The Spirit's Revelation: A Telescope unto Truth

But God hath revealed them unto us by His Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:10).

When a telescope is directed towards a distant landscape, it enables us to see what we could not otherwise perceive; yet it does not create what has no real existence in the prospect before us. It presents no illusive imagery, no fanciful scene. The natural eye sees only blue land stretching along the distant horizon. By the aid of the glass, there bursts upon it a charming variety of fields and woods, spires and villages. Yet who would say the glass added one feature to this assemblage? It discovers nothing which is not there; nor does it bring into view a single character not really and previously inscribed upon nature's book.

So it is with the Holy Spirit. He does not add a single truth or character to the book of revelation. He enables the spiritual man to see; but the spectacle which He lays open is uniform and immutable. The Spirit's revealed communications are transcendent in character—revealing the deep things of God that reason alone cannot fathom. They provide absolute ground of certainty and confidence, for He knows all things and reveals that God is love. This truth remains as unchangeable as Elohim Himself, becoming the immovable foundation of our happiness. The Spirit's revelation suffices for all our spiritual necessities: His gracious purpose is disclosed, all miseries of our nature are met in Christ, and Christ is revealed as a new source of life and joy.