“…the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie,”. This is part of verse 27 in I John 2. The Holy Spirit is God. He cannot lie. He is truth. He is very willing to teach you whatever you need to know. It is then of utmost importance that we have this anointing and that we are teachable. It takes humility to be teachable. Pride works against the Holy Spirit and blinds people.
We find a very important word in Luke 11:9-13 that was spoken by Jesus Himself. He says, “Ask and it shall be given you, seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth;” and so on He gives a tremendous promise. Then he concludes verse 13 with, “how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?”
Self discipline is right and necessary in life in our walk with the Lord. Good teaching and sermons can be helpful. However, none of those things replace the need for the anointing of the Holy Spirit. We cannot just learn our way to the victory that Christ offers us. It takes the Holy Spirit and His anointing upon us. This is the Good Shepherd’s plan from the beginning. Many try to improve on the plan of God by their own programs, methods and self-improvement teachings.
In the true Church of Jesus Christ there is no replacement for the Holy Spirit. It is He that reveals the Good Shepherd to us and teaches us all things.
Let There Be Life 