The Helper II

I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in 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 that I said to you. Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.  (John 14:16-17, 26-27, NASB)

Jesus, in this account from the Apostle John, is speaking to His disciples following the Last Supper.  He’s telling them about the Holy Spirit, Who would appear soon.  Jesus wants to reassure them, because He’s about to leave them.  

Jesus “will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may be with you forever.”  Jesus calls Him “the Spirit of truth,” and says that “the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him.”  Indeed, the world doesn’t WANT to know Him.  But Jesus tells them that they do know Him, and He will dwell in them forever.  

Jesus says that the Holy Spirit will help them; that God will send Him in Jesus’ name; “He will teach you all things”; and He will remind the disciples of all the things which Jesus said and did.  Finally, Jesus leaves them with His perfect peace (Shalom), which He differentiates from the world’s peace.  He tells them, “Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”  When God tells us to not be afraid, we should listen! 

For those of us who are saved by Jesus, the same Helper and Teacher indwells us.  He won’t leave us or forsake us.  My heart is God’s home!