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Daily Devotionals
Day by Day Devotional - Year 4 of 5
John 14:15-31
The Lord Jesus is about to leave His beloved disciples, but He will not leave them orphans. He is going to send them a divine Person to comfort and sustain them, to come and help them (v. 16*). This is the Holy Spirit who will not only be with the disciples, but in them to teach them (v. 26). The Lord calls Him "another Comforter" because He Himself is still the heavenly Comforter, the Advocate with the Father (1 John 2:1).
Then the Lord Jesus makes three other promises to His own: new life springing out of His life (v. 19); a special place in the Son’s – and the Father’s – love for everyone who shows his love for Him by keeping His commandments (vv. 21, 23); and finally, peace, His own peace (v. 27). How true it is that He does not give "as the world giveth". The world offers little and takes much; it distracts and deadens the conscience, acting like a tranquilising drug, which for a moment appears to calm the anxieties and torments of the soul, but it is only an illusion of peace. The peace which the Lord Jesus gives fully satisfies the heart and is eternal.
Finally the Lord tells His disciples that true love for Him should not selfishly seek to keep Him down here but should rejoice with Him in His joy (v. 28).*Comforter is the same word as advocate in ; 1 John 2:1; it is one who defends a person’s cause and who comes to help and assist him.
