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Bible Lesson: Conversations With
Jesus: The Comforter Promised.
Bible Text:
John 14:15-18,26
KJV
15 If ye love
Me, keep My commandments.
16 And I will
pray The Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may
abide with you forever.
17 Even The
Spirit Of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him
not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you,
and shall be in you.
18 I will not
leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
26 But The
Comforter, which is The Holy Ghost, whom The Father will send in My
name, He shall teach you all things, and bring all things to our
remembrance, Whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 15:26 KJV
But when The
Comforter is come, when I will send unto you from The Father, even
The Spirit Of Truth, which proceedeth from The Father, He shall
testify of Me:
John 16:6-15 KJV
6: But because
I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 Nevertheless
I tell you The Truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if
I go not away, The Comforter will not come unto you; but if I
depart, I will send Him unto you.
8 And when He
is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and
of judgment:
9 Of sin,
because they believe not on Me;
10 Of
righteousness, because I go to My Father, and ye see Me no more;
11 Of judgment,
because the prince of this world is judged.
12 I have yet
many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.
13 Howbeit when
He,The Spirit Of Truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth:
for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that
shall He speak: and He will sew you things to come.
14 He shall
glorify Me: for He shall receive of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
15 All things
that The Father hath are Mine: therefore said I, that He shall take
of Mine, and shall shew it unto you.
Jesus told His disciples, concerning The Holy Spirit, "...He
dwelleth with you, and shall be in you."
John 14:17 KJV.
Again, He promised His followers;
Acts 1:8 KJV
But ye shall
receive power, after The Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be
witnesses unto Me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in
Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
On the fiftieth day after Passover, came the day of Pentecost.
One hundred and twenty followers of The Lord Jesus had been fasting,
praying and singing praises to The Lord (Psalm 146-150) for 10
days, seeking the coming of God The Holy Spirit.
Acts 1:13,14 KJV
13 And when
they were come in, they went up into an upper room, where abode both
Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip, and Thomas,
Bartholomew, and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon
Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.
14 These all
continued with one accord in prayer and supplication, with the women,
and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with His brethren.
Acts 2:1-4 KJV
1 and when the
day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one
place.
2 And suddenly
there came a sound from heaven as a rushing mighty wind, and it
filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there
appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon
each of them.
4 And they were
all filled with The Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other
tongues, as The Spirit gave them utterance.
Please read and understand:
This was a twofold event.
#1 The infilling of God The Holy Spirit, into the lives of
believers.
#2 The empowering of believers with the power of God The Holy
Spirit.
#1
I Corinthians
12:13 KJV (The Apostle Paul)
For by one
Spirit are we all baptized into one body,
whether we be Jews, or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have
been all made to drink into one Spirit.
All Christians are baptized into The Spirit Of God!, How do we know
that, The Word, says so!
#2
Luke 24:49 KJV
(The Lord Jesus Christ)
And, behold, I
send the promise of My Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of
Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Question:
Are all Christians baptized in The Spirit, today?
Answer:
Yes, The Bible say so, I Corinthians 12:13 KJV!
Question:
Are all Christians endued with power of The Holy Spirit?
Answer:
No. The disciples had waited upon the coming of God The Holy Spirit
for 10 days, in prayer, and all supplications. They were
empowered by The Holy Spirit.
People who turn to The Lord, repent of their sins and are baptized,
are children of God, baptized into The Lord's body, by The Holy
Spirit.
But being endued with power from The Holy Spirit requires some
things.
- The desire (spiritual seeking) to be endued with The Spirit's power, the use of which is for the help, healing and liberating of others.
- Waiting upon Him, in prayer and supplication, in the spirit of holiness.
- To do without fear, the will and work (Great Commission- Mark 16:15-18) of God.
All Christians are baptized into The Holy Spirit, yes, but not all,
take time to seek after the enduement of power, of The Holy Spirit.
I Corinthians
12:29-31 NLT
29 Is everyone
an apostle? Of course not. Is everyone a prophet? No.
Are all teachers? Does everyone have the power to do miracles?
30 Does
everyone have the gift of healing? Of course not. Does God
give all of us the ability to speak in unknown languages? Can
everyone interpret unknown languages? No!
And yet the infilling and mighty power, of The Holy Spirit, is
available to all, yet today!
Acts 2:38,39 KJV
38 Then Peter
said unto them, Repent, and be baptized everyone of you in the name
of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive The
Gift of The Holy Ghost.
39 for the
promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar
off, even as many as The Lord our God shall call.
The
Comforter Has Come
Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts and human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!
Refrain:
The Comforter has come, the Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from Heav’n, the Father’s promise giv’n;
Oh, spread the tidings ’round, wherever man is found—
The Comforter has come!
The long, long night is past, the morning breaks at last,
And hushed the dreadful wail and fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills the day advances fast!
The Comforter has come!
Lo, the great King of kings, with healing in His wings,
To every captive soul a full deliv’rance brings;
And through the vacant cells the song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!
O boundless love divine! How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell the matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of hell, should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!
Sing till the echoes fly above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above to all below reply,
In strains of endless love, the song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!
The Author: William J. Kirkpatrick
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Prayer:
Romans
15:13 KJV
Now
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye
may abound in hope, through the power of The Holy Ghost.
Ephesians
3:16,17 KJV
16
That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be
strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;
17
That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted
and grounded in love,
