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Comforter and Teacher, February 19
But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will
send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things
to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
John 14:26
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The Holy Spirit is Christ’s representative, but divested of the person-
ality of humanity, and independent thereof. Cumbered with humanity,
Christ could not be in every place personally. Therefore it was for their
[the disciples’] interest that He should go to the Father, and send the
Spirit to be His successor on earth. No one could then have any advan-
tage because of his location or his personal contact with Christ. By the
Spirit the Saviour would be accessible to all....
At all times and in all places, in all sorrows and in all afflictions,
when the outlook seems dark and the future perplexing, and we feel
helpless and alone, the Comforter will be sent in answer to the prayer of
faith. Circumstances may separate us from every earthly friend; but no
circumstance, no distance, can separate us from the heavenly Comforter.
Wherever we are, wherever we may go, He is always at our right hand
to support, sustain, uphold, and cheer....
The Comforter is called “the Spirit of truth.” His work is to define
and maintain the truth. He first dwells in the heart as the Spirit of truth,
and thus He becomes the Comforter. There is comfort and peace in the
truth, but no real peace or comfort can be found in falsehood.... Through
the Scriptures the Holy Spirit speaks to the mind, and impresses truth
upon the heart.
Those who are under the influence of the Spirit of God will not be
fanatical, but calm and steadfast, free from extravagance in thought,
word, or deed. Amid the confusion of delusive doctrines, the Spirit
of God will be a guide and a shield to those who have not resisted the
evidences of truth.
Every man, woman, and child that is not under the control of the
Spirit of God is under the influence of Satan’s sorcery, and by his words
and example he will lead others away from the path of truth.
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