Jesus said in John 6:63 (Amplified) says, "It is the Spirit Who gives life (He is the Life-Giver) the flesh conveys no benefit whatever (there is no profit in it) The Words (truths) that I have been speaking to you are Spirit and Life."
Only the Holy Spirit can bring forth the life of Jesus and the Father, from the Word. The "flesh conveys no benefit whatever." When men read and teach God's Word without the Life and Spirit, it conveys no truth. As flesh and blood people, we've frequently been trained and taught by the flesh and not the Spirit. It's only through the Holy Spirit that we really receive life and truth from God's Word.
As mere men, we've taken the Words of life and liberty Jesus taught and returned others to bondage with them. Psalm 25:12-14 (Amplified) says, "Who is the man who reverently fears and worships the Lord? Him shall He teach in the ways that he should choose." Verse 13 says, "He himself shall dwell at ease, and his offspring shall inherit the land." Verse 14 says, "The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship) of the Lord have they who fear (revere and worship) Him, and He will show them His covenant and reveal to them its (deep, inner) meaning." John 17:16-17 (Amplified) says, "Jesus answered them by saying, My teaching is not My Own, but His Who sent Me. If any man desires to do His will (God's pleasure) he will know (have the needed illumination to recognize, and can tell for himself) whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking from Myself and of My Own accord and on My Own authority."
1John 2:20,27 (Amplified) tell us, "But you have been appointed by (you hold a sacred appointment from, you have been given an unction from) the Holy One, and you all know (the truth) or you know all things." Verse 27 says, "But as for you, the anointing (the sacred appointment, the unction) which you received from Him abides (permanently) in you (so) then you have no need that anyone should instruct you. But just as His anointing teaches you concerning everything and is true and is no falsehood, so you must abide in (live in, never depart from) Him, just as His anointing has taught you (to do)."
The "anointing" that John spoke of above is the Holy Spirit Who has come to live in us as children of God. Jesus told His disciples in John 14:16-17 (Amplified) that, "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Stand-by) that He may remain with you forever-the Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart) because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him, for He lives with you (constantly) and will be in you."
The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth, John spoke of in 1John 2:20,27 is the Anointing and the Unction and the Secret Appointment we received from the Father, when Jesus ascended into God's presence. The Holy Spirit is the Only way to know the "covenant and its (deep, inner) meaning." Psalm 25:12-14 (Amplified) says, "Only the "Teacher," the Holy Spirit can reveal the deep, inner meanings of the covenant to us.
Man has contrived his interpretation of what the covenant says, but not always what the Holy Spirit has said. The difference between reading God's Word with our intellect and understanding and reading the Word by our spirit (through the Holy Spirit), is life and death to the believer.
Man's attempt to please God has placed the burden of reaching Him on the "head and work" of those who have come into the covenant. The Holy Spirit, the Unction, was given to us by God and is liberty. He has revealed the true meaning of the covenant to us, which is believing in what Jesus has already done to please God on our behalf. Man says that works please Him and the Holy Spirit tells us that it's faith in Jesus' work that pleases God. Man's ways lead to bondage and God's way is to "rest in the finished work of Jesus" Who perfectly pleased the Father.
Psalm 25:13&14 say that the one who is taught by the Holy Spirit will "dwell at ease with the Lord, and his offspring inherit the land." Verse 14 says, "The secret (of the sweet, satisfying companionship) of the Lord is also theirs."
We're not to "fear" the Lord by the flesh like some have taught, but the Spirit teaches that "fear" is reverence, awe and respect for the Lord. Most Christians know we're to reverence the Lord, but not enough of us know that by the Holy Spirit, we will have the secret of sweet, satisfying companionship with the Lord.
The Holy Spirit is the Only One Who can reveal the life and truth of God's Word and the covenant to us. When we read the Word only by our intellect, we "see truth," but still don't know the truth. We can read the Words that are written and by our own intellect, understand and comprehend what we're reading, but we still have no understanding of what it truly means without the Holy Spirit.
We have so many different manners of walking with our Father because we have taken a Spirit Word and received it in a carnal mind. It's true that the Father has different places and works for all of us, but we're all to be taught by the Holy Spirit. Man teaches that we must work hard to get to heaven, while the Spirit says that "we've already been raised together with Jesus and seated together with Him in heavenly places," in Ephesians 2:6 (Amplified).
"We are seated with Him in the heavens, and He is present in us, on the earth, all power is given to Him, both in heaven and earth," according to Matthew 28:18 (Amplified).
Jesus said in John 16:22-24 (Amplified) says, "I have given to them the glory and honor which you have given Me, that they may be one (even) as We are One. I in them and You in Me, in order that they may become one and perfectly united, that the world may know and (definitely) recognize that You sent Me and that You have loved them (even) as You have loved Me. Father-I desire that they also, Whom You have entrusted to Me (as Your gift to Me) may be with Me where I Am, so that they may see My glory, which You have given Me (Your love gift to Me) for You loved Me before the foundation of the world."
As Jesus prayed the above prayer, He knew the Father would grant it. We see the prayer answered in Ephesian 2:6 where we have been "raised up with Him, and seated with Him in heavenly places." We are with Him in heavenly places and He, by the Holy Spirit, is with us here on this earth. The authority He granted by His Own resurrection, has been placed in us by the Power of His Name and the Father (the Holy Spirit) living in us will, will carry out the work of His ministry on earth. Only the Holy Spirit can reveal this full truth to us by His presence in us, through the Word.
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