The Holy Spirit is the individual who guides us into all truth. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. That is why we must have Him living in our mortal bodies. He teaches us all things, and reminds us of everything Jesus taught us. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. By the way, He can't remind us if we do not take the time to read and study the Word. As long as the Governor is here, the King is here. Once again, as long as the Governor is here, the presence, power and authority of the King is here. As long as the Governor is here, the Kingdom of Heaven is present on the Planet Earth.
Now, I want you to understand, the Holy Spirit is the presence of the absent King. Jesus the Christ is in Heaven, seated at His Father's right hand. His work on this Earth is finished. But, He promised not to leave His followers as orphans. ...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. So then He asked His Father to send "another Counselor" to be with them forever. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--
In Greek, the word for "another" means another of the same kind. The Spirit who was to come would be exactly like Jesus the Christ, except that He would actually be present in Believers, rather than just with them as Jesus was. Again, the Greek word for "Counselor" is parakletos, which literally means "one called alongside" as a helper or assistant. This perfectly describes the Holy Spirit's role as Governor of the Kingdom and His ministry as Teacher, Guide and Master Gardener: to nurture and bring fully to life, gardens of truth in the lives of Believers.
Once again, the Governor of the Kingdom mediates the presence of the King. Wherever the Governor is present, the King is present, and so is His Kingdom. Since the Governor resides in our hearts as Kingdom Citizens, we take the King and the Kingdom wherever we go. There is one distinct characteristic of the Kingdom, and that is whatever it passes, it leaves in its wake: life, restoration, transformation and most definitely, enlightenment. The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose...Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
That is what happens when the real presence of the Lord God is near. There are no miracles in the Kingdom. Citizens of the Kingdom realize it is standard procedure. "Miracles" are the norm in the Kingdom.
John 16:13 John 14:26 John 14:17-18 John 14:16 Isaiah 35:1,6-7
~~W.R. Luchie
Now, I want you to understand, the Holy Spirit is the presence of the absent King. Jesus the Christ is in Heaven, seated at His Father's right hand. His work on this Earth is finished. But, He promised not to leave His followers as orphans. ...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. So then He asked His Father to send "another Counselor" to be with them forever. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever--
In Greek, the word for "another" means another of the same kind. The Spirit who was to come would be exactly like Jesus the Christ, except that He would actually be present in Believers, rather than just with them as Jesus was. Again, the Greek word for "Counselor" is parakletos, which literally means "one called alongside" as a helper or assistant. This perfectly describes the Holy Spirit's role as Governor of the Kingdom and His ministry as Teacher, Guide and Master Gardener: to nurture and bring fully to life, gardens of truth in the lives of Believers.
Once again, the Governor of the Kingdom mediates the presence of the King. Wherever the Governor is present, the King is present, and so is His Kingdom. Since the Governor resides in our hearts as Kingdom Citizens, we take the King and the Kingdom wherever we go. There is one distinct characteristic of the Kingdom, and that is whatever it passes, it leaves in its wake: life, restoration, transformation and most definitely, enlightenment. The wilderness and the wasteland shall be glad for them, and the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose...Then the lame shall leap like a deer, and the tongue of the dumb sing. For waters shall burst forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert. The parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water; in the habitation of jackals, where each lay, there shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
That is what happens when the real presence of the Lord God is near. There are no miracles in the Kingdom. Citizens of the Kingdom realize it is standard procedure. "Miracles" are the norm in the Kingdom.
John 16:13 John 14:26 John 14:17-18 John 14:16 Isaiah 35:1,6-7
~~W.R. Luchie
