Thursday, September 2, 2021

John 14:15–18

Dear Holy Spirit, He will take the teaching of Jesus and life them to us.

What would I do without Him?


He is the perfect gentleman. He will always be near you but He will never give you more of Him than you seek!


John 15:26 “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.


1 John 5:3 For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.


Revelation 21:3 "And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man. He will dwell with them, and they will be his people, and God himself will be with them as their God. 


John 14:15–18

15 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. 16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.


In the New Testament, we find reassurance that God's presence with His people wasn't limited to the ancient Israelites. God dwells with His people today through the gift of the Holy Spirit. We don't need to visit the tabernacle or the temple to be in God's presence. There's no veil blocking the way to the Most Holy Place. (Exodus 26:31-35;  Matthew 27:51) Jesus promised to send the Holy Spirit to dwell in us, and this promise has been fulfilled in the life of every believer. First5.


This refers to the Spirit dwelling in the believer—making them, when they choose to follow God’s will, a testimony by which others can see and understand God. Faithlife Bible.


All three members of the Trinity are mentioned here. Jesus prayed to the Father who would give the Holy Spirit.


The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth because He is truth and guides us into all truth. Neither sees Him nor knows Him does not mean merely that the world is not able to visually identify the Holy Spirit because He is spirit. Something more is meant: The Spirit of God is active in the world, but His acts go unnoticed by the world. Earlier, Jesus called the disciples “little children”. Here He told them He would not leave them fatherless; He would come to them. There are three suggested interpretations as to when that statement would be fulfilled: (1) after the Resurrection, (2) at Pentecost, in the person of the Holy Spirit, and (3) at the Second Coming.


Psalm 119:142 Your righteousness is an everlasting righteousness, and Your law is truth.


Acts 2:33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.


1 John 4:6 We are of God. He who knows God hears us; he who is not of God does not hear us. By this we know the spirit of truth and the spirit of error.


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