if Jesus and holyspirit exist at the same time, then who is the comforter?

Question

from my previous question : http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AutPs.eB0.lxFJjLBgfOBZrsy6IX?qid=20061228121123AA7CK4s
most of the answers said yes.
Then if holyspirit already exist during Jesus time, then who is the comforter that Jesus is promise to send, who is the ANOTHER comforter?

John 14:16
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

how would the holyspirit testify of Jesus?
John 15:26
But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me

a typical answers. yes i did look carefuly at my question. who is the "ANOTHER" ?

Answer 1

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter.

The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father and the Son with whom he is worshipped and glorified, as the outpouring of their love from all eternity. - Catholic Doctrine

Answer 2

The Comforter (new translations of Bible say "Advocate") IS the Holy Spirit who proceeds from the Father and the Son.

The following is probably more than you wanted, but I think to understand you need to have more information.

These are those same verses from the newest translations in the New American Bible (Catholic) and the Good News Bible (Protestant):
John14:16
And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always,
John 15:26
When the Advocate comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth that proceeds from the Father, he will testify to me.

Footnotes from those two Bibles:

Another Advocate: Jesus is the first advocate (paraclete); see 1 John 2:1, where Jesus is an advocate in the sense of intercessor in heaven. The Greek term derives from legal terminology for an advocate or defense attorney, and can mean spokesman, mediator, intercessor, comforter, consoler, although no one of these terms encompasses the meaning in John. The Paraclete in John is a teacher, a witness to Jesus, and a prosecutor of the world, who represents the continued presence on earth of the Jesus who has returned to the Father.

Whom I will send: in John 14:16, 26 the Paraclete is to be sent by the Father, at the request of Jesus. Here the Spirit comes from both Jesus and the Father in mission; there is no reference here to the eternal procession of the Spirit.

Also from the Nicene Creed:
"We believe in the Holy Spirit,
the Lord, the giver of life,
who proceeds from the Father and the Son.
With the Father and the Son
he is worshiped and glorified.
He has spoken through the Prophets."

And from the Catholic Encyclopedia:
"The Holy Ghost is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity.
Though really distinct, as a Person, from the Father and the Son, He is consubstantial with Them; being God like Them, He possesses with Them one and the same Divine Essence or Nature.
He proceeds, not by way of generation, but by way of spiration, from the Father and the Son together, as from a single principle.:

Answer 3

I see what you are asking, but think of it this way. The Holy Spirit can exist, and not be "sent" yet, by Jesus. When Jesus said he would send a comfortor, or another, it was the Holy Spirit, but he was not just being created by Jesus at that time. Your question, seems to be wondering about some new person, that hadn't been there before, but there was no new entity of God being created. It was all the Holy Spirit. He was sending him, to reside in the heart of EVERY man that had received, and beleived, and trusted Jesus. What an awesome gift. The people were sad Jesus was leaving, and he was encouraging them with this.

Answer 4

because Jesus is all.
john:1
in the beginning was the Word...meaning God
and the Word was with God... meaning Jesus was with God
and the Word was God ....Jesus is God

so to answer your question Jesus is the Comforter
He goes by many names....
revelations1:8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending,said the lord,which is, and which was,and which is to come, the Almighty....the Comforter
Isaiah 9:6
for unto us a child is born,unto us a son is given:and the government shall be upon his shoulder:and his name shall be called Wonderful,Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
those are just a few of the names our Lord is called.
THE LORD JEHOVAH ..
Emmanuel...meaning GOD with us.
i honestly believe right there (another Comforter) He is referring to the the Holy Ghost.
if you read on further this answers your question
john14:26
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 onto you.

i know this is a little long ,but i hoped this helped a little

Answer 5

Jesus said concerning the Comforter (Paraclete) "I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, to be with you forever. The world cannot accept this Comforter, because it neither sees him or knows him. But you (the disciples) know him for HE LIVES WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU." (John 14:16,17)
The Comforter, who is the Spirit of Truth, the Holy Spirit was in Jesus and therefore with the disciples. When Jesus physically left, He sent the Holy Spirit to dwell in the disciples, in measure after His resurrection (John 20:21-23), and in fullness at the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:1-39)
He testifies of Jesus by bearing witness within the believer of the Truth about Jesus Christ - His divinity, His redemptive work on the cross - His resurrection; and by empowering them to proclaim with boldness this same Gospel message, both in preaching and in the writings of the New Testament and all subsequent writings which agree with the Gospel as disclosed in the New Testament.

Answer 6

The Holy Spirit has consistently existed - he's God, and God, being spirit, is most likely Holy. Jesus despatched the Spirit, and in case you examine the Bible you'll locate that this befell contained in the e book of the Acts of the Apostles, financial disaster 2. The Holy Spirit can most likely communicate, and he does. John 16:13 does not say He can't communicate, yet that He does not do so on His own initiative, yet as God the daddy activates Him. inspite of your challenge with the concept of the Trinity, it truly is what the Bible teaches. the different comforter Jesus refers to in John 14:16 is the Holy Spirit; Jesus change into the first comforter. you may't rip a verse out of the recent testomony as a thanks to visual demonstrate unit it to Muhammad without explaining the way it does not be conscious to the Spirit, which it evidently does. The Koran change into assembled more suitable than six hundred years after Christ from a corrupted set of manuscripts such as misspellings, grammatical blunders and scripture twisting it truly is clear in its verbatim borrowing from texts which both Christians and Jews reject. those grammar blunders and misspellings were present contained in the originals and were copied VERBATIM by Muhammad and were in no way unique.

Answer 7

God is in three person. God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy SPirit. Jesus said he would go and send the comforter.

The Holy Spirit comfortsJohn 14:16-18, 26

They exist as one but yet three separate entities:
The Son lives to glorify the Father, and the Spirit lives to glorify the Father and SonJohn 17:1,5 16:14 13:31, 32


1. The Plurality of the Godhead

Let us make man in our image Gen 1:26
Man is become one of usGen 3:22
Let us confound their languageGen 11:7
Who will go for usIsaiah 6:8

Answer 8

The Holy Spirit is the Third Person of the Blessed Trinity. All three Persons are One and the same. This is a mystery because we can not figure it out. We will never figure it out in this life. St. Patrick used the 3 leaves of the shamrock to help the Irish pagan King understand that in God there are 3 Persons.

Answer 9

The Holy Spirit is the Comforter. Jesus sent the Comforter to be with us til His final return. The Comforter(Holy Spirit) leads and guides us through our Christian walk.

Answer 10

The "other comforter" is the Spirit. Thanks to the Incarnation, the Spirit can now dwell in human hearts. Before the Incarnation, the Spirit could only act outwardly on human beings. But since Pentecost, he dwells within us. He testifies of Jesus by giving the grace of faith to human hearts.