Wednesday 3 April 2013

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Jesus is the Holy Ghost/Comforter

Matthew 28:20--And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.
John 14:16-18 -- And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever-- 17 the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. 18 I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.
Romans 8:9-11--You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. 10But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. 11And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you
Comments:
One must be exercise caution to remember that the Holy Spirit is God's Spirit, not a separate entity.  The words "Holy Spirit" are "pneuma hagion" in the Greek.  Translated it means "holy breath." It was the holy breath of God that hovered over the waters in creation (Genesis 1:2).   That same holy breath of God overshadowed Mary, the mother of Jesus, and then lived in his son.  The holy breath of God raised Jesus from the dead.  The spirit of the risen Christ referred to in these verses is the same holy breath of God.  Only now, the spirit has taken up permanent residence in a man.  Jesus told his followers in John 14: "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you" (KJV). He identifies himself as the comforter, which is one and the same as the Holy Spirit.    In Romans, Paul refers to the Spirit of God living in you, and in the next phrase emphasizes the importance of having the Spirit of Christ in you.  The connection should be simple. 

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