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Apostle Dr. Richard Udoh

Monday, May 15, 2023

ALLOS PARAKLETOS

The phrase translated “another comforter” in the above verse is called Allos Parakletos in the Greek. ‘Allos” is a Greek word which means “another” and “Parakletos” which means “comforter”. In the Greek language, there’s another word that can be used to translate “another” and that is “Heteros”.  Jesus chose to use Allos in describing the Holy Spirit as a comforter rather than Heteros and the reason is this; Heteros means “another of a different kind” while Allos means “another of the same kind”. By calling the Holy Spirit Allos, Jesus was simply saying the Holy Spirit was exactly like Him. The disciples where downcast that their Lord was leaving, they didn’t know when next they would see him again, they weren’t sure of the miracles will cease or continue all they knew was Jesus’s time was up on the earth - they were in mourning.  Jesus realizing this, said to them in John 14:18 “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.” (KJV) At this point even though they were downcast, they knew in their hearts that they knew that even though their comforter, master, and friend Jesus was leaving, another one who was exactly like him was going to take his place to comfort, counsel, help, intercede for, advocate for, strengthen, and be a stand-by support for them.

John 14:16 “And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Comforter (Counselor, Helper, Intercessor, Advocate, Strengthener, and Standby), that He may remain with you forever” (AMP)

The Holy Spirit is exactly like Jesus, and we cannot have a fruitful Christian walk without the Holy Spirit. We need Him to guide us into all truths, we need Him to amplify our skills, we need Him to have fellowship with the Father. He desires to fellowship with us much more than we want to fellowship with Him. He desires to be our best friend and I make boast to say the Holy Spirit is closer to you than the clothes you are wearing. He desires to relate with you and show you great and mighty things you know not of.

John 16:13 “But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future].”  (AMP)

Jeremiah 33:3 “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know” (NIV)

Without the Holy Spirit, our Christian walk will be boring. It was feel so powerless, struggle in prayer will be inevitable. Jesus gave us His Spirit so we can always walk in victory, without the Holy Spirit we can’t walk in this victory. God wants best for you and he released unto you His Creative Spirit take advantage of that. Jesus is Lord to the glory of God the Father.

Confession:

I am a believer, therefore, I have the Holy Spirit, I hear his voice and obey Him always. Jesus loves me, God loves me, I am not comfortless, glory to God my Father.

Further Reading:

1 John 4:1-3 “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already.”

John 16:13 “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.”

Read through the bible in 1 year: 1 Samuel 17:1-18:4 John 8:21-30 Psalm 111:1-10 Proverbs 15:11

Read through the bible in 2 years: Catch-up day & Ps 128