Comforter

Jesus said,

The Helper, the Holy Spirit, 

Whom the Father will send in My Name, 

He will teach you all things, and 

Bring to your Remembrance 

All things that I said to you.

John 14:26

Jesus speaks to his disciples telling them that the time for his departure is looming ahead. Be that as it may, God the Father will send the Holy Spirit (Paraklētos) as an emmisary for Jesus. The actual Greek word used is Παράκλητος (Paraklētos) means advocate, intercessor, consoler, comforter, or helper. An Advocate will plead on their behalf before God about their trials and tribulations with God’s laws. A Comforter will calm, console and cheer them through the great challenges they face in their ministry.

 Jesus promised that He would send us the Comforter. The Holy Spirit comes to us in our hour of tribulation, ministers to us, and gives us the strength to bear our sufferings. Faith in the grace and mercy of God can draw us out from the very grips of despair. Thus the more we suffer for Christ, the more we find strength from his comforting presence. The enduring of persecution and suffering not only enables us to stand on firm ground but also to comfort others who go through difficulties and problems.

 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ. 2 Corinthians 1:4