Are you taught by God?

John 6:45 It is written in the Prophets, 'And they will all be taught by God.' Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to me—

1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 Now concerning brotherly love you have no need for anyone to write to you, for you yourselves have been taught by God to love one another, (10)for that indeed is what you are doing to all the brothers throughout Macedonia. But we urge you, brothers, to do this more and more,

In the photo above children are being taught about God. In John 6:45 and 1 Thessalonians 4:9-10 shown above, the Bible teaches that believers will be successfully taught by God. 1 Thessalonians 4:9 affirms that believers are taught by God to love one another. When we looked at Romans 8:14, we learned that the children of God are led by the Spirit of God. Those that are led follow, and those that are taught learn from the Holy Spirit. The Christian walk consists of following the leading and applying what is learned. John tells us in 1 John 3:18 Little children, let us not love in word or talk but in deed and in truth. John is telling us that love is shown by action and not just by word and talk. John in 1 John 4:7 (below) and Paul in Ephesians 2:5 trace the source of this love back to the power of God through being born again.

Is this what believers should do but, in some cases, do not do? No, the Bible, teaches that all believers respond to God’s leading and teaching by responding with a love that not only talks the talk, but it walks the walk. It is a love of action. John affirms that all believers participate in this love, 1 John 4:7-8 Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. (8)Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is the same message that is taught over and over in Scripture. Those born of God will always show the results of their new Sprit led nature. John is stating very clearly that whoever does not love with deeds, does not know God and has not been born again.

Paul, in 1 Thessalonians 4:10 above, points out that believers should co-operate with the grace of the Holy Spirit and love more and more. This points to the fact that believers are not perfect and, while they are being taught by God and led by the Spirit, they should participate in the sanctification that is being worked in them by the Spirit. Because as Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:3: For this is the will of God, your sanctification.

Praise God that his regenerating power saves us to eternal life and from the power of sin. It justifies and sanctifies those born of God. Grace produces faith which overcomes the world, 1 John 5:4 For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world--our faith. There is power in the blood of Christ and it never fails. Never!