“I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever” (John 14:16).
These words, taken with the missional mandate given to the disciples in Acts 1:8, remind us that the Holy Spirit is given not only for our regeneration, but that the presence and redeeming ministry of Christ might continue to be a reality in this world through his church. The gift of the Holy Spirit was never intended for our self-expression but he is the means by which God expresses himself.
