between the words way, truth, and life?

In the present context Jesus as “the way” is the primary focus, and “truth” and “life” are somehow related to Jesus as “the way.”

Thus there are two possible interpretations:

(1) The emphasis may be on the goal to which the way leads .

If this exegesis is followed, one may translate “I am the way that leads to the truth and to life”; or, expressed more fully, “I am the way that leads to the truth (about God) and to the life (that God gives).”

(2) However, the emphasis may be on the way itself.

If this exegesis is followed, “truth” and “life” must be taken as qualifiers of “way,” which is primary in the context.

One may then render “I am the true way, the way that gives people life.”

Or, more fully, “I am the way that reveals the truth (about God) and gives life (to people).”

In effect, the two possible interpretations are close in meaning, and it is difficult to argue for one against the other.

However, the context would seem to favor the second.

Questions:

Since you have gained a closer walk with Christ, has the Holy Spirit revealed any truth about you?

Since we have been studying the bait of satan and the works of the flesh has any truth come out of these teachings?

John 14.17 States the world does not know him

This Leads Me To My Next Description:

XVI.

The Spirit of Wisdom and Understanding

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of wisdom and understanding in Isa.

11:2

“And the Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.”

The significance of the name is so plain as to need no explanation.

It is evident both from the words used and from the context that it is the work of the Holy Spirit to impart wisdom and understanding to those who receive Him.

Those who receive the Holy Spirit receive the Spirit “of power” and “of love” and “of a sound mind” or sound sense

Mighty Power

Mighty Love

Mighty Mind

XVII.

The Spirit of Counsel and Might.

We find this name used of the Holy Spirit in the passage given under the preceding head.

The meaning of this name too is obvious, the Holy Spirit is called “the Spirit of counsel and of might” because He gives us counsel in all our plans and strength to carry them out

It is our privilege to have God’s own counsel in all our plans and God’s strength in all the work that we undertake for Him.

We receive them by receiving the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of counsel and might.

XVIII.

The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord.

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XVIII.

The Spirit of Knowledge and of the Fear of the Lord)

This name also is used in the passage given above

The significance of this name is also obvious.

It is the work of the Holy Spirit to impart knowledge to us and to beget in us a reverence for Jehovah, that reverence that reveals itself above all in obedience to His commandments.

The one who receives the Holy Spirit finds his delight in the fear of the LORD.

Isaiah 11:1–5 (KJV)

1 And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:

2 And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;

3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:

4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.

5 And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.

Last One Tonight:

XIX.

The Spirit of Life.

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of life in Rom.

8:2, “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.”

The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of life because it is His work to impart life

The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit (XIX.

The Spirit of Life)

In the context in which the name is found in the passage given above, beginning back in the seventh chapter of Romans, seventh verse, Paul is drawing a contrast between the law of Moses outside a man, holy and just and good, it is true, but impotent, and the living Spirit of God in the heart, imparting spiritual and moral life to the believer and enabling him thus to meet the requirements of the law of God, so that what the law alone could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, the Spirit of God imparting life to the believer and dwelling in the heart enables him to do, so that the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in those who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit.

The Holy Spirit is therefore called “the Spirit of life,” because He imparts spiritual life and consequent victory over sin to those who receive Him