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The Coming Of The Comforter, May 14
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he
may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the
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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.
John 14:16, 17
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Christ was about to depart to His home in the heavenly courts, but He assured
His disciples that He would send them the Comforter, who would abide with them
forever. To the guidance of this Comforter all may implicitly trust. He is the Spirit
of truth; but this truth the world can neither see nor receive....
Christ desired His disciples to understand that He would not leave them or-
phans. “I will not leave you comfortless,” He declared: “I will come to you”
(
John 14:18, 19
).... Precious, glorious assurance of eternal life! Even though He
was to be absent, their relation to Him was to be that of a child to its parent....
The words spoken to the disciples come to us through their words. The
Comforter is ours as well as theirs, at all times and in all places, in all sorrows
and in all affliction, when the outlook seems dark and the future perplexing and
we feel helpless and alone. These are times when the Comforter will be sent in
answer to the prayer of faith.
There is no comforter like Christ, so tender and so true. He is touched with
the feeling of our infirmities. His Spirit speaks to the heart. Circumstances may
separate us from our friends; the broad, restless ocean may roll between us and
them. Though their sincere friendship may still exist, they may be unable to
demonstrate it by doing for us that which would be gratefully received. But
no circumstances, no distance, can separate us from the heavenly Comforter.
Wherever we are, wherever we may go, He is always there, one given in Christ’s
place, to act in His stead. He is always at our right hand, to speak soothing,
gentle words, to support, sustain, uphold, and cheer. The influence of the Holy
Spirit is the life of Christ in the soul. This Spirit works in and through every
one who receives Christ. Those who know the indwelling of this Spirit reveal its
fruit—love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith.
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