The Holy Spirit

Jesus Christ Promises the Holy Spirit

John 14: 14-17, 26, John 15: 26; John 16: 13-16, 23; Acts 1: 4, 5, 8; Acts 2:1-3; Luke 11:1-13

John 14: 14-17.

If you shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.

If you love me, keep my commandments.

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 sees him not, neither knows him: but you know him; for he dwells with you, and shall be in you.

Last night, it was almost midnight and I could not fall asleep. I rolled over to get hold of a copy of the Bible that was nearby. And as I was opening pages with no clue which scripture or verse to settle on, I came across a subtitle on the Gospel according to John chapter 14; ‘Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit’

This was not new message to me; but what struck me most was that Jesus mentioned in the chapter that, it is the Father who promises to give the Holy Spirit, and the role of Jesus in this mystery is to ask the Father to send the Holy Spirit to them that believed Him.

What followed this study about the Holy Spirit according to John’s Gospel was   a thought portrayed by Luke;

Luke 11: 1 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

Jesus new that the disciples needed the Holy Spirit to pray, but since the Holy Spirit had not yet been given by the Father, Jesus took them through the verses till verse 13 “… how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?’’

After reading these verses, I am like…Ask, Seek, Knock … till the Father gives His promise – The Holy Spirit. And Luke tells us in the book of Acts, God gives the Holy Spirit to them that obey Him. Moreover, he who seeks finds…and that you can persist past midnight till He gives you the Holy Spirit. That it is a sure thing for the Father to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him.

Now, you and I have a revealed truth to act on; ask the Father to give us the Holy Spirit.

Once the Father acts on His word to give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him, two things will happen straight away as a confirmation that the Holy Spirit has been GIVEN to you after asking the heavenly Father: –

1. You shall receive power (Acts 1:4,5,8)
2. You shall speak in new tongues (Acts 2:1,2, 3)

You must be born again; in order to receive the Holy Spirit. Surely the worldly cannot receive the Holy Spirit (John 14:17). And when you are resisting this revelation and do not want to act on it, know that it is an opposition from the enemy-the devil- that is keeping you off.

Say this prayer to be born again;

Lord Jesus Christ, I believe you came and died on the cross to restore me back to the Father. I choose today to be born again, born of God, and born of the Spirit. As scripture says, as many as received Christ, who believed in His name, He gave them the power to become children of God (John 1:12, 13). Lord Jesus, I receive you as my Lord and Saviour. Today I am born again, my sins are forgiven and I have eternal life through Christ. I no longer belong to the devil and his works. My past is all gone and I have become a new creation in Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:17). Amen

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