Spirit of truth

Jesus used the phrase three times.  He was teaching His disciples about the Comforter that would come after His ascension.  Its the basis of why He gave His disciples the specific instruction to not leave Jerusalem, but to wait for the "Gift, my Father promised". (Acts 1:4-5) It is one of the reasons we insist that there is a divine process of Illumination that happens when a believer studies the word of God! The Holy Spirit guides the believer much in the same way He guided the authors in writing the Scripture.  This sheds light on the passage.  The phrase is the same as our title:  The Spirit of Truth.  Consider how John records these these concepts from Jesus.

John 14:17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.  (Galatians 4:6, Romans 8:14-16)

John 15:26   “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me.

John 16:13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.

​What a shame that so many today are confused about the ministry of the Holy Spirit? Jesus clearly taught that He was the Spirit of truth, not the spirit of confusion.  By grand contrast, the Holy Spirit has a key role in helping the believer know about Christ. Praise God! 

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