Into All Truth

However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.  

John 16:13-14 

How can we know truth?  The context of our text is Christ’s discourse to His disciples at the last supper. In that discourse He reveals many things about the work of the Holy Spirit. Our text is one of those revelations. We have begun to consider truth, knowing truth, and the freedom that comes with that knowledge. Our text ties into that discussion because it tells us how God reveals truth to us. He does so through the work of the Holy Spirit. According to Christ, the Holy Spirit will guide us into all truth. How does He do it? The second portion of our text makes it clear by saying that the Holy Spirit will glorify Christ and take what is Christ’s and show it to us. Thus our knowing the truth is inextricably tied to Christ. It is the work of the Holy Spirit to guide us into that truth. He does not magnify Himself, but Christ. This is an exciting prospect. The Holy Spirit will show us what we could never know by the most diligent effort we could muster without Him. He is our never-failing Guide to reveal Christ to us. 

Our Wise and Gracious God,  
we rejoice that You have given us the Holy Spirit. 
We praise You that He brings us 
to know the truth that is in Christ.  

Tomm Tice
Where the Bush is Burning