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The Spirit Is Ever Waiting, January 31
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 ever waiting to do His office work upon the human
heart. Those who desire to learn can place themselves in close connection
with God, and the promise that the Comforter shall teach them all things,
and bring all things to their remembrance, whatever Christ had said to His
disciples when He was upon the earth will be fulfilled. But if we disconnect
from God, we can be no longer students in the school of Christ. Then we
shall feel no special burden for the souls for whom Christ has died.
It was most difficult for the disciples of Christ to keep His lessons distinct
from the traditions and maxims of the rabbis, the scribes, and pharisees. The
teachings which the disciples had been educated to respect as the voice of
God held a power over their minds and molded their sentiments. The disciples
could not be a living and shining light until they were freed from the influence
of the sayings and commandments of men, and the words of Christ were
deeply impressed upon their minds and hearts as distinct truths, as precious
jewels, to be appreciated, loved, and acted upon.
Jesus came to the world, lived a holy life, and died, to leave to the church
His legacy in the valuable treasures He entrusted to them. He made His
disciples the depositaries of most precious doctrines, to be placed in the hands
of His church unmixed with the errors and traditions of men. He revealed
Himself to them as the light of the world, the Sun of righteousness. And He
promised them the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father was to send
in His name.—
The Signs of the Times, November 16, 1891
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“I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you” (
John 14:18
). The
divine Spirit that the world’s Redeemer promised to send is the presence and
power of God. He will not leave His people in the world destitute of His
grace, to be buffeted by the enemy of God, and harassed by the oppression of
the world; but He will come to them.—
The Signs of the Times, November 23,
1891
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