PRECIOUS PROMISE. Jesus promised another comforter. A (parakletos, a counselor, a comforter, an advocate, one who was to be just like the one who went away). He is given a very special title, for He is to be the Spirit of Truth. How blessed, one in whom we can have absolute confidence and rely totally on all that He would convey to us. He is to abide with the church of the Lord Jesus, forever. Not only will He dwell with us, which most Christians acknowledge, but He will go father than that and is designated to dwell in the believer. It is wonderful to know that He will be with us, but far more blessed when He dwells within the very temple of our body. In this manner, creating a divine relationship between the creator and that which He has created. John 14:16-17 The helper who is to come is to be sent in the name of the Lord Jesus. That provides a strong key as to whom are to ask and from whom we are to receive Him. Likewise, indicates the work that He will accomplish in us. He is to teach us all things concerning the Christ of God. The Holy Spirit has a ministry of instruction and revelation which will exalt Jesus, making Him to be one who is greatly desired by His people. John 14:26
BEING IN HIM. That precious abiding place. The secret place of the most high. There is so much more to living the life of Christ than what we are enjoying today. There is a depth, a height, a richness, a completeness, where His promises are fulfilled in His people. We are spiritual paupers, when we should be constantly and gloriously rejoicing in the entirety of the blessings that Jesus has purchased for us. Having now been sealed with the Promised Spirit, the vast, endless, immeasurable resources of our heritage are made available to us. We should accept that which has been proffered us and revel in the abundance of Spiritual blessings that are made accessible to us now. Eph. 1:13-14 Far better, Spiritual blessings which bring contentment. Than the natural wealth of this world which can only illicit a greater desire for more riches.
CHRIST PROMISED POWER TO HIS CHURCH. The power and unction of the Holy Spirit. While He is exceeding great in power, force equal to dynamite. He is also of immense practical purpose. The power of the Spirit will equip one for the service of the Lord. Initially, the person receiving the power of the Spirit may be demonstrative. Eventually, as the individual grows in the Lord the extreme usefulness of the operation of the Spirit will manifest Himself in the person filled with the Spirit. Acts 1:8 His church in the end of the age will be marvelously efficient in the gifts, fruit and virtues of the Holy Spirit. The phenomenon of the gifts being exercised in the church is in equal measure to the fruit and virtues of the Spirit. The manifestations of the Spirit must reach the same perfection in the church as that which is found in the Lord Himself.