The Jews. Here it is again. This group of people have now created a situation where their messiah - the hope of the Jewish nation, the longed for deliverer - is no longer free to walk among them. Everything in the scriptures pointed to his coming. Everything in their system was designed to get them to this moment in history. All their scholarship existed to support preparing a people for him; tilling the ground, making room for the Christ. I think this may describe the church age more than anyone wants to admit. I think it’s possible that the Holy Spirit is to the church what Jesus was to Judaism.
The wait for the Spirit was short compared to the wait for Jesus, but it’s the same idea. Wait. I’m giving you the fullness of God. The Spirit will come and testify of me, he will bring conviction, he will empower you to do signs… As we look at the church can we say the Spirit of Jesus is welcomed? Is he embraced? Or is his book the thing we worship. Are his gifts? It may be that the Spirit has withdrawn to a place away from the mainstream where he abides with only a few. It was a sad day when the religious leaders pushed Jesus out of the way and it is no different now with his Spirit. Sad.
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