Counsel #2 — Holy Spirit

Picture: Counsel #2 — Holy SpiritCSL 84.1

As the personal Representative of Jesus in our lives, the Holy Spirit offers us comfort, support, solace and strength through the ups and downs of our spiritual journey. However, we can’t receive the power, influence, and support of the Holy Spirit if our hearts are self-righteous and filled with a sense of our own importance. God will support us through His Spirit if we humble ourselves to receive instruction in the mysteries of heaven. He will help us become sensitive to the lightest whisper of the Spirit.^{[83]https://www.nadadventist.org/about-our-church/beliefs/5-holy-spirit-restores-comforts-guides-protects-and-sustains-gods-children-way-salvation}CSL 84.2

“I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” John 14:16-18 NKJVCSL 84.3

“Every individual who receives Jesus as his personal Saviour, just as surely receives the Holy Spirit, to be his Counselor, Sanctifier, Guide, and Witness.” Ellen White in The Upward Look, p. 19CSL 84.4

Reflect: Do you ask Jesus for the infilling of the Holy Spirit every day to be your support and strength to live like Him?CSL 84.5