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These were Jesus' last words about the Holy Spirit: | These were Jesus' last words about the Holy Spirit: | ||
:''When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), John 16:13–15</ref> | :''When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.<ref>The Holy Bible: English Standard Version (Wheaton: Standard Bible Society, 2001), John 16:13–15</ref> | ||
William Branham took these words out of context and | William Branham took these words out of context and used them to point to himself. Branham inferred that the Holy Spirit was speaking through him to lead the church into the truth (and away from the plain teaching of scripture). | ||
How do you tell which person is being led properly by the Holy Spirit? Or why would the Spirit lead people in completely opposite spiritual directions? '''The problem is that this interpretation is takes this scripture out of context.''' | |||
=What the Bible teaches= | =What the Bible teaches= | ||
John 16:13 is an important passage because it '''helps us avoid two common mistakes'''. | John 16:13 must be read in context. Jesus is speaking here to the disciples. Is the passage directed at all believers for all time? Or is it directed to the apostles, to whom the Holy Spirit would reveal all truth and who would then write this truth down to form the canon of scripture? This verse is one of the most widely used passages by cults to justify aberrant and false teaching. | ||
As a result, John 16:13 is an important passage because it '''helps us avoid two common mistakes'''. | |||
==We cannot pit the Spirit against the Bible== | ==We cannot pit the Spirit against the Bible== | ||
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'''This means that the Spirit is responsible for the truths the apostles preached and that in turn were written down in what we now call the New Testament.''' We trust the Bible because the apostles, and those under the umbrella of their authority, wrote it by means of the Spirit’s revelation. The Bible is the Spirit’s book. He inspired the Old Testament, as the apostles stated (Acts 4:25; 28:25; Heb. 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21), and also the New Testament, as Jesus indirectly promised in John 16. | '''This means that the Spirit is responsible for the truths the apostles preached and that in turn were written down in what we now call the New Testament.''' We trust the Bible because the apostles, and those under the umbrella of their authority, wrote it by means of the Spirit’s revelation. The Bible is the Spirit’s book. He inspired the Old Testament, as the apostles stated (Acts 4:25; 28:25; Heb. 3:7; 2 Pet. 1:21), and also the New Testament, as Jesus indirectly promised in John 16. | ||
Therefore, we can yield no ground to those | Therefore, we can yield no ground to those (like Mormons, Jehovah's Witnesses and [[The Message|followers of William Branham]]) who argue for ongoing revelation that adds to the doctrinal content of the New Testament. Nor can we tolerate the suggestion theological liberals often make that sticking meticulously to the Scriptures is somehow an insult to the Holy Spirit. Word and Spirit belong inseparably together. We hear from the Spirit when we search the Scriptures. And in searching the Scriptures, we must pray for the Spirit’s illumination.<ref>Kevin DeYoung, D. A. Carson, and Timothy Keller, The Holy Spirit (Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2011)</ref> | ||
==We cannot pit the Spirit against Christ== | ==We cannot pit the Spirit against Christ== | ||
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I want you to note very carefully that '''Jesus did not say that the evidence of being baptized with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues, interpreting, prophesying, or shouting and dancing. He said the evidence would be that you would be in the TRUTH; you would be in the Word of God for your age. Evidence has to do with receiving that Word.'''<ref>PERGAMEAN.CHURCH.AGE, CHURCH.AGE.BOOK, 165-1, CPT.5</ref> | I want you to note very carefully that '''Jesus did not say that the evidence of being baptized with the Holy Ghost was speaking in tongues, interpreting, prophesying, or shouting and dancing. He said the evidence would be that you would be in the TRUTH; you would be in the Word of God for your age. Evidence has to do with receiving that Word.'''<ref>PERGAMEAN.CHURCH.AGE, CHURCH.AGE.BOOK, 165-1, CPT.5</ref> | ||
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