29 DAYS TO PENTECOST

TEXT: JOHN 14:26

 ²⁶But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

KEY TEXT: John 16:14  “…He shall teach you…and bring all things to your remembrance…”  

REFLECTION:  The world was depending on the disciples.  They were the ones who knew the Lord personally.  They were the ones who profited from those intimate conversations with the Savior—the kind that truly reveal a person’s heart. They were the ones who would be asked, “What would Jesus have said? or What would Jesus do in this situation?” And they were the ones who could answer, “Jesus said…” or “Immediately Jesus stretched forth His hand and…” 

They were the ones who would lay out sheets of papyrus and take reed pens in hand to write the New Testament.

The world needed to know who Jesus was, what Jesus did, and why Jesus came.  The accuracy of their recollection was essential. The import and impact of Christ’s life must be recorded for the ages. 

And more than a simple record of our Lord’s sayings and deeds, the passion and compassion of the Savior must be known.

The task would have been impossible for the unlearned disciples, except that the Lord kept His promise.  “The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, shall teach you…and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”

The Holy Spirit is not only a Spirit who convicts and convinces, a Spirit who converts and consecrates, a Spirit who empowers and purifies, but He is a Spirit who reminds and oversees the writing of the New Testament.

The Apostles themselves were keenly aware of the Spirit’s guidance as they wrote.  Peter affirmed, “¹⁹We have also a more sure word of prophecy, unto which ye do well that ye take heed, as unto a light that shineth in a dark place, until the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts, ²⁰knowing this first: that no prophecy of the Scripture is of any private interpretation. ²¹For the prophecy came not in olden times by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.” (I Peter 1:19-21). 

Paul declared, “ ¹⁶All Scripture is given by inspiration of God and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, ¹⁷that the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly equipped for all good works.” (2 Timothy 3:16,17).

Those who deny the accuracy or the authority of the Bible are unwittingly (or wittingly) asserting their doubts in the verity of Christ’s promise “He shall bring all things to your remembrance,” and in the veracity of the Spirit-breathed Word of God.

The same Spirit that brought the words of Christ to the remembrance of the disciples in the first century is that same Spirit that will bring to our remembrance the words of the Savior in the 21^st century.  He is faithful to bring “all things to our remembrance…”

PRAYER: Our Father in Heaven, The more we learn of Thee, the more we desire to know of Thee.  Your truth is enlightening, your wisdom is empowering, and your example is amazing.  We pray that you would remind us each day, not only that you are The Truth, but of the Truth you taught and exampled.  Give us discernment in the living of this day.  All this we pray in the name of Jesus, Amen. “Our Father, &c"