July 29, 2012
Many people wonder today if God still speaks to believers. This question is the subject of numerous books, articles, and lectures. If He does communicate directly to His followers, how does He do so? Can we know the message is really from Him?
The Lord speaks to us through the Holy Spirit. He is the third person of the Trinity, co-equal with God the Father and God the Son. God's Spirit dwells within each Christian, just as Jesus promised in John 14: "If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you." (vv. 15-17, emphasis added).
The book of Acts records several occasions when the Holy Spirit spoke to Paul and Peter. It can't be denied that those men had a special gift and call upon their lives. They were apostles--men handpicked by Christ to spread the gospel worldwide. But the same Holy Spirit who indwelt those men lives within every believer today. Just as they needed God's direction at critical times in their lives, we also need divine guidance.
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