Here we have the promise of Jesus to ask the Father for another Comforter. It's interesting that he says "another Comforter". Jesus was a comforter but now he was going to send another one. One who would be with us forever. Christianity and the Spirit are inseparable. Forever, Jesus said, this Comforter would be with us.
He is identified as the Spirit of truth. Truth has a Spirit and this Spirit has been sent to us. The world cannot receive this Spirit because it can't see Him or know him. We should not expect the world to understand us if we are abiding with the Spirit.
The Spirit was with the disciples but something was about to change. He was not only going to be with them, he was going to be in them. Jesus could minister the Spirit to them from the outside in but a time was coming when he would minister the Spirit from the inside out. He shall be in us. He will indwell, make his habitation within us. How glorious is this gospel. The Spirit himself, living in us. Why would we think we need anything of any man when we are indwelt by the Spirit of truth?
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