The Comforter - Pentecost 2026

By saying that “[t]he Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you” our Lord teaches us not only that the Holy Spirit is real but also what the Holy Spirit does. This matters greatly, because there is much confusion about the Holy Spirit in the world today.

Many people speak of the Spirit as though He were merely a feeling, a force, or an experience. Others imagine that the Holy Spirit’s primary work is to produce dramatic signs, ecstatic speech, or emotional excitement. But Jesus teaches us otherwise. The Holy Spirit is not an impersonal power. He is God Himself, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity and with the Father and the Son He is worshiped and glorified. He proceeds from the Father and the Son and is sent into the world by Christ.

*Correction: The Azusa Street Revival which began in 1906 was in Los Angeles*