So often in the Christian life, we're more concerned about what the Holy Spirit is doing in me.

And the most important thing about his person and all the things he's done throughout the whole history of the world

is that he was with the Lord Jesus Christ throughout the whole course of his ministry.

His constant companion, we might even be bold enough

to say his very best friend.

Friendship is one of the great joys of life, isn't it? We find comfort in our friends.

We find accountability with friends too.

They help us grow in our walk with the Lord.

But what about friendship with God?

Our Lord Jesus had earthly friends.

He also had a friend in the third person of the Trinity,

a companion he would ultimately share with us.

Here's our teacher, Dr. Sinclair Ferguson.

There is a wonderful illustration in the writings of the great Princeton theologian, B.B. Warfield.

He describes the Old Testament scriptures and the Old Testament period like a darkened room

full of furniture.

He says, now, all the furniture is in the room, but it's only when you turn the light on

that you realize all the furniture is there.

And he says, this is very like the Old Testament revelation of God.

The God of the Old Testament is the same as the God of the New Testament.

He is Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

But there's a sense in which for believers under the Old Covenant, they lived in a kind

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