The Promised Spirit of Truth – John 14:15-31

 ¹⁶ And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, ¹⁷ even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.¹⁸ “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (John 14:16-18 ESV) John moves on with his narrative about the Upper Room, where he himself was a participant. It is nighttime. Judas has left. Jesus continues to explain that he’s leaving. He also told them he’d be betrayed. There’s a room of young men who are troubled, being told by their leader to not be troubled. Jesus continues his encouragement by giving them another promise. But this time it’s not a promise of a place but of a Person – the Holy Spirit. The disciples would not have had a deep trinitarian theology at this time, but as they trusted in their Lord, they would more