John 14:25-27 - The Holy Spirit will teach you all things

14:25,26

Jesus now tells them more about the work of the Holy Spirit. So far He has essentially told them that they will not be alone, the Holy Spirit will somehow mediate the presence of the Father and the Son. This could be taken as being a bit woolly, we now get down to specifics. Jesus had been teaching them, throughout the three years, and especially in the last few days before the resurrection. The Holy Spirit would continue to teach them, and to remind them of the things that Jesus had said. It is worth noting that Greek uses the masculine pronoun for the Spirit, rather than the grammatically correct neuter, this could be seen as a recognition that the Spirit is a person, not a force. He would remind them of the things that Jesus said, this has relevance for the reliability of the gospels. Many of the things that Jesus had said went right over the heads of the disciples, i.e. they did not understand. The Holy Spirit would enable them to understand.

14:27

The disciples’ hearts were troubled, and trouble would indeed lie ahead. Jesus tells them that He is leaving His peace with them. This is not a worldly peace. Worldly peace depends almost entirely on circumstances. Feeling secure, having plenty of money etc. The peace that Jesus gives is quite different. If we look at the ministry of Jesus we see that it was a time of almost continuous conflict and threat, yet Jesus was at peace. Why? Because He knew the Father. So we will face trouble, but we do not need to be troubled. In Phil 4:11 Paul says that he has learnt the secret of being content in all circumstances. So we do not need to be troubled and we do not need to be afraid.