Israel's Only Savior

I Will Put My Spirit Within You

²² “Therefore say to the house of Israel, Thus says the Lord God: ^(A)It is not for your sake, O house of Israel, that I am about to act, but for the sake of my holy name, ^(B)which you have profaned among the nations to which you came. ^23 (C)And I will vindicate the holiness of my great name, which has been profaned among the nations, and which you have profaned among them. ^(D)And the nations will know that I am the Lord, declares the Lord God, when through you I vindicate my holiness before their eyes. ^24 (E)I will take you ^(F)from the nations and gather you from all the countries and ^(G)bring you into your own land. ^25 (H)I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from ^(I)all your uncleannesses, and ^(J)from all your idols ^(K)I will cleanse you. ²⁶ And I will give you ^(L)a new heart, and ^(M)a new spirit I will put within you. ^(N)And I will remove the heart of stone from your flesh and give you a heart of flesh. ^27 (O)And I will put my Spirit within you, ^(P)and cause you to walk in my statutes and ^(Q)be careful to obey my rules.^{[a] 28 (R)}You shall dwell in the land that I gave to your fathers, and ^(S)you shall be my people, and I will be your God. ²⁹ And ^(T)I will deliver you from all your uncleannesses. And ^(U)I will summon the grain and make it abundant and ^(V)lay no famine upon you. ^30 (W)I will make the fruit of the tree and the increase of the field abundant, ^(X)that you may never again suffer the disgrace of famine among the nations. ³¹ Then ^(Y)you will remember your evil ways, and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and your abominations. ^32 (Z)It is not for your sake that I will act, declares the Lord God; let that be known to you. Be ashamed and confounded for your ways, O house of Israel.

Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit

^15 (A)“If you love me, you will ^(B)keep my commandments. ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another ^(C)Helper,^[a] to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even ^(D)the Spirit of truth, ^(E)whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and ^(F)will be^[b] in you.

¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; ^(G)I will come to you. ^19 (H)Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but ^(I)you will see me. ^(J)Because I live, you also will live. ^20 (K)In that day you will know that ^(L)I am in my Father, and ^(M)you in me, and ^(N)I in you. ^21 (O)Whoever has my commandments and ^(P)keeps them, he it is who loves me. And ^(Q)he who loves me ^(R)will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and ^(S)manifest myself to him.” ^22 (T)Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it ^(U)that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” ²³ Jesus answered him, ^(V)“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and ^(W)we will come to him and ^(X)make our home with him. ²⁴ Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And ^(Y)the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.

²⁵ “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. ²⁶ But the ^(Z)Helper, the Holy Spirit, ^(AA)whom the Father will send in my name, ^(AB)he will teach you all things and ^(AC)bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. ^27 (AD)Peace I leave with you; ^(AE)my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. ^(AF)Let not your hearts be troubled, neither ^(AG)let them be afraid. ^28 (AH)You heard me say to you, ^(AI)‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I ^(AJ)am going to the Father, for ^(AK)the Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And ^(AL)now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. ³⁰ I will no longer talk much with you, for ^(AM)the ruler of this world is coming. ^(AN)He has no claim on me, ³¹ but I do ^(AO)as the Father has commanded me, ^(AP)so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.