John 14-16

The Paraclete (The Helper, the one called alongside):
COMFORTER  (COUNSELOR, HELPER, INTERCESSOR, ADVOCATE, STRENGHENER, AND STANDBY) [AMP]

• 14-16 & 1 Jn 2: 1à

The position of the disciples when they were told by Jesus that He was going where they could not follow. And still …   "It is better that I go away…"

Rejections of the prophets compared to the rejecting the conviction of the Holy Spirit

1 Kings 19. Jezebel,  Elijah and the prophets / Jeremiah

Nehemiah 9:30

Ezekiel 36:25-27

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean;

I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.   -- A cleansing from idolatry

I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you;

I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.   -- A heart change

And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws.
-- A deposit of God's own spirit.

Hebrews 12:5-6

Do not make light of the Lord's discipline, do not lose heart when he rebukes you.

Because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.

Teaching:

" the Spirit of Truth"

Finding the balance of the Word of God with the teaching of the Holy Spirit.

Comparison of Acts 7 (Stephen's confrontation of the religious leaders)

With:  Acts 8 (Simon the Sorcerer)
-- “You always resist the “Holy Spirit” compared to Simon’s desire to buy the Holy Spirit. Our balance is finding the balance of the Spirit in partnership with the word of God to reveal His Truth.