John 16:13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.”
Another role that the Holy Spirit plays in the life of the believer, as revealed in the above quoted passage of scripture, is that the Holy Spirit teaches us the word of God as He guides us into all truth. And so as believers when we spend time in God’s word, we must learn to ask the Father to open our understanding to His scriptures by the Holy Spirit. As we do this we will begin to see new truths in God’s word, for the Holy Spirit is sent by God the Father to lead us and guide us into all the truth of His word. We also see from this portion of scripture that the Holy Spirit shows us things to come. In other words, there should be no major event that befalls the believer that they were not prepared for, either good or bad, because the Holy Spirit is sent by God the Father to show us those things before they happen. And so for those things which are unpleasant in this life, He forewarns us before the time so that we can either avoid them or, if they cannot be avoided, so that we can be prepared for them when they do happen. There are many more roles that the Holy Spirit fulfils in our lives, and because He is God the list of that which He does in our lives is endless.
Michael E.B. Maher
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