I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send Him unto you. John xvi 7.

When He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: He shall not speak of Himself; but whatsoever He shall hear, that shall He speak. John xvi 13.

He shall glorify me; for He shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that He shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. John xvi 14, 15.

I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth Him not, neither knoweth Him: but ye know Him; for He dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you orphans (A.V. comfortless) I will come to you . . . ye shall see me. John xiv 16, 19.

When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth ... He shall testify of me. John xv 26.

Jesus cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. This spake He of the Spirit, which they that believe on Him should receive: for the Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified. John vii 37-39.

Jesus breathed on the disciples, and said, Receive ye the Holy Spirit. John xx 22.

[2] That by the Comforter, the Spirit of Truth, and the Holy Spirit, the Lord meant Himself, is evident from His own words, that the world as yet knew Him not; for as yet they did not know the Lord. Moreover, when He said that He would send the Holy Spirit, He added,

I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you ... and, Ye shall see me. John xiv 16, 19, 26, 28

And again:

Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the consummation of the age. Matt. xxviii 20.

When Thomas said, We know not whither thou goest, Jesus said, I am the Way, and the Truth. John xiv 5, 6.

[3] Because the Spirit of Truth, or the Holy Spirit, is the same as the Lord who is Truth itself, it is therefore also said,

The Holy Spirit was not yet, because Jesus was not yet glorified. John vii 39:

for after His glorification, or complete union with the Father, which was effected by the passion of the cross, the Lord was then Divine Wisdom and Divine Truth itself, and consequently the Holy Spirit. The reason why the Lord breathed on the disciples, and said, Receive ye the Holy Spirit, was because all respiration in heaven is from the Lord. For angels, as well as men, have both respiration and movement (micatio) of the heart; and their respiration is according to their reception of Divine Wisdom from the Lord, and their movement of the heart, or pulsation, is according to their reception of Divine Love from Him. That this is so, will be seen in its proper place.

[4] That the Holy Spirit is Divine Truth from the Lord is further evident from the following passages:

When they bring you unto the synagogues ... take ye no thought ... what ye shall say. For the Holy Spirit shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. Luke xii 11, 12; xxi 14; Mark xiii 11.

Jehovah said, My Spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth. Isa. lix 21.

There shall come forth a Rod out of the stem of Jesse ... And He shall smite the earth with the rod of His mouth, and with the breath of His lips shall He slay the wicked ... And truth (A.V. faithfulness) shall be the girdle of His reins. Isa. xi 1, 4, 5.

Now with His mouth He hath commanded, and His Spirit it hath gathered them. Isa. xxxiv 16.

They that worship God must worship Him in spirit and in truth. John iv 24.

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. John vi 63.

John said, I indeed baptise you with water unto repentance: but He that cometh after me ... shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit, and with fire. Matt. iii 11; Mark i 8; Luke iii 16.

To baptise with the Holy Spirit and with fire, is to regenerate by the Divine Truth which has relation to faith, and by the Divine Good which has relation to love.

When Jesus was baptised . . . the heavens were opened ... and He saw the Holy Spirit descending like a dove. Matt. iii 16; Mark i 10; Luke iii 21, [22]; John i 32, 33

A dove is a representative of purification and regeneration by Divine Truth.

[5] Since by the Holy Spirit, when mentioned in reference to the Lord, is meant His Divine Life, and consequently Himself, and in particular the Life of His Wisdom, which is called Divine Truth, therefore, by the Spirit of the prophets, which is also called the Holy Spirit, is meant the Divine Truth from the Lord; as in the following places:

The Spirit saith unto the Churches. Rev. ii 7, 11, 29; iii 1, 6, 13, 22.

There were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God. Rev. iv 5.

In the midst of the elders stood a Lamb ... having seven eyes, which are the seven spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Rev. v 6.

Lamps of fire, and the eyes of the Lord, signify Divine Truths, and the number seven signifies what is holy.

Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours. Rev. xiv 13.

The Spirit and the bride say, Come. Rev. xxii 17.

They made their heart as an adamant stone, lest they should hear the Law, or the words which Jehovah ... hath sent in His Spirit by the hand of the prophets. Zech. vii 12.

The spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 2 Kings ii 15.

John went before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah. Luke i 17.

Elizabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit;

And she spake out ... Luke i 41, 42.

Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied. Luke i 67.

David said, in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand. Mark xii 36.

The testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. Rev. xix 10.

Now, since by the Holy Spirit is specifically meant the Lord as to Divine Wisdom, and consequently as to Divine Truth (Veritas), it is clear why the Holy Spirit is said to enlighten, to teach and to inspire.