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16 Bible Verses About the Holy Spirit Guiding

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  • At the evening meal before the Passover, Jesus promised that the Spirit of truth would teach the disciples, remind them of his words and guide them into all the truth (John 14:26; 16:13).
  • Nehemiah 9:20 names the Spirit given “to instruct” Israel alongside the pillar of cloud and fire, manna and water in the wilderness.
  • In Acts 16:6-7 the Spirit guides Paul’s team by keeping them out of Asia and Bithynia before the vision that sends them to Macedonia.
  • Romans 8:14 and Galatians 5:18 both speak of being “led by the Spirit,” in each case set against living by the flesh.
  • Romans 8:26-27 says the Spirit intercedes for believers when they do not know what to pray for, in accordance with the will of God.

In Scripture the Holy Spirit guides believers by teaching them and by directing what they do. Jesus promised that the Spirit of truth “will guide you into all the truth” (John 16:13), and Paul writes that “those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God” (Romans 8:14). In Acts the Spirit sends Philip to a chariot (Acts 8:29) and closes a route to Paul (Acts 16:6-7). The idea is older than the New Testament: the…

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Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

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