Have you ever wondered what Jesus may have accomplished on earth if He hadn't died? His glorified body, which He possessed after rising from the dead, allowed Him to pass through solid objects and manifest Himself anywhere He chose with just a thought. He might arrive out of nowhere at a contentious church business meeting, resolve doctrinal disagreements, and bring Christians together!
Jesus could counsel presidents and prime ministers, bring Jews and Arabs together, resolve border conflicts, and halt terrorists if He were physically present. He may discuss abortion, homosexuality, and physician-assisted suicide on radio and television talk shows.
But God had a superior plan. He decided to send the Holy Spirit as a Helper who would accomplish what Christ could never have accomplished if He had remained.
The Holy Spirit may be in two places at once, but Jesus cannot. He can persuade the world that rejecting Jesus is its biggest sin. He can raise Christ as the one moral benchmark for all of our actions. Despite the fact that it sometimes seems to be gaining, he can promise us that evil has been condemned and will fail.
For the Spirit to arrive, Jesus had to leave this world. Never lose sight of the fact that the Holy Spirit is at work in our lives and around the world to exalt Christ.
The Spirit carries out in us what Jesus did for us. Spread the word everywhere there are people, wherever there are human hearts and human woes;
Let the happy news that the Comforter has arrived be spoken in every Christian tongue!
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