01/10/2025
How can a being who has never experienced temptations and trials, truly empathize and comfort someone in the very temptations and trials he is facing?
When a person has a problem that they cannot figure out, who do they seek advice from? You seek advice from someone who has been through the same experience.
The Greek word (παράκλητος paraklētos) translated “Comforter,” is used 5 times in the Bible-all by the same author (John).
Four times the word is translated “Comforter” (John 14:16,26; 15:26; 16:7)
The other time it is used, it is translated as “Advocate.” (1 John 2:1)
In 1John 2:1 clearly states WHO the Comforter is:
“My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an ADVOCATE [parakletos = Comforter] with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.”
God has plainly revealed that Jesus Christ is our Comforter. Now if the holy spirit is a separate being from the Father and Son, how can “he” be our advocate when “he” didn’t experience our trials?
Christ is our Advocate and our Comforter. It is His Spirit (imbued with His human experience-His victorious life) that comforts us in our trials because He has experienced them Himself and gained the victory.
