Our restoration
Paul in conclusion to his 2nd letter to the Corinthians
coax everyone to greet one another with a holy kiss as all the holy ones
welcome them. Likewise in finale, he said, “The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ
and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you”
(2 Cor. 13:12-13-NAB).
It
should be noted that the name of Jesus Christ was mentioned first in this
Trinitarian order. It reflects that the name of Christ is being emphasized
first since it is through him that an actual process of Christian salvation was
made manifest. Christ as an opener, that serves as an aperture into the abyss
of insights that flood the enlightened believers, therefore functions as the
key to the wonderful things even little miracles experienced by the
Trinitarians.
Our
consciousness is being instigated that we may then open our eyes to deeper
truths. Likewise this chance harnesses our will to encourage each other to
renew our love for our brothers and sisters in the Christian family, and
develop our will to commune together.
In
the sustaining work that leads us to the holy living obedience to the Son, the
Spirit redeems us and we receive knowledge as the Father chooses us. With the
rejoicing in praise and worship, as the Christians obtain focus, we are then
being guided that in our insights may arise a revelation regarding the future
coming of Christ, as it may then be known to the Jews that he was the messiah
who obtains his wounds from the house of his friends (Zechariah 13:6).
The
detailed analysis from the scriptures serves as support that to our hearts we
may understand that we should unify the believers, as Jesus and the Father are
one in communion with the Holy Spirit as they share the same spirit. This is
revealed through the crystallized greetings of John to the seven churches in
Asia: grace to you and peace from who is and who was and who is to come, and
from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness,
the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth (Revelation
1:4-5).
With
this revelation, we are also encouraged to start a devotion to the holy
Trinity, being the undivided unity that is the highest form of devotion as we
may then be enlightened to the workings of the Holy Spirit, that our mind and
heart may serve as illumined rays making us as light to others, that they too
may receive foreknowledge from the Father and obtain revelation regarding the
mystery of God.
Let’s
allow the Spirit to push us, that we may encourage others too with us serving
as light and salt to the earth. Knowing well from the Father as this is
revealed through the Holy Spirit that dwelt in the Jesus paraclete, we too take
part from the Trinitarian unity of which as Jesus is one with the Father, we
are also one with Jesus, making us an extension in duality with the Master. If
we were only observant of the nature of the Spirit that we receive through the
indwelling of this in us, we would also feel the rupture of emotions, as we are
in-filled with the Holy Ghost.
This
indwelling of the Holy Spirit is the great mystery beyond human control. All
you have to do is to be open as we are in praise and worship, and allow the
Spirit paraclete to move in us as our eyes are closed. Making you stammer and
speak in plain strange language is not the end of the in-filling but a
possibility that through listening to others who are in tongues too,
interpreting this would make you be endowed with the gift of prophecy.
The
release of the Holy Spirit through healing, laying of hands and guided free
praising/praying in tongues, is all you need to make our restoration complete
as we may obtain both repentance, baptism and receiving of the Holy Spirit
which we call the “gospel” as revealed in Acts 2:38-NAB: “Repent, and be
baptized, everyone of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of
your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.”
In
testimony that the Spirit continues to move in us, we read: “And they were all
filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues, as the
Spirit enabled them to proclaim (Acts 2:4).” This revealed truth only signify
that the speaking in tongues did not end in Judea and Samaria but also it
continues in the uttermost part of the earth in the circle of the very
Gentiles, of which we are regarded as such now.
As
you have had repentance and baptism, the only thing you need to complete your
plan of salvation is the receiving of the Holy Ghost and His gifts. For “it will
come to pass that in the last days,” God says, “ I will pour out a
portion of my spirit upon all flesh. Your sons and daughters shall prophesy,
your young men shall see visions; your old men shall dream dreams… I will pour
out a portion of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy (Acts
2:17-18).
Let
us try to obtain the gift of the Holy Spirit particularly the speaking in
tongues that the vessel, which is our body, shall be continually cleansed for
us then to obtain pureness of thoughts and receive healing. In the time that we
feel dry, we only have to obtain the refreshing in the Holy Ghost (Acts 3:19).
-Jyotisman
Nearu Upendra
