Commentary on the Gospel of John

                                  Chapter Fourteen

                                                                                                                                              Verses 16-21 continued

Jesus further taught His disciples, and His Church, that a day will come when they become fully aware that the Holy Spirit lives in the hearts of His believers. Acts 2:1-4. A person can be saved by grace, but that person must wait for the Holy Spirit to wash them in the blood of Christ and make Himself known to them in their inner being for them to acquire a salvation that they can never lose. The Old Testament saints had to wait for Jesus to come to preach the gospel to them in Paradise next to Hell for them to become washed in His blood, filled with His Holy Spirit, and be translated to Heaven with His ascension. Ephesians 4:7-10. The Tribulation saints will have to wait until they get to Heaven to be washed in Jesus' blood and saved forever. Revelation 7:9-14. Tribulation saints who do not endure to the end of their earthly lives and lose their faith will also lose their salvation by grace. Matthew 24:13; Matthew 22:9-14. Jesus made His disciples, and His Church, fully aware that they were saved by grace and indwelt with His Holy Spirit when He came to them with power on the day of Pentecost. Acts 2:1-4. Jesus also makes every believer in the Church Age fully aware that they have been washed in the blood of Jesus and filled with His Holy Spirit the moment they repent and believe that only He can save them. John 5:24; I Corinthians 6:11; I Corinthians 6:19-20. But unlike Tribulation saints, Church Age believers filled with His Spirit can never lose their salvation by grace. John 10:27-30; Ephesians 5:25-27. But even believers in the Church Age who do not fully commit their lives to Christ and lose their faith will also lose their salvation by grace because God will withhold the Holy Spirit from them until they make that full commitment. Matthew 24:13. Persons saved by grace can lose their salvation if they lose their faith, but believers washed in the blood of Christ and filled with His Spirit can never lose their salvation by grace because the power of Christ's blood to cleanse and save them can never be undone. Matthew 13:20-23; Hebrews 10:12-14.

Jesus further taught His disciples, and His Church, that He will save forever those who keep His commandments. Those who repent and believe in Him as their Savior will love Him. Those who love Him will be indwelt by the Holy Spirit who will cause them to love God with all their hearts and to love their fellow humans. Matthew 22:36-40. The Holy Spirit will also cause His believers to love each other like family as a witness to unbelievers. John 13:34-35. Jesus taught that His Holy Spirit will indwell His Church and take charge of His Church. Acts 1:8.