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(J. C. Ryle, "Having the Spirit")

All who have the Spirit—are taught by Him. He is called
in Scripture, "The Spirit of wisdom and revelation." It 
was the promise of the Lord Jesus, "He shall teach you 
all things." "He shall guide you into all truth." 

We are all by nature ignorant of spiritual truth. "The 
natural man receives not the things of the Spirit of 
God—they are foolishness to him." Our eyes are blinded. 
We neither know God, nor Christ, nor ourselves, nor the 
world, nor sin, nor heaven, nor hell—as we ought. We 
see everything under false colors. 

The Spirit alters entirely this state of things. He opens 
the eyes of our understandings. He illumines us. He calls 
us out of darkness into marvelous light. He takes away 
the veil. He shines into our hearts, and makes us see 
things as they really are! 

No wonder that all true Christians are so remarkably 
agreed upon the essentials of true religion! The reason 
is, that they have all learned in one school—the 
school of the Holy Spirit. No wonder that true Christians 
can understand each other at once, and find common 
ground of fellowship! They have been taught the 
same language, by One whose lessons are never 
forgotten!