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" 16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.(John 14:16-18)
Christ in us is a mystery (Colossians 1:29).
Also, following the path of Christ that started with Jesus, we will go to the throne of God, the church that becomes the house of God based on Christ in the Holy Spirit is also a mystery (Ephesians 3:3).
Also, following the path of Christ that started with Jesus, we will go to the throne of God,
The church that becomes the house of God based on Christ in the Holy Spirit is also a mystery (Ephesians 3:3)
The world without the revelation of the Holy Spirit cannot know Christ at all and cannot confess Christ as Lord.
Hypocrisy of all religions, including Jews, is possible due to human good and evil will.
However, believing in Christ as Lord and confessing with the mouth that Christ is in us is accomplished only by the elect who are in the midst of God's decree and providence.
The historical facts about Jesus before the crucifixion and Pentecost are well known to the historian Josephus.
Like Apollo before knowing Christ, if you read and study the Bible a lot and become eloquent, you can give a good sermon. But that doesn't mean it has anything to do with salvation.
Not long ago, the senior pastor of a large church in Seoul said that the church where people gather is the house of God.
It is to block the gate of heaven and prevent oneself from entering and preventing others from entering.
I understand the sense of crisis of having to bring people together because of the corona situation, but
If we say that the visible church is the house of God, then there is no possibility of becoming a church that truly worships in the Spirit and truth after being born again.
It will only be a kind of mental exercise while shouting Jesus slogans.
What Jesus testified about is the Spirit of truth.
Introduce the Spirit of Truth to us, and through the Spirit of Truth
He manifests himself as Christ and works in us by his name.
So finally the Comforter (Parakletos) appears.
Again, only the Holy Spirit can make a fleshly man spiritual.
Even if you call Jesus for a hundred years, or a thousand years, and say spirituality, only the gifts, such as speaking in tongues, will be the best.
The word “experience of the Holy Spirit” was coined by people.
Becoming one spirit and one body with Christ is the baptism of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:13).
Because we have become one with Christ through the baptism of the Holy Spirit, we are qualified to participate in the sacrament.
Just as there is a wedding anniversary because the two of them have become one after they got married.
The word ‘para’ in parakletos means “by the side”.
That is why we sometimes use the word “Para Church”.
The Spirit of truth teaches, guides, rebukes, and exhorts.
The Holy Spirit acts as a spiritual mother-in-law, saying 'It's not like that, it's like this'.
The Holy Spirit is the living Word.
In the sanctuary, by the light of the golden lampstand, they find the bread table and eat the bread.
Only when the Holy Spirit is present can the words written in the light of the Holy Spirit become the words of life.
When Jesus was on earth, Jesus expressed His words in the flesh, but after the coming of the Holy Spirit, the Holy Spirit does the work of making the words life.
The blessing of converting the written words of the Bible into living words of life is learned from the moment you believe in Jesus as the Lord and Christ in the Spirit of truth through the obedience that comes after hearing and believing in the grace of the redemption of the cross of Jesus Christ.
Before that, it was only the knowledge of the Bible, and since that knowledge did not become the bread of life, that is, food, it did not change. Even in the world, the food you eat is you.
Therefore, the mystery of the Word being my life through the Holy Spirit transforms us into the glorious image of God's children in heaven.
Through this Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, we are made to know the Father, the Lord says" you know me, but the world does not know me".
Now, if we say that the building is the temple and the church where we gather is the house of God, that is the world.
When Jesus came historically, he personally showed the Father to all people.
However, since the coming of the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and the Father are shown only to the chosen people through the Holy Spirit, and this is the mystery.
That's why even now, the world still says, "Show me that God exists."
So, like the Jews, they try to see the sign and try to show the sign again.
Then, what can we do to know God without showing signs?
As those who have received the Holy Spirit and received Jesus Christ, we must show the Father through us who have the light of life.
That is why Jesus said, "What I have done, you will do" (John 14:12).
He is not talking about the signs of miracles and wonders, but about expressing God the Father.
However, it is said that another Comforter (meaning one who is the same as or different from the Lord), the Spirit of Truth (17), will come. Who does verse 18 say is coming?
Christ is coming. It means that Jesus Christ comes through the Holy Spirit, the Comforter.
It is not the Second Coming coming on a cloud that changes in an instant in the blink of an eye, He comes secretly to the chosen ones in the middle of the night of the dark world.
As the Bible says, like a thief (1 Thessalonians 5:2 2 Peter 3:3 Revelation 3:3)
Finally, God welcomes us into His dwelling place (John 14:3), and we come to the Father through Christ who is the way, truth, and life (John 14:6).
As long as you come to church, if you say you have come to God's house, you will become blind on the way to God's house through Christ.
As long as you come to church, if you say you have come to God's house, you will become blind on the way to God's house through Christ.
What if the blind lead the blind? God is a Trinity.
In the Old Testament, the Son of God worked in the Father through the Holy Spirit, and in the time of Jesus, the Father was in Jesus and worked through the Holy Spirit. Now, the Son and the Father work together in the Holy Spirit.
So God is always a Trinity, not a separate entity.
So, when the Holy Spirit of truth comes, the truth finally becomes truth (reality).
Therefore, 1 John 2, which most clearly presents the work of the Holy Spirit, says that if the Holy Spirit, the anointing we heard from the beginning, dwells in us, we will dwell in the Son and in the Father. (1 John 2:24).
What we get there is eternal life. (1 John 2:25)
Also, dwelling in the Son and in the Father in the Holy Spirit is the very house of God, albeit a mystery metaphysics.
It is the Rock of Ages where our spirits are enveloped in rest and peace and we sing our joy with our hearts.
Written by Ptr. Yohan Kim.
Translated by Nancy Chung
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