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ABIDE IN THE SPIRIT

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“As for you, the anointing you received from Him remains in you.”    1 John 2:27 NIV

 

John explains that the reason they have remained in the truth is not due to anything in them, but rather it is due to God’s gracious gift of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Therefore, they should ascribe all glory to Him and not boast in their own intellect or grasp of Christian doctrine. John also wrote to comfort them in the face of many of their friends leaving the church for this new, heretical teaching. He tells them that the anointing they received would abide with them and teach them all things, so that they would not fall victim to the false teachers. John wanted to warn them to continue in their faith vigilantly. Comfort should never cause us to let our guard down. We must interpret verse 27 in its context and by considering the entire New Testament. John is not saying that the church does not need godly teachers to instruct the flock. If that was what he meant, he would invalidate this entire letter, which contains a lot of teaching! He would also contradict the apostle Paul who taught that God gives gifted teachers to the church to help believers grow to maturity. Rather, John is saying that they do not need the elite gnosis – knowledge – of the false teachers to let them in on God’s “secret truth”. Rather, every Christian has the indwelling Holy Spirit to enable him or her to understand and interpret Scripture. When the Spirit applies the word of the gospel to the soul, we receive it, not as the word of man, but of God. Through the Word, the Holy Spirit reveals to us the riches that God has prepared for us.

 

PRAYER THOUGHT

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for giving us understanding into the Word of God.

 

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Thank You, Holy Spirit, that as You apply the word of the gospel to our lives, it changes us and You reveal to us the riches that our Lord has prepared for us. AMEN

 

I.B.R.A. Readings

Mark 8:1-13

 

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