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John 14:15 - 17. The Holy Spirit's Help. Jesus taught that His followers would have ANOTHER or second Helper, which meant that Jesus was actually the first Helper. Furthermore, Jesus said that the second Helper was already with them, and would be in them (1). Since the Holy Spirit is the second Helper, His role is similar but different from the first Helper, Jesus. Jesus himself said that we would be better off when the Holy Spirit arrives than during His own earthly ministry, but how could that be? (2) Jesus as the first Helper was restricted during his early ministry. As a man, He couldn't be in two places at the same time because of His body. In His human body, Jesus got sleepy (3), hungry (4), and needed a break while He was on the earth (5). He was limited by how many people He could help at once by His body. When Jesus was debating with the religious leaders for example, people with real problems had to wait in line for their turn just to speak with Him. During Jesus' ministry, people had to fight through the masses just to meet Him. (6) For these reasons, Jesus' body made him relatively inaccessible. During Jesus' time on earth, He had the Holy Spirit without measure (8), through His Baptism by the Holy Spirit just before He began His ministry (9). Therefore, the Holy Spirit was already with the disciples during Jesus' earthly ministry because the Holy Spirit lived inside of Jesus. After the first Helper Jesus ascended to heaven, His Holy Spirit was poured out on His followers too (10). The Holy Spirit is not recognized by the world because He can't be seen with human eyes or heard with human ears (11). The Holy Spirit can only be seen by what He does similar to how we see the wind by what it does. Through Jesus, His disciples actually knew the Holy Spirit, too. Jesus' heavenly Father was directing Him during His earthly ministry through the Holy Spirit inside of Him (12). Now, the Holy Spirit directs us inside of us in accordance