SPIRIT OF TRUTH

It has been suggested that the terms "Comforter" and "spirit of truth", in God's Word, are a reference to Mohamed, who was to come over 500 years later.

Let's investigate the validity of that view in the light of truth.

The term "Comforter" is used four times in the New Testament and is specifically defined there. The term "Spirit of truth" is used three times in the Gospel of John, and once in John's first Epistle.

The first use in the Gospel of John is in this passage:

John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it].

Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment.

12:31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;

Sura 8:12 I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them

14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him:

So the Father can abide with those that are His, forever, through the Comforter. His people can receive the "Spirit of truth", but those of the world can't see or know Him.

Just as His people receive, and are guided by, the Holy Ghost, once we are "born again".

but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.

Dwelleth with you and shall be IN YOU. In Corinthians we learn that the Holy Ghost is GOD IN US.

1Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?

1Cr 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Christians ARE the "temple of the Holy Ghost" and the "temple of God", individually, and corporately as the Body of Christ. This is the temple that Jesus said He would build in three days.

How could Mohamed be IN someone? Is Allah a triune God too?

14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.

So if Jesus wasn't going to leave us comfortless, does it make sense that He would then make us wait 500 years, until Mohamed came, to comfort us?

14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.

14:20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.

John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you.

20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost:

Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

But on that day it will be too late, for the unrepentant.

John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:

14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.

Remember, 30 ... thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ... 31 ... Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?

14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

The Father and the Son will make their "abode" with those who keep His words. They will dwell IN US. We will be their home. Christians ARE the "temple of God" and the "temple of the Holy Ghost". Regarding the Father and the Son:

1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].

Sura 9.30 "The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth!

Let's see if the Word specifically defines these terms in more detail in Part 2.

Please visit - Islam and the Truth.com - to study these verses from the Apostle John, in their context.

In part 1 we learned that the Father and the Son would find abode in us, would dwell in us. That Christians bodies ARE the temple of God. We also learned that:

1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son.

1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also].

So each person that denies the Son of God is antichrist, and is an antichrist.

Continuing our study of the terms "Comforter" and "Spirit of truth" we read:

14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me.

John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.

Sura 112:3: He begetteth not, nor is He begotten;

14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being [yet] present with you.

14:26 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.

Here John specifically defines the "Comforter" as "the Holy Ghost". The masculine gender is assigned because the Comforter is GOD IN us. It all fits together perfectly.

1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned.

John 15:25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause.

15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

In 500 years? No. He breathed the Holy Ghost into the Apostles before He ascended into Heaven.

16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;

16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.

The prince of this world is Satan. The world was given into his hand at Adam's fall. That's why God's people are in the Kingdom of God, and are not of this world.

16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now.

16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.

Perhaps bit of a stretch to describe a man that advanced taqiyya, or lying in the way of Allah, as a "Sprit of truth"?

1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them.

That's why those that are not of God desire to conquer this world - Satan's world - by the sword in a 1300 year long effort to impose Sharia law on all mankind. While Christians seek to conquer this world with the Sword of the Spirit - God's Holy Word.

4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

The God of Islam, curses the Christians and Jews. How could this be the same God, unless He were schizophrenic and bi-polar?

Obviously one must make a choice. The God of the Christians and the Jews, or the one of Islam that curses the Christians and the Jews.

4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.

4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.

Hadith: “Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: oh servant of Allah, oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!”

It should be painfully obvious that God's Holy Word will never serve Islam. Please visit - Islam and the Truth.com - to study these verses from the Apostle John, in their context.


	ISLAM AND THE TRUTH \| home JESUS' CRUCIFIXION IN PROPHECY \| FIRST EPISTLE OF JOHN \| QURAN ON THE BIBLE \| JESUS - ISA \| HELL \| SPIRIT OF TRUTH \| Deedat on Antichrist SPIRIT OF TRUTH Part 1 It has been suggested that the terms "Comforter" and "spirit of truth", in God's Word, are a reference to Mohamed, who was to come over 500 years later. Let's investigate the validity of that view in the light of truth. The term "Comforter" is used four times in the New Testament and is specifically defined there. The term "Spirit of truth" is used three times in the Gospel of John, and once in John's first Epistle. The first use in the Gospel of John is in this passage: John 14:13 And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14:14 If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do [it]. 14:15 If ye love me, keep my commandments. What are those commandments? Mark 12:30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this [is] the first commandment. 12:31 And the second [is] like, [namely] this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. Matthew 5:44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; Sura 8:12 I will instill terror into the hearts of the unbelievers: smite ye above their necks and smite all their finger-tips off them 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 14:17 [Even] the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: So the Father can abide with those that are His, forever, through the Comforter. His people can receive the "Spirit of truth", but those of the world can't see or know Him. Just as His people receive, and are guided by, the Holy Ghost, once we are "born again". but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. Dwelleth with you and shall be IN YOU. In Corinthians we learn that the Holy Ghost is GOD IN US. 1Corinthians 6:19 What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? 1Cr 3:16 Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and [that] the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? Christians ARE the "temple of the Holy Ghost" and the "temple of God", individually, and corporately as the Body of Christ. This is the temple that Jesus said He would build in three days. How could Mohamed be IN someone? Is Allah a triune God too? 14:18 I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. So if Jesus wasn't going to leave us comfortless, does it make sense that He would then make us wait 500 years, until Mohamed came, to comfort us? 14:19 Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 14:20 At that day ye shall know that I [am] in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. So the Father is IN us through His Son. What day? John 20:21 Then said Jesus to them again, Peace [be] unto you: as [my] Father hath sent me, even so send I you. 20:22 And when he had said this, he breathed on [them], and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost: Here's a day in which even the lost will know: Mark 13:26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. But on that day it will be too late, for the unrepentant. John 5:22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son: 14:21 He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Remember, 30 ... thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart ... 31 ... Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. 14:22 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 14:23 Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. The Father and the Son will make their "abode" with those who keep His words. They will dwell IN US. We will be their home. Christians ARE the "temple of God" and the "temple of the Holy Ghost". Regarding the Father and the Son: 1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. Sura 9.30 "The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! Let's see if the Word specifically defines these terms in more detail in Part 2. Please visit - Islam and the Truth.com - to study these verses from the Apostle John, in their context. Please Visit: Islam and the Truth islamandthetruth.com SPIRIT OF TRUTH Part 2 In part 1 we learned that the Father and the Son would find abode in us, would dwell in us. That Christians bodies ARE the temple of God. We also learned that: 1 John 2:22 Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son. 1John 2:23 Whosoever denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: [(but) he that acknowledgeth the Son hath the Father also]. So each person that denies the Son of God is antichrist, and is an antichrist. Continuing our study of the terms "Comforter" and "Spirit of truth" we read: 14:24 He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. Earlier in this book we learned about the Word: John 1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 1:14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Sura 112:3: He begetteth not, nor is He begotten; 14:25 These things have I spoken unto you, being [yet] present with you. 14:26 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. Here John specifically defines the "Comforter" as "the Holy Ghost". The masculine gender is assigned because the Comforter is GOD IN us. It all fits together perfectly. Regarding learning through the spirit: 1Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know [them], because they are spiritually discerned. John 15:25 But [this cometh to pass], that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, [even] the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me: 15:27 And ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. In 500 years? No. He breathed the Holy Ghost into the Apostles before He ascended into Heaven. 16:8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: 16:9 Of sin, because they believe not on me; 16:10 Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; 16:11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. The prince of this world is Satan. The world was given into his hand at Adam's fall. That's why God's people are in the Kingdom of God, and are not of this world. 16:12 I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, [that] shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. Perhaps bit of a stretch to describe a man that advanced taqiyya, or lying in the way of Allah, as a "Sprit of truth"? 1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. 4:5 They are of the world: therefore speak they of the world, and the world heareth them. That's why those that are not of God desire to conquer this world - Satan's world - by the sword in a 1300 year long effort to impose Sharia law on all mankind. While Christians seek to conquer this world with the Sword of the Spirit - God's Holy Word. 4:6 We are of God: he that knoweth God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us. Hereby know we the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error. Sura 9.30 "The Jews call 'Uzair a son of God, and the Christians call Christ the Son of God. That is a saying from their mouth; (In this) they but imitate what the Unbelievers of old used to say. God's curse be on them: how they are deluded away from the Truth! The God of Islam, curses the Christians and Jews. How could this be the same God, unless He were schizophrenic and bi-polar? Obviously one must make a choice. The God of the Christians and the Jews, or the one of Islam that curses the Christians and the Jews. 4:7 Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. 4:8 He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. Hadith: “Jews will hide behind the rock and tree, and the rock and tree will say: oh servant of Allah, oh Muslim, there is a Jew behind me, come and kill him!” It should be painfully obvious that God's Holy Word will never serve Islam. Please visit - Islam and the Truth.com - to study these verses from the Apostle John, in their context. Please Visit: Islam and the Truth islamandthetruth.com