All Christians Should Understand the Same Truths

If we believe the Holy Bible (and I do) every one has access to a source of truth. This source is not by man or by colleges or by deep studies by highly educated teachers. This source is the Holy Spirit.

The proof of this is in John 16: Jesus says:
12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

God has so much to teach us we cannot take it all in quickly but when we receive the Holy Spirit He will guide us to the truth as we are able to understand and accept it. The gift of the Holy Spirit is given freely to all true Christians so why do so many Christian individuals and Christian denominations disagree on many of God’s truths? This should not be. The Holy Spirit will not bring some to one truth and others to another truth because there can only be one set of truths.

There can only be one reason for so many different beliefs and that is the imperfection of mankind. Every human has freewill and that includes the freewill to listen to the Holy Spirit or to ourselves or to Satan. The Holy Spirit will guide us but He will not force us to listen and many do not listen to anything except traditions, our own pride, because we think we already know the truth, and what other men teach us. Is there other proof that those listening to the Holy Sprit should hold the same truths? For this answer we will look in Acts 2: 42-44
42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
43 And fear came upon every soul: and many wonders and signs were done by the apostles.
44 And all that believed were together, and had all things common
They believed together and had all things common, they understood the same truths.

I know that many will read this and never change what they believe no matter how much proof is placed before them on any subject, this is the pride God hates so much. Do I know all the truth? No and I never will in this flesh body. Part of being humble means to accept the fact we may be wrong and search for the Holy Spirit and the truth no matter how much we think we know or how many traditions we have held onto.

For an example of holding to traditions let’s look at Acts 15: 1-10
I am not going to include the entire Bible text here so please read it to confirm for yourself what is said. Certain men of the brethren said the gentiles should need to be circumcised after the manner of Moses to be saved. These men were holding onto tradition and the teachings of Moses and ADDING to the qualifications Jesus put in place for our salvation. Jesus never said that man had to hold onto traditions in order to be saved. Circumcision was an ordinance from God, not a law, and it was also a blood sacrifice. The necessity for blood sacrifices ended when Jesus died on the cross.

I would like to move to a modern day example of people believing the Holy Spirit is speaking to them but may not be.
There are many Christians who are guided by the Holy Spirit to speak in tongues at which time the Holy Spirit speaks to another and gives that second person the translation of what was said. Is this the Holy Spirit guiding them? I don’t know, but I do know that the references to speaking in tongues in the Bible tell me a different story. When the Holy Spirit came upon the apostles on Pentecost they spoke in tongues that everyone present heard and completely understood in his or her own language and dialect. Paul mentioned that if a person was visiting a church that did not speak his or her own language (tongue) that person should bring a translator so what the visitor said could be interpreted so all could understand.

Since I do not know the entire Bible if a person can point out that I have missed where the Bible mentions this other “speaking in tongues” it would greatly increase my knowledge and I would gladly accept it. Until then I can only go by what I believe the Holy Spirit seems to be telling me and what I read in the Holy Bible. If I am correct where did the other belief come from? Regardless, these people believe the Holy Spirit is what is guiding them. Are they right or wrong?

The next big question we all need to ask ourselves is: Are we correct in our beliefs and how sure are we? It is a dangerous thing to go through life believing a lie about the Holy Spirit and God’s Word. Are we guided by the Holy Spirit or what traditions, mankind and perhaps even Satan are telling us? Beware; the great deceiver is in the churches, schools and even in some great teachers. Are we deceived? Are we too proud to believe we can be deceived?

May God bless the reader with understanding.

Ned Adams.
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