The Spirit of truth!

The Spirit of truth!
- Pastor Ashish Mathews

John 16:13
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.

Notice, what Jesus calls the Holy Spirit. He referred to the Holy Spirit as the Spirit of truth. In other words, He is the Spirit of reality.

The Holy Spirit is the one who makes the things of God real to us. It's impossible to live the Christ life without the Holy Spirit. Without the Holy Spirit, its just another dead religion with senseless traditions, tiring repetitions and worthless rituals. With Him, Jesus becomes real, heaven becomes real, Bible reading becomes real, prayer become real, worship becomes real, witnessing becomes real and living the Christ life becomes real and a great joy. The Holy Spirit is here to help you live and walk the Christ life effectively. He is your Helper! After salvation, the most important thing for a believer is the fellowship of the Holy Spirit. Notice in todays verse, Jesus said that the Holy Spirit will guide you into all realities. If you seek and follow His guide, the Holy Spirit will not only unveil the things of God and make it real to you but He will also take you to the depths of those realities so that you can be established. The deeper and stronger your foundation in these word realities, the higher and stronger your life and ministry. Glory!

Friend, is the Christ life real to you? Are you enjoying the life of faith? Your Bible reading, prayer, worship -  Is it real to you or are you just doing it for the sake of doing it? Has the Christ life become a mere religion or one of the religions  to you? Christianity is not a religion, its God living in you. Believer, ask the Holy Spirit to help you and guide you into the kingdom realities. There is no greater and higher life than the Christ life. There is no greater and higher walk than the Christ walk. Fellowship with the Holy Spirit and He will take you deep in the ocean of those realities and you will never be the same!