God’s Spirit Is Our Teacher
An important thing the Holy Spirit does for believers is reveal God to us. It was the Spirit who inspired the writer of this letter and the rest of Scripture. And the same Spirit shows us God’s truth as we read. God’s wisdom is a wonderful treasure, ready to be revealed to us if we are open to his Holy Spirit.
God calls us to grow. We should be learning more and more of the Bible’s truth. The more we know about God and his wishes for us, the more we can grow to our fullest potential.
God’s Spirit…
God’s Spirit has shown you everything. His Spirit finds out everything, even what is deep in the mind of God. You are the only one who knows what is in your own mind, and God’s Spirit is the only one who knows what is in God’s mind. But God has given us his Spirit. That’s why we don’t think the same way that the people of this world think. That’s also why we can recognize the blessings that God has given us.
Every word we speak was taught to us by God’s Spirit, not by human wisdom. And this same Spirit helps us teach spiritual things to spiritual people. That’s why only someone who has God’s Spirit can understand spiritual blessings. Anyone who doesn’t have God’s Spirit thinks these blessings are foolish. People who are guided by the Spirit can make all kinds of judgments, but they cannot be judged by others.
The Scriptures ask, “Has anyone ever known the thoughts of the Lord or given him advice?” But we understand what Christ is thinking.
