Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Have you Received the Comforter, The Holy Spirit?

The disciples of Jesus lived with Him
for three and half years
they were with Him all the time.
They walked with Him,
He taught them,
He guided them,
He looked after them
like a shepherd his sheep.
And when Jesus told them
that He would be leaving them
they were saddened
but He said to them that
it is good that He goes away
because if He does not go away
the Comforter cannot come.
He promised them the Comforter
that will be with them for ever.
Dear friends, that Comforter is the Holy Spirit
which He promised to those who obey Him.
I read about it in John 14:16
“I will ask the Father, and He will give you
another Helper, that He may be with you forever;
that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive,
because it does not behold Him or know Him,
 but you know Him because He abides with you
and will be in you.
18“I will not leave you as orphans;
I will come to you.
19“After a little while the world will
behold Me no more,
but you will behold(see) Me;
because I live, you will live also.
20“In that day you shall know that
I am in My Father,
and you in Me, and I in you.”
The Holy Spirit that He promised
and that came on the day of Pentecost
is CHRIST IN US.
Jesus promised,
I go further verse John 14:26
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit,
whom the Father will send in My name,
He will teach you all things,
and bring to your remembrance
all that I said to you”
That is the Holy Spirit that He promised
to you and to me also.
I read from John 15:26
“When the Helper comes,
whom I will send to you from the Father,
that is the Spirit of truth
who proceeds from the Father,
He will bear witness of Me,”
I go on I read from John 16:13
“But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes,
He will guide you into all the truth;
for He will not speak on His own initiative,
but whatever He hears,
He will speak;
and He will disclose to you
what is to come.
14“He shall glorify Me,
for He shall take of Mine
and shall disclose it to you.
15“All things that the Father has are Mine;
therefore I said that He takes of Mine
and will disclose it to you.”
Dear friends, after Jesus was crucified
and resurrected
and before He ascended to heaven
we read in Acts 1
He commanded the disciples
to go to Jerusalem and wait
Acts 1:4
“and gathering together
He commanded them
not to leave Jerusalem
but to wait for what the Father
had promised, which He had said
you heard of from Me”
That was the Holy Spirit
verse 8 He says:
”But you shall receive POWER
when the Holy Spirit has
come upon you
and you shall be my witnesses”
Dear friends, than happened on
the day of Pentecost
and we read in Acts 2:38
that the people wondered
what was happening
to these people
who had just received
the gift of the Holy Spirit.
I read Acts 2:38
“Peter said to them,
“Repent, and each of you
be baptized in the name
of Jesus Christ for the
forgiveness of your sins;
and you shall receive the gift
of the Holy Spirit. 
39“For the promise
is for you and your children
and for all who are far off,
as many as the Lord our God
shall call to Himself.”
Dear friends, Jesus Christ
promised the Holy Spirit
to His disciples
and to all of those
who would believe in Him
to all of those who would
be drawn to Him
an those are us.
Every believer,
He promised us the Comforter
the Helper, that would be with us
for ever
who would guide us into all truth,
a constant Companion
living in you
CHRIST IN YOU
the voice of the Holy Spirit
in you,
constantly guiding us
step by step.
Jesus wants to live in you
by His Spirit
and guide you
step by step
He did not promise us a Bible
He promised us the Comforter.
We are thankful for the Bible
because it tells us
about the Comforter
but we need to receive
the Comforter from
Jesus Christ Himself.
That is the testimony
that we have, and if we
believe the testimony that is
written in the scriptures
then we embrace Jesus
and we say: “Lord,
give me Your Spirit”
“Send me Your Comforter
to be with me,
to guide me
every step of the way,
as You have promised.”
Dear friend, have you
received the Comforter?
Have you received the Holy Spirit,
living in you, guiding you
every step of the way?
Are you LISTENING to the voice
of the Holy Spirit?
Are you led by the Spirit?
Are you constantly tuned in
to the Holy Spirit, living in you?
It is impossible to know Jesus
without the Holy Spirit,
because the Holy Spirit
will reveal Christ to us.
It is impossible
to be pleasing to Jesus
without the Holy Spirit,
because the Holy Spirit
will guide us into all truth,
will confirm to us
whether Jesus is
pleased with us;
will guide us into fruitfulness.
We need the Comforter,
the wonderful Comforter
that Jesus has sent,
His precious Holy Spirit.
We cannot do without the Holy Spirit.
He will teach us all things
everything.
Have you received the Holy Spirit?
Jesus promised Him
for YOU and for me,
to be with us for ever.
May Jesus bless you.

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