“Then will I sprinkle clean water upon you, and ye shall be clean: from all your filthiness, and from all your idols, will I cleanse you. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit with you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them”. – Ezekiel 36:25-27
LIGHT FOR NOW: A believer who neglects the written word of God will find it difficult to follow God’s leading or the leading of the spirit.
It was previously established that we must place the truth of God’s word above our experiences. God’s mind is already contained in the written word. Hence, a believer’s attitude and knowledge of the written word is basically how much of God’s leading he will follow. Jesus was referred to as the word of God: John 1:1-4 “In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him, it was not anything made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men”. John 1:14 “And the word was made flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father) full of grace and truth”. He is God’s wisdom for salvation. 1 Corinthians 1:30 “But of him are ye in Christ, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification and redemption”.
The wisdom of God is in the crucifixion of Jesus. He is the intelligence of God. That is where God showed that the wisdom of this world is foolishness. The wisdom of this world has no knowledge of God in it, but the believer has received the wisdom of God; in his spirit, Christ has been made unto him wisdom. It is important for the believer to get himself acquainted with the written word. In the various instances where Jesus had to answer questions, he never spoke experiences or encounters. Rather, he points attention to the written word and also taught from it. Observe that Paul, in his writing, emphasized reading, and the document to be read in this context is definite.
Ephesians 3:4 “Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ”. Colossians 4:16 “And when the epistle is read among you, cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans; and that ye likewise read the epistle from Laodicea”. Note that every teaching or explanation that relates to the believer must be from the written word, no matter the concept. Hence, when a man is given to the reading of the scriptures, it will give birth to knowledge in knowing and following the leading of the spirit. Glory!
INSTRUCTION: Study God’s word.
CONFESSION: I am given to the study of God’s word, in Jesus’s name, Amen.
QUOTE: Pay attention to the word,and it will be easy to discern the leading of the spirit.
DAILY BIBLE READING: MORNING: EPHESIANS CHAPTER 3; EVENING: COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 4
LIGHT FROM THE WORD 