| Our Helper |
Our Helper
"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He
may abide with you forever."
— John 14:16
In the Upper Room, on the night Jesus was betrayed, the disciples were
upset and discouraged by what He had been telling them about His
impending betrayal and crucifixion. So Jesus shared some words of
encouragement with them. He told them about the Holy Spirit for the first
time:
If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
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. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:
15–18)
I am certain that those words of Jesus brought comfort to their hearts.
He was saying to His disciples, "I am not going to leave you
comfortless. I am not going to leave you without help. I will ask the
Father, and He will send someone alongside to help you."
During the days that Jesus walked the earth, He was always there for
His people. They could reach out and touch Him. If they had a question,
they could ask Him. He always had time for His own. They could get
close to Him.
Then He told His disciples (and essentially all followers of Jesus to this
day) that He would guide them and lead them in an entirely new way:
through the Holy Spirit. So as Christians, we know that the Holy Spirit is
actively involved in our lives. He is the Helper Jesus has given us.
"And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He
may abide with you forever."
— John 14:16
In the Upper Room, on the night Jesus was betrayed, the disciples were
upset and discouraged by what He had been telling them about His
impending betrayal and crucifixion. So Jesus shared some words of
encouragement with them. He told them about the Holy Spirit for the first
time:
If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and
He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
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. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:
15–18)
I am certain that those words of Jesus brought comfort to their hearts.
He was saying to His disciples, "I am not going to leave you
comfortless. I am not going to leave you without help. I will ask the
Father, and He will send someone alongside to help you."
During the days that Jesus walked the earth, He was always there for
His people. They could reach out and touch Him. If they had a question,
they could ask Him. He always had time for His own. They could get
close to Him.
Then He told His disciples (and essentially all followers of Jesus to this
day) that He would guide them and lead them in an entirely new way:
through the Holy Spirit. So as Christians, we know that the Holy Spirit is
actively involved in our lives. He is the Helper Jesus has given us.
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