Day 20         The advice of a father  -  Let the Spirit Guide you!              

1 John 2:20   But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.

21  I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth.

              How do we know if something is of God or of Satan?   The context of verses 20,21 talks about antichrists coming into the world to deceive Christians.  It is a serious warning,  but how can we tell the difference?  Obviously,  Satan is really good at disguising himself and his doctrines.  He has been “fooling” Christians for thousands of years.  Many good church buildings are empty or have turned into apartment buildings.  Many of those churches at one time preached the gospel and saw people saved.  Now that church doesn’t exist.  After I was saved I attended Lakeside Baptist Church.  That church no longer exists.  I went to Florida Bible College.  That college no longer exists.  In many cases,  false teachings or sin entered into those bodies and destroyed them from within.  How can we see the false teachings that Satan is bringing into our church?

         John says,  “you have an unction  (an anointing) of the Holy One.  You know all things.” 

I am certain that I do not know all things.  Only God knows all things.  Perhaps that is what he is saying.  John is reminding us that we have the Holy Spirit dwelling in us.  That Holy Spirit is God.  He knows all things.  We can’t rely on our own abilities or our own knowledge.  We are not the ones who can see the attacks of the devil.  He is a spirit.  We are physical bodies. Satan does not appear to us in a way that alerts our senses.  But the Holy Spirit knows all things.  When we have the Holy Spirit directing us,  we can see spiritually.  Paul wrote,

1 Corinthians 2:10  But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

         Prayer has to be the most important part of seeing and knowing.  We have to allow God’s Spirit to direct us. We often act like Gehazi,  worried and afraid,  but unable to see.  Elisha said, 

2 Kings 6:17  And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.

        That’s the way we need to pray every day;  “Lord open our eyes.”  We have the anointing of the Holy Spirit.  He is God and He knows all things.  He is willing to reveal them to us.  He wants to teach us and show us the areas that are dangerous in our walk.  May we look to Him for the way in which we should go each day.