MY COMMENTS TO THE LAST SENTENCE


1. The evangelical concept for the "second coming of Jesus", which is being awaited by the followers of Jesus for over the last two millennium, need not be confused with the Johannine picture for the coming of "another paraclete" which was subject to the departure of Jesus and him requesting the Father.


2. If the followers of Jesus were to believe that Jesus - a Paraclete, "is present within all believers " then the visualized Johannine picture of Father sending "another paraclete" to guide the mankind into all truth, is made redundant.


3. The verses from John's gospel scrutinized in the APPENDIX V above demonstrate the fact that Jesus had himself foretold his disciples the coming of "another paraclete"("he"), who will guide them along the path of all truth and that paraclete "he" will take what belonged to him (Jesus) and declare to them.


4. The exhaustive study for the coming of "another paraclete" or "another male salvific figure like Jesus" is valid and well founded because this male individual "he" has already been sent down by the Heavenly Father of Jesus.


5. Furthermore, this "second paraclete" has glorified his predecessor "the first paraclete" (Jesus) and "he" did "speak" (recite) whatever that he "heard" as the revelations sent to him through the arch angel of God. He added "nothing of his own" to those Revealed Verses. (see John xvi 14-13).


6. The history of religions and faiths have recorded none other beside Muhammad - the prophet of Islam, as an accredited emissary and envoy of God that has uncompromisingly born witness to the birth of Jesus through Virgin Mary, attested the Miracles performed by Jesus with the leave of his Father and has Declared Jesus as a "Messiah" and the "Righteous Prophet".


7. Prophet Muhammad did prove the world of his era to be "wrong about sin, justice, and judgment" as foretold by Jesus in John xvi 8-11. He did bring all the mankind out of the "age of ignorance" into an "age of enlightenment" through these Revealed Message (the Qur'an - the Koran). This book is being recited in Arabic and the interpretations (translations) studied in several languages throughout the world. To read English or French translation of the Qur'an please click:http://www.quranexplorer.com/quran


8. Finally, several millenniums before Christ Jesus spoke for the coming of "another paraclete", the making of ISLAM as a Great Nation was already in GOD'S MASTER PLAN and foretold in the Holy Bible. God the Almighty had declared His Master Plan to His prophets Abraham, Moses, Solomon, Isaiah and Habakkuk. Here are few verses from the Old and New Testaments. Genesis 17: 20; 21: 13-17-18; Deuteronomy 18: 15-18 and in particular 33:2; Songs of Solomon 5: 10 to 16; Isaiah 42: 9 to 17 and Habakkuk 3: 3. John 14: 16/26; 15: 26; 16: 7 to 15; 1 John 2: 1 and


1 John 4: 6.


http://www.mostmerciful.com/paraclete.htm



The Paraclete in John's Gospel

Thursday, August 26, 2010

John is the only New Testament writer who uses the Greek word parakletos (paraclete) to designate the Holy Spirit.
The multiple uses of the term are found in Jesus' farewell address in chapters 14 -16 of the fourth gospel.
Below is a graphic that shows some of the ways paraclete has been translated into English from John's Greek text.
It also shows how John conceived the role of the Spirit in the life of the






also shows how John conceived the role of the Spirit in the life of the believer.


Robert Kysar, in his book John, The Maverick Gospel, points out the two-fold function of the Paraclete: 1) He communicates Christ to the believer and 2) he puts the world on trial. But what I would like to get a better handle on is how John's community understood this to happen in practice.


How did the Paraclete teach them all things about Jesus?


How did they experience revelations of the future?


How did the Spirit guide them into all truth?


Let me know what you have discovered in practice (not conceptually) about the Paraclete's workings?


http://revjohnkc.blogspot.com/2010/0...ns-gospel.html


Question: "What does it mean that the Holy Spirit is our Paraclete?"


Answer: The time of the arrest and crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ was drawing near. As Jesus met with His disciples in the "upper room," He expounded to them many things. In John 13:33, He stated: "My children, I will be with you only a little longer . . . where I am going you cannot come." The announcement of the coming separation led to the indication of its purpose. The season of bereavement was to be a season of spiritual growth. To this end Christ gave a commandment designed to lead His disciples to appropriate the lessons of His life, and in so doing, to realize their true character, to follow and to find Him as indicated in verses 34 and 35.



In light of their weak faith at this point, Jesus told them in John 14:1, "Do not let your heart be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in Me . . . ." Jesus had just explained to them that one of them was a traitor; He had warned Peter that he would deny His Lord three times; and, perhaps the heaviest blow of all was that Jesus was going to leave them (John 13:33). Now He says, " . . . let not your heart be troubled" (John 14:1). In John 14:16- 17, Jesus gives them a statement of great encouragement: "And I will ask the Father (pray), and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever . . . the Spirit of Truth" (NIV).



The Greek word translated "Comforter or Counselor" is "Parakletos" as found in John 14:16, 26; 15:26; and 16:7. Once, it is translated "advocate" (1 John 2:1). The New International Version (NIV) has translated the word as Counselor. The form of the word is unquestionably passive. It can properly mean only "one called to the side of another," and that with the secondary notion of counseling or supporting or aiding him. The contexts in which the word "paraclete" occurs in the New Testament lead to the same conclusions as the form and the independent usage of the word. In 1 John 2:1, the sense "Advocate" alone suits the argument, though the Greek fathers explain the term as applied to the Lord in the same way as in the Gospel. In the Gospel again, the sense of Advocate, counsel, one who pleads, convinces, convicts, who strengthens on the one hand and defends on the other, is alone adequate. Christ as the Advocate pleads the believer's cause with the Father against the accuser Satan (1 John 2:1; compare Romans 8:26, and also Revelation 12:10; Zechariah 3:1). The Holy Spirit (Parakletos) as the Advocate pleads the believer's cause against the world (John 16:8ff) and also Christ's cause with the believer (John 14:26; 15:26; 16:14).



By saying what He did to His disciples, Jesus was comforting their troubled hearts. In 14:16 He states: "I will pray to the Father and He will send you another Comforter (paraklete--another is 'allos," one of the same kind, which is the Holy Spirit). First of all, this paraclete is God the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity. He is a true personality and a personal being. He indwells every believer. He has been called in some translations "Encourager." As the "Spirit of Truth," the Holy Spirit illumines the Word of God so believers may understand it. He leads us in that truth of God's Word. He uses the Word of truth to guide us into the will and the work of God.



The Holy Spirit abides in every believer. He is a gift from the Father in answer to the prayer of the Son (verse 16). During His earthly ministry, Jesus had guided, guarded, and taught His disciples, but now He was going to leave them. The Spirit of God would come to them and dwell in them, taking the place of their Master's literal presence. Jesus called the Spirit "another Comforter" --another of the same kind. The Spirit of God is not different from the Son of God for both are God (One in essence). The Spirit of God had dwelt with the disciples in the Person of Jesus Christ. Now He would dwell in them.



During the Old Testament Age, the Spirit of God would come on people and then leave them. God's Spirit departed from King Saul (1 Samuel 16:14; 18:12); and David, when confessing his sin, asked that the Spirit not be taken from him (Psalm 51:11). When the Spirit was given at Pentecost, He was given to God's people to remain with them forever. Even though we may grieve the Holy Spirit, He will not leave us. Jesus said in Matthew 28:20 " . . . And surely I am with always, to the very end of the age." How is He with us when we are taught that He is in Heaven, seated at the right hand of the Father? He is with us by His Spirit (the other of the same kind -- the Parakletos --the Comforter, the Advocate), who indwells us and never will leave us if we are true believers in Jesus Christ.


To have the Holy Spirit as our "Paraclete" is to have God Himself indwelling us as believers. He teaches us the Word and guides us into the truth of that Word. He also reminds us of what He has taught us so that we can depend on God's Word in the difficult times of life. The Spirit uses the Word to give us His peace (John 14:27), His love (John 15:9, 10), and His joy (John 15:11). These are profound truths that comfort our hearts and minds in a troubled world. The power of this indwelling "paraclete" gives us the ability to "live by the Spirit so that we will not gratify the desires of the sinful flesh" and "Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit (Galatians 5:16, 25). We, then, can have the "fruit of the Spirit" produced in our own lives (Galatians 5:22, 23) to the glory of God the Father. What a blessing to have the Holy Spirit in our lives as our "paraclete," our Comforter, our Encourager, our Counselor, and our Advocate. Thank you, Father, for your wonderful gift!



Recommended Resources: Logos Bible Software and The Holy Spirit by Charles Ryrie.



Read more: http://www.gotquestions.org/paraclet...#ixzz2R7czql7P

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لقد علمنا أن ماني كان قد ادعى أنه البرقليط..ولكن من قبل ماني كان (منتس) المسيحي والذي كان في القرن الثاني من الميلاد عام 177م حيث ادعى
أنه هو أيضاً البرقليط الموعود والمبشر به في الإنجيل على لسان عيسى ، وتبعه أناس كثيرون في ذلك الحين مما يثبت أن انتظار هذا البرقليط
كان في القرون الأولى للمسيحية ولذلك كان الناس يدعون أنهم مصادقيه، وكان المسيحيون يقبلون دعاويهم.
وها هو النجاشي ملك الحبشة وهو من أهل الكتاب لما وصل إليه كتاب رسول الله صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وكتب الجواب للرسول قائلاً:
" أشهد بالله إنك لرسول الله صادقاً ومصدقاً وقد بايعتك وبايعت ابن عمك ـ جعفر بن أبي طالب ـ وأسلمت على يديه لله رب العالمين ".
وهذا النجاشي قبل الإسلام كان نصرانياً منتظراً لقدوم البرقليط.
وكتب المقوقس ملك القبط في جوابه لكتاب النبي صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " سلام عليك، أما بعد فقد قرأت كتابك وفهمت ما ذكرت
فيه وما تدعو إليه، وقد علمت أن نبياً قد بقى وقد كنت أظن أنه يخرج بالشام، وقد أكرمت رسولك ".
والمقوقس هذا وإن لم يسلم لكنه أقر في كتابه أن هناك نبياً قد بقى، وكان المقوقس نصرانياً.
فهذان الملكان ما كانا يخافان في ذلك الوقت من محمد صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لأجل شوكته الدنيوية.
وجاء الجارود بن العلاء مع قومه إلى رسول الله صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فقال له: " والله لقد جئت بالحق ونطقت بالصدق، والذي بعثك بالحق نبياً ،
لقد وجدت وصفك في الإنجيل، وبشر بك ابن البتول فطول التحية لك، والشكر لمن أكرمك لا أثر بعد عين ، ولا شك بعد يقين..
مد يدك فأنا أشهد أن لا إله إلا الله وأنك محمد رسول الله "، ثم آمن قومه معه.
فهذا الجارود كما هو معروف في كتب السير والتاريخ كان من علماء النصرانية وقد أقر بقوله ( بشًّر بك ابن البتول ).
فهذه الأمثلة تثبت أن هناك رجلاً أخر غير عيسى قادم لا محالة وأن اسمه البرقليط أو الفرقليط أو البركليت أو البركليتوس الأمر
الذي جعل ماني على حد قول الدكتور فاندر والدكتور زكي شنودة يقران بأنه قد ادعى أنه هو هو.