Comments on: Was the Holy Ghost present while Jesus Christ was on the earth? https://askgramps.org/was-the-holy-ghost-present-while-jesus-christ-was-on-the-earth/ Moral answers to everyday concerns, curiosities, and uncertainties. Gramps considers all questions on all topics from all sources. Wed, 29 Sep 2021 03:20:33 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan https://askgramps.org/was-the-holy-ghost-present-while-jesus-christ-was-on-the-earth/#comment-34189 Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:05:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24433#comment-34189 In reply to Jim.

In John:16 Jesus says, “But now I go my way to him that sent me…It is expedient for you that I go away; for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.” Christ was to ascend to the Father, and then He would send the Holy Ghost to His disciples. Therefore, this would not take place until he had returned unto the Father.

]]> By: Kimbo https://askgramps.org/was-the-holy-ghost-present-while-jesus-christ-was-on-the-earth/#comment-34026 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 03:50:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24433#comment-34026 Sure the holy spirit is God’s power…God has never not had his power

]]> By: Jim https://askgramps.org/was-the-holy-ghost-present-while-jesus-christ-was-on-the-earth/#comment-33791 Sun, 25 Jan 2015 13:32:00 +0000 http://en.elds.org/askgramps-org/?p=24433#comment-33791 Gramps, of what I understand, Christ had the power of the Holy Ghost, but not the gift of the Holy Ghost?
According to the LDS Bible Dictionary, “For some reason not fully explained in the scriptures, the Holy Ghost did not operate in the fulness among the Jews during the years of Jesus’ mortal sojourn (John 7:39; 16:7). Statements to the effect that the Holy Ghost did not come until after Jesus was resurrected must of necessity refer to that particular dispensation only, for it is abundantly clear that the Holy Ghost was operative in earlier dispensations. Furthermore, it has reference only to the gift of the Holy Ghost not being present, since the power of the Holy Ghost was operative during the ministries of John the Baptist and Jesus; otherwise no one would have received a testimony of the truths that these men taught (Matt. 16:16–17; see also 1 Cor. 12:3). When a person speaks by the power of the Holy Ghost that same power carries a conviction of the truth unto the heart of the hearer (2 Ne. 33:1). The Holy Ghost knows all things (D&C 35:19) and can lead one to know of future events (2 Pet. 1:21).”

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