Holy Spirt illiminates Bible for me
Through many writers and in a variety of ways, God has used the Spirit-inspired Scriptures “for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, so that everyone who belongs to God may be proficient, equipped for every good work” (2 Tim. 3:16–17, NRSV). Scripture is one aspect of the Spirit’s mission of creating and sustaining spiritual life. He both authors and speaks through the Bible, which is ultimately the Spirit’s book. By means of Scripture, he bears witness to Jesus Christ, guides the lives of believers, and exercises authority in the church. But while the Spirit speaks first and foremost in Scripture, the New Testament writers believed that his guidance of believers would go “beyond the sacred page.” When, for example, Paul prays that God will “give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better,” he’s asking for much more than for copies of the New Testament (an anachronistic thought) to be distributed (Eph. 1:...