January 21, 2021 -- John 20:17 -- Power from Christ to the powerless
/Jesus said to her, “Do not cling to me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God’.”
John 20:17 English Standard Version
Why not cling to Jesus? Jesus gives the answer. He will be ascending to His Father. Jesus promised His disciples, when He goes to ‘Him Who sent Me’ then He will be enthroned in power and He will send the Helper, the Holy Spirit (John 16:5,7). The Spirit of God lives in the heart of believers. The Spirit of God teaches believers the way of Truth. The Spirit of God strengthens believers so that sin becomes hateful to them and righteousness the sweet kiss of peace.
Fellow believers, we have received Good News piled onto Good News. Our sins are wholly disarmed because of the cross of Jesus Christ. The devil cannot whisper accusations against us any longer for Jesus took the punishment for our sins and He is risen to new life. In Christ, Who is seated at the Father’s right hand, we have new life, new hope, and victory in His Name and this because of the Helper, the Holy Spirit. Confess your sins. Admit your rebellions against God. Find in Christ the gift of freedom, guaranteed by the Spirit Who lives in you—and this, all this—to the glory of the Father.
Jesus, Middle Man between the Father and us, blessed are You! Our Hope and Heart’s delight thank You for the richness of our salvation. Father in heaven, thank You for electing love which has been poured out in Jesus and is guaranteed by the Spirit—the Helper of the downtrodden, the Comfort of the exhausted and the Wisdom of those who are considered fools in the eyes of the world.
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