All Truth

[Jesus said,] "When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future." - John 16:13 (NLT). When you think of "all truth," what do you picture in your mind? It could be every bit of truth that exists, but that would be overload. It is likely better understood as applying godly principles to every event encountered in your life. These events might seem confusing, but through prayer and request, the indwelling Holy Spirit will reveal the real truth, what God wants. The critical things for salvation that Jesus did was planned by the Father and spoke by the prophets many years before Jesus displayed how it would be revealed. We were given the indwelling Holy Spirit when we became his true followers (Titus 3:3-7). As this Spirit guided the apostles, he guides us into the truth about the will of God and about Jesus. If we will but ask, He will help us understand the truth about both Jesus' ministry while he was physically on earth and how to continue this work in your present culture. The culture that surrounds us is different from that which surrounded Jesus, so there will need to be some changes made to the presentation of the same message Jesus gave. We can observe this in the actions of Peter and Paul as they went to different areas to spread the news of Jesus. Although Cultures are a bit different, all people have the same need - become closer to Jesus. Like Peter and Paul, any modifications to presentation must be consistent with the message of Jesus. If we will but ask, the indwelling Spirit will guide us into all the truth about Jesus and his love for us. his subsequent ministry, including his ministry now. So let us ask for the Spirit to guide us into all the truth about Jesus.