Upper Room Discourse

Pneumatology (Holy Spirit)
The Spirit of Truth in John 14-16
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas June 9, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4137 The title Spirit of truth appears three times in the Upper Room Discourse, in John 14:17, 15:26, and 16:13, and each occurrence tells us something different about how the Holy Spirit relates to truth itself. Far from being an incidental description, the Spirit of truth names one of the central functions of the…
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Pneumatology (Holy Spirit)
Another Helper in John 14:16 Explained
ByRev. Ian M. Thomas June 9, 2026
Reading Time: 6 minutesQuestion 4136 When Jesus promised His disciples another Helper in John 14:16, He was not offering a vague spiritual comfort to soften the grief of His departure. He was pledging a divine Person who would come and stand alongside them exactly as He Himself had stood alongside them for three years. The word translated another…
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The Spirit of Truth in John 14-16