Arulvakku

29.05.11 INDWELLING

"If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth,  which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me, because I live and you will live. On that day you will realize that I am in my Father and you are in me and I in you. Whoever has my commandments and observes them is the one who loves me. And whoever loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and reveal myself to him." (Jn 14:15-21)

 

 

Jesus has come into this world to give us the presence of God always. He himself is Immanuel (God with us). Now he is saying that he is going to ask the father it send the Holy Spirit among the people. The spirit is going to be with the people always. He is the spirit of truth and he is going to be with the disciples always. Presence of the spirit is always and continuous presence.

 

The followers are not going to b left as orphans. Jesus himself is going to be with the followers. And the followers will realize his presence in them. Presence of Jesus will not be seen by the world but the followers will feel his presence. The presence of Jesus is like the presence of the father in Jesus and how Jesus himself is present in the father.

 

The indwelling of the father in Jesus is invisible but certain. Jesus went about preaching and doing mighty works because this realization. The disciples themselves should live so with the realization that Jesus is with them living and working. This indwelling is further strengthened by the presence of the spirit. This indwelling of the father in the son and the son in the followers is confirmed by the love.