Pentecost: Love & Obedience
John 14:8-20
8 Philip said, “Lord, show us the Father; that will be enough for us.”
9 Jesus replied, “Don’t you know me, Philip, even after I have been with you all this time? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Don’t you believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words I have spoken to you I don’t speak on my own. The Father who dwells in me does his works. 11 Trust me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or at least believe on account of the works themselves. 12 I assure you that whoever believes in me will do the works that I do. They will do even greater works than these because I am going to the Father. 13 I will do whatever you ask for in my name, so that the Father can be glorified in the Son. 14 When you ask me for anything in my name, I will do it.
I won’t leave you as orphans
15 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 I will ask the Father, and he will send another Companion,[a] who will be with you forever. 17 This Companion is the Spirit of Truth, whom the world can’t receive because it neither sees him nor recognizes him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be with you.
18 “I won’t leave you as orphans. I will come to you. 19 Soon the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. Because I live, you will live too. 20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father, you are in me, and I am in you. 21 Whoever has my commandments and keeps them loves me. Whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love them and reveal myself to them.”
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Hello everyone!
This Sunday is Pentecost, and we will be celebrating the gift of the Holy Spirit, and the birthday of the church. We have spent time the past couple weeks reading in the book of John about the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, as Jesus explained to His followers what the Holy Spirit would do- empower us to love as Jesus loved, guide us, give peace, and bring us to unity. Our text will be John 14:8-20, along with Acts 2:1-12. Jesus told His followers that the Father would provide an advocate to help and be with us forever- the Spirit of Truth. We will know him, and He will be with us and live in us. And, we would not be left here as orphans. This is so comforting.
Each day, and this Sunday, as we celebrate Pentecost: Let's seek the Holy Spirit's guidance, ask to know and receive the Spirit of Truth, allow Him to live in us, and help us. This is my deepest prayer for myself, and every follower of Jesus. I am looking forward to seeing you all this Sunday.
In Christ,
PKari