At the time that Jesus spoke these words, the Holy Spirit had not yet been given yet; for Jesus had not been glorified yet. The Holy Spirit would be sent by the Father and the Son on the Day of Pentecost in order to begin the building of the New Testament Church. He would be sent in order that that all in the early Church would be able to know the reality of the Indwelling of the Holy Spirit; the Lord Jesus being continually with their spirit, by means of His Spirit. Let me ask, as we begin our time together, do you know this blessed reality of Christ being in your life by the power and presence of His Spirit? When Christ is in your heart, He helps you to help others. If you have the Spirit you will help them, by your teaching them to observe all that Christ has commanded you. You will show them the way of discipleship by your good example of Christ to them. You have come to know Him experientially; that is, you believe and you are coming to know experientially that He is with you always, even to the end of your life; even to the end of the age. And you want others to know this great salvation and this great reality also.
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Pastor Paul Rendall was born in November of 1951, and grew up in Davenport, Iowa. He went to college at Drake University and the University of Iowa where he received a B.A. degree in Social Work and History in 1974. Paul searched for truth in all the wrong places in college, but...