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Revealer of Christ’s Grace, May 28
Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into
all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear, that he shall speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:13
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Of the Comforter it is written, “He will guide you into all truth....”
Through the Holy Spirit, Christ will open more clearly to those who
believe on Him that which He has inspired holy men to write concerning
the truth.
Christ said of the Spirit, “He shall glorify me.”
John 16:14
. As Christ
glorified the Father by the demonstration of His love, so the Spirit was
to glorify Christ by revealing to the world the riches of His grace. The
very image of God is to be reproduced in humanity. The honor of God,
the honor of Christ, is involved in the perfection of the character of His
people....
The Spirit works in us by bringing to mind, vividly and often, the
precious truths of the plan of redemption. We should forget these truths,
and for us God’s rich promises would lose their efficiency, were it not
for the Spirit, who takes of the things of God, and shows them to us....
The Spirit illumines our darkness, informs our ignorance, and helps us
in our manifold necessities. But the mind must be constantly going out
after God. If worldliness is allowed to come in, if we have no desire to
pray, no desire to commune with Him who is the source of strength and
wisdom, the Spirit will not abide with us. Those who are unbelieving do
not receive the rich endowment of grace that would make them wise unto
salvation, patient, forbearing, quick to perceive and appreciate heavenly
ministrations, quick to discern Satan’s devices, and strong to resist sin.
The religion of Christ means more than the forgiveness of sin; it means
that sin is taken away, and that the vacuum is filled with the Spirit. It
means that the mind is divinely illumined, that the heart is emptied of self,
and filled with the presence of Christ. When this work is done for church
members, the church will be a living, working church.
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