1 Jn 2:27 But the anointing which you have received of him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in him.
The anointing is the power and PRESENCE of the Holy Spirit. The Lord promised in the Gospel of John He would ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit to us and He would teach us, guide us, prepare us, inform us, and empower us. He will convict and convince us. When you have a group of believers who are all Spirit taught the Word of God, they all say the same thing. There's no division over what this Scripture means-they agree. Only the Holy Spirit is qualified to interpret the Word of God because He wrote it. We all have the privilege to take this Holy Bible and get alone with Him and ask and trust Him to teach it to us. We all have His abiding Presence offered to us, we all can lay hold of Him because He was promised. We must have Him. We may all obtain the promise of His Presence in us and with us. He was sent to stay with us. To live with us, and in us. We do not need man to teach us what the Word of God means and how it applies to our lives. HE is well able to do that if we will present ourselves to Him, with hungry hearts, and give Him time. The same ability, and gift of the Spirit's presence in our lives will instruct and learn us what we must know. And when we go to church if the man in the pulpit is truly hearing from and seeking God, he will preach truth we are learning at home. There will be no confusion. There are so many different religions, doctrines, denominations, belief systems and teachings out there we must be taught by the Spirit of Truth or we will be deceived.
Mat 7:13 Enter in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many there be who go in there:
Mat 7:14 Because narrow is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leads unto life, and few there be that find it.
We can only go in through the only entrance there is. It's a straight and narrow entrance. The word for gate here means entrance, it figuratively means condition. There is a condition we must enter into. It's a condition only the Holy Spirit can make reality in our lives. What condition must we enter into? Being hid in Christ. We must be IN Christ for HE is the Door into this condition, this way which leads to life eternal. Jesus Christ alone is the WAY, the TRUTH and the LIFE. IN HIM all the Godhead dwells. In HIM is the only access we have to life and to God-and that means to heaven, too. Every human being is on a journey in this life, but there are only two paths, only two destinations. In Christ, and not in Christ. Heaven and hell. There is a wide path and anything goes on that journey. It's flat, broad, and the journey on that path is easy. That's not to say life on that wide path is easy, for all experience loss and suffering, pain and confusion at times. But that way is the path of least resistance. It's a way of thinking, feeling, acting, deciding, by the means of human wisdom, follow your own thoughts and pursue your own desires, and it leads to death-to absolute destruction.
HOW can you say that? Because all of humanity has been born infected with a sin nature. We are naturally inclined to want any and everything but God. Left to our own devices we will take up destructive habits, and live selfish lives. To go that way will cause that person to be ruined and end up in eternal misery in an eternal hell where there are many ways in but no way out. Just like the law of physics is if you jump up you will come back down, if human beings live for themselves, and serve the desires of their flesh they will perish. There isn't more than one way to abundant life, to heaven, JESUS CHRIST is the ONLY way. Only the Holy Spirit can put us in the Body of Jesus Christ. The way is very restricted to fullness, to resurrection life. It's a life devoted to God and few will be able to understand, or see it. Few will recognize its value and press in to obtain it. It's a struggle, and to enter demands we deny ourselves and embrace HIM.
Luk_13:24 Jesus says "strive to enter in, for many will try but few will be able to enter in". It's a fight to enter in here because it's the only true entrance. Satan does not resist those heading to death, only to life. This is where some people get offended. You hear the questions "there are so many faiths out there, how do you know Christianity is the right way?" Because CHRIST is Christianity and when HE lives in you, His Holy Spirit will teach you truth. The Creator can't live in you and you not know it. Most of what passes or professes itself to be Christianity today is not the real thing.
Mat 7:15 Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
A false prophet is a person who says things, prophesies things, such as future events, and pretends God has told them what they claim. We know sheep are the people of God, His true children. They are clothed with His righteousness, with meekness, gentleness, humility, kindness. So you have a wolf come in with this same appearance, same outward demeanor. They appear righteous on the outside, they speak and act kindly, in an attempt to worm their way in among the flock. So let's focus on wolves a bit. What do we really understand about wolves and their behavior? Jesus compared false prophets to them so let's learn why.
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