St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

John 14:16-18. “I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Paraclete, that He may be with you forever; that is the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it does not see Him or know Him, but you know Him because He abides with you and will be in you. "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.” Jesus speaks of a way of receiving the Spirit, welcoming him, and knowing Him. He says the world cannot receive him because it does not SEE Him or know Him. Most post-enlightenment Christians, all of us, have to deal with barriers to receiving Him, and knowing Him. Though Jesus, too, is now not physically present, we have the Gospels, and Jesus took on our humanity. Thus, we have icons of him as a human being. We can visually connect with the four ways Jesus is presented in the Gospels. But when it comes to the Spirit, we have the Spirit descending on Jesus, and empowering Jesus. Who is the Holy Spirit?