Jesus Promised
Another Comforter
Book of John
14:15-31
We know that as
Christians, the Holy Spirit or the Holy Ghost or the Spirit of Jesus
or the Spirit of truth, they are all one and the same person will
come to live within us.
He is the promised
"Comforter"!
He is not an "it".
He is a person!
In the words of
Jesus, The Holy Spirit could not do His work until Jesus ascended
back to Heaven.
John 16:7
Nevertheless I tell you the truth; 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.
The truth is without
the Lord Jesus Christ these disciples were nothing but ignorant
fishermen.
The truth is without
Jesus Christ we are even worse than these fishermen, they at least
had spent time with Christ Jesus.
We may not
understand it, but the truth of these things is, that at this time we
are better off without the presence of Christ Jesus because now we
can be filled with the Holy Spirit who will never leave us!
And the death of
every Christian is a loss to this world we live in!
To be honest the
Church could not grow if Jesus was still upon this earth because He
could not be worshipped in Spirit and truth.
These disciples
needed to know all these things as Jesus explained them.
We all need to
understand that it is far better at this time that Jesus is our
Mediator and our High Priest, ready to defend us at all times in
Heaven and our profit is far greater in Spiritual things.
Rom 8:1 There is
therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who
walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Rom 8:2 For the law
of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law
of sin and death.
Let's Begin:
*****Joh 14:15 If
ye love me, keep my commandments.
The truth of our
relationship with God is that our "Faith" cannot grow
unless we keep the commandments of God.
We have no work at
all to be reconciled to the Lord, but our "Faith".
Eph 2:8 For by
grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is
the gift of God:
Eph 2:9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
We do have a work to
do after we are reconciled to the Lord and it begins with keeping the
commandments of the Lord!
Without this then we
can go no further!
This is not picking
and choosing what we obey, this is being obedient to all the Word of
God, rightly divided!
Doing this is saying
"I love you Lord"! Being obedient is not an option for each
believer, it is a must!
Notice this is not
saying you are perfect, this is saying "I love you Lord"!
*****Joh 14:16 And
I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that
he may abide with you for ever;
Without loving God
the Son and being obedient to His commandments, we can never know God
the Holy Spirit!
The love of Jesus is
being devoted and making a commitment and this is what the Holy
Spirit will teach us once He lives within us!
God the Holy Spirit
comes to live within us to help us in any way possible to get closer
to the Lord, who will one day deliver us to God the Father.
Luk 11:13 If ye
then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how
much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them
that ask him?
All the things true
of the Holy Spirit are true of the Lord Jesus Christ! Why?
*****Joh 14:17 Even
the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth
him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with
you, and shall be in you.
The Holy Spirit will
reveal the truth of Jesus Christ!
The Holy Spirit will
testify of the truth of Jesus Christ!
The Holy Spirit will
defend the truth of Jesus Christ!
I you do not love
Jesus Christ it is impossible to have the Holy Spirit living within
you!
If you cannot love
the Son of God, Jesus Christ, then you cannot know God the Father,
it’s just that simple.
1Jn 4:6 We are of
God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth
not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.
1Jn 4:7 Beloved,
let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that
loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.
1Jn 4:8 He that
loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
For those 11
disciples the Lord Jesus Christ was their first Comforter and the
Lord promised He would not leave His disciples without a Comforter.
*****Joh 14:18 I
will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
The Lord Jesus
Christ completed His work for our salvation before He went back to
His Father's House.
The Rapture of the
Church cannot come to a reality until the Holy Spirit completes His
work on this earth!
Gen_6:3 And the
LORD said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he
also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Again
Act 7:51 Ye
stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist
the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
Remember verse 3
Joh 14:3 And if I
go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.
God will never break
His promise!
*****Joh 14:19 Yet
a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:
because I live, ye shall live also.
Joh 14:20 At that
day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
It would be only a
few days that Jesus in that body of flesh would part ways, at His
death.
We can believe that
only His true disciples could see Jesus after His resurrection. There
is no record in the Scriptures to tell us that any of the lost saw
Jesus after He arose from that grave.
Those in the world
will never see Jesus again until the White Throne judgment.
Rev 20:11 And I saw
a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the
earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for
them.
Rev 20:12 And I saw
the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were
opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and
the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the
books, according to their works.
Rev 20:13 And the
sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered
up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man
according to their works.
Rev 20:14 And death
and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
Rev 20:15 And
whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the
lake of fire.
It is only those
that believe who see Jesus in His Spiritual self and one day after
death or after the "Rapture" of the Church, who will see
Him then face to face.
1Jn_3:2 Beloved,
now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall
be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for
we shall see him as he is.
At salvation we are
filled with the Holy Spirit if we have placed our "Faith"
in the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is the Holy
Spirit who lives in us, that will never leave us!
Joh 17:22 And the
glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
thou hast loved me.
Joh 17:24 Father, I
will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am;
that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou
lovedst me before the foundation of the world.
Again we see Jesus
pray to the Father that we join Him in Heaven and our Father in
Heaven always grants the Lord Jesus what He ask for!
As far as our
Heavenly Father is concerned, we are already His, but we just haven't
come face to face with Him yet.
Col 1:26 Even the
mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now
is made manifest to his saints:
Col 1:27 To whom
God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery
among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:
Col 1:28 Whom we
preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that
we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
How do we know that
these things are true?
*****Joh 14:21 He
that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me:
and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love
him, and will manifest myself to him.
Joh 14:22 Judas
saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest
thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
So how do we know we
are in the family of God?
We keep the
commandments of the Lord? These commandments include all the 10
commandments.
Mat 22:37 Jesus
said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Mat 22:38 This is
the first and great commandment.
Mat 22:39 And the
second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Mat 22:40 On these
two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
If we love the Lord
enough, we can be saved from everlasting death and this is the
beginning of our faith!
Rom 10:9 That if
thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe
in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be
saved.
Rom 10:10 "For
with the heart" man believeth unto righteousness; and with the
mouth confession is made unto salvation.
Then we must do the
work that pleases God!
1Jn 3:18 My little
children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and
in truth.
1Jn 3:19 And hereby
we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
him.
1Jn 3:20 For if our
heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved,
if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1Jn 3:22 And
whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
1Jn 3:23 And this
is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son
Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
1Jn 3:24 And he
that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And
hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath
given us.
There is no other
way to please God!
This Judas that
asked this question was Judas Lebbaeus whose surname was Thaddaeus.
The world hates the
Lord Jesus Christ because they cannot see, feel, or touch the Lord
Jesus Christ as the Christian believer can!
Not many of us keep
all the commandments as we should, and I dare say there is no one
living who can truly say they keep them all because they would be
lying if they said so.
We are still sinners
save only by God's "Grace" but we are certainly to try to
obey them all. This would be part of our sanctification.
How did Jesus
answer?
*****Joh 14:23
Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my
words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and
make our abode with him.
Joh 14:24 He that
loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is
not mine, but the Father's which sent me.
So many people just
do not get this, or they reject it. Keeping the Word of God is
essential for the Holy Trinity to live within us. Just ask Jesus!
This is the only way
Christ Jesus will reveal Himself to those who love Him and not to the
world!
We do not just have
the Holy Spirit living within us but the entire Triune God!
If we expect the
blessings of God, then we should be careful what we put into our
bodies and where we take our bodies.
Those that have the
Holy Trinity living within them will be in church at the appointed
times to be fed the Word of God.
When we are
unwilling to do what the Lord ask us to do why should we expect Him
to Mediate for us when times are hard!
Joh 17:22 And the
glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one,
even as we are one:
Joh 17:23 I in
them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that
the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as
thou hast loved me.
Love and obedience
are tied together, if we want to serve the Lord. Remember Adam was
not obedient, and this is why sin entered into the world to begin
with!
1Jn 3:18 My little
children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and
in truth.
1Jn 3:19 And hereby
we know that we are of the truth, and shall assure our hearts before
him.
1Jn 3:20 For if our
heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all
things.
1Jn 3:21 Beloved,
if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
1Jn 3:22 And
whatsoever we ask, we receive of him, because we keep his
commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight.
There are some
churches who use nothing but the red letters but seems to me this is
rejecting everything the Lord says here.
*****Joh 14:25
These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
Joh 14:26 But the
Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my
name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your
remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
If we want to know
what the Holy Spirit is going to reveal to us, then we had better
read all the Scriptures, because the Lord Jesus Christ can be found
from Genesis to Revelations!
The Holy Spirit is
the teacher that the Lord Jesus Christ has given to us and all the
teachings came from our Father in Heaven.
The Holy Spirit will
teach us about truth and about life! This includes principles and
conduct and morality and behavior.
The Holy Spirit will
help us to remember what God has said and when we are brought before
the Magistrates, it is the Holy Spirit who will give us the words to
say.
1Co 10:12 Wherefore
let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.
1Co 10:13 There
hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is
faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are
able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye
may be able to bear it.
Luk 12:11 And when
they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers,
take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye
shall say:
Luk 12:12 For the
Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
This is the only way
we can have that sure peace with our Heavenly Father and our God!
*****Joh 14:27
Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world
giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let
it be afraid.
Again we see those
words "let not your heart be troubled".
This means we should
never have to worry about anything if, "IF" we do as the
Lord has taught us to obey.
Pride got Lucifer
and he is now known as Satan.
Disobedience got
Adam and his son became the first murderer.
We should ask
ourselves, what is going to get us in trouble with a God who would
much rather offer us blessings.
There are no words
to describe the love God has for His children!
What is true peace?
It is when we are interwoven with God the Father, God the Son, God
the Holy Spirit, and all our brothers and sisters in Christ!
The Old Testament
said God be with you and the New Testament says God be within you!
There is the peace
with God:
Rom_5:1 Therefore
being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord
Jesus Christ:
There is the peace
of God:
Php 4:6 Be careful
for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with
thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.
Php 4:7 And the
peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts
and minds through Christ Jesus.
Our Savior is much
greater than this world we live in:
Joh 16:33 These
things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the
world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have
overcome the world.
We can have perfect
peace when our minds stay with the Lord.
Isa 26:3 Thou wilt
keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he
trusteth in thee.
The Lord tells His
disciples that He had to go back to Heaven for all these things to
make an impact upon mankind and they have but there is still coming a
time when the Lord will return.
*****Joh 14:28 Ye
have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you.
If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the
Father: for my Father is greater than I.
Joh 14:29 And now I
have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass,
ye might believe.
We should not miss
the fact that Jesus saw the cross as just going home. When this
world has done all it can to us our mind should be on, we are going
home!
It’s hard to
rejoice when a child of God, who is well loved goes home to be with
the Lord, but when the sadness is gone it should be replaced with
rejoicing and we can actually see them again.
It was by God the
Father's will that all these things have been put in place:
Joh 3:16 For God so
loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever
believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Those who have
rejected God even after seeing His power in Creation will never
understand the truth of God. What we have already seen is nothing
compared to what all those who love the Lord will see one endless day
in the future!
That word "again"
in this passage was added by man so let’s read this Scripture
without it.
Jesus said: "I
go away, and come unto you"
Jesus Christ was
"glorified" at the Cross of His death and "glorified"
again at His resurrection. It was that "glorified" Savior
that went back to Heaven and within each believer!
It was not until all
these things came to pass before these disciples knew the truth of
these words of Christ.
This is the reason
they could serve in the work of the Lord without fear and this is why
the Church was born to never die!
*****Joh 14:30
Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world
cometh, and hath nothing in me.
Joh 14:31 But that
the world may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me
commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Satan used all the
power that he possessed in an attempt to stop the Lord Jesus from
completing what He came to do, and Satan failed because no one can
win against the power of God.
Satan used every
human he had, the hard-line Jews, the High Priest, the Pharisees, the
Sadduccees, and Pilate and even Judas who made a bad choice, but
Jesus had no sin and there was nothing in Jesus to attract Jesus to
sin.
Jesus had no guilt
and no corruption, and these are the same things He has given to us
in our battles with Satan.
By the "Grace"
of God we have no sin, no guilt, and no corruption because our Lord
gave us "Grace" the gift of God!
If we just do as the
Lord has said and love with all our heart and be true to the "Grace"
of God, we have no reason to be angry with this world because this
world has nothing in us.
Pass all these words
along as best we can to whosoever will listen and we to will soon be
going home.
Glory be to God the
Father and His plan for this world!
Amen
Let's pray!
