The Comforter has come

        Reading through the Bible, we see that one of the fears of Old Testament believers was that the Holy Spirit would leave them. For example, Samson, when he was ambushed, did not know that the LORD had left him. (Judges 16:20) And King David prayed, “Do not...take your Holy Spirit from me.” (Psalm 51:11)

        How different in the New Testament. John the Baptist’s sign for identifying the Messiah was “the man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain.” (John 1:33) Then, in the upper room, Jesus promised “he will give you another Counsellor to be with you forever—the Spirit of truth.” (John 14:16, 17) The Apostle Paul wrote, “you were marked in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance.” (Ephesians 1:13) What a wonderful guarantee— the Spirit will never leave us now!