John 14:26: “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 that I have said to you.”
In John 14:26, Jesus stated to His disciples, that the Holy Spirit, who He called “the Helper” would be sent after Jesus’ resurrection as an intimate and permanent indwelling of the Spirit in the heart of every believer (Jn. 15:26). The Greek term
Isaiah 59:21a states: “And as for me, this is my covenant with them, says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth.” God has promised to bring what His Word says that we have read, back into our minds, that we will remember it (“will not return void” Isa. 55:11 KJV). The Holy Spirit will remind us of verses to convict us of sin when we stray from the truth, are self-righteous, and have wrong actions. He gives us an understanding of His will and teaches us when lacking wisdom. The Holy Spirit will bring back to our memory of God’s Word when we are witnessing to someone. Just this past week I saw two women at my front door, while I was working in my office. I needed to leave for a sales call meeting with a customer in LA, so I knew I only had five minutes to speak with them. Other times I have ignored the two callers at my front door and pretended I was not home. This time I decided to answer the door. The one woman tried to engage me with how many of us are suffering in this world, and the hostile political climate is frightening as she handed me her pamphlet. She started to talk about how we all are struggling with fears, knowing that I would agree and did. But since I have been reading in John recently, certain verses were fresh in my mind about Jesus that the Holy Spirit brought to my memory. The woman liked that I was interested in spiritual things and said so, as I saw she was smiling that we had a point of agreement (reminded me of my college class on the Art of Persuasion) when I said that the Bible has much to say about many of our fears we struggle with today. I continued to share with her about Jesus being God’s son and shared the gospel with her. Her face looked very puzzled and stunned. The look on her face suddenly changed. She suddenly looked sad and broke eye contact and stopped talking. She looked down. Then they left. I was thankful I had just been reading in the book of John and pray she opens a Bible and begins to understand its truth for herself.
Jesus said to his disciples in John 13:12, after washing their feet, “Do you understand what I have done for you?” I wondered if my few words that I spoke to this woman she understood or would think about what Jesus Christ had sacrificially done for her, and her choice is to accept or reject Him?
The Holy Spirit teaches us it tells us in John 14:26. When you read the Bible, ask – what is God teaching me about Himself? What are you being reminded of that He taught you before?
I need to ask myself, how can I set my mind and my heart to seek and live for the Lord, from what the Holy Spirit has taught me in my Bible reading today? The next time you are challenged, let the Holy Spirit remind you of Jesus’s words giving insight, transforming you to be competent, not merely trusting your feelings. Having courage, have a humble, just, and Christ-like response, and most importantly, have hope and peace twenty-four hours a day. Shalom.
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