Christ described how He has many things to say to His people, but they were not able to bear them at that time.
His disciples couldn't accept the death of Christ! They wanted a physical kingdom instead of a justifying sacrifice.
They were prejudiced against the non-Jewish people, thinking that Israel was God's only chosen people, and not understanding the Gospel is for all mankind!
They didn't believe the resurrection of Christ! They didn't realize that a heavenly country is far better than an earthly country. They didn't understand that Christ's kingdom, at this time, is pursued by spiritual means, rather than by physical strife.
They didn't grasp the adoption of believers as the sons of God! They didn't understand how our bodies would be changed when Christ raises us from the dead.
Christ had surely broached many of these matters to them, but they were not able to bear them then.
Christ's answer to this is to send the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, to guide His people into all these truths, and many more!
The Holy Ghost will guide us into all truth, because He will not speak of Himself, but He will speak what He hears about God the Father and His Son.
Here Christ emphasizes the complete unity of the persons of the Godhead. There are no different stories told, or falsehoods conveyed, by the Holy Ghost. He is to be trusted explicitly and absolutely, as Christ's representative to His people.
Christ then makes it clear: the Comforter, by doing this work, will glorify the Lord Jesus!
Everything true about Christ glorifies Him! The truth about Jesus is His glory! There is nothing true about Him that blemishes or stains His honor and majesty!
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John Pittman Hey was born in 1961 in Jackson, Mississippi, to Godly parents who from the beginning raised him in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. With child-like faith he came to Christ on his fourth birthday at his mother's knee. He received his education at church...
