things that come from the Spirit of God, … and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned” (1 Corinthians 2:12, 14). We need the Holy Spirit’s help to understand the Word of God. We can say, then, that God has used three steps to apply His truth to our lives: 1. He revealed truth to the writers. 2. The Holy Spirit led those writers through inspiration to write what God revealed. 3. The Holy Spirit illuminates Scripture so we can receive the original revelation as we read the