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Nevertheless 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.

Note 75 at Joh 16:7: The Greek word translated "expedient" is "SUMPHERO," and it means "to be an advantage, profitable" (Vine's Expository Dictionary). How could any situation be more advantageous or profitable than having Jesus physically with you?

When Jesus walked on this earth in His physical body, He was subject to many physical limitations. For instance, He could not always be with every one of His disciples all the time. Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, He could. Instead of Satan getting rid of Jesus, 120 "little Christs" (that is literally what the word "Christian" means) came out of the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost.

Jesus had taught His disciples as no teacher ever had, but they had very little understanding because they had not been born again yet (1Co 2:14). However, when the Holy Spirit came, He would lead them into all truth (Joh 14:26 and 16:13) and even show them things to come (Joh 16:13).

The list of advantages of having the Holy Spirit in us, as compared to having Jesus with us in His physical body, goes on and on. The advantages can all be summed up in the fact that Jesus' power is now complete (Mt 28:18) and no longer confined to one physical body.


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