John
16:7-15Amplified Bible (AMP)
7 But I tell
you the truth, it is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away,
the Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby)
will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him (the Holy Spirit) to you [to
be in close fellowship with you]. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the
world about [the guilt of] sin [and the need for a Savior], and about
righteousness, and about judgment: 9 about sin [and the true nature of it],
because they do not believe in Me [and My message]; 10 about righteousness
[personal integrity and godly character], because I am going to My Father and
you will no longer see Me; 11 about judgment [the certainty of it], because the
ruler of this world (Satan) has been judged and condemned. 12 “I have many more things to say to you, but you cannot
bear [to hear] them now. 13 But when He, the Spirit of Truth, comes, He will
guide you into all the truth [full and complete truth]. For He will not
speak on His own initiative, but He will speak whatever He hears [from the
Father—the message regarding the Son], and He will disclose to you what is to
come [in the future]. 14 He will glorify and honor
Me, because He (the Holy Spirit) will take from what is Mine and will disclose
it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Because of this I said
that He [the Spirit] will take from what is Mine and will reveal it to you.
1
Corinthians 2:7-13 Amplified Bible (AMP)
7 but we
speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, the wisdom once hidden [from man, but now
revealed to us by God, that wisdom] which God predestined before the ages to
our glory [to lift us into the glory of His presence]. 8 None of the rulers of
this age recognized and understood this wisdom; for if they had, they would not
have crucified the Lord of glory; 9 but just as it is written [in Scripture], “Things
which the eye has not seen and the ear has not heard,
And which
have not entered the heart of man, All that God has prepared for those who love
Him [who hold Him in affectionate reverence, who obey Him, and who gratefully
recognize the benefits that He has bestowed].” 10 For
God has unveiled them and revealed them to us through the [Holy] Spirit; for
the Spirit searches all things [diligently], even [sounding and measuring] the
[profound] depths of God [the divine counsels and things far beyond human
understanding]. 11 For what person knows
the thoughts and motives of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So also
no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but
the [Holy] Spirit who is from God, so that we may know and understand the
[wonderful] things freely given to us by God. 13 We also speak of these
things, not in words taught or supplied by human wisdom, but in those taught by
the Spirit, combining and interpreting spiritual thoughts with spiritual words
[for those being guided by the Holy Spirit].
I
Corinthians 2:9-12 (New English Bible)
9 But, in
the word of Scripture, ‘Things beyond our seeing, things beyond our hearing,
things beyond our imagining, all prepared by God for those who love Him’, 10 these it is that God has revealed to us through the Spirit.
For the Spirit explores everything, even the depths of God’s won nature. 11
Among men, who knows what a man is but the man’s own spirit. In the same way,
only the Spirit of God knows what God is. 12 This
is the Spirit that we have received from God, and
not the spirit of this world, so that we may know
all that God of his own grace has given us;
· The
Comforter who abides with us, is the One who reveals to ALL that we need to
know. Without His abiding presence, we are totally in the dark.
Prayer: Father, thank You for sending the promised
Comforter to us and for not leaving us in the dark. How would we have coped
with the truth of the mystery of the gospel without the Spirit of Truth who
reveals things that are beyond human imagination? We thank You, Lord!
· The
ministry of the Comforter in our lives is to reveal,
unveil, disclose, uncover, expose, unravel, lay bare, unwrap, bring out,
divulge and let out things that are normally beyond our sight, our
hearing and our imagination.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, abide with me! Reveal, unveil,
unravel and lay bare the things of God to my heart. Unwrap and disclose the
mind of the Father to me.
· The Spirit we have received, the Comforter who abides with us forever, takes the
things of Christ’s life that we can’t imagine and discloses them to us.
Ephesians 1:16-18 Good
News Translation (GNT)
16 I have not stopped giving thanks to God for you. I
remember you in my prayers 17 and ask
the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, to
give you the Spirit, who will make you wise and reveal God to you, so that you
will know him. 18 I ask that your minds
may be opened to see his light, so that you will know what is the hope to which
he has called you, how rich are the wonderful blessings he promises his
people,
Prayer: Spirit of God, disclose to my heart the things
pertaining to this new life of Christ in me. Without Your help I can never
fully imagine the life I’ve been called to live. Open my mind to the realities
of the new creation life.
· The many things we could not bare or handle or grasp before (i.e the mystery of the
gospel), NOW that we have the Comforter abiding with us, we can understand them
and walk in them.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, Spirit of Truth, reveal the
mystery of the gospel to my heart. Help me to grasp fully the mysteriousness of
the complete un-fragmented gospel. Take away any shadow of doubt or lack of
clarity I may have about the complete gospel.
Holy
Spirit, make plain to me the things Jesus has spoken to me so that I can gain
understanding and live them.
· Who
could really understand or handle the truth of the mysterious gospel of Jesus
Christ unless the Holy Spirit testifies and bears witness of Him in us? (John
15:26)
Prayer: Holy Spirit, please testify and bear witness of
Christ in my heart. Let my heart be filled with the revelation of Christ and
Him crucified.
· We
have not received the spirit of this world, but the Spirit of God Himself so that we can know and understand everything that God
has provided for us inside Christ.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, unravel and divulge to me all that
has been provided for me in Christ. Help me to see clearly and vividly the
premise, position & location, provision and privileges of the new creation
life.
· We
must learn to wait on the Holy Spirit for revelation. As Jesus did nothing but
what He saw His Father do, so also we must learn to wait for the Holy Spirit to
reveal the mind of God to us in any situation.
Prayer: Holy Spirit, teach me to wait silently and
patiently on You to reveal to me what the Father is doing everyday of my life.
Open my eyes and illuminate my heart, Spirit Divine.
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