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John 16:12-15


12 I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear.

13 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.

14 He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you.

15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.

2007-08-27 14:54:59 · 5 answers · asked by B 4 in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

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The Holy Spirit came on Pentecost and He has been fulfilling this prophecy ever since. When Jesus said "he will guide you into all truth" that doesn't mean that the Holy Spirit would inform people of every possible truth in this universe but that He would guide Christians in learning the necessary truths that they would need to know as God's plan for their lives was unfolding.

In John 14:16 the Holy Spirit is described by Jesus as the "paraclete" tanslated as "helper" or "counselor" or "comforter" in different versions of the Bible.

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παράκλητος
paráklētos; gen. paraklḗtou, masc. noun from parakaléō (G3870), to comfort, encourage or exhort. It is properly a verbal adj. referring to an aid of any kind.

In the Greek writers, used of a legal advisor, pleader, proxy, or advocate, one who comes forward in behalf of and as the representative of another.

Thus, in 1Jo_2:1, Christ is termed our substitutionary, intercessory advocate. Christ designates the Holy Spirit as Paraclete (Joh_14:16), and calls Him állos (G243), another, which means another of equal quality and not héteros (G2087), another of a different quality.

Therefore, the Holy Spirit is designated by Jesus Christ as equal with Himself, i.e., God (1Jo_2:1). This new Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, was to witness concerning Jesus Christ (Joh_14:26; Joh_16:7, Joh_16:14) and to glorify Him.

The Holy Spirit is called a Paraclete because He undertakes Christ's office in the world while Christ is not in the world as the God-Man in bodily form. In addition, the Holy Spirit is also called the Paraclete because He acts as Christ's substitute on earth.

When Christ in Joh_14:16 designates Himself as a Paraclete, the same as the Holy Spirit, the word must not be understood as applying to Christ in the same sense as in 1Jo_2:1 where it refers to our substitutionary Advocate who pleads our cause with the Father. It should rather be taken as He who pleads God's cause with us (see Joh_14:7-9).

2007-08-27 15:44:12 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0 0

i will in basic terms inform you, Phoenix, that the alignment of the planets anticipated for late 2012 is a reason for concern. For the 1st time in an prolonged time, the Earth would be between the Milky way and the solar. because of the fact the Milky way is considered the middle and "black hollow" of the universe, what could ensue? numerous and massive photograph voltaic flares and a polar shift are envisioned. this could be the clarification at the back of the drastic climate we've been enduring those final 2 an prolonged time. no longer an fanatic, yet I do think of there'll be some form of drastic replace in 2012.

2016-10-09 08:50:24 · answer #2 · answered by lorts 4 · 0 0

The Holy Spirit fills ALL prophecies.

Do you remember the Trinity? The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. The Three in One.

So when God fulfills all prophecy, as he does, doesn't the Holy Spirit do so as well?

2007-08-27 15:16:53 · answer #3 · answered by Perplexed 5 · 0 1

wow the Christians are speachless *high five*

2007-08-27 15:03:08 · answer #4 · answered by labohemianartist 4 · 1 1

i don know,
i'm muslim and my name is Islam

2007-08-28 03:27:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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