December 16, 2023
PRESENT PRESENCE
“Because of the presence of the Paraclete in the life of the believer, the blessings of the end-times—the eschaton—are already present” “While John uses the concept of the Spirit in a way very similar to other NT writers (e.g., 3:5ff.), he advances the Christian view of the Spirit with the concept of the ‘Paraclete.’ In