John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.

John 21:25 Now there are also many other things that Jesus did. Were every one of them to be written, I suppose that the world itself could not contain the books that would be written.

This first verse indicates that the Holy Spirit will bring to memory of all that Jesus said. That comment was said to His disciples, not us.

In the second verse we hear that not everything that Jesus said and did is written down. We do not have a written record to fill in the missing details. The Holy Spirit knows. Will He share with us things not written in His Word?

Ephesians 5:17 Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.

Everything we need is written in the Word.

Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

The Holy Spirit wields the sword to separate fleshly thoughts from the intentions of our hearts that belong to Jesus. In doing so He sheds light on lies and causes us to choose right things, right paths and in doing so changes our lives in ways we cannot do for ourselves.

Since God is One and in perfect harmony, the Holy spirit will not do anything for us or in us that is not the will of the Father. He gives us the desires of our hearts by first changing our heart’s desire.

Given that this is true, do we really need so many volumes of books that we do not have the time to read in the time we have left here on earth?

Ecclesiastes 1:13 And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with.

God wants us to be happy. Seeking that which is not revealed by the Holy Spirit is an unhappy business.

Romans 8:1-8 English Standard Version

Life in the Spirit

1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. 2 For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. 3 For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, 4 in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. 5 For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. 6 For to set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. 7 For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God’s law; indeed, it cannot. 8 Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

I was looking for a passage and I knew it was in Romans 8 so rather than doing a search, I just opened Romans 8 and began reading. As I read it dawned on me again, as it has so many times before, about the power of this opening. It literally says everything we need to know about living in the Spirit.

But we live our life struggling with the flesh and we need reminders about the mind that is set on the flesh and the hostile attitudes that are dangerous for us in the relationship we have with God.

“There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” While true and absolutely necessary, this knowledge does not cover every aspect of life, only the final judgment.

Romans 8:18

Future Glory

For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

This is the passage I was looking for as I began my search. The reason is because of the emotions within myself that stem from comparing myself to a glory that has not been revealed to me as I anticipate its appearance. That is me wanting to see something which is beyond my control. The will of the Father takes precedence. Yet somehow I think that if I want a good thing that I should receive it. That is flesh talking.

2 Corinthians 10:12 Not that we dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

This is true but I need to be reminded not to do this to myself.