Hi all,
How do we tell if someone's dream, claimed visitation, or vision is of their own desire to make a name or money, or from last night's meal that didn't agree with them, or even from a demon? How do we tell the difference between something being of God, or last night's meal that didn't agree with someone?
It is a sad commentary on the body of Christ that so many could not perceive all the words and dreams about the rapture happening September 23-24, 2025 were false - so this series is hoping to provide the tools required to know the Spirit of Truth.
In John 16:12-13 Jesus said this:"I have many more things to tell you, but you can't bear them now. However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth for He will not speak of Himself, but only what He hears. And He will show you things to come."
Our focus for this series is that Jesus said He had more to say to them but they couldn't handle it. Stop there and consider their natural concern would be that they would accurately hear whatever He was going to say at that later time. So Jesus called the Holy Spirit 'the Spirit of truth', meaning the Holy Spirit will communicate everything Jesus says exactly as spoken.
And that is the first hurdle
Trusting the Spirit of Truth within. We must spend time considering that the Holy Spirit IS the Spirit of truth, that He will accurately communicate what He hears from Jesus to us. Jesus said:"...for He will not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He hears, that is what He will speak..." How we perceive what He is communication follows.
We know what Jesus says from heaven to us is going to be the truth, communicated accurately in every way, every tone, every inflection, exactly as Jesus speaks it from heaven. But will we perceive what has been communicated or will we (have we) become dull of hearing? If we do perceive that Truth from heaven, will we step out in faith to act on it?
Once we know what is communicated from heaven is the truth, without one bit of change, we can understand what Paul wrote about it in I Corinthians 2:9-12:
"For eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things God (Father) has prepared for those who love Him. But, God (Father) has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, yes, even the deep things of God (Father)....Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit of God so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God (Father)."
If you've been taught the Father God has to be yelled at, pleaded with, manipulated by some formula by which to approach or get what you want, then you have been taught all wrong - all wrong. Just believe the chapter and verse. The Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Truth, is right now searching the Father for what He has prepared for you. And He will accurately communicate what has been prepared for He doesn't speak of Himself. That could be doing the hard thing and admitting a lie, or doing the hard thing like apologizing, or truthfully giving that grievance feeling in your spirit that you sinned - good or bad it will be the truth.
So now we know the role of the Holy Spirit is to search the Father for what He has for us, and for what He or Jesus says to us, and communicate these things with 100% accuracy.
The Witness
The second element to understand is that the Holy Spirit is the only one of the godhead active in personal ministry on the earth. In the capacity, He is in both heaven and earth at the same time. There is no time nor distance because He is here and He is there at the same time. Therefore what He hears there, is communicated here without error.
All things done by God on the earth in this age, is by the Holy Spirit. Let me explain it this way:Let's say we have a dad with a son. The father asks the son to wash the car, and he does so. The father is in the house having given his word to the son - wash the car. The son therefore has whatever tools he needs, or can request of the father what he needs, to do the job the father asked him to do.
So the son gets the water hose and begins washing the car. In our example, the father represents the Father God and the son represents Jesus. The water therefore is the Holy Spirit. Now who washed the car? Was it the Father who gave the order? We could say that in the same way we say a coach has won the game. But it would also be true to say the son washed the car because he actually did the work, in the same way the team did the work of winning. So both father and son, coach and players, get equal credit.
But the reality is the water washed the car. In a game, it was the ball that won the game - it went through the goal, crossed the line, or was hit, to make the points. That's why people keep game balls - the ball did the work and it's special.
The Holy Spirit is the one washing us. He is the Truth at the direction of Father and Son to effect their will in our lives. He speaks not of Himself, but whatsoever He hears, Jesus said. In that capacity though, He is the one doing the work. When the Lord visits me, I am in His realm by the Spirit. It is Jesus, the man, the resurrected son of God - but by the Spirit I am brought to His realm, my eyes are opened to His realm - by the Holy Spirit.
Every true vision, visitation, dream, manifestation of the Spirit, is done by the Holy Spirit. Jesus had the Spirit without measure John 3:34 says. We have limits to the Holy Spirit, Jesus in His earthly ministry, and now in heaven overseeing the body of Christ, does not.
In that capacity as the one working on the earth today...
The Holy Spirit is therefore a witness to all things. When the Father was teaching me some of these things He had me look at Genesis 1:2:"And the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water." I had been thinking on that and asked:"Father, why was the Spirit hovering over the water?" He said:"As a witness." I still didn't get it; "Why?" "Moses needed an eye-witness account of creation so he could write the book of Genesis."
In Acts 5:32 Peter has been defending his faith in Christ, telling the rulers they crucified Jesus, but His Father raised Him from the dead, and is ascended to heaven at the right hand of God. "And we are witnesses of these things, so also is the Holy Spirit who God has given to those who obey Him." (directed at them, not having the Holy Spirit because they don't believe.)
We've covered lots of ground today. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, the only one of the godhead personally ministering on the earth today - Jesus is of course, via the Spirit, but He won't personally be in person until His return at the end of this age. The Holy Spirit is a true witness, faithfully communicating what Jesus and the Father say and have provided.
Our spirits have been born again, recreated by that same Holy Spirit. He testifies to our spirit we are God's children. The question remains - how then do we perceive the Spirit of truth when someone says Jesus told them the rapture will happen September 23-24, 2025? How do we perceive the truth when someone claimed when Biden was about to be inaugurated, that Trump was going to come in with the army and arrest Biden, claiming Jesus told them, or the Father personally appeared to (her) to tell here these things? How do we sift true and false?
That's for next week. Until then, blessings,
John Fenn
cwowi.org and email me at [email protected]
How do we tell if someone's dream, claimed visitation, or vision is of their own desire to make a name or money, or from last night's meal that didn't agree with them, or even from a demon? How do we tell the difference between something being of God, or last night's meal that didn't agree with someone?
It is a sad commentary on the body of Christ that so many could not perceive all the words and dreams about the rapture happening September 23-24, 2025 were false - so this series is hoping to provide the tools required to know the Spirit of Truth.
In John 16:12-13 Jesus said this:"I have many more things to tell you, but you can't bear them now. However, when the Spirit of Truth comes, He will guide you into all truth for He will not speak of Himself, but only what He hears. And He will show you things to come."
Our focus for this series is that Jesus said He had more to say to them but they couldn't handle it. Stop there and consider their natural concern would be that they would accurately hear whatever He was going to say at that later time. So Jesus called the Holy Spirit 'the Spirit of truth', meaning the Holy Spirit will communicate everything Jesus says exactly as spoken.
And that is the first hurdle
Trusting the Spirit of Truth within. We must spend time considering that the Holy Spirit IS the Spirit of truth, that He will accurately communicate what He hears from Jesus to us. Jesus said:"...for He will not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He hears, that is what He will speak..." How we perceive what He is communication follows.
We know what Jesus says from heaven to us is going to be the truth, communicated accurately in every way, every tone, every inflection, exactly as Jesus speaks it from heaven. But will we perceive what has been communicated or will we (have we) become dull of hearing? If we do perceive that Truth from heaven, will we step out in faith to act on it?
Once we know what is communicated from heaven is the truth, without one bit of change, we can understand what Paul wrote about it in I Corinthians 2:9-12:
"For eye has not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of man the things God (Father) has prepared for those who love Him. But, God (Father) has revealed these things to us by His Spirit, for the Spirit searches all things, yes, even the deep things of God (Father)....Now, we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit of God so that we might know the things that are freely given to us by God (Father)."
If you've been taught the Father God has to be yelled at, pleaded with, manipulated by some formula by which to approach or get what you want, then you have been taught all wrong - all wrong. Just believe the chapter and verse. The Holy Spirit, who is the Spirit of Truth, is right now searching the Father for what He has prepared for you. And He will accurately communicate what has been prepared for He doesn't speak of Himself. That could be doing the hard thing and admitting a lie, or doing the hard thing like apologizing, or truthfully giving that grievance feeling in your spirit that you sinned - good or bad it will be the truth.
So now we know the role of the Holy Spirit is to search the Father for what He has for us, and for what He or Jesus says to us, and communicate these things with 100% accuracy.
The Witness
The second element to understand is that the Holy Spirit is the only one of the godhead active in personal ministry on the earth. In the capacity, He is in both heaven and earth at the same time. There is no time nor distance because He is here and He is there at the same time. Therefore what He hears there, is communicated here without error.
All things done by God on the earth in this age, is by the Holy Spirit. Let me explain it this way:Let's say we have a dad with a son. The father asks the son to wash the car, and he does so. The father is in the house having given his word to the son - wash the car. The son therefore has whatever tools he needs, or can request of the father what he needs, to do the job the father asked him to do.
So the son gets the water hose and begins washing the car. In our example, the father represents the Father God and the son represents Jesus. The water therefore is the Holy Spirit. Now who washed the car? Was it the Father who gave the order? We could say that in the same way we say a coach has won the game. But it would also be true to say the son washed the car because he actually did the work, in the same way the team did the work of winning. So both father and son, coach and players, get equal credit.
But the reality is the water washed the car. In a game, it was the ball that won the game - it went through the goal, crossed the line, or was hit, to make the points. That's why people keep game balls - the ball did the work and it's special.
The Holy Spirit is the one washing us. He is the Truth at the direction of Father and Son to effect their will in our lives. He speaks not of Himself, but whatsoever He hears, Jesus said. In that capacity though, He is the one doing the work. When the Lord visits me, I am in His realm by the Spirit. It is Jesus, the man, the resurrected son of God - but by the Spirit I am brought to His realm, my eyes are opened to His realm - by the Holy Spirit.
Every true vision, visitation, dream, manifestation of the Spirit, is done by the Holy Spirit. Jesus had the Spirit without measure John 3:34 says. We have limits to the Holy Spirit, Jesus in His earthly ministry, and now in heaven overseeing the body of Christ, does not.
In that capacity as the one working on the earth today...
The Holy Spirit is therefore a witness to all things. When the Father was teaching me some of these things He had me look at Genesis 1:2:"And the Spirit of God hovered over the surface of the water." I had been thinking on that and asked:"Father, why was the Spirit hovering over the water?" He said:"As a witness." I still didn't get it; "Why?" "Moses needed an eye-witness account of creation so he could write the book of Genesis."
In Acts 5:32 Peter has been defending his faith in Christ, telling the rulers they crucified Jesus, but His Father raised Him from the dead, and is ascended to heaven at the right hand of God. "And we are witnesses of these things, so also is the Holy Spirit who God has given to those who obey Him." (directed at them, not having the Holy Spirit because they don't believe.)
We've covered lots of ground today. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, the only one of the godhead personally ministering on the earth today - Jesus is of course, via the Spirit, but He won't personally be in person until His return at the end of this age. The Holy Spirit is a true witness, faithfully communicating what Jesus and the Father say and have provided.
Our spirits have been born again, recreated by that same Holy Spirit. He testifies to our spirit we are God's children. The question remains - how then do we perceive the Spirit of truth when someone says Jesus told them the rapture will happen September 23-24, 2025? How do we perceive the truth when someone claimed when Biden was about to be inaugurated, that Trump was going to come in with the army and arrest Biden, claiming Jesus told them, or the Father personally appeared to (her) to tell here these things? How do we sift true and false?
That's for next week. Until then, blessings,
John Fenn
cwowi.org and email me at [email protected]
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