Section 11
likened to "a rushing mighty wind" (Acts 2:2). The wind is for power. In John's line, the Spirit of life is likened to breath. Breath is not for power; it is for life. In John 20:22 the Spirit as the breath was breathed as life into the disciples for their life. By breathing the Spirit into the disciples, the Lord imparted Himself as life and everything into them. Thus, all that He had spoken in chap ters fourteen through sixteen was fulfilled.
THE COMFORTER
The Spirit breathed into the believers was the Comforter (14:16, 26; 15:26; 16:7). This Com forter is the "Paraclete," the One along side of us who takes care of our cause and affairs. The Greek word translated Comforter is the same word that is rendered Advocate in 1 John 2:1. If we put 1 John 2:1 together with John 14:16, we see that today the Lord Jesus is our Advocate at the right hand of God in the heavens and, at the same time, He is also the Comforter in our spirit. In the heavens, He is the Advocate with the Father; in our spirit He is the Comforter. This is why He is the ladder upon whom the angels of God are ascending and descending (1:51). As the ascended Lord, He is our Paraclete with the Father, taking care of our case in the