(John 14: 16 – 26)
A. Who is the Holy Spirit
1. The Holy Spirit is a person: In Genesis 1:26, the
Bible says “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our
likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over
the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. (Genesis 1:26
KJV)
The verse of scripture tells us that there are more than one person in
the conversation. These are God the Father, God the Son, and God the
Holy Spirit. These are one God but different personalities. In the Old
Testament, God revealed Himself as God the Father. He came into the
world as God the Son in the person of Jesus and before Jesus left the
earth He told us that after He ascended into heaven, God the Holy Spirit
will come into the world. This is found in John 14:16 “And I will pray
the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide
with you for ever.
2. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth: in John
14:17 the Bible says “Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot
receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. The Holy Spirit reveals
the truth about God and His Kingdom to us
3. The Holy Spirit is our Comforter: God comes to
comfort us through God the Holy Spirit. Life is full of challenges but
our God has promised us that He will always be with us in our troubles.
Verse 18 “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
4. The Holy Spirit is a Teacher: Apart from being our Comforter in the time of trouble, the Holy Spirit is also a Teacher. John 14:26 says “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 unto you”. As God’s children, we need to understand that the best Teacher we can ever have is the Holy Spirit. He can teach both natural and spiritual things and with Him we can never go wrong.