Covenated Expansion

John 16:12-15 (NLT) 12 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. 14 He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’

The disciples were the product of the Old Covenant which they saw Jesus fulfilling. They did not realize then that His fulfilling the Law of the Covenant would lead to the cutting of a New Covenant. The teaching Jesus gave them and the way in which He led them were a preparation for them to come under the new covenant. He led them from a natural way of responding to a spiritual means of responding to God.

There is a common acceptance that the Holy Spirit speaks to us. It is an inner Voice and easily ignored or misunderstood. (It depends on how loud this natural realm is to us!) He does not always appeal to our minds and seldom to our human understanding. But for a long time I have felt that His Voice is misunderstood in other ways. If we can accept it, the Holy Spirit does not just give us words but there is an impartation with His speaking when we follow His direction. In the five translations that I read, there are five different words used for His speaking. One says "He will disclose it to you", one, "make known", another, "show you", and, "declare it". You may say, what is the difference. The same word in other places says "manifest it". I have had the experience of "telling" people and I have also had the experience of the Spirit manifesting the Word into them. The difference is in our reception. When we are open to the Spirit's guidance, what He says to us is not just for our information but becomes a spritual growth as He imparts the Word that the Father knows we are now ready to receive. This becomes vitally important when we realize the Spirit is imparting the victories Jesus won for us while in this realm. As the One taking our place, Jesus reached in to the Father and "earned" victories that will allow us to become one with God as Jesus prayed. "ALL things that the Father has are mine," Jesus said. This is what the Spirit will manifest in to you. The revelation the Spirit brings is not limited to a revealing of Jesus to us but causing us to become what He speaks to our spirit.

TRUTH is not a collection of facts that are true. TRUTH is a Person, a personality of God. Truth is Jesus. God is at work in you to achieve His purpose. You are His workmanship. God's creative work did not end with the natural realm in which you live. Your likeness to Him is His goal. His hand is shaping you. Be pliable clay!