Lucas 24

Lucas 24

Moule - The blessed Spirit is not only the true Author of the written Word but also its supreme and true Expositor. (Jn 14:26) “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you. (John 16:13) “But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come. 1Cor 2:10 “to us God revealed them through the Spirit” = Revelation was given to Paul by the Spirit. While there is no longer any new revelation, the selfsame Spirit gives illumination to all believers, and without His illumination we cannot understand the Word. (1Cor 2:12) Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God, 1Cor 2:14 But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised. (1John 2:20) But you have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know. (1John 2:27) As for you, the anointing which you received from Him abides in you, and you have no need for anyone to teach you; but as His anointing teaches you about all things, and is true and is not a lie, and just as it has taught you, you abide in Him. John 1:9 There was the true Light which, coming into the world, enlightens every man. The Spirit illumines or sheds light on the Scripture. Roy Zuck - Illumination is the Spirit's work, enabling Christians to discern the meaning of the message and to welcome and receive it as from God. Hodge states that obedience in the believer's life is the inevitable result of the illuminating work of the Spirit. Adrian Rogers - When the Holy Spirit of God moves upon our heart, and He helps us to understand these things, then Bible study becomes personal communion with God…. It took a supernatural miracle to reveal it; it took a supernatural miracle to write it; and, it'll take a supernatural miracle for you to understand it. PRAYING FOR ILLUMINATION (Ps 119:18) Open my eyes, that I may behold Wonderful things from Your law.