
Jesus
promised to send the Holy Spirit to the church. This divine duo has been
working together since the God-man ascended a couple thousand years ago.
Jesus is the redeemer, but it is the role of the Holy Spirit to draw
people to the Messiah and convict them over their sins.
The
Gospel plan predates humanity and even the angels. No one was privy to
the details except for the Godhead. Jesus would do His part and then He
would be replaced by the Holy Spirit on earth. That is why the God-man
stated He had to leave, so the next part of the salvation plan could be
put into effect.
Unlike
when Jesus walked on the earth, the Holy Spirit is omnipresent. The
third person of the Godhead is everywhere at once. Even more remarkable,
He is able to live concurrently inside each Christian.
The
apostles listened to the teachings of Jesus. There was even more that
the Son of God wanted to impart, but they were not ready because they of
the pernicious Kabbalistic doctrine taught in the rabbinic synagogue
system.
Jesus
referred to the third person of the Godhead as the “Spirit of truth” who
would reveal what the church needed to know. The Holy Spirit would prove
to be the best friend of the early church and that trend has continued
down through the ages.
Sometimes it took a divine intervention to break down the prejudicial
barriers erected by the Talmud against the Gentiles. It must have been
frustrating for Jesus, trying to get His church of redeemed sinners to
line up with the program of the Godhead.
Yet
the duo of Jesus and Holy Spirit successfully launched salvation for
mankind and steered the early church to success.
Print out the sermon outline and let's examine the
Scriptures together Sunday morning at 9:00 AM PST.
Yours in Christ,
Pastor John S. Torell











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