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COMFORTER III

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COMFORTER 3

By Rick Mathes

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Our Holy Spirit is a person equal in all respects to the Father or Son. I am still inspired by His humbleness. He doesn’t have a name. There are titles and appellations but no proper name and nothing like Jehovah God or Jesus the Son. The main misconception is that He is a power, force or level of faith. He’s a real person with intellect, reason, logic, feelings and all the fullness of the Trinity. Isn’t He something!

His faithfulness to His commission to amplify Jesus in your life is about as laid-back and as selfless at it gets. He is wholly existent to fulfill the purposes of cause and effect, purpose and accomplishment of God’s fashioning of your life. He exudes love, the perfect affection, unadulterated by the stain of sin.

God is love and apart from this instilled understanding from the Holy Spirit, we would continue in lust and worshipping false gods of materialism and sensual lusts. By knowing the real deal through Him we have a spiritual discernment and can spot the devil with a Christian mask on.

I know it’s the love of God because I am always comforted by Him. He never tires of meeting me where I am in the condition He finds me in. The closer I draw to Him the more unworthy I see myself. I see in His light the sine that lingers within me as a stain resists the cleanser. How can we measure His relentless enthusiasm and His present concern for our pursuit holiness in Christ?

It is a wise decision on your part not to languish over what you don’t understand. You need to act on what you do know because it is a matter of life or death. The Holy Spirit enlightens what you need to know and act on exactly as you need to. This is different for each soul as we differ from each other so don’t measure yourself by someone else’s progress or failure. Look up not out.

Believe me it is safe to be in active pursuit of the Holy Ghost’s blessing and proper to pray accordingly. He is ever present and always successful in all He attempts to do on your behalf. All you need to do is crave and desire Him more than the sin you are plagued with. It’s a blessing to be in bondage to the Holy Spirit and a slave of Christ’s. Give it all up for Him. He did for you!

COMFORTER

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COMFORTER

By Rick Mathes

John 14:26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all that I said to you.

Islam teaches that Jesus sent Mohammed to be our counselor and teacher not the Holy Spirit. Talk about scripture twisting, they also claim that Abraham was to sacrifice Ishmael not Isaac. How out-there can one get. Yet, most people you ask haven’t a clue what or who the Holy Spirit is and what His involvement is in our lives to this moment! I won’t even begin to suggest to you that I am the final word on this issue but I have made a few observations the teachings of the Bible that makes the Holy Spirit a critical component of my life in Him.

The Paraclete is definable to the extent that we understand Him to be equal to the Father and Son. Now I have read many books and articles trying to explain that the three independent personalities are one person and none of them make any sense! But just because I don’t understand it doesn’t mean God doesn’t know it. I just accept the Trinity by faith in the Word that says it is so. I like the analogy that the Father is the sun, the Son is the illumination and the Holy Spirit is the warmth between them. Or how about one times one times one equals One?

What can I say with certainty is that the Holy Spirit is the Comforter. He brings the warmth of the Son into your heart and being. He embraces us with the confidence that everything is going to be ok. It’s a real blessed assurance not a counterfeit that the devil cooked up. You can’t touch the flames without pain and where there is smoke, there is fire. But when the dove lights on your head, the peace that surpasses understanding washes your soul and enlightens your heart with an appreciated confidence that strengthens your resolve to press on.

The Comforter provides comfort to the comforted!

This is a real life experience with the Holy Spirit that is felt, actuated and confirmed by the Word of God and the lives of the spirits submitted to the Lordship of Jesus. The unbelieving doctor said, “Can you see, smell, taste, hear, taste or feel the Holy Spirit?” The Christian answered, “I can feel Him.” “That makes it 4 against and one for. As a doctor of medical science, I won’t accept that as fact.” The Christian countered, “Can you see, smell, hear, taste or feel pain?” The Doctor admitted he could feel pain. The Christian countered, “Then it’s a fact the Holy Spirit is as real to me as pain is to you. I pray you believe and the pain will pass!”