Our Ultimate Teacher and Guide

Let therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning.  If that which ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in the Son, and in the Father.  And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that man teach you:  but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.  1 John 2:24-27

                This week in my Good Morning Girls Group we are finishing up the second chapter of 1 John.  I’ve really enjoyed this reminder of the Holy Spirit being our ultimate teacher and the Bible our guide.  In a world filled with antichrists it is comforting to know that the Holy Spirit dwells within us to let us know what’s of Christ and what is not.   We may not have Jesus in the flesh but he left us well equipped.

                These scriptures talk about two ways to protect ourselves from the antichrists:

1.       Letting what we have ”heard from the beginning” remain in us, which would be God’s Word.

2.       Abiding in the Holy Spirit so that we will know the difference between the truth and a lie.

John Piper summed it up well when he said “The Word of God and the Spirit of God are our only hope for stability in a world filled with antichrists.”   When we truly study and plant God’s word in our heart and draw just as close as we can to the Holy Spirit then God will open up our eyes and show us the truth.  I thought about the last line of the Casting Crowns song “Voice of Truth” :  “Out of all the voices calling out to me, I will choose to listen and believe the voice of truth.”  Are you close enough to hear the voice of truth today and if so, are you obeying it?

Thought I’d also share my SOAP sheet today.  Sorry it’s incredibly messy but we had lots of scripture today!  I LOVE this method of studying!  I downloaded the sheet and key word color guide from GMG.  J