His Spirit Inside

Where is the Lord? Is He far away in heaven with His Father? Did He leave us when He was resurrected?
Are we on our own to navigate through life? Questions that need answers, and the bible answers if you will but search!
John 16:7-13
7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment:
9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me;
10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer;
11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
12 "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.
1Cor.5:3 For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing.
Un-repentance is sin:
1Cor.5:5 you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
Satan receives power, at times to try you and me. Make no mistake, he is defeated! However, he will try to use his cunning to make us an ineffective witness for Christ! Keep in mind if you are a child of His, Christ is in control and He will use everything in your life for His glory! Think of Paul, his ever present thorn in the flesh problem, and how he was told" My grace is sufficient".
2Cor.12:7 So to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.
1Cor.11:32 But when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world.
1Peter 4:6 For this is why the gospel was preached even to those who are dead, that though judged in the flesh the way people are, they might live in the spirit the way God does.
Think of Job, a Godly man, whom the devil tormented!
Job 2:4-7
4 Then Satan answered the LORD and said, "Skin for skin! All that a man has he will give for his life. 5 But stretch out your hand and touch his bone and his flesh, and he will curse you to your face."
6 And the LORD said to Satan, "Behold, he is in your hand; only spare his life."
7 So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and struck Job with loathsome sores from the sole of his foot to the crown of his head.
Humbleness:
Ps.83:16 Fill their faces with shame, that they may seek your name, O LORD.
Sin may be pardoned but sickness may remain. You may be healed and sin remain. Why? We live in a fallen world! Sin results in death! That is why we must hate sin, it causes sorrow! Jesus has the power to forgive sin! He came, in obedience to His Father, to be a living sacrifice so that we could be reconciled to God! It is the only way! Whatever your circumstance, you must make a choice, seek God or deny Him! In sickness and health, His grace is sufficient!
Father, expose our sin. Help us to honor You in everything! We stand humble before You, in gratitude for Your saving grace. Forgive us!