John 16:13 (ESV Strong's)
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.
Subject: Spirit of God
When Jesus told the disciples that He was "going to the Father," He was telling them about His death and resurrection. But, even though He was leaving, He would return and He would not leave them alone. Upon Christ's ascension there would also be a giving of the Holy Spirit to them. Jesus would not leave them alone. The Spirit would come to them. But, He would not be passive. He is not a babysitter. The Spirit of God would be active in their lives and would, in turn, lead them in truth and revel truth to them. The Spirit of God is to lead us into the truth as to what will come. We can be assured that when the Spirit did fall upon the disciples and they wrote through Him about the future (see the book of Revelation), that this was truth of what would come. The Spirit will be our "guide." The Greek word here means literally to "show the way." We can be assured that we know truth because the truth is given by God and the Spirit is God. Later Pilate will ask Jesus, "What is truth." Jesus could have simply said, "The Spirit will come after my Ascension and you will know the truth!" When we are confronted by the world it is great to know that because we have the Spirit of God indwelling us we have truth indwelling us. We can rest in that fact. We are not truthful but He who dwells within us is truthful and will reveal that truth to us.
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