In order to fully experience all God intended for His children, it's essential to understand

and embrace the Holy Spirit.

Jesus called him the Spirit of Truth, a helper.

Well, today on Insight for Living, as Chuck Swindall continues his series called Growing

Deep in the Christian Life, we'll be looking at John chapter 16.

In this passage, we find helpful clues for understanding this somewhat mysterious member

of the Trinity.

Today's message is titled The Spirit Who Is Not a Ghost, and Chuck begins by describing

the scene.

In this upper room, they are sitting around a table and their small talk, and then the

focus turns to the Lord Himself.

And in quiet tones, he begins to communicate to them messages regarding life after his

death, and they are seized with panic.

These guys are confused.

Before you too harsh on them, imagine what that must be like.

It isn't hard for me to imagine.

But after the Second World War, my father had a physical breakdown.

Maybe some would say an emotional breakdown.

Maybe it was both.

But I will never forget the tragic feeling, as the youngest in the family of three, to

be called into the bedroom and to have his hand sort of work its way from my elbow to

my shoulder and hold me close, as he trembled, though he wasn't an old man, but exhausted

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