Lord, I also praise you that it is not only you God, the father, God, the son that are involved in our journey of faith, but it has God, the spirit and Lord, thank you for this helper that Jesus promised that has come among us, that he offered to his followers there at that first Lord’s table, last supper event. What Jesus has done for us, what he has come to accomplish for us. Lord, we gather at this table this morning, we come to celebrate. There were no SIM you know him for, he dwells with you and will be in you. ![]() Even the spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him. If you love me, you will keep my commandments and I will ask the father and he will give you another helper to be with you forever. If you ask for anything in my name, I will do it. Truly, truly I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the father, whatever you ask me in my name, this I will do that. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever- the Spirit of truth.Īnd we’re going to be looking at this passage in preparation for the Lord’s supper this morning. This week’s devotion is brought to you by Campbell University’s Center for Church & Community.“If you love me, keep my commands. I hope we all find time to focus on the beauty of the Global Church and God’s continued presence in it through the Holy Spirit. Instead, Pentecost may be mentioned in many places through a passing comment or a worship service about the miracle of the speaking in tongues. Dinner on the grounds should be a big deal as the global faith community celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit. It seems a time long-ago and through the teachings of Jesus that we are still trying to make sense of and follow, yet here is the day we celebrate the birth of the Church, our Church, the great Homecoming. Too often we do not draw the lines of our faith heritage directly back to the days of Christ. Even more than the coming of the Holy Spirit, this is the day the church celebrates its birth through the coming of the Holy Spirit to the Apostles and followers of Christ at the Feast of Weeks described in Acts. God is still with us in the third part of the Trinity. This is the Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit. While the two major holidays on the Christian calendar are Christmas and Easter, it stands to reason that Pentecost should be equally significant. Do not let your hearts be troubled, and do not let them be afraid. ![]() Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you. But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything, and remind you of all that I have said to you. “I have said these things to you while I am still with you. You know him, because he abides with you, and he will be in you. This is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate, to be with you forever. “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. If in my name you ask me for anything, I will do it. I will do whatever you ask in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. ![]() Very truly, I tell you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do and, in fact, will do greater works than these, because I am going to the Father. Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me but if you do not, then believe me because of the works themselves. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own but the Father who dwells in me does his works. ![]() Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you all this time, Philip, and you still do not know me? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied.”
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