This is an interesting subject, dear Sister. I think there is a benefit we can gain as we consider who we may talk with in the godhead. God the Father does not communicate directly with man after the fall. Jesus is our connection with heaven. He is our Mediator with the Father. But, we are told by Jesus to pray to the Father. It is the righteousness of Christ mingled with our prayers that allow them to be acceptable to our heavenly Father.
Then we have Jesus telling us that He will send the Holy Spirit to speak to us. Is this a one way conversation? Or can we talk with Him as we talk with Jesus?
When we pray to the Father, are we talking with Him?
Are we forbidden to talk with the Father? Are we forbidden to talk with the Holy Spirit who is speaking through a "still small voice" to us? Are we forbidden to talk with Jesus?
On the other hand, let's consider what happens when we ignore the Holy Spirit, or Jesus. Do we then suffer on account of the lack of a personal relationship with the Holy Spirit? Then, who is the Holy Spirit, not a person, not a personal God? The Sabbath School lesson is leading us into territory where many have not gone. We need to take care we do not go where we are forbidden, but let us not allow the false to do away with the true.
Have you ever talked to your angel? Why not? I am not saying to worship him, but to talk to him. My angel has smiled when I have acknowledged him there. How many years has he been helping me? Very many without me realizing it, nor appreciating it. We need to be more aware of the unseen world that is eternal, while what we see with our eyes is temporal and will soon pass away.
I have never had a conversation with my angel, but I have talked to him every now and then. Thanking him and telling him I know he is there. The Holy Spirit indwells our heart. Christ cannot, for He can only be in one place since he is now encumbered by His humanity. What a sacrifice for us!! So, how can He walk with us?
"Abide in me and I in you." It is through His representative that Christ abides in us. It is the Holy Spirit.
What is the conclusion of the matter? There is much we do not understand. But, there is much we do. We serve a God who loves us and gave Himself for us. The godhead is composed of three divine persons. They have proved their love for us while we were yet sinners. They have sacrificed for us. Let us recognize their work which is ongoing for us. Jesus is our High Priest continually ministering to us in the Most Holy Place in the sanctuary in heaven. It is through the Holy Spirit that we understand this and all other truth. And, through Christ, we may enter into the Most Holy Place wherein dwells our heavenly Father.
My little brain cannot comprehend half of what we are discussing, but we know it to be true because the Holy Spirit has revealed these truths to us. He is even now guiding my mind to these truths He has previously revealed. As I type, I stop and pray to our Father that He will give me more of the Spirit that these truths might bring honor and glory to Him. And, I pray to Him in the name of our most precious Savior, Jesus Christ. Therefore, the Father answers my prayer and the Holy Spirit opens my mind to my great need of all three, and I see how needy I am, and how blessed to be able to hold communion with all three who are actively involved in our conversation.
That we would live our lives in continual communion with God is our aim. For it is by maintaining our connection with God that we are enabled to give honor and glory to Him.
A living Christian is one who lives a life of continual prayer. "The path of the just is as a shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." The Christian's life is one of progression. He goes forward from strength to strength, from grace to grace, and from glory to glory, receiving from Heaven the light which Christ, at infinite cost to Himself, made it possible for man to obtain. The Christian cannot let his light shine before men, unless he is ever receiving divine illumination. He must ever receive strength and glory from the accessible heavens, that he may be able to meet new temptations and bear heavier responsibilities. Untried events await the Christian, new dangers even surround him, and unexpected temptations continually assail him. Our great Leader points to the open heaven, bidding us apply there for light and strength to enable us to overcome.
Jesus taught his disciples to pray. He directed them to present their daily needs before God. As we realize our dependence upon God for both temporal and spiritual blessings, we may offer up fervent and effectual prayer. Our great need is in itself an argument that pleads most eloquently in our behalf. Your wants, your joys, your sorrows, your cares, your fears, you may present before God. You cannot weary Him, you cannot burden his heart. Nothing is too great for Him to bear; for He upholds the worlds and rules the universe. Nothing is too small for his notice; for He marks the sparrow's fall, and numbers the hairs of your head. He is not indifferent to the wants of his people. The Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy. He is touched by our sorrows, and even the utterance of them moves his great heart of infinite love. There is no chapter in our experience too dark for Him to read, no perplexity too complicated for Him to unravel. Our Heavenly Father is not unobserving; He sees our tears, He marks our sighs, He notes our joys and sorrows. "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds."
The relation between God and each soul is distinct. His care to you is as minute as though there were no other soul to claim his attention. The psalmist says, "Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. There is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, Thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me," "Thou tellest my wanderings; put Thou my tears in thy bottle; are they not in thy book?" In the words of the psalmist is expressed the intimacy and tenderness with which God cares for his creatures. "For we have not an High Priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help in time of need. "Bible Echo, February 1, 1893. -