When Jesus sent His disciples out, after His resurrection, He shared Matthew 28: 19 with them. "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." He wants us to tell others about all three! In a nutshell, the Father sent the Son to die for our sin and offer us new life; the Son sent the Spirit to help us understand what God has done for us and to keep us trusting Him.
Matthew 6: 9, "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name..." Jesus taught us how to pray.
God the Father wants to have a personal relationship with us. He created us, we are His children. Jesus told us over 2,000 years ago that we can't know the Father without knowing Jesus. John 10: 30, "I and the Father are one." John 14: 7, "If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him." Before Jesus died, the resurrection and ascension back to the Father, He promised to send us a Helper. A Helper that would be with us always and forever. John 14: 16, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever..."
In John chapters 14-16, Jesus makes it clear that the Holy Spirit is a Person. He speaks of the Holy Spirit as if He is a personal friend and refers to Him as that One, using the masculine personal pronoun. As Christians, we receive the Holy Spirit and He guides us. Romans 8: 14, "For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God." He will teach us about God and who we are made to be. John 14: 26, "But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you."
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