"The former account I made, O Theophilius, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen."
Acts 1:1-2 (NKJV)
Imagine building something, working on a project, or going to some place, and you need information to be successful in what you want to do. Whose direction and guidance would you want to have for these things? Would you look for information from anyone other than someone who has knowledge and understanding about what you wanted to do? It would be foolish to ask someone about building something or about work on a project who had never done those things, and it would not make sense to ask someone for directions to a place that they had never even heard of.
At one time or another, we will all need some information and directions, and we may even be the one who is asked to give that information and those directions. As Christians, we have the Holy Spirit living in us, and He can help us with the information and directions we need for our own life and for the information and direction we may need to give to other people. If we are just making things up on our own, following traditions, current trends, or doing things based on what someone else has done, we may end up giving information that will only be of minimal value.
In Acts 1:2, it says that Jesus gave His disciples commandments through the Holy Spirit; Jesus was not making things up on His own or just sharing what some other person had taught Him. In the same way, through God's Word and by the Holy Spirit, God will give us what we need to know, and what we can use to help others. We may have some nice ideas, and maybe even a good amount of wisdom and experience, but rather than just following and giving out directions from things we come up with on our own, we need to follow and give guidance from the Holy Spirit; that is the best way to do things.
until the day in which He was taken up, after He through the Holy Spirit had given commandments to the apostles whom He had chosen."
Acts 1:1-2 (NKJV)
Imagine building something, working on a project, or going to some place, and you need information to be successful in what you want to do. Whose direction and guidance would you want to have for these things? Would you look for information from anyone other than someone who has knowledge and understanding about what you wanted to do? It would be foolish to ask someone about building something or about work on a project who had never done those things, and it would not make sense to ask someone for directions to a place that they had never even heard of.
At one time or another, we will all need some information and directions, and we may even be the one who is asked to give that information and those directions. As Christians, we have the Holy Spirit living in us, and He can help us with the information and directions we need for our own life and for the information and direction we may need to give to other people. If we are just making things up on our own, following traditions, current trends, or doing things based on what someone else has done, we may end up giving information that will only be of minimal value.
In Acts 1:2, it says that Jesus gave His disciples commandments through the Holy Spirit; Jesus was not making things up on His own or just sharing what some other person had taught Him. In the same way, through God's Word and by the Holy Spirit, God will give us what we need to know, and what we can use to help others. We may have some nice ideas, and maybe even a good amount of wisdom and experience, but rather than just following and giving out directions from things we come up with on our own, we need to follow and give guidance from the Holy Spirit; that is the best way to do things.
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