The life-giving Spirit is the reality of resur
The life-giving Spirit is the reality of resur rection. If you are not in the life-giving Spirit, you are not in resurrection. But if you are in the life-giving Spirit, you are in resurrection.
CHRIST IN RESURRECTION
LIVING IN US
John 14:16-20 reveals that the Christ in res urrection now lives in us. In verses 16 and 17 the Lord Jesus says, "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, that He may be with you forever; even the Spirit of reality, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not behold Him or know Him; but you know Him, because He abides with you and shall be in you." According to verse 16, the Lord Jesus will ask the Father to give the disciples another Comforter. The Son was the first Comforter. Therefore, the first Comforter asked the Father to send another Comforter, the Spirit of reality, who will be in us. Then in verse 18 the Lord goes on to say, "I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you." When taken together with verse 17, this indicates "He" who is the Spirit of reality in verse 17 becomes the "I" who is the Lord Himself in verse 18. This indicates that after His resurrection the Lord became the Spirit of