“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you."
Did you read the condition that they would receive the Counselor? "If you love Me, you will obey what I command you" Receiving the Holy Spirit is predicated on obeying God's Word. It is not based on picking and choosing what laws and principles you will obey. This is why I know many who claim they are believers of Jesus and His written Word don't have the Holy Spirit abiding in their mortal bodies. Jesus made it very plain. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
By the way, your fruit is your behavior, obedience to His laws and principles and especially your lifestyle.
John 14:15-18 Matthew 7:15-20
~~W.R. Luchie
Did you read the condition that they would receive the Counselor? "If you love Me, you will obey what I command you" Receiving the Holy Spirit is predicated on obeying God's Word. It is not based on picking and choosing what laws and principles you will obey. This is why I know many who claim they are believers of Jesus and His written Word don't have the Holy Spirit abiding in their mortal bodies. Jesus made it very plain. “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorn bushes or figs from thistles? Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. Therefore by their fruits you will know them."
By the way, your fruit is your behavior, obedience to His laws and principles and especially your lifestyle.
John 14:15-18 Matthew 7:15-20
~~W.R. Luchie
