Date: Thursday, 10th July, 2025
Text: John 14:16-18
Author: Pastor Adedeji Fadehan
Exhortation:
In Genesis 1:26a, God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness.” There, he was not talking to himself, but to the Trinity in Council or Godhead. 1 John 5:7 says, “There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” The Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead as you can see.
When our Lord Jesus Christ was about to depart from the earth, he promised his disciples saying, “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever; 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. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” John 14:16-18
Jesus is the Comforter who comforts us in all our troubles. But while he was about to depart he promised another Comforter. He already warned us that in the world we shall have tribulation: but he encouraged us to be of good cheer; because he has overcome the world. John 16:33a.
The Holy Spirit therefore is the current Comforter on Earth. Jesus healed while on Earth (Mark 5), the Holy Spirit also heals now; Jesus taught (Matthew 5-7); the Holy Spirit teaches now- John 14:26.
It is important to live holy in order to enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Sin is a reproach which hinders the move of the Holy Spirit in the life of any believer.
Prayer Nugget: Father, I will live holy, please let your Spirit live and dwell in me forever in Jesus name.
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