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The Holy Spirit Is With Us Forever
(Jn14:16-20)
God is eternal.
From everlasting to everlasting He is (Ps90:2, 93:2) and
He will take the faithful in the land to dwell with Him forever (Ps101:6).
For eternity is not “long time” but rather “all times,”
Faith is longing for Him and for eternity (Ecc3:11) and
The life of this faith is being with the Holy Spirit every moment while living on earth.
The difference between being “with” and being “alone” is like night and day (Ecc4:11) for
All humans feel being alone as the most painful thing.
Yet at times, being alone may be better (Pr21:9) and
This is because, it was through the woman whom God made (Ge2:23)
Adam sinned (Ge3:12) and all men became hell-bound with the devil (Mt25:41).
God appeared to Abraham and promised him to be with his offspring (Ge12:7):
While Jacob was in the wilderness, God appeared in his dream and
Promised to always be with him (Ge26:28-29);
God was with Joseph and gave him success in whatever he did (Ge39:21-23);
He was with the mouth of Moses (Ex3:12, 4:15) who then
Led Israel out of Egypt and in the wildness for 40 years, and
The staff in his hand and his radiant face testified that God was with him (Ex32:28-29).
For God was with Joshua (Jos1:5), he conquered Canaan without fear (Dt31:6).
The sanctuary where the name of Jehovah was reminded them that, “the LORD is with us.”
When Israel obeyed God’s command, He was with them and they defeated their enemies;
But when they disobeyed, He was not with them and they were destroyed (Nu14:41-45).
Yeshua said, “Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days,” because
Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body (Jn2:19-21),
He would be with men forever (Jn14:16) for
He is the Word who was with God in the beginning (Jn1:1, 14, 18), who
Became Immanuel, “God with us” (Is7:14; Mt1:21-22),
For God was with men at times, while at other times He turned away from them (He8:9).
He performed signs for the Holy Spirit was with Him (Ac10:38).
Although many of His disciples turned back and no longer followed Him (Jn6:66),
Yeshua was never lonely or afraid for the Father never left Him alone (Jn8:16, 29, 16:32).
He willingly went to death in haste for
Only when the Son of Man goes to the Father, the Comforter would come (Jn16:7) and
Only when when the Comforter comes, He would be with believers forever (Jn14:16).
As He died, Yeshua said, “It is finished” (Jn19:30), declaring that He:
1) Was faithful to death and entrusted His soul to the Father, and was found as the faithful on the land (Ps101:6; Jn10:18; Php2:6-8);
2) Judged the devil, the divider (Ge3:4-6); and
3) Sprinkled His redeeming blood on souls to cleanse them to become a dwelling place with God (He9:13-14).
He resurrected and ascended to heaven:
He is in the Father (Jn14:20; Rev22:3), His blood is in the souls of believers, and
The Holy Spirit is eternally with the souls who have the blood of Yeshua (Mt28:20).
The man of the Spirit is he who
Does not walk in step with the wicked (Ps1:1) and not yoked with unbelievers (2Co6:14-15).
Even if he is alone he is never lonely, and in whatever situation he never fears (Rm8:35) for
Every moment of his life he lives with the Spirit of the Lord.
With the joy of His Spirit (Jn16:22-24),
He boldly testifies the gospel as signs accompany the word (Mk16:20; Ac2:33), and
Always keeps His commands and does what pleases Him (Jn8:29; 1Jn3:22) for
He longs to be taken up to the air and be with the Lord forever when He returns (1Th4:16-17).
O Lord,
Though I do not feel “God with us” with my senses and emotions,
I have the blood of Yeshua, the name of Yeshua…and the Spirit of Yeshua!
Let me and all You have given me live with the Spirit of the Lord every moment and
When You return, let us go to where You are and live with You forever! Amen.