"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 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." (John 16: 12)
Now, am I to think that the Spirit of the Lord is more on Paul when he speaks these words to the Romans than he is on me when I speak out and say: "The days of doom and darkness are yet to come and every faith will be tested by Fire (1 Peter 1:7), for our salvation is not just a matter of confession and faith, but a concrete restoration of our lives back to who we were meant to be in the beginning."
Am I less filled with the Spirit of God than Paul? Because I tell you truly, unless these words of his are meant to be taken within the context in which they were originally spoken; they can very much mislead this generation in thinking that all has already been taken care of and that there is only heaven waiting. To quote a few of the 95 Theses of Martin Luther:
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1. Our Lord and Master Jesus Christ, when He said Poenitentiam agite, willed that the whole life of believers should be repentance.
2. This word cannot be understood to mean sacramental penance, i.e., confession and satisfaction, which is administered by the priests.
3. Yet it means not inward repentance only; nay, there is no inward repentance which does not outwardly work divers mortifications of the flesh.
4. The penalty, therefore, continues so long as hatred of self continues; for this is the true inward repentance, and continues until our entrance into the kingdom of heaven.
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92. Away, then, with all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, "Peace, peace," and there is no peace!
93. Blessed be all those prophets who say to the people of Christ, "Cross, cross," and there is no cross!
94. Christians are to be exhorted that they be diligent in following Christ, their Head, through penalties, deaths, and hell;
95. And thus be confident of entering into heaven rather through many tribulations, than through the assurance of peace."