JESUS PROMISES THE HOLY SPIRIT

John 14:15-31

15 'IF YOU LOVE ME,

YOU WILL OBEY WHAT I COMMAND.

16 AND I WILL ASK THE FATHER,

AND HE WILL GIVE YOU ANOTHER COUNSELOR

TO BE WITH YOU FOREVER--

17 THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH.

THE WORLD CANNOT ACCEPT HIM,

BECAUSE IT NEITHER SEES HIM NOR KNOWS HIM.

BUT YOU KNOW HIM,

FOR HE LIVES WITH YOU

AND WILL BE IN YOU (after Pentecost).

18 I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU AS OPHAS;

I WILL COME TO YOU.

19 BEFORE LONG,

THE WORLD WILL NOT SEE ME ANYMORE,

BUT YOU WILL SEE ME.

BECAUSE I LIVE YOU WILL ALSO LIVE.

ON THAT DAY (the Day of Pentecost)

YOU WILL REALIZE THAT I AM IN MY FATHER,

AND YOU ARE IN ME,

AND I AM IN YOU.

21 WHOEVER HAS MY COMMANDS

AND OBEYS THEM,

HE IS THE ONE WHO LOVES ME.

HE WHO LOVE ME WILL BE LOVED BY MY FATHER,

AND I TOO WILL LOVE HIM

AND SHOW MYSELF TO HIM.

22 Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said,

'But Lord,

Why do you intend to show yourself to us

And not to the World?'

23 Jesus replied,

'IF ANYONE LOVES ME,

HE WILL OBEY MY TEACHING.

MY FATHER WILL LOVE HIM,

AND WE WILL COME TO HIM

AND MAKE OUR HOME WITH HIM.

24 HE WHO DOES NOT LOVE ME

WILL NOT OBEY MY TEACHING.

THESE WORDS YOU HEAR ARE NOT MY OWN,

THEY BELONG TO THE FATHER WHO SENT ME.

25 ALL THIS I HAVE SPOKEN WHILE STILL WITH YOU.

BUT THE COUNSELOR, THE HOLY SPIRIT,

WHOM THE FATHER WILL SEND IN MY NAME,

WILL TEACH YOU ALL THINGS

AND WILL REMIND YOU

OF EVERYTHING I HAVE SAID TO YOU.

27 PEACE I LEAVE WITH YOU;

MY PEACE I GIVE TO YOU.

I DO NOT GIVE TO YOU AS THE WORLD GIVES.

DO NOT LET YOUR HEARTS BE TORUBLED

AND DO NOT BE AFRAID.

28 YOU HEARD ME SAY,

'I AM GOING AWAY AND I AM COMING BACK TO YOU.'

IF YOU LOVED ME, YOU WOULD BE GLAD

THAT I AM GOING TO THE FATHER,

FOR THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN I.

29 I HAVE TOLD YHOU NOW BEFORE IT HAPPENS,

SO THAT WHEN IT DOES HAPPEN

YOU WILL BELIEVE.

30 I WILL NOT SPEAK WITH YOU MUCH LONGER,

FOR THE PRINCE OF THIS WORLD (Satan) IS COMING.

HE HAS NO HOLD ON ME,

31 BUT THE WORLD MUST LEARN

THAT I LOVE THE FATHER

AND I DO EXACTLY

WHAT MY FATHER HAS COMMANDED ME.

'COME NOW; LET US LEAVE.

(John 14:15-31)

Those who belong to Christ Jesus

Obey what He Commands.

Those who have experienced their Day of Pentecost

Have the Holy Spirit living within them;

The Spirit of Truth,

Who leads them into All Truth.

Satan has no hold on

Those who Obey the Holy Spirit.

In contrast, the Unbelieving World

Is ruled by Satan. (1 John 5:19)