DAD'S RAMBLINGS -- THE GREAT ADVANTAGE

DAD'S RAMBLINGS – THE GREAT ADVANTAGE

" 'Nevertheless I tell you the truth, It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will Not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you....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 16:7, 13-14)

Sometimes I think it would be so wonderful if I could have been one of the disciples of the Lord Jesus while He was here in an earthly body. How wonderful it would have been to hear Him speak such great things, and perform such wonderful miracles. But in reality, as believers in the Lord Jesus in the 21^st century, we have a great advantage over the Old Testament Saints, and even the disciples who were alive when Jesus walked on this earth.

If Jesus had not died, rose again, and returned to Heaven, He would still be here in His physical body. That means that He would be limited to one place at one time. That is why it was so important that He should return to the Father – so He could send the Holy Spirit. We have His presence in the Person of the Holy Spirit. He is not limited by time or space.

It also means that Christ Jesus, by His Spirit, can dwell within us, which would be impossible if He was still in His earthly body. We are the temple of the Holy Spirit, and He lives within us. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify the Lord Jesus, and to illuminate the thing of Jesus to our hearts.

We do have a great advantage. We can glory in the Presence of the Lord Jesus in us. His Spirit, the Holy Spirit, is the Paraclete, the Helper, the Comforter. How blessed we are.

Love, Dad