Acts
17:15, 22 - 18:1 / John 16:12-15
Jesus speaks more about the Spirit: “The Spirit will
guide you.”
A young Hindu and a Christian
seminarian were attending the same week-long seminar on the Sermon on the
Mount. In the course of the week, the two young people became good friends. At
one point the young Hindu confided to the seminarian that he had problems with
Jesus’ sermon. He knew how much it had influenced Gandhi, and he wanted to live
his life by it. But he feared it was too lofty an ethic for ordinary people to
live by. Toward the end of the seminar, however, the Hindu gained new insight
into his problem. The ethic was indeed lofty, but he had forgotten about Jesus’
promise. The Holy Spirit will not only teach the people the value of the ethic
but also empower them to follow it.