Who is the comforter

Al Masihi wrote: Jesus also says he will go up to the father and send the comforter, therefore claiming to be equal with God. We dis-tinguish between commandments and other verses when Jesus was addressing people at his time. "You" means the apostles at his time, according to the Quran no one can send the comforter except God.

Sure, we can distinguish the target audience of ‘commandments’ and that of Jesus’ sayings. However, in John 14:16, Jesus was using ‘you’ as a general ‘you’, not just to those present. How do we know this ? Because the preceding verse (John 14:15), Jesus said “If you love me, keep my commandments”. Was Jesus telling his disciples only they must keep his commandments and future generations NEED NOT keep his commandments ?? Obviously that cannot be Jesus’ intention, which then tells us the ‘you’ Jesus used in John 14:15-16 was a general ‘you’ meant to include future generations.

Al Masihi wrote: The Comforter would come in the life time of Christ's disciples; in fact before they depart Jerusalem (Acts 1:4-5, John 16:7)------Prophet Muhammad was born long after the Comforter must have come, i.e. 500 years later.

The Comforter never came in the lifetime of Jesus Christ. If you believe the Comforter arrived in the lifetime of Jesus Christ, then tell me how did the Comforter guide them into all truths, and this Comforter will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell them what is yet to come (John 16:13) ?

Al Masihi wrote: (ii). The Comforter is not a physical being and can't be seen ordinarily (John 14:17)-------Prophet Muhammad was a physical being and ordinarily visible.

The Comforter IS a physical being who is filled with the Holy Spirit or you can say, a man who has the spirit of truth in him. Jesus himself was also said to be the Comforter as he too was filled with the Holy Spirit and also said to have the spirit of truth in him – “My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate/comforter with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous” - 1 John 2:1.

So, when Jesus said he will pray to God to send another comforter/advocate, he was referring to another prophet who will come and this prophet will tell the world of the truth of Jesus’ teaching. Note also that Jesus said ‘ANOTHER Comforter’, meaning ANOTHER prophet like himself – it cannot be ANOTHER Holy Spirit as there’s only ONE Holy Spirit and that’s the Holy Spirit of God.

Al Masihi wrote: (iii). The Comforter would come from Heaven di-rectly from God (John 15:26)--------Prophet Muhammad, with due re-spect, was ordinarily born in this World to pagan parents; grew up or-dinarily, became an employed trader etc before he eventually became the Prophet of Islam.

Sure, the Holy Spirit came from God and the Holy Spirit will be with anyone who do to the Will of God.

Al Masihi wrote: (iv). The Comforter, according to Jesus himself, was that Holy Spirit which his disciples Knew because he (the Spirit) was with them and was going to dwell in their mind (14:17)------------Muhammad never leaved with Christ's disciples and he was a physi-cal being who did not dwell in the mind.

The Comforter IS NOT the Holy Spirit but, the Holy Spirit (which IS the Spirit of God) is the Spirit that made the man. In fact, you had your first breath because the Holy Spirit came upon you – “The Spirit of God has made me; the breath of the Almighty gives me life.” – Job 33:4.

So, yes, the disciples KNEW the Holy Spirit but the Holy Spirit was no longer with the people, so, Jesus was promising them that when the Comforter come, he will teach them of all truths (John 16:13) and when this happened, the Holy Spirit will return to them.

Al Masihi wrote: (v). The Comforter would be with Christ's disciples and, of course the subsequent faithful for ever (John 14:16)----------Muhammad has died long ago allegedly of food poisoning.

Well, if you are a man of faith and only do the Will of God, the Holy Spirit will be with you forever and that’s what Jesus meant by ‘forever’.

Al Masihi wrote: (vi) As Jesus promised, the Comforter came to the disciples before they departed Jerusalem (Acts 2:3-4)---------Like I said earlier, Muhammad came a distant 6 generations later.

As I said earlier, the Comforter NEVER came to the disciples. Can you tell me how did the Comforter guide them into all the truth, and that this Comforter will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell them what is yet to come (John 16:13), if you believe Acts 2 is the fulfillment of John 14:16 ???

Al Masihi wrote: Mohammed is not the comforter. Also did the com-forter came to glorify Jesus, Mohammed did not claim to be sent by Jesus nor glorify him, he claim to glorify Allah.

Well, how did the Holy Spirit glorify Jesus if you believe the Comforter is NOT another man ?? Jesus said this Comforter will not speak on his own, but will only speaks what he hears – so, in Acts 2, did the Holy Spirit say anything ?? So, how could the Holy Spirit be the Comforter Jesus was talking about ?? As I said, Jesus was talking of ANOTHER Comforter, that is, another prophet like himself who will not speak on his own, but will only speaks what he hears and that can only mean the Comforter Jesus was talking about is Muhammad, who like Jesus, spoke only what he hears. The Comforter, who is the spirit of truth/Holy spirit, simply means that the man, the Comforter, is filled with the Spirit of God. In other words, this 'another comforter' will be another prophet like Jesus, that is, they are all chosen by God to be His representatives on earth.

The comforter had a pre existent life, is eternal, and will be with the believers forever. The comforter will literally abide with us forever and guide us, this is the holy spirit. The comforter would also venerate and glorify Jesus, Mohammed came to glorify and venerate Allah no one else, to suggest otherwise would be great shirk in Islam. The Holy Spirit is subordinate to the Father and Son and will speak their commands. Your interpretations are your own and aren't shared by scholars of the Bible.

The commonly accepted Christian meaning of 'the Comforter' is the Holy Spirit, which is God present within in man.

This is largely an academic, theological concept except in charismatic or Pentacostal churches in which Christians speak in tongues or prophesy.