“If you love Me, KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you ANOTHER COMFORTER, that HE MAY ABIDE (continue to be) WITH YOU FOREVER— the Spirit of truth…you know Him, for HE DWELLS WITH YOU AND WILL BE IN YOU. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you. “A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but YOU WILL SEE ME. BECAUSE I LIVE, YOU WILL LIVE ALSO.” (John 14:15-19) God’s chosen people Israel, rebelled and turned away from God NUMEROUS TIMES. The Palmist was telling Israel they should, “…not be like their fathers, A STUBBORN AND REBELLIOUS GENERATION, They did not keep the covenant of God; They refused to walk in His law, And forgot His works And His wonders that He had shown them.” (Psa. 78:8-11) So, Jesus says if you love me “keep my commandments.” Now He knows how much trouble we have doing that so, He says, I am your comforter but “I’ll give you another comforter” one who will “BE WITH YOU FOREVER” He won’t just be with you but He’ll be, IN YOU FOREVER and “He will teach you ALL THINGS, and bring to your remembrance ALL THINGS THAT I SAID TO YOU.” (John 14:26)
-Bill Stockham