Know alls

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"But you have an anointing from the Holy One and you know all things."  1 John 2:20 NKJV

I have used this scripture many times in my preaching and I love people's faces when I tell them that God thinks they are 'know alls.' You know all things, because The Holy Spirit reveals things to you, and will continue to reveal things to you as you continue to walk with Him. The Gospel of John reads:

'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.'  (John 16:13)

When we were saved, God gave us an anointing from the Holy Spirit. He also provided a way that we could have access to dunamus power, by way of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit, such as happened to the disciples at Pentecost. (Acts 2). He also commanded us to be baptised in water. This baptism is an outward sign that we belong to Jesus, that we have received Him, died with Him and been raised to life again with Him, through the baptisimal waters. Failure to do this, or be baptised in the Holy Spirit however, does not prevent us from going to Heaven when we die We are already saved. However, if Jesus commanded baptism, then it makes sense to obey Him. We want and need everything that He has for us.

Not only does the Holy Spirit tell us all things but we are also friends of Jesus. He actually calls us this in John 15:15, 'No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father, I have made known to you.;
This is amazing, stop for a moment and digest what Jesus is saying here. You are His friend and He will tell you all He has heard from God. Yes, even though you may have just been involved in some type of sin, He still calls you His friend. That is friendship - true friendship. Where could you go to gain such love and faithfulness. Jesus loves each one of us with the same measure. He has no favourites. He is not pleased that you may have just sinned, but as you repent, He pours His love upon you and says:

"I see no stain upon you because you're mine and you know me, to Me you're only holy, nothing that you've done, remains only what you do in me."
                                                                                                 Words and Music Keith Green

You are loved; you are Holy; You are known to God; You are special; You are Jesus' friend.
Why not let that sit with you as you begin to thank and praise Him for His faithfulness to you. If you were God, I'm pretty sure you would give up on someone if they persisted in breaking the rules and letting you down, endlessly. God's not like that because your friend Jesus pleads with the Father each time you let Him down.
Isn't that something to be grateful for?

Copyright 2019 Grahame Howard 

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