The blessed Holy Spirit, the gracious Comforter to Bible believing believers.

The blessed Holy Spirit, the gracious Comforter to Bible believing believers.

John  16:5 But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?  16:6 But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.  16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

All through the earthly ministry of our Lord Jesus Christ, He was severely confronted  by the Sanhedrin and the Pharisees.

Many times they made attempt to stone Him.

John  10:17 Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again.  10:18 No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.  10:19 There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.  10:20 And many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?  10:21 Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?  10:22 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.  10:23 And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon’s porch.  10:24 Then came the Jews round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly.  10:25 Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father’s name, they bear witness of me.  10:26 But ye believe not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.  10:27 My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me:  10:28 And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand.  10:29 My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father’s hand.  10:30 I and my Father are one.  10:31 Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him.  10:32 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?  10:33 The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.  10:34 Jesus answered them, Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods?  10:35 If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken;  10:36 Say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?  10:37 If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not.  10:38 But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.  10:39 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their hand,  10:40 And went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at first baptized; and there he abode.

Our Lord informed His disciples, that, they will experience same.

John  15:18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you.  15:19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.  15:20 Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.  15:21 But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.

It is because of this endless traumatic confrontations that you need the comforting ministry of the blessed Holy Spirit.

John  16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

John  14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;  14:17 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.  14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.  14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John  15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

Beloved, the reason believers continue to follow Christ, despite unavoidable persecutions and divers trial of faith, is the comforting ministry of the blessed Holy Spirit.

Listen to some instances of this gracious ministry.

2 Corinthians  1:3 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;  1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

2 Corinthians  7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.  7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;  7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Acts  9:31 Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.

Our Lord Jesus Christ promised, He will not live you comfortless in times of your trial of faith and unavoidable persecutions.

John  14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

This, our Lord is doing today for all Bible believing believers through the comforter in the person of the blessed Holy Spirit.

Matthew  5:4 Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

Isaiah  52:9 Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the LORD hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem.

John  16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Endeavor to have rich fellowship with the blessed Holy Spirit and you will enjoy His comforting ministry at all times, till Christ comes.

2 Corinthians  1:4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

2 Corinthians  7:5 For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.  7:6 Nevertheless God, that comforteth those that are cast down, comforted us by the coming of Titus;  7:7 And not by his coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning, your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.

Beloved begin to take advantage of the comforting ministry of the blessed Holy Spirit and you will never be cast down, whatever is happening  to you.

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