The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit

His disciples did not understand these things at first; but when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written about Him and that they had done these things to Him. - John 12:16

The disciples understood the Word and remembered what Jesus said, only after Jesus was glorified. Why? Because the Holy Spirit was only given after Jesus was glorified (John 7:39).

The Holy Spirit, Who is the Spirit of Truth, came to bring understanding ---- to teach us all things and to bring to our remembrance everything Jesus said in the Word.

The key to understanding the Word is not the seminary, bible classes, research, etc -------- those stuff are not necessarily bad, unless you allow them to become your primary understanding of the Word. I was halfway through my MDiv and realised how my seminary lecturers put God into a box.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐭.

Contrary to those who think that intimacy with the Holy Spirit will lead to "the so-called Spirit-led, spontaneous, unpredictable and flaky living", the more we fellowship with the Holy Spirit, the more we understand and become grounded in the Word. The more we are Spirit-led, the more we follow the Word.

Since Scriptures are the most accurate prophecy (2 Peter 1:20), you are only as prophetic as you know the Word. Otherwise, it's just pathetic prediction. Unfortunately, many prophetic people simply are not grounded in the Word. Not all, but many.

The Holy Spirit and the Word are one (John 16:13-15) since the Word and Jesus are one (John 4:24). You don't separate them and call it prophetic.

1) Confirm a prophecy if it is based on the Word 

2) If it is outside of the Word, do not discard yet (1 Thes 5:20-21). Wait and see if it comes to pass.

- If you have to pray or do something for it to come to pass, then perhaps it's your own belief / action that produces the outcome, not the prophecy.

3) Reject the prophecy if it is contrary to the Word

4) Allow a community outside of one particular church to evaluate the prophetic Word

We need to trust the Holy Spirit (the Spirit of Truth) in us, than to trust a prophetic person who is not grounded in the Word. #trueempowerment #HolySpirit