May 26th, 2026
Come Holy Spirit Come,
John 14:26 — But the 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.
This past Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, where we remember and celebrate God’s sending of His Holy Spirit into our lives to regenerate the hearts of God’s people and seal them unto the Father. We remember this major moment in redemptive history with joyful adoration of the God who came to indwell us and make us holy.
The Helper (or Paraclete — the one who comes alongside) is the third person of the Godhead, who is sent from the Father and the Son to minister here on earth and to perfect God’s Church, also known as the body of Christ. One thing that I love about this verse is the promise that Jesus gives that the Holy Spirit will teach us and bring to our memory the things that Jesus has said. This promise is directly connected to our study of the Word, and it should be an encouragement and a challenge for us to spend more time in the Word. It is a challenge as Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance what He has said, which ‘remembrance’ points to the need of having once known. Yet that first promise that Spirit will teach us, should encourage us that as we read and study God’s Word, His Spirit will help us to learn what we need!
The Holy Spirit is our helper as we go through this life, and Jesus encourages his disciples that there will be times when you will be challenged, but fear not because we have the Holy Spirit “[who] will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say” (Luke 12:12).
We have grounds for confidence in this life, because we no longer stand under the law, but in Christ, where we are filled with His Spirit and guarded from the enemy.
It is also good for us to remember all that God has done in redemptive history from Genesis 1 and Creation, to Genesis 12 and the promise to Abraham, to Exodus 12 and Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, to Jeremiah 31 and the new Covenant written on our hearts, and ultimately to Matthew 27-28 and the death and resurrection of Christ.
In this time of remembrance and honor (both in memory of Pentecost on Sunday and Memorial Day on Monday), let us not forget the God who acts in history and is sovereign over history.
United in Christ,
Rev. Joshua Fried
Pastor
John 14:26 — But the 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.
This past Sunday was Pentecost Sunday, where we remember and celebrate God’s sending of His Holy Spirit into our lives to regenerate the hearts of God’s people and seal them unto the Father. We remember this major moment in redemptive history with joyful adoration of the God who came to indwell us and make us holy.
The Helper (or Paraclete — the one who comes alongside) is the third person of the Godhead, who is sent from the Father and the Son to minister here on earth and to perfect God’s Church, also known as the body of Christ. One thing that I love about this verse is the promise that Jesus gives that the Holy Spirit will teach us and bring to our memory the things that Jesus has said. This promise is directly connected to our study of the Word, and it should be an encouragement and a challenge for us to spend more time in the Word. It is a challenge as Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will bring to remembrance what He has said, which ‘remembrance’ points to the need of having once known. Yet that first promise that Spirit will teach us, should encourage us that as we read and study God’s Word, His Spirit will help us to learn what we need!
The Holy Spirit is our helper as we go through this life, and Jesus encourages his disciples that there will be times when you will be challenged, but fear not because we have the Holy Spirit “[who] will teach you in that very hour what you ought to say” (Luke 12:12).
We have grounds for confidence in this life, because we no longer stand under the law, but in Christ, where we are filled with His Spirit and guarded from the enemy.
It is also good for us to remember all that God has done in redemptive history from Genesis 1 and Creation, to Genesis 12 and the promise to Abraham, to Exodus 12 and Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, to Jeremiah 31 and the new Covenant written on our hearts, and ultimately to Matthew 27-28 and the death and resurrection of Christ.
In this time of remembrance and honor (both in memory of Pentecost on Sunday and Memorial Day on Monday), let us not forget the God who acts in history and is sovereign over history.
United in Christ,
Rev. Joshua Fried
Pastor
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