Jesus came to reveal the Father’s love and release the ministry of the Holy Spirit. This became reality at Pentecost. Identifying with the Holy Spirit and receiving the ministry of the Spirit is our greatest opportunity.
RELEVANCE
Jesus revealed how the Holy Spirit would minister to believers.
“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 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 things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid” (John 14:25-28).
“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you” (John 16:11-14).
He wanted us to embrace the fact that He came to earth to live in our like kind, die, be resurrected, and deposit in us the guarantee of His presence in the form of the permanent indwelling of the Holy Spirit—so we could be in like kind with God—in union with Him. The greatest degree of spiritual growth, therefore, comes as we engage with God and allow the Holy Spirit to amplify and reveal truth to our heart from God’s Word.
REFLECT AND RELATE
In what ways can you relate to the Holy Spirit in light of how Jesus said He would minister to us? See the references below.
REFERENCES
1 Corinthians 12:1-31