May 30
The role of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer is different from those of the First and Second members of our Triune God. The Lord stated what the role of the Spirit would be even prior to His being sent on the day of Pentecost. Before His crucifixion, Jesus apprised His disciples of what they should expect.
In John 16:13 Jesus said, “When He, the Spirit of Truth is come, He will guide you into all truth, for He shall not speak of Himself, but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak; and He will show you things to come.” There is a significant revelation into the Spirit’s interaction with the believer in these few words.
First, He will guide the believer into truth. The presumption is that the believer desires truth and will follow the Spirit into the knowledge of truth. Second, the Holy Spirit will not reveal Himself to the seeker, He will reveal Jesus to the one who desires to know Him to whom he owes his salvation. The Holy Spirit will deepen a believer’s understanding of the Christ who died to save him from sin.
Third, the role of the Holy Spirit will be as revelator of things to come. As events at the culmination of time unfold, when signs perplex mankind and cause him to wonder exactly what might be the significance of the unusual events happening all around him, the Holy Spirit will speak to people of faith and affirm to them the import of the signs they see and their significance to Christ’s eminent return
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