Grieving The Holy Spirit
Before Christ suffered and died for everyone, John recorded Jesus saying, concerning the time when He would leave, "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever--" (Jn. 14:16) . The Greek word for "another" in this verse is the word allos . "It means one of the very same kind; same character; same everything; or a duplicate." (Renner, Sparkling Gems, p.195) "Just as Jesus is the exact image of the Father in every way, now Jesus unmistakably tells the disciples that when the Holy Spirit comes, He will exactly represent Jesus in every word. That's why the word allos is used to make this point. It leaves no room for doubt that the Holy Spirit will be exactly like Jesus." (Renner, p.196) "Jesus did only what the Heavenly Father would do, and now the Holy Spirit will do only what Jesus would do. As Jesus' Representative on earth, the Holy Spirit never acts on His own or out of character...