05-10-2009, 04:59 PM
Muslimah,
According to the Scriptures, the Comforter is the Holy Spirit.
John 14:26
(26) 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.
Who will send the Holy Ghost? According to the Scriptures both the Father and Christ will. In the above verse we see the Father sends, in the below verse the Son sends:
John 15:26
(26) But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he shall testify of me:
When was this Holy Ghost sent? According to the Scriptures we read:
John 7:39
(39) But He was speaking here of the Spirit, Whom those who believed (trusted, had faith) in Him were afterward to receive. For the Spirit had not yet been given, because Jesus was not yet glorified (raised to honor).
According to the Scriptures the Holy Ghost would not be sent until after Jesus was raised to honor. Just before Jesus was raised to honor in Heaven, his parting words to his disciples were:
Acts 1:8-9
(8) But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth.
(9) And when He had said this, even as they were looking, He was caught up, and a cloud received and carried Him away out of their sight.
Now that Jesus was raised up, his disciples waited for the Comforter that Jesus promised he would send from the Father and on the day of Pentecost, the Comforter came:
Acts 2:1-4
(1) And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
(2) And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
(3) And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
(4) And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
Jesus' disciple Peter recognized this as the Comforter that was promised to them and spoke of it as such:
Acts 2:32-33
(32) This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses.
(33) Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
Shamms