"And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that he may be with you for ever...." (John 14:16, ASV)
"Comforter," what a description of the Godhead indwelling those who follow Jesus Christ. Sources say that the word translated, "Comforter," means "someone who gives evidence which stands up in court." Indeed, in Jesus Christ in the Holy Spirit it is the only evidence which will acquit. The word also means, "I summon, entreat, admonish, comfort, encourage, console." This is the Holy Spirit in you and me, "The God...of all comfort." You and I have in the Holy Spirit "someone who gives evidence which stands up in [the] court" of Heaven. In the Son, Jesus, He is our Advocate, our Intercessor, Encourager, and, in the midst of all this, He admonishes, viz., "to caution, reprove, urge to a duty."
Notice that the Holy Spirit is not "named after" the gifts or fruits of the Spirit. These describe the witness in the life of the Follower of Jesus. He is also referred to in legal and consoling terms. These too are a witness to the world of the great love and grace of the Blessed Trinity. The person who submits to the Holy Spirit in His "assigned" service to the Church will be the person who overcomes in life.
Father, in Jesus' Name, I thank You that You have come to live in me in the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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I have been listening to Obama's address. He refers to Israel as an occupying force in The Land. With such an attitude, he just continues to fuel the flames of hatred in the Middle East.
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When Peter, an 18 year old Norwegian, "heard the call to evangelize China, on that day he not only emptied his wallet into the collection plate, but included a small note with the words, 'and my life.'"
"Looking unto Jesus"
Hebrews 12:2
