“When the Holy
Spirit Himself comes, all disputes will end. Satan cannot pull rank or his
false logic on Him.
This blessed Holy
Spirit has all the characteristics of a comforter. He is so pure and holy that
He cannot deceive; He is called "the Spirit of truth" John 14:17. If
He says your sins are forgiven, you can believe Him; He will not flatter. If it
were not so He would have told you, for He can chide as well as comfort-- He
can convince of sin as well as of righteousness. And the Spirit of God is so
wise that He cannot be deceived; He never knocks at the wrong door nor delivers
messages to the wrong person, but knows the exact purpose, which the heart of
God holds for each person on earth. "The Spirit searches all things, yea,
the deep things of God1 Corinthians 2:10.
These "deep
things of God" which the apostle mentions are God's counsels of love which
lie deep in His heart until the Spirit draws them out and shows them to men and
women. And He also knows perfectly the frame of man's heart. It would be
strange if the cabinet-maker did not know every secret compartment in the
cabinet. Despite their long study, neither man nor the devil have anything even
approaching a full knowledge of that little world, the microcosm of man's soul.
But as in everything else, God knows this field perfectly and cannot be
deceived.
In a word, God's
Spirit is so irresistible that no one can stand against the power of His peace.
For example, the pardon Nathan took to David was not all that he had hoped for;
so David begged the Comforter to ease his pain. He went on his knees and prayed
hard to have his lost joy restored and his softened heart established by the
free Spirit of God. You might baffle man, and through your own melancholy
manipulation, even evade the truths, which Christians bring for comfort; but
when the Holy Spirit Himself comes, all disputes will end. Satan cannot pull
rank or his false logic on Him. Confusion vanishes and our fears with it as
darkness disappears before the sun.
Quoted material from, ”The Christian in Complete
Armour Daily Readings in Spiritual Warfare” by Gurnall and James S Bell.
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