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heavens. As the indwelling Spirit, He is the "Paraclete with us" (14:16-17), the One along side of us who is taking care of us. How I appre ciate Him as the Comforter! He is both here and there at the same time.
THE SPIRIT OF REALITY
The Spirit is the Spirit of reality (14:17; 15:26; 16:13). The Son is the embodiment of the Father with His fullness (Col. 2:9), and the Spirit is the realization, the reality, of the Son with His full ness (16:13-15; 1:16). The Father with all His fullness is embodied and expressed in the Son. Apart from the Son, no man can see and contact the Father. The Son with all His fullness is re vealed and realized as the Spirit. Outside the Spirit, no man can receive or experience the Son. The Spirit is the reality of the Triune God for our experience.
THE SPIRIT OF THE GLORIFIED JESUS
The Spirit breathed into the disciples was also the Spirit of the glorified Jesus (7:39). Before Christ's resurrection, the Spirit was just the Spirit of God having only the divine element. But after His resurrection it became the Spirit of the glo rified man Jesus, having both the divine element