When Love Listens

A Day in the Life of Jesus

Scripture: John 14:22–26

It was a quiet moment in the upper room when Judas—not Iscariot—asked Jesus a question that still echoes through time: “Lord, why are you going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world at large?” Behind the question was a common expectation. The disciples were still hoping for an earthly kingdom, one where Jesus would display power and overthrow Rome. But Jesus had a different revelation in mind. His kingdom would not be established by force or by political might—it would begin in the hearts of those who loved Him.

As I read these verses, I imagine Jesus pausing, looking into their eyes with a love that knew their confusion. “The Father and I will come and make our home with anyone who loves Me and obeys Me.” What a staggering promise. The God who created the universe does not just call us to believe; He invites us to become His dwelling place. That is the kind of revelation Jesus was offering—not a display to the world’s eyes but a transformation of the believer’s heart.

Jesus’ answer to Judas reveals a central truth about discipleship: divine intimacy is reserved for those who respond in love and obedience. The world looks for spectacle, but the Spirit looks for surrender. Love and obedience are the keys that open the door to divine fellowship. As Jesus said, “Anyone who doesn’t obey Me doesn’t love Me.” Love for Christ is not a sentiment—it’s a surrender that invites His presence.

The Promise of the Comforter

Then Jesus spoke of something mysterious yet deeply comforting: “When the Father sends the Comforter—the Holy Spirit—He will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you.” Imagine the relief this must have brought to those first followers. They had walked with Jesus, heard His teaching, witnessed His miracles, but they were still so human, so forgetful. Jesus promised them more than memory; He promised divine remembrance.

This moment laid the foundation for the New Testament itself. The disciples would later write, preach, and teach the words and works of Jesus with clarity and authority because the Holy Spirit would bring everything to their minds. The Gospels are not merely human recollections; they are Spirit-guided testimonies. As Paul later wrote, “The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God” (1 Corinthians 2:10). The Spirit’s role was—and still is—to bridge divine truth and human understanding.

This means we can trust what the apostles wrote. Their memories were not faulty or fading; they were inspired. The Holy Spirit ensured that the essence of Jesus’ teaching was not lost in translation or time. Each writer—Matthew the tax collector, John the beloved disciple, Luke the physician—kept his own voice, yet the harmony of truth resounded through them all. This is the miracle of inspiration: God’s truth expressed through human hearts.

Confidence in the Word

Because of this promise, we can approach Scripture with confidence. The same Spirit who guided the disciples now dwells in us, illuminating the words of life. When we open our Bibles, we do not read alone. The Comforter whispers through the text, revealing what we need to hear for the moment we’re in. He convicts, encourages, and reminds us of what Jesus has said.

Charles Spurgeon once wrote, “Without the Spirit of God, we can do nothing. We are as ships without wind, branches without sap, and coals without fire.” That’s what Jesus wanted His disciples to understand—without the Spirit, their ministry would be powerless. But with Him, every word would burn with life.

Have you ever experienced that moment when a verse you’ve read a hundred times suddenly speaks as if for the first time? That’s the Holy Spirit at work, teaching you what no commentary alone can convey. He takes the written Word and turns it into a living word within you. He not only teaches, but He also reminds. In moments of temptation or fear, He recalls God’s promises to our hearts, anchoring us in truth.

Jesus’ assurance that the Spirit would “teach and remind” has ongoing significance for us today. It means that spiritual growth isn’t about accumulating information but cultivating relationship. The Spirit who inspired Scripture now indwells the believer to interpret, guide, and sustain.

Walking with the Spirit in Daily Life

Jesus’ words were more than comfort—they were commissioning. The disciples would soon walk through grief, persecution, and uncertainty. Yet they would not walk alone. The Comforter would come, turning their fear into courage, their confusion into clarity, and their sorrow into song.

We too are called to walk that same road. Every challenge, every unanswered question, becomes an opportunity to lean into the Spirit’s teaching. When I face decisions that test my faith, I remember this promise: “The Holy Spirit will teach you.” Not might, not sometimes, but will.

This is where daily spiritual discipline takes on sacred meaning. Each time we pause to listen in prayer, each time we open Scripture, each moment we choose obedience over ease—we are inviting the Spirit to continue Jesus’ teaching in our lives. We become living testimonies, walking proof that Christ still reveals Himself to those who love Him.

C.S. Lewis once noted, “The Holy Spirit is the difference between a Christian and a person who merely tries to be one.” Without the Spirit, Christianity becomes a moral effort; with Him, it becomes divine transformation. The disciples learned that the Holy Spirit wasn’t a substitute teacher after Jesus left—He was the continuing presence of Jesus Himself, abiding within them.

Living in Divine Fellowship

When Jesus said, “We will come to them and make our home with them,” He was describing the essence of Christian life: God making His dwelling in human hearts. This was not temporary lodging; it was eternal habitation. The Father, Son, and Spirit come to live with us, shaping our minds, renewing our hearts, and sanctifying our desires.

That is what sets the believer apart—not moral superiority, but divine companionship. The world may not see Jesus visibly today, but the world sees Him through us. His revelation continues through the Spirit-filled lives of those who love and obey Him.

The disciples’ question—“Why not reveal Yourself to the world?”—was answered not by explanation but by empowerment. At Pentecost, the Spirit came, and through those same disciples, the gospel went out to the whole world. The revelation they longed for began in their own hearts and overflowed to every nation.

So, it is with us. If we love Him, He reveals Himself. If we obey Him, He abides with us. The greatest revelation is not outward but inward—the indwelling presence of the living God.

May the Holy Spirit teach you today as He taught the apostles long ago. May He bring to remembrance every promise of Christ when doubts arise. May your heart be a dwelling place for the Father’s love, your mind a sanctuary for the Son’s truth, and your life a vessel of the Spirit’s peace.

Walk in the assurance that Jesus is still revealing Himself—not to the crowds who demand signs, but to those who listen in love. And as you go about your day, remember: the same Spirit who inspired the Scriptures is the One guiding your steps right now.

Further Reading

For a deeper exploration of the Spirit’s role in guiding believers today, read Who Is the Holy Spirit and What Does He Do? on Crosswalk.com .

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The Big conversation Why it matters

Looking at our small community we must remember that it is God Who calls and for what we can offer in our community He takes what we have and makes it go further!

• Church is the place to bring empty lives for God to fill.
• Church is about meeting not just meetings!

In our previous postings we also pointed out that some people may have a wrong opinion about unity and expect all people in a community to say the same and to act the same. But “being one” doesn’t mean “being a clone”. God blesses unity! And we should have and should share our unity in Christ and unity with Christ. All being one in following the teachings of Christ, believing what he says and following up what he asked his followers to do. Not just following a church because it pleases us but because it follows the teachings of the son of God, Jesus Christ, and stays truthful to the Words of God, following God’s Will and willing to share His Gospel. Our union should be in the love for God which should be noticeable for outsiders, being a union of loving people, loving Jehovah God and His son Christ Jesus, Jeshua the Messiah, as lovers of the truth, sharing this love and Good News and spreading unselfish, mutual, unconditional Agape brotherly love and love for all creation under the Covenant of love as beloved disciples and as Bible lovers making a circle of love under the Royal Law of love.

Having different people coming together there should be allowance for every one to have their say. All gathered should have respect for all present and give them the opportunity to share their ideas. Being together it also must be an occasion where public confession, based on a word from God, can take place. This may demand courage to stand up and declare truth, but in a real church of God this should not be a problem because that has to be a place of sharing the love of Christ and working at getting the love of God.

Spending time together to study the Word of God, must do something to those present. Change is inevitable…

except from a vending machine

said Arne Roberts, on October the tenth, at the Big Conversation. For him it is clear what is going to happen to other Bible Students which all came form the same source.

Here’s what will happen to Jehovah’s Witnesses: They will become increasingly like the religious group that influenced Charles Russell: The Christadelphians…

The Christadelphians were once an outspoken, vibrant, edgy “Christian” group who spread their urgent end-times message far and wide. They grew exponentially in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but their heyday is long past. For several decades now they resemble a heavy rusty old steam locomotive that is running out of speed as it lumbers along ill-kept tracks, but still tries to muster the motion needed to take on steep mountain slopes.

The Christadelphians ooze sad irrelevance and faded glory of times well passed. They are an old people’s religion – old people who don’t have the self- and other-awareness to see that they are clinging to a dead dream. The Christadelphians have long since passed their used-by date and the only ones who still ‘practice’ this religion are older individuals who cannot muster the strength to look out their windows at the real world passing them by.

This is the future of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who will not go out with a bang, but who will slowly whimper to an ever slower crawl as the decades pass and the world, in its infinite fascination with religious novelty, will fix its distractable attention on to other more modern belief systems.

For Arne Roberts that is not the end. He asks us to keep in mind that we are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.

We as followers of Christ should make sure that the Clarion of the Torah may sound. We hearing the sound loudly should make sure that there might be a stimulant for others in our community to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.

When people just not come to join others because they are part of a small community than that community shall never have any chance of growing. When people keep waiting before willing to join a small community because it does not attract them for it is so small that they shall be noticed, we do have to convince them that they should not hide themselves behind the numbers. It is true that when there is a small church people will be noticed. In a mega church nobody shall notice it when you come in later, slip out earlier, shall fall asleep or shall not be attentional. When we encounter such doubting people who are afraid to join a small church we can ask them

How long to wait before bringing religiousness and spirituality in practice

It is up to us that God is in our life and that we want to share it with them. They should not be afraid to feel having a naked identity it such a small group, because as followers of Christ Jesus we have abandoned our sinful ‘I’ and actually have taken an other identity, no identity of our own apart from our union with Christ. Not that we have no unique personality or value or purpose, but that Christ defines our new life. It is that inseparable connection within Christ as a believer, which unites us and in the love of Christ we found the love for each other and have to show the world that we want to share that love. When we fail to see our true existence in Christ and fail to find our life and, thus, seek it outside of Christ we shall become victim of our own vain pursuit that only leads to frustration and angst in our God-thirsty soul.

We must understand that whatever happens the majority of people will not want to take the divine Creator as their God and lots of people shall prefer to be part of the contemporary world, belonging to it, being in it, and enjoying a worldly philosophy, inventions of men designed to rob you of your inheritance (Col.2:8-10) and as such shall not be so much attracted to the Christadelphian world, which demands a change in their attitude. The friendship with the world is for most people much more important than the friendship with God loving people. Most shall prefer to stay in the Godless world having not to wonder about their own responsibilities.

It is up to the lovers of God to show the others the light of the world and that no one should worry to much about living in this world. When people could come to know that New world better they might think twice and be prepared easier to leave the Old world for what it is, looking forward to a better and perfect world. We understand it is not easy for man to get away with the worldly traditions, so this shall always be some of the obstacles to join or to stay in our community. But people should not be afraid that they cannot take part in worldly events in a Godless world.  Christadelphians for sure also can enjoy worldly life, having enough time fore worldly pleasures, and not to become frustrated under the yoke of the world.

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Preceding articles:

Counting sands and stars

The Big conversation

The Big conversation follow up

Reasons why you may not miss the opportunity to go to a Small Church

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