As a believer in Jesus Christ, you have been given the gift of a Divine Teacher, and that Divine Teacher is the Holy Spirit. This is just one of the Holy Spirit’s many roles, and as Teacher, He is duty bound to teach you all things. However, it is up to you to open yourself to receive His teaching and commit to learning all that God has in store for you to learn.
The promise that the Holy Spirit will teach us all things
was first made to the Apostles, then the Apostles applied it to all believers
when it was said,
“Christ has poured out His Spirit on you. As long as His
Spirit remains in you, you do not need anyone to teach you. For His Spirit
teaches you about everything, and what He teaches is true, not false. Obey the
Spirit's teaching, then, and remain in union with Christ.” – 1 John 2:27 (GNT)
It is therefore, the privilege of every believer in Christ to be taught by His Spirit independent of human teachers. This does not mean that we cannot learn from others who have been taught by the Holy Spirit, but while we may learn a great deal from other Spirit-filled men and women, we should not become utterly dependent on their teaching alone. Human teachers will never give us an exact apprehension of the Truth, which can only be received from being directly taught by the Holy Spirit.
There are also many charlatans with whom we may come into
contact – false prophets spewing doctrine that does not appear to be obviously
false. These false prophets can even be found preaching from pulpits, but if
you allow the Divine Teacher to teach you, and you hold fast to His teaching, then
you will find yourself in a better position to know the difference between the
doctrine of God and that of man.
“False prophets appeared in the past among the people, and
in the same way false teachers will appear among you. They will bring in
destructive, untrue doctrines, and will deny the Master who redeemed them, and
so they will bring upon themselves sudden destruction.” – 2 Peter 2:1 (GNT)
The Word is the place to which the Holy Spirit, who inspired
the Word (see 2 Timothy 3:16), leads His pupils and it is the instrument
through which He instructs them. He opens your mind to understand the
Scriptures (see Luke 24:45). The Holy Spirit is the only one who will “lead you
into all the Truth”; it is the Holy Spirit “who reveals the truth about God”
(see John 16:13), speaking not on His own authority but speaking everything
that He hears from God. He reveals God’s doctrine in all its glory.
The Divine Teacher is the only Person that can properly
educate you about the things of God. No-one else is capable of giving you the
most comprehensive understanding of Truth. It is by Spirit’s divine revelation
that you will know the Truth that makes you free to be who you are in Christ –
unshackled and unburdened by the things of this world. It is through the Divine
Teacher that God imparts His secret wisdom to you, “even the hidden depths of
God’s purposes” (1 Corinthians 2:10).
Apostle Paul warns that when you are taught of God by the
Spirit of God, your perspective will change, your speech will change – you will
no longer speak words interpreted and shaped by human wisdom but words crafted
and taught by Spirit. You will have insight and understanding of spiritual
truths that seem to some as utter nonsense. Always quick to judge according to
their own contrived sense of knowledge, these are the persons who will not
hesitate to label you crazy, foolish, deceived and any myriad of unflattering
adjectives but their actions only prove that they neither have open communion
with the Holy Spirit nor understanding of spiritual realities (see 1
Corinthians 2:14).
Beloved, if you sincerely want to know the Truth, you must
turn to the Divine Teacher to open your eyes that you may see the wonderful
deep things that God has prepared for those who love Him.
While you are on the road to Pentecost, empty yourself of
your own wisdom, and yield completely to the Divine Teacher’s leading.
Shelley Johnson “On the Road to Pentecost: Divine Teacher” ©
2017 revisited May 3, 2025
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