Acts 1:4 And being assembled together with them, He commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for the Promise of the Father, “which,” He said, “you have heard from Me;
John 14:15-16 “If you love Me, keep My commandments. “And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever
John 14:21 “He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”
I’m not quite sure how to interpret Acts 1:4, because I’ve never done any previous studies about the Holy Spirit. However, these verses in John seem to infer that having the Spirit Manifest himself has something to do with loving Jesus by keeping his commandments. In this verse the disciples are keeping Jesus commandment of waiting for the Promise of the Father (the indwelling of the Holy Spirit) by staying in Jerusalem.
Application-I will pay close attention to each IBS today to see if I can gain a better understanding of this verse.
Waiting is the spin that all of the interns have taken on this verse. Following God’s commandments is more of the direction that Pastor G took. Both seem to be appropriate directions to take.
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