Furthermore, the Holy Spirit is given so that "we ordinary mortals can become, in a measure, what Jesus himself was: part of God's future arriving in the present; a place where heaven and earth meet; the means of God's kingdom going ahead".
The Spirit is given so that we might "share in the life and continuing work of Jesus himself," and "to begin the work of making God's future real in the present." This Spirit "comes to us from that new world, the world waiting to be born," so that to live as a Christian is "to live by the rules of God's future world, even as we are continuing to live within the present one." Which is why Paul "speaks of the Spirit as the guarantee or down-payment of what is to come." He actually uses the Greek word for "engagement ring," as "a sign in the present for what is to come in the future."
One Cosmos: Timelessness Takes Time
Olivia, our 3 1/2 year old grand-daughter, told me about the Holy Ghost today...we were talking about Jesus being with His Father in heaven for real, but He lives in us too. She then spoke of the Holy Ghost living in us.
Mom and Dad or church-school is doing a great job.
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