How Holy Spirit Helps Us - HOLY SPIRIT MOVES US FORWARD

 What is yet another way in which holy spirit helps us? Like a favorable wind on a stormy sea, holy spirit  moves us forward through stormy trials to the haven of God's promised new world.

As a fisherman, the apostle Peter was accustomed to sailing. So it is worth noting that he  described the working of holy spirit by using an expression that apparently is related to sailing. He wrote:  " Prophecy was at  time brought by man's will, but men spoke from God as they were moved by holy spirit."  The Greek word translated "moved" literally means  "carried along; born along." - s 2 PETER 1:22.

What word picture did  Peter draw with the expression "borne along"?  A similar form of the same Greek word was used by Luke, the writer of Acts, to describe a ship that is "driven along" by the wind. (Acts 27:15)  So when Peter wrote that Bible writers were "borne along."  he used "a fascinating maritime metaphor." as one Bible scholar put it, Peter said, in effect that just as  ship is carried along by the wind to accomplish its journey, so Bible prophets and writers were born along by holy spirit to accomplish their task.  The same scholar said:  "The prophets raised their sails, so to speak." Jehovah did his part. He provided "the wind," or holy spirit.  The Bible writers did their part.   They worked in harmony with the direction of that spirit.

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