When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org
When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org When He Is Come - Media Sabda Org
We should become very susceptible to His leadings and sensitive to His voice. When we cherish His leadership and listen to His voice, He will guide us unerringly and into all truth. *************************************
WHEN HE IS COME by Joshua Stauffer Chapter 13 THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DIVINE GIFT All people like to receive gifts. God delights in giving gifts to the children of men. One of the characteristics of God is abundance. God is a Father. The nature of a father is to live for his children and to give good gifts to them. Christ is the gift of the Father. The Father willingly and gladly gave Him to become the Redeemer of the world. Christ freely gave Himself and His life to save sinners. He freely gives eternal life to all who believe in Him. The Father and the Son together gave the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives Himself, His time, His gifts, His graces, and His virtues to the believers. We should gladly receive and cherish all that He desires to give us. The Lord not only delights to give us gifts, but He delights for us to accept them. I. He Is Given as the Gift of the Father "If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" (Luke 11:13). Christ directed His followers to pray for the Holy Spirit. We should be willing to accept that which our heavenly Father wants to give us. The Spirit has been promised. He is called the "Spirit of promise." Isaiah wrote of the outpouring of the Spirit in the following words: "Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert" (Isa. 43:19). "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring" (Isa. 44:3). The prophet Joel also wrote concerning the outpouring of the Spirit. The message of the Lord to him was, "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit" (Joel 2:28, 29). The same One Who gave His Son to be our Saviour, also gave the Spirit to be our Comforter. Christ makes a comparison between our earthly parents and our heavenly Father, saying, "How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." We cannot measure the "how much more," because God is infinite and our parents are only finite. Earthly parents are greatly concerned about their children, their health, their education, their food, and the gifts they receive. Even so, our heavenly Father is infinitely more interested in our spiritual welfare and the gifts which we receive. The one great Gift our heavenly Father has designated for us is the Holy Spirit. He not only is a Gift, but is also a divine Person Who is capable of doing for us all that Christ did for His disciples while He was on earth. Parents know better what is good for their children than the children know what is good for themselves. Our heavenly Father knows what we have need of, and He knows that we need the Holy Spirit. We should receive Him just as graciously and willingly as the Father gives Him. It greatly pleases our heavenly Father when we ask Him for the Holy Spirit, and it is a great joy to the Holy Spirit to come when we accept Him.
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WHEN HE IS COME<br />
by<br />
Joshua Stauffer<br />
Chapter 13<br />
THE HOLY SPIRIT IS A DIVINE GIFT<br />
All people like to receive gifts. God delights in giving gifts to the children of men. One of the<br />
characteristics of God is abundance. God is a Father. The nature of a father is to live for his children<br />
and to give good gifts to them. Christ is the gift of the Father. The Father willingly and gladly gave<br />
Him to become the Redeemer of the world. Christ freely gave Himself and His life to save sinners.<br />
<strong>He</strong> freely gives eternal life to all who believe in Him. The Father and the Son together gave the Holy<br />
Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives Himself, His time, His gifts, His graces, and His virtues to the believers.<br />
We should gladly receive and cherish all that <strong>He</strong> desires to give us. The Lord not only delights to<br />
give us gifts, but <strong>He</strong> delights for us to accept them.<br />
I. <strong>He</strong> <strong>Is</strong> Given as the Gift of the Father<br />
"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your<br />
heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" (Luke 11:13).<br />
Christ directed His followers to pray for the Holy Spirit. We should be willing to accept that<br />
which our heavenly Father wants to give us. The Spirit has been promised. <strong>He</strong> is called the "Spirit<br />
of promise." <strong>Is</strong>aiah wrote of the outpouring of the Spirit in the following words: "Behold, I will do<br />
a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness,<br />
and rivers in the desert" (<strong>Is</strong>a. 43:19). "For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon<br />
the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring" (<strong>Is</strong>a. 44:3).<br />
The prophet Joel also wrote concerning the outpouring of the Spirit. The message of the Lord to<br />
him was, "And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your<br />
sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see<br />
visions: and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit"<br />
(Joel 2:28, 29). The same One Who gave His Son to be our Saviour, also gave the Spirit to be our<br />
Comforter. Christ makes a comparison between our earthly parents and our heavenly Father, saying,<br />
"How much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." We cannot<br />
measure the "how much more," because God is infinite and our parents are only finite. Earthly<br />
parents are greatly concerned about their children, their health, their education, their food, and the<br />
gifts they receive. Even so, our heavenly Father is infinitely more interested in our spiritual welfare<br />
and the gifts which we receive. The one great Gift our heavenly Father has designated for us is the<br />
Holy Spirit. <strong>He</strong> not only is a Gift, but is also a divine Person Who is capable of doing for us all that<br />
Christ did for His disciples while <strong>He</strong> was on earth. Parents know better what is good for their<br />
children than the children know what is good for themselves. Our heavenly Father knows what we<br />
have need of, and <strong>He</strong> knows that we need the Holy Spirit. We should receive Him just as graciously<br />
and willingly as the Father gives Him. It greatly pleases our heavenly Father when we ask Him for<br />
the Holy Spirit, and it is a great joy to the Holy Spirit to come when we accept Him.
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