Part 2 of the Comforter…the Defense Attorney

We find satan, “the accuser of our brethren,” is also referred to as the Prosecutor. While satan accuses us of our sins, God’s Spirit acts as our Defense Attorney. Defense Attorney (“counsel for defense”) is a meaning of the Greek word translated as “Comforter.”

"And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you." - John 14:16-18 KJV

Jesus explained to His disciples that “the Spirit of truth” that was within His human vessel that “dwelleth with you,” “shall be in you.” Jesus revealed that His Spirit would come to them. “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.”

"Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you." - John 16:7 KJV

But first, Jesus needed to pay the price of death for our sins – which was His purpose in manifesting Himself in flesh and blood. “For if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you."  At the cross, His purpose was fulfilled. Jesus departed from them by death. On the third day, He rose from the dead. Forty days later, He ascended to heaven in bodily form.

"To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the kingdom of God: and, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me. For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence. ... And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight." - Acts 1:3-5, 9 KJV

On the Day of Pentecost, the promise Jesus made to His disciples - that He would not leave them comfortless, He would come to them - was fulfilled when Jesus poured out His Spirit on all those gathered in the upper room.

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance." - Acts 2:4 KJV

Jesus gives us His Spirit not only for power to resist sin, but also as our Defense Attorney to "plead His blood," reminding satan – the Prosecutor - that when we are baptized in Jesus name the blood of Jesus washes away all of our sins leaving satan nothing to accuse us with!

"Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call." - Acts 2:38-39 KJV