May peace and blessings be upon you.
With this platform being meant for sharings and dialogues between people of various faiths and backgrounds, I am currently drawn to the suggestion of exploring some passages from the Gospel of John in the Bible. The passages I have in mind are as follows:
"If you love me, you will obey what I command. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever - the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you." (John 14:15-18)
"But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid. You heard me say, 'I am going away and I am coming back to you.' If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. I have told you now before it happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold on me,..." (John 14: 26-30)
"When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me; but you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning." (John15: 26-27)
"All this I have told you so that you will not go astray." (John 16: 1)
"Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' Because I tell you the truth: It is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned." (John 16: 5-11)
"I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you." (John 16: 12-15)
"In a little while you will see me no more, and then after a little while you will see me." (John 16: 16)
"Though I have been speaking figuratively, a time is coming when I will no longer use this kind of language, but will tell you plainly about my Father." (John 16: 25)
I thought of suggesting these excerpts as extracted from "The Holy Bible, New International Version ..." which allows me to quote with the following mention:
"Taken from the HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION @ 1973, 1978 by the International Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers."
Looking forward to a peaceful, healthy and enriching interaction in the spirit of dialogue.
May peace and blessings be upon you.
2007-05-28 15:32:26 · 8 answers · asked by thatshoulddo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The Holy Spirit is GOD and the third person of the Blessed Trinity which was sent by Jesus' in his father's name to guide the faith of all Christians. God bless.
2007-05-28 15:35:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
We can know that the Holy Spirit is indeed a Person because He possesses a mind, emotions, and a will. The Holy Spirit thinks and knows (1 Corinthians 2:10). The Holy Spirit can be grieved (Ephesians 4:30). The Spirit intercedes for us (Romans 8:26-27). The Holy Spirit makes decisions according to His will (1 Corinthians 12:7-11). The Holy Spirit is God, the third “Person” of the Trinity. As God, the Holy Spirit can truly function as the Comforter and Counselor that Jesus promised He would be (John 14:16,26; 15:26).
2007-05-28 15:40:46 · answer #2 · answered by Freedom 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ was the one speaking here telling the people about the Counselor who was promise by God to bring to the poeple in place of Jesus whio will go to heaven with God the father.
The counselor referred in this verse is the Holy Spirit of God who will come. It is also called the Spriit of truth and the Prince of this world where we are living. is the Satan who has no power over Jesus and was coming when Jesus was speaking but Jesus Stopped from speaking to the people.
In John 15: 26-27 -The counselor who will be sent by Jesus through the Father and the Spirit of truth coming from the Father will bear witness to Jesus and mankind will aslo bear witness to Jesus because of HJis existence from the very beginning. The counselor and the spirit of truth are the same and one.
In John 16:16, Jesus is telling us that he will go to heaven and he will not be seen by us anymore. and That was the time of ressurrection from the dead and rose to heaven.In his coming back he will no longer speak on a language which is not easy to understand but an easy language which can be understood clearly.
The verses which you have quoted are very good. Those are the words given by Jesus before his nailing on the cross to caused his death but rose f rom the dead and goes to heaven with God.
jtm
2007-05-28 16:09:24 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first three are the Holy Spirit, the incredible indwelling of the Spirit of God in the believer's life!!! The peace and joy experienced through the Spirit of God cannot be described, that's why many people think Christians are "nuts", and the first people to be filled with the Spirit were thought to be drunk (Acts 2:13). God Bless you!
The last one, the prince of this world, is Satan. He is real, and continually out to kill, steal, and destroy. But his time will come.
2007-05-28 15:39:10 · answer #4 · answered by john smith 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The Prince of this world is Satan.
2007-05-28 15:36:19 · answer #5 · answered by pinkstealth 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost.
Praise God he is mighty mighty!
Amen and Hallelujah ,Jesus Reigns.
2007-05-28 15:39:41 · answer #6 · answered by Mariah 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Jesus Christ; who is also the spiritual redeemer, social emancipator and living embodiment of God. :)
2007-05-28 15:41:19 · answer #7 · answered by Abi 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
...
*takes out a rubber chicken*
*utilizes it to knock you off of your pulpit*
Go preach somewhere else.
2007-05-28 15:37:21 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋