He will give you another Counsellor to be with you
forever.....the Spirit of truth- John 14:16-17
One of the lessons
Jesus gave His disciples when preparing them to receive the Holy Spirit’s
coming would not be a temporary visitation- He would abide in them forever. In
the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit provided temporary supplies of power to
individual people for certain tasks. When these purposes were accomplished, He
returned to heaven.
The disciples were no
doubt aware of this aspect of the Spirit’s ministry, but now Jesus gives them
the breathtaking news that the Holy Spirit’s coming would be permanent. ”He
will abide in you and be with you forever” What a revelation this must have been for the
disciples. The occasional would give way to the permanent; the special it would
give way to the general. Jesus was saying, in effect, that the Holy Spirit
would move in the inner recess f their beings and abide with them forever.
This is probably one
of the most important truths we can grasp from the scripture, for there are
many Christians who think of the possession of the Holy Spirit as tentative and
momentary. However that would defeat the very point and purpose of redemption,
for as someone said; “the Holy Spirit is the applied point of redemption”. His
coming into our lives must be permanent, or our redemption (at least it’s
application) will be temporary. The Holy Ghost becomes a Holy Guest! Thank God
a permanent guest!!!
Still hungry? 1 John 3:24
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