The Counsellor ... will bring to...
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"The Counsellor ... will bring to remembrance all that I have said to you."
In Hebrew thinking, to remember means more than just to recall. To remember means to make alive again. Thus, Abraham, Moses, David and Hosea come rushing into the present with their stories of redemption when we remember them. Jesus becomes our contemporary when, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we remember him.
A parishioner was despondent at the loss of his wife. When he heard these words about the Holy Spirit and remembering, and when the words of Jesus, "I will not leave you desolate" (John 14:18) were read, he suddenly felt a breaking of the grip of grief and a peace passing over him like he had never known before.
He remembered.
In Hebrew thinking, to remember means more than just to recall. To remember means to make alive again. Thus, Abraham, Moses, David and Hosea come rushing into the present with their stories of redemption when we remember them. Jesus becomes our contemporary when, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we remember him.
A parishioner was despondent at the loss of his wife. When he heard these words about the Holy Spirit and remembering, and when the words of Jesus, "I will not leave you desolate" (John 14:18) were read, he suddenly felt a breaking of the grip of grief and a peace passing over him like he had never known before.
He remembered.
