Even as the disciples\u2019 hearts ached about Jesus\u2019 departure, He assured them it was to their advantage because it would bring them a new era of power and authority (see\u00a0John\u00a014:12). Being \u2018under new management\u2019 wasn\u2019t the end but a continuation of Christ\u2019s ministry as the Holy Spirit took the baton from the Son\u2019s hand and placed it in theirs. The Son would leave, but the Spirit would \u2018abide with you [them] for ever.\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a014:16\u00a0KJV) This was their \u2018advantage\u2019.<\/i> The Spirit would enter their human bodies and live permanently in them! <\/p>\n
This is no tentative, vague connection. It\u2019s God\u2019s Spirit choosing us<\/i> as His permanent dwelling place. Have you ever considered the advantage this gives you? For example, you might awake tomorrow feeling stressed, weary, and irritated, and, humanly speaking, these feelings could easily dictate your day. But because the Spirit lives in you, these things don\u2019t have to control you. <\/p>\n
Paul writes, \u2018Do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you?\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a06:19\u00a0NKJV) Once you accept that promise by faith, you become God\u2019s temple. You can be at work, driving the kids to school, walking the dog, waiting for biopsy results, or attending the funeral of your best friend, and as you go about your everyday life, God\u2019s Spirit is living in you. Can you see now why Jesus told the disciples it was good for Him to leave and send the Holy Spirit? Whatever you do, don\u2019t let this life-changing truth slide by you! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Even as the disciples\u2019 hearts ached about Jesus\u2019 departure, He assured them it was to their advantage because it would bring them a new era of power and authority (see\u00a0John\u00a014:12). Being \u2018under new management\u2019 wasn\u2019t the end but a continuation of Christ\u2019s ministry as the Holy Spirit took the baton from the Son\u2019s hand and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}