If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever. 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. (John 14:15–17)
Here, Jesus described the Holy Spirit as the Comforter. In this Scripture, He was preparing the disciples for a great transition. Jesus was about to leave the earth, and the Holy Spirit was about to be poured out. Notice here that Jesus said the Father would give the disciples “another comforter” (John 14:16). Who was the first Comforter? Jesus!
The disciples looked to Jesus as their helper, guide, and teacher. Jesus confronted them, loved them, instructed them, strengthened them, and revealed things to them. What Jesus was to the disciples, the Holy Spirit is to you and me today. Not a Fair-weather Friend Jesus promised the Comforter would, “abide with you for ever” (John 14:16). In other words, He’s not going to fly away. The Holy Spirit is like super glue; He sticks to you!
He’ll never leave you or forsake you! (See John 14:18; Hebrews 13:5.) Of course, if you consistently resist the Holy Spirit and run to do evil, He will eventually let you do it, but He will always be there to help you if you cry out to Him. It’s good to know the Holy Spirit abides with you forever. That means He will be with you through thick and thin—through good times and bad times. The Holy Spirit is not a fair-weather friend! It doesn’t matter whether the sun is out and everything is fine or you’re facing the greatest challenge of your life; He’ll never act like a distant relative!
He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive. (John 14:16–17) Religious devils and worldly people sometimes lie and try to deceive you, but the Holy Spirit cannot lie. He is the Spirit of truth. Jesus also said the Holy Spirit was the Spirit “whom the world cannot receive” (verse 17). The Holy Spirit and the spirit of the world don’t date! They don’t have midnight rendezvous! In fact, they don’t get along at all! If you’re filled with the Holy Spirit, you won’t love the things of this present world. (See 1 John 2:15.) You won’t have a mixture of the world and the Holy Spirit in you.
“Well, I love the Lord, but I do what I want during the week.” And you’re a fool, too! If you live like that, you’re a religious backslider! Some people will go to hell with their prayer beads in their hand, saying, “But I was praying!” Yes, but you never lived the Christian life and got right with God! You just played religious games! “Well, I go to church!” So what? The devil goes to church and even sings in the choir! Don’t use that as an excuse to ease your conscience! “Yes, but my grandmother is a praying person.” Well, she’ll probably go to heaven, but you won’t unless you get right with God for yourself. “Well, she’ll pray me into heaven.” That’s not the way it works. No one can pray you into heaven! They can pray you into the consciousness of what it will take to get to heaven, but they can’t “piggyback” you into heaven. You have to get it for yourself! You have to fall at the foot of the cross, cry out to God, and be cleansed with the blood of Jesus Christ! You have to get right with Him, and you have to do it for yourself.
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