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God's Light in a Dark World

February 21, 2016 • Dr. Danny Lovett

The Holy Spirit has a threefold ministry that relates to the Word of God. First of all, He is involved in the revelation of the Word of God. In other words, the Holy Spirit reveals the thoughts and words of God to man. Secondly, He is involved in the inspiration of the Word of God. This means that God specially enabled the people who wrote down His words by the Holy Spirit, so that the words were kept pure and accurate. Last of all, the Holy Spirit is involved in the ministry of illumination. To be illuminated means to have light shine on the subject. Without the illumination of the Holy Spirit, we could not understand the word of God. “The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God but considers them foolishness, and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit” (I Corinthians 2:14, NIV). May we be blessed as we read, hear, study, and understand the Word of God! This is part of the work of the Holy Spirit in our midst!

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