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John 16:12-15 (NIV)

Peter was a humble fisherman, yet when the opportunity presented itself he gave one of the most effective sermons in the history of the church! How was that possible? By God’s Holy Spirit. Peter was experiencing the fulfillment of a promise Jesus had made to the disciples when he was walking on this earth.

John 16:12–15(NIV) “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 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. He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 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.”

Jesus promised us the Holy Spirit would guide us into all truth. This is the same Greek word that is used in Acts 8:31 for the word “explain.”

Acts 8:23-31 (NIV) Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Go south to the road—the desert road—that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” So he started out, and on his way he met an Ethiopian eunuch, an important official in charge of all the treasury of the Kandake (which means “queen of the Ethiopians”). This man had gone to Jerusalem to worship, and on his way home was sitting in his chariot reading the Book of Isaiah the prophet. The Spirit told Philip, “Go to that chariot and stay near it.”

Then Philip ran up to the chariot and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what you are reading?” Philip asked.

“How can I,” he said, “unless someone explains it to me?” So he invited Philip to come up and sit with him.

This is the passage of Scripture the eunuch was reading: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before its shearer is silent, so he did not open his mouth. In his humiliation he was deprived of justice. Who can speak of his descendants? For his life was taken from the earth.”

The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?” Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told him the good news about Jesus.

As they traveled along the road, they came to some water and the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What can stand in the way of my being baptized?” And he gave orders to stop the chariot. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water and Philip baptized him. When they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord suddenly took Philip away, and the eunuch did not see him again, but went on his way rejoicing.

Just like we see the Holy Spirit explain through, Peter what was happening on the day of Pentecost, Philip led the Ethiopian to believe in Jesus through answering the questions, or explaining, the Ethiopian had about the prophecy. Simply being able to point him to the truth of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Here’s my bottom line, God’s Spirit teaches and confirms God’s truth. You don’t have to have a doctorate in theology to effectively explain the Scriptures to someone.