Biblical Reading and Reflections: August 16th (Hosea 14 & John 14:15-31)
Alastair's Adversaria
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If You Love Me, You Will Keep My Commandments
Themes of witness pervade john's gospel, and the truth of the witness borne by the spirit is given prominence. Jesus speaks about all of these as ways in which he is going to be with and near his disciples even after he has physically left and gone to his father. Christ responds to this by speaking of a fourfold coming. We can think about his coming in the resurrection, his coming at pentecost, his coming in specific acts of power and presence within the history of the church, and then his coming on the final day to take his people to himself.
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