Lots of people seem to operate on the basis that the Holy Spirit will teach them everything that they need to know...they don't even need to read the Bible because by osmosis the requisite knowledge will pass through their fingers into their brains somehow just by holding a Bible.
Thats true...
The Bible definitely helps to fill in the gaps...but when it comes to Salvation, you better learn how to follow the Holy Spirit, because you won't find the way by yourself. The evidence of this, is the church itself, with its many doctrines, doctrines which are founded upon one's interpretation of the Bible. There is only one way, not many ways as one must believe if all these doctrines are true.
I've had thousands of teaching from the Holy Spirit, teaching which are written in the Bible, which confirm that they are from the Spirit. I still remember my first one, the first after I was Born of God, as if it was yesterday. You see after you are Born Again, God begins to answer many of our questions...through the Spirit. You soon discover, God through his Holy Spirit,...is actually living in you. Your thoughts are not just yours anymore. You share your heart and mind with God.
Kinda hard to explain really. They are not audible teachings, but clear enough in your mind, that you can sit for hours listening, much like a child listening to their favorite stories. But these teachings, are taught in the order in which God wants to teach them, and not by request. I am simply mesmerized during these times and the hours just fly by when I am being taught. It's not like sitting in church, watching the clock, waiting for the 45 minute sermon to end. I wouldn't want to miss a single minute of these teachings, and in the beginning I would sometimes sit for an entire day just listening, filled with a peace and Joy that the world has never known. As close as you can get to Heaven on earth.
As usual, I was sitting in my LazyBoy drinking my morning cup of coffee looking at my lapTop, much like I am doing now. Then all of a sudden a question popped into my head, "What is Faith?"
I thought to myself..Where did this question come from? It was in my mind, but I wasn't thinking about it nor did I even have my mind on God at the time. It was as if someone, something has taken over my conscious thoughts. Before I could catch my breath, the teaching began..though I tried to interrupt, the teacher continued. Giving me the Story of Abraham and Issac as an illustration of faith. I have very little bible knowledge, but I did know this story from my childhood. I argued with what I was being taught, saying No..No.. No..No..That's not faith..that's obedience!! It was as if my thoughts were being hijacked.
Again the teacher continued despite my interruptions, teaching why, what appeared to be obedience, was actually faith, by using facts I found a few days later, written in the bible, a bible which I had never read.
So folks there is so much more to a life in the Spirit awaiting many of you...but you must be born of God, else you will not get to enjoy it.
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