[SIZE=16pt]The written Word of God can be useful to teach one about Jesus. But when he or she accept Jesus as his or her God, and becomes baptized in Jesus name, then what is important is receiving the Holy Spirit. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](Acts 8: 14-17) “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, and they went down there and prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit, for as yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The Holy Spirit will then if the person allows him, teach one to come to know God, not to just to know of God.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](1 John 2: 27) “But you have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; the anointing he gave teaches you everything: you are anointed with truth, not with a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him.” [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The Holy Spirit will give one the grace to be able to obey God. Also direct one what he or she needs to do to obey God. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](Acts 8: 14-17) “When the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, they sent Peter and John to them, and they went down there and prayed for them to receive the Holy Spirit, for as yet he had not come down on any of them: they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then they laid hands on them, and they received the Holy Spirit.”[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The Holy Spirit will then if the person allows him, teach one to come to know God, not to just to know of God.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](1 John 2: 27) “But you have not lost the anointing that he gave you, and you do not need anyone to teach you; the anointing he gave teaches you everything: you are anointed with truth, not with a lie, and as it has taught you, so you must stay in him.” [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt]The Holy Spirit will give one the grace to be able to obey God. Also direct one what he or she needs to do to obey God. [/SIZE]
[SIZE=16pt](Romans 8: 4) “He did this in order that the law’s just demands might be satisfied in us, who behave not as our unspiritual nature but as the Spirit dictates.”[/SIZE]