*John 14:15-31
Jesus promises the coming of the Holy Spirit as a helper and emphasizes the importance of keeping his commandments.
- Promise of the Holy Spirit:
- Jesus tells his disciples that if they love him, they will keep his commandments.
- He promises to ask the Father to send them another Advocate, the Spirit of truth, who will be with them forever.
- The Spirit’s Role:
- Jesus assures his disciples that the Spirit will dwell with them and be in them, offering them guidance and comfort.
- He promises that he will not leave them as orphans but will come to them through the presence of the Holy Spirit.
- Peace and Reassurance:
- Jesus tells his disciples not to let their hearts be troubled or afraid, for he is leaving them with his peace.
- He emphasizes that the peace he gives is not like the world’s peace but is a gift from him, providing comfort and strength amidst trials.
- The World’s Rejection:
- Jesus acknowledges that the world does not know the Spirit because it does not see him or know him.
- He assures his disciples that they do know the Spirit because he dwells with them and will be in them.
- Jesus’ Departure and Return:
- Jesus explains that he is telling them all these things while he is still with them.
- He assures them that the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in his name, will teach them everything and remind them of all that he has said to them.
14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments.
14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 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.
14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
14:20 At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.
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.
14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 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.
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.
14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you.
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.
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.
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.
14:29 And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
14:30 Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.
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.