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On the evening before the day He would pay the penalty for all the sins of mankind by His death on the cross, Jesus told His followers what would happen to Him. He explained what He was going to do for them—and us—in the future.
After Jesus observed the Passover—which Christians are still to observe as an annual memorial of His death—He told His disciples that He would answer their prayers asked in His name. Jesus also reminded them to show their love for Him by keeping His commandments (John 14:13-15).
Jesus then made this astounding promise: "And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Advocate to be with you always, the Spirit of truth, which the world cannot accept, because it neither sees nor knows it. But you know it, because it remains with you, and will be in you" (verses 16-17, New American Bible).
Many translations use the pronouns "He" and "Him" in reference to the Holy Spirit in these verses, but this is an error in translation. The flaw springs from the mistaken idea that the Holy Spirit is the third person in the Godhead. The doctrine of the Trinity, which describes this common belief, is nowhere found in the Bible.
Instead, the Bible reveals the Holy Spirit to be the "power" of God (Luke 1:35; Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8; Romans 15:13)—as well as His life force through which He imparts life to others, His mind and His very essence (compare John 5:26; 6:63; Romans 8:27; 1 Corinthians 2:16; John 4:24). For more information on the fallacy of the Trinity and what Scripture reveals about God's true nature, see the booklet offered at the end.
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