The Comforter

John 16:12 “I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”

This passage is very helpful. The devil is the author of confusion. We see his workings today in our nation. The belief in God, what is true and false, and an influx of religions bear witness to that.  We are so well trained in other fields, yet so vulnerable in others. Society at large seems to embrace anything. The way we are countered is another example.  “You can have yours; I’ll have mine” is the philosophy today. When we say we believe in one way, we’re considered religious bigots. Regardless of what is said, who and what we believe has made us a child of God. This is true, not because we say it is, but because it is.

This is why God sent the Holy Spirit. He came to be our comforter.  In fact, Comforter is one of his names. The invisible one is with us. Through him we have the fullness of God and Jesus Christ. He will guide us to all truths. He helps us to see. A lost person can read the Bible and not understand it at all and be completely wrong about what it says.  Being unsaved he sees it as the natural man; the Bible can only be perceived by the spiritual.

As a child of God we can learn each time we open our Bible even when it’s the same scripture we’ve read before. It’s not that the meaning has changed. We can learn the deeper meanings.  I can eat one piece of a pie, and that’s good. I can go back and get half a pie, and that’s better. The Holy Spirit is that better piece of pie. He shows us every truth we need.

The Holy Spirit is wonderful and will glorify Jesus, attesting to the truth that he indeed is the Son of God. He gives the seal of divine authority of the cross as salvation. He bears witness to the Word of God. Jesus is the only way to salvation. Nothing else is needed, and we can’t settle for less.

Our hearts are assured. He inspires us and will show us things to come. Many are blinded by the signs of the time, but we can see how close we are to the end.  When the Holy Spirit is taken up, we too will go.  Then we’ll be able to see visibly what has been invisible.

We have a Comforter. Thank God for his goodness to us.