Christ the Comforter

Jesus said: "For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself" John 5:26.   -The father is the Source of everything and possesses  eternal, divine and spiritual life. This life He has given to his Son.

Jesus said: "God is a spirit, and those who worship him must worship him in spirit and truth" John 4:24.    -God is a spirit, a Holy Spirit. The Father and the Son each have the same spirit.

"And when he said this, he breathed on them, and saith unto them, Receive ye the Holy Ghost" John 20:22.    -Jesus breaths his own Holy Spirit to his disciples.

"For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God." Ephesians 3:14-19.    -Paul recognizes that there is only a Father and a Son in this statement. The spirit of the Lord living in our hearts by faith strengthen our inner soul and guide our thoughts. 

"For I am  crucified with Christ; nevertheless I live, yet not I, but Christ liveth in me, and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" Galatians 2:20.   -It's all about Christ as the Son of God living in us. 

"Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints: to whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" Colossians 1:26-27    -Again Paul states that it is Christ in us and not someone else to whom God has sent to manifest His Glory.

Jesus said: "I will not leave you comfortless, I will come to you" John 14:18.    -Jesus is not able to come in his humanity anymore, but he is able to come in another form, in the form of a spirit, His own Holy Spirit.

"For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 2:5   

"And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou has sent" Jonh 17:3

If we look at these texts through God's eyes and let His word interpret itself we will see how simple it is to understand that there are only two beings known as deity, the Father who is God, and his son, the Lord Jesus Christ.  

Bonus:

"The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Christ" Manuscript Releases Vol. 14 p.84

"We know that we have the presence of Jesus. The sweet influence of His Holy Spirit is teaching and guiding our thoughts" Testimonies for the Church Vol. 6 p.115

"The impartation of the Holy Spirit is the impartation of the life of Christ"  Desire of Ages p.805

"The Lord breathed upon us His Holy Spirit. We felt the presence of God"  Evangelism p.453

"The Lord gave me much of His Holy Spirit" Selected Messages Book 1 p.145

"The Father gave His Spirit without measure to His Son, and we also may partake of its fullness" The Great Controversy p.477

"Jesus will be with you; He will go before you by His Holy Spirit, preparing the way; and He will be your helper in every emergency" Life Sketches p.439 

"Christ by His Holy Spirit will supply the force and the power. This is His work" Christ Object Lessons p.337

"The Holy Spirit is Himself divested of the personality of humanity and independent thereof. He would represent himself as present in all places by His Holy Spirit, as the Omnipresent" Manuscript Releases Vol. 14 p. 23

"John 14:16,17. This refers to the omnipresence of the spirit of Christ, called the Comforter"  Manuscript Releases Vol. 14 p.179

I can keep going on an on with this quotes but I will leave it there for now. The bible is clear and the testimonies are clear. No need to add human interpretation. May God help us to prepare ourselves through His grace for His soon return.

"I am instructed to say to our people: Let us follow Christ. Do not forget that He is to be our pattern in all things. We may safely discard those ideas that are not found in His teaching." 8T 296 

Luis