Revealer / Spirit of Truth
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John 14:16-17
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you.
Jesus promised that, after the resurrection, the Holy Spirit would come to “guide you into all truth.” John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
Because of the Spirit in our hearts, we are able to understand truth, especially in spiritual matters, in a way that those who do not believe in Christ cannot. In fact, the truth the Spirit reveals to us is “foolishness” to them, and they cannot understand it. But we have the mind of Christ in the Person of His Spirit within us.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
What in reality is revealed to us? What do we hold dear as truths given by the Spirit of Truth? It seems inevitable to react to evil with evil, to seek revenge and to make those who have made us suffer to suffer too, to wait for the opportunity to make those who have caused us harm pay. The Spirit of Truth reveals to us that it is easier to forgive rather than to preserve aversion and resentment towards those who have hurt us.
In fact, the soul is quieter, and the thought of encountering God in the last judgment is more serene and trusting. The Spirit tells you that it is easier to be merciful and to be inspired by thoughts of compassion than to be shrewd, greedy, and vindicating.
When you have the Spirit of Truth, your experience starts to make sense, that it is easier and it is good to be good and to love. With his Revelation you are able to enter into this mystery and to understand where this inclination to the good that inhabits deep within your heart comes from.
The Spirit of Truth comes to convince us that it is easier to do good, that it is easier to be generous and attentive to the needs of others, that it is easier to seek reconciliation and forgiveness and certainly the soul is happier when it shares the feelings of Jesus and is conscious of being a child of God and of resembling him, the merciful Father of all.
John 14:16-17
16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[a] in you.
Jesus promised that, after the resurrection, the Holy Spirit would come to “guide you into all truth.” John 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
Because of the Spirit in our hearts, we are able to understand truth, especially in spiritual matters, in a way that those who do not believe in Christ cannot. In fact, the truth the Spirit reveals to us is “foolishness” to them, and they cannot understand it. But we have the mind of Christ in the Person of His Spirit within us.
1 Corinthians 2:12-16
12 What we have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[a] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit.
What in reality is revealed to us? What do we hold dear as truths given by the Spirit of Truth? It seems inevitable to react to evil with evil, to seek revenge and to make those who have made us suffer to suffer too, to wait for the opportunity to make those who have caused us harm pay. The Spirit of Truth reveals to us that it is easier to forgive rather than to preserve aversion and resentment towards those who have hurt us.
In fact, the soul is quieter, and the thought of encountering God in the last judgment is more serene and trusting. The Spirit tells you that it is easier to be merciful and to be inspired by thoughts of compassion than to be shrewd, greedy, and vindicating.
When you have the Spirit of Truth, your experience starts to make sense, that it is easier and it is good to be good and to love. With his Revelation you are able to enter into this mystery and to understand where this inclination to the good that inhabits deep within your heart comes from.
The Spirit of Truth comes to convince us that it is easier to do good, that it is easier to be generous and attentive to the needs of others, that it is easier to seek reconciliation and forgiveness and certainly the soul is happier when it shares the feelings of Jesus and is conscious of being a child of God and of resembling him, the merciful Father of all.
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