John 16:7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
"It is for your profit to lose my personal presence, precious as that has been to you."
John 16:7. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
The word "Comforter" might just as well have been translated "Advocate." The Holy Spirit is that Divine Advocate who pleads the cause of God in us, and for us, and so comforts us. He it is who is now with Us. If Jesus Christ were still upon earth in the flesh, he could only be in one place at one time. If he were in this assembly, he could not also be in Jerusalem or in New York; but the Comforter can be in all the gatherings of the Lord’s people, and with each individual believer, the wide world over.
John 16:7. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:
"It is for your profit to lose my personal presence, precious as that has been to you."
John 16:7. For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.
The word "Comforter" might just as well have been translated "Advocate." The Holy Spirit is that Divine Advocate who pleads the cause of God in us, and for us, and so comforts us. He it is who is now with Us. If Jesus Christ were still upon earth in the flesh, he could only be in one place at one time. If he were in this assembly, he could not also be in Jerusalem or in New York; but the Comforter can be in all the gatherings of the Lord’s people, and with each individual believer, the wide world over.