Look for the Paraclete Walking Alongside
I went to the Wednesday Bible study for the first time. It is studying the gospel John at the moment. I really liked the passage we discussed. Most of it was in John 14, but you really have to start with John 13: 31 to get the whole context. Following are a couple of my take away notes as I understood the discussion. Jesus brought us peace through the Holy Spirit (Paraclete) whose name literally means the one who walks alongside. We will not be orphaned or without guidance or leadership. And we must minister to the orphans in the world. We decided orphans are those without a church family and we must learn how to be their sanctuary and mentor so they can come into the family and be adopted and no longer orphans. If we love Jesus we will follow his command, which in an earlier section was “Love one another as I have loved you”. Impossible to do to perfection, but something we should strive for. Jesus/ God has always loved us and always will. In this section, Jesus tel...