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Daily readings to help you see Jesus' light in your life
by Selwyn Hughes
"In My Name"
"But the Counsellor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send
in my name, will teach you all things '" (v.26)
-- For reading & meditation: John 14:15-31
We continue with the thought we considered yesterday, that some
people have strange ideas about the work and nature of the Holy
Spirit. I once knew a minister who unfortunately had fallen into the
grip of alcohol and could not break free. Instead of admitting the
bondage he was in and seeking help and support from his fellow
Christians, he rationalised the problem and said his heavy drinking
opened him up to the Holy Spirit because it lifted his inhibitions
and made him more susceptible to divine revelation. I suggested that
all that was happening to him was that he was getting drunk. He
replied: "Ah, alcohol makes some people drunk, but me it makes more
available to God." What nonsense! How thankful we ought to be that
through Christ the nature and content of the Holy Spirit has been
fixed. The Holy Spirit is like Jesus. As our text for today says, He
is given in Christ's Name. This is why God could only give the Holy
Spirit sparingly to people in Old Testament times; He waited until
Jesus had fixed the content and character of the Spirit. It is only
in Jesus that we see ultimate character revealed. So take a good look
at Jesus before you take a good look at the Holy Spirit, and then you
will come out with the right perspectives. There was nothing weird or
strange or unbalanced about Jesus. He never laid stress (as do some
modern-day Christians) on getting guidance through visions and
dreams. He received His guidance through prayer and waiting upon God,
as you and I should. Visions and dreams may have their place in the
Christian life, but not an unbalanced place.
PRAYER:
Father, once again I want to thank You for clarifying for me the
content and character of the Holy Spirit. Help me not to expect You
to exercise or demonstrate in my life any power that is not power
Jesus would have exercised or demonstrated. Amen.
FURTHER STUDY:
1 Cor. 2:1-13; Luke 12:12; 1 John 2:27
1. What was Paul's testimony?
2. List 5 things the Holy Spirit has taught you.
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