Psalms 19:1-14
1 The heavens declare the glory of God;
the skies proclaim the work of his hands.
2 Day after day they pour forth speech;
night after night they display knowledge.
3 There is no speech or language
where their voice is not heard.
4 Their voice goes out into all the earth,
their words to the ends of the world.
In the heavens he has pitched a tent for the sun,
5 which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion,
like a champion rejoicing to run his course.
6 It rises at one end of the heavens
and makes its circuit to the other;
nothing is hidden from its heat.
7 The law of the LORD is perfect,
reviving the soul.
The statutes of the LORD are trustworthy,
making wise the simple.
8 The precepts of the LORD are right,
giving joy to the heart.
The commands of the LORD are radiant,
giving light to the eyes.
9 The fear of the LORD is pure,
enduring forever.
The ordinances of the LORD are sure
and altogether righteous.
10 They are more precious than gold,
than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,
than honey from the comb.
11 By them is your servant warned;
in keeping them there is great reward.
12 Who can discern his errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
13 Keep your servant also from willful sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then will I be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
O LORD, my Rock and my Redeemer.
John 14:15-21
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.19 Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20 On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.”
John 15:26-27
26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:1-15
The Holy Spirit Will Guide Us
1 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”
The Psalmist tells us that the heavens declare the glory of God...In the first six verses, we can see that the author sees incredible evidence of his Heavenly Father...We can go out and see the sun rising, the moon glowing, the blue skies, or the rain falling and see God...We see the birds, geese, tuna, salmon, and things migrating like our ancestors...When they saw these things, they saw God...
And for good or bad, whether you are a believer or non-believer what the Biblical authors wrote (in their times) were not tainted by science, a lot of education on evolution, or a philosophies against our LORD and Savior...The Bible was put together and inspired by God whose authors wrote what they felt, what they saw, and what they believed...These authors, as well as the majority of people in the world, believed in God...Almost everyone back in the ancient days believed in God...
I actually think, these authors and people thought right and wrong and morality was from God...Righteousness was from believing in God...God is the objective for the foundation of righteousness, and the Law of Moses gave us a set of rules to follow Him...The people that followed the Law of Moses were the believers in God and followers of God...His followers and believers, believe He is the Absolute Right of the world, and only He is Absolutely Good...
Most people since humanity started almost everyone has believed in God...C. S. Lewis wrote in Mere Christianity that "When I was an atheist I had to try to persuade myself that most of the human race have always been wrong about the question that mattered to them most; when I became a Christian I was able to take a more liberal view...But, of course, being a Christian does mean thinking that where Christianity differs from other religions, Christianity is right and they are wrong...As in arithmetic - there is only one right answer to a sum, and all other answers are wrong: but some of the wrong answers are much nearer being right than others"...Lewis tells us that in his original thinking on God -was that most of the human race had gotten it wrong about believing in God (and he had gotten it right)...But now that he believed he could take a different position, a more liberal view -that God is really God and does exist...
The authors of the Bible are a part of that "most of the human race" who believed in God...In fact, these authors with their writings play a large part of keeping the Word alive, and keep God going -although He needs no help, because He is God, and in control...Many of these authors just by looking up and out of their homes, tents, and where they lived saw and felt God...C. S. Lewis also said "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else."...
But the Psalmist goes on in verses seven through fourteen and talks about God's precepts, and the Law of Moses, as well as fearing and respecting our LORD...God's precepts are good and they help us in finding good and what is right...The author knows that God is good...
For us who are searching and believe in good, we need to ask ourselves two basic question in our lives...Do you believe in right and wrong?...And if you do, where did that come from?...If you say your parents, then who gave them this moral rule of good behavior?...Some do use this generational argument, but it can only go back so far...
I do believe that there is right and there is wrong...And for me to believe this, there must be Something in me or Something Dwelling in me that causes me to believe this way...Arguing that there is a right and wrong is an argument for God...It is called the moral argument...And it appears that this moral argument has been around since the beginning of time, and that men and women (have always) wanted to be treated fairly and to be treated right...We do not want to be treated unfairly, be cheated, or treated wrong...There is a right and a wrong and it is as old as humanity...C. S. Lewis calls this the Law of Human Nature or the Law of Nature...It is what the Biblical authors were writing about...We must have precepts and laws that have come from somewhere or Something that makes us think the way we think -about right and wrong...This thinking comes from the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Truth in us -that is always seeking the Truth, and always distinguishing right from wrong...The Holy Spirit guides us to the Truth...We are given a Holy Spirit that is indwelt in us to search and seek for the Truth, and to understand what is right and wrong...The Holy Spirit wants us to know there is a right, and there is a wrong...By believing this, I believe then that this implies their is a Moral Law Giver...So then I can believe in the One who sent this Spirit of Truth to me...That Moral Law Giver is God...