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1 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | biblicalman | 228760 | ||
When Jesus said, 'I will guide you into ALL truth' He was speaking to His disciples. These words guarantee that the New Testament revelation is reliable. No one today is led into ALL truth (not even me lol). This is evidenced by the fact that He also said, 'But the One called alongside to help, even the Holy Spirit, Whom the Father will send in My Name, will teach you all things AND WILL BRING TO YOUR REMEMBRANCE ALL THAT I HAVE SAID TO YOU' (John 14.26) Certainly the Holy Spirit leads us into truth today, but He is hindered by our presuppositions, church background and personal prejudice. Yes we have revelation knowledge if you mean by that the Holy Spirit illuminates the word to us. But we do not have revelation knowledge if you mean by that that we are guided in such a way that we are not in error. When Jesus thanked His Father for the revelation that He had given His disciples and followers He was not suggesting that at that stage they had been led into all truth. We know very well from what followed that they had not. What He was thanking God for was that they had appreciated the truth about Him while the great teachers were still in ignorance. |
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2 | Can we determine thr truth of the matter | 1 John 1:8 | DocTrinsograce | 228762 | ||
Dear Biblicalman, If you read the John 16:13 verse in context, we understand that the phrase "all the truth" is not meant to mean "exhaustively all things that are true." Instead, it means all that is necessary for saving knowledge, faith, and obedience; i.e., the text of the New Testament itself. It is all that is needed, not all that there is. All that is needed entirely, without excess and without omission: I like how John Calvin puts it in his commentary on John 16:13: "That very Spirit had lead them into all truth, when they committed to writing the substance of their doctrine. Whoever imagines that anything must be added to their doctrine, as if it were imperfect and but half-finished, not only accuses the apostles of dishonesty, but blasphemes against the Spirit. If the doctrine which they committed to writing had proceeded from mere learners or persons imperfectly taught, an addition to it would not have been superfluous; but now that their writings may be regarded as perpetual records of that revelation which was promised and given to them, nothing can be added to them without doing grievous injury to the Holy Spirit." These things appear to be consistent with the conclusions you posted. In Him, Doc |
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