“If you love Me, keep My commandments.  And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever— the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.  I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. These things I have spoken to you while being present with you.  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you."  --  John 14

The wonderful promises from Jesus the night before He was to be crucified are wonderful and absolutely unique!

There is no other major religion that teaches a doctrine comparable to what Christianity offers in the “doctrine of the Holy Spirit.”

Every other religion resorts to “the human ability” to perform good works instead of the abiding Holy Spirit who enables the individual to live a righteous life.

In the passage of Scripture read earlier, Jesus mentions the Holy Spirit many times.

Jesus was telling His disciples that He would be departing, but that He would NOT leave them as “orphans.”

Jesus earthly ministry was only 3 years, but the ministry of the Holy Spirit would remain with them forever!


Jesus called the Holy Spirit:

·       “The Helper” through times of fear, persecution, weakness and the pressures of life.

·       “The Spirit of Truth” through times of confusion, doubt, self-examination and doctrinal truth.

·       “The Comforter” through times of loneliness, sorrow, failure and disturbances.

Does that sound good to you?

There may be some here today who are not sure they have the Holy Spirit abiding in them.

You believe the Gospel of Christ, but you cannot detect anything supernatural.

If there is a doubt that you have been possessed by the Spirit of God, settle the matter once and for all by getting alone with the Lord and asking for the Holy Spirit to fill you with His fulness.  Jesus said, "If we, being evil, know how to give gifts to our children, how much more will the Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask?"