with the spirit of his lips he will kill the ungodly. Justice will be his
loincloth, and the truth will wrap his thighs. (Isaiah 11 : 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 )
He will arrive like a narrow river; the spirit of Jehovah will lift up a
standard against him. Then the Redeemer will come to Zion. (Isaiah
59 : 19 , 20 )
The spirit of the Lord Jehovih is upon me. Jehovah has anointed me.
He has sent me to proclaim the good news to the poor. (Isaiah 61 : 1 ;
Luke 4 : 18 )
This is my covenant. My spirit that is upon you, my words, will not
leave your mouth from now on forevermore. (Isaiah 59 : 21 )
[ 3 ] Since the Lord is absolute truth, everything that radiates from
him is truth. All this truth is known as the Comforter, which is also
called the Spirit of Truth and the Holy Spirit, as the following passages
clearly show:
I tell you the truth:it is better for you that I go away, because if I do not
go away the Comforter will not come to you; but if I do go away I will
send him to you. (John 16 : 7 )
When the Spirit of Truthcomes, he will lead you into all truth.He will
not speak on his own; rather, whatever he hears he will say. (John 16 : 13 )
[The Comforter] will glorify me because he will take from what is mine
and will make it known to you. Everything the Father has is mine.This
is why I said that [the Comforter] will take from what is mineand will
make it known to you. (John 16 : 14 , 15 )
I will ask the Father to give another Comforter to you, the Spirit of
Truth.The world cannot accept him because it does not see him or rec-
ognize him; but you know him because he dwells among you and will
be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I am coming to you and you
will see me. (John 14 : 16 , 17 , 18 )
When the Comforter comes—the Spirit of Truthwhom I am going to
send you from the Father—he will testify about me. (John 15 : 26 )The Comforter is called “the Holy Spirit” (John 14 : 26 ).
[ 4 ] In mentioning the Comforter and the Holy Spirit, the Lord was
referring to himself. This is clear from these words of his: “the world
would not recognize him but you know him;”“I will not leave you
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