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It's easy to talk generally about the Holy Spirit and his involvement in revelation. We know that the Holy Spirit teaches us (John 14:26). The question is just what is that role? I will discuss this more later, but right now I simply want to suggest that the Holy Spirit is in the business of helping people pursue truth. There is no knowledge that is a prerequisite to having the Holy Spirit work in your life.

I combine the teaching role of the Holy Spirit with the basic freedom apparent in the universe to suggest that the Holy Spirit enlightens everyone to whatever extent they are willing to receive. Obviously this places me in direct opposition to the Calvinist position on predestination, yet it seems to combine the evident freedom of the universe and the experience of God quite nicely.

This same freedom suggests that God's Holy Spirit enlightens everyone, and not just a select few. Fairness would call for that. We have no way of being certain that God intends to be fair—just would be a more Biblical term—but the Bible does seem to suggest that he is. It seems difficult to me to combine fairness and partiality.