“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. 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 things that I said to you.”” John 14:25&26 (NKJV)
The Holy Spirit, the least respected member of the Holy Trinity is responsible for helping us in every facet of life; teaching us the meaning and application of all that Jesus taught so that we can be faithful followers of our Lord and Savior. His teachings are so powerful that they are literally life changing as He reveals to us that we can be like Jesus if we choose to trust Him.
To be sure, Jesus taught His disciples much in their short time together; the promise to them and (by extension) us, is that the Holy Spirit will teach us “all things”. All things, certainly refers to all things necessary for us to know about Jesus in order to fuel our faith, and further bond us to the Father through His Christ.
The New Testament writers were given total recall of all that Jesus said and as a consequence wrote so powerfully that their words are still changing lives some two thousand years later. It was the moving of the Holy Spirit upon and within the authors of Scripture that inspired them to write with such intensity and economy of words that mankind has written thousands of books with the hope of explaining their meaning and purpose.
These workings of the Holy Spirit are incredible to say the least; however there is another area of expertise and necessity that is at the top of His responsibilities toward mankind. The Holy Spirit convicts the world of sin, John 16:8. His influence upon us is vital if we are to experience eternal life; we can not be “saved” unless we are broken by conviction and repent of our sin as a result.
It is difficult to imagine that anyone or thing could impact so many for so long and yet refrain from asking for or taking any credit for that impact. Difficult that is until we understand that the Holy Spirit is behaving just as Jesus said He would in John 16:13-15.
This is quite a lot from God the Holy Spirit; how can it be that He is still disregarded among many so called “Christians”? Welcome Holy Spirit!
