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THE ABIDING COMFORTER

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 11.

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THE ABIDING COMFORTER

The King's Messenger
“He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.” John 14:17.
Beloved, for you has that loving prayer of the Lord Jesus been answered? “I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you forever; even the Spirit of truth, . . ., for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.”
Has He indeed come in to abide in our hearts, to take entire charge of our life? It is the abiding, indwelling presence of the Comforter that makes all the difference in our lives; for He makes God real to us in everything. God's promise is that when He comes in to abide, He will teach us all things. He will bring all things to our remembrance that Jesus has said to us. John 14:26. He will testify of Jesus. Verse 26. He will guide us into all truth. He will show us things to come. He will glorify Jesus; for He shall take of His, and shall show it unto us. John 16:13, 14. If not, let us ask and receive this gentle Teacher, this loving Guide, who will so gladly and entirely take charge of our yielded lives. So shall we be “taught of God,” “led of the Spirit,” “kept by the power of God”—God himself working in us to will and to do of His good pleasure. We shall be no more alone; for to each loving, longing heart that simply asks the Father, that prayer of Jesus will be answered, and the Comforter will come in to abide.
Beloved, let us believe God, let us ask and receive now this abiding Comforter, and let us thank God that He has, for Jesus' sake, come in to abide in our hearts now and for evermore.