The Holy Spirit is called "your Advocate" in the New English Bible translation of John 15:26. Other translations may be helpful in understanding the meaning of the Holy Spirit. The King James Version uses the term "The Comforter." The Revised Standard Version and the New International Version use the term "The Counselor." The Phillips translation and the Barclay translation call the Holy Spirit "The Helper." I like the title "The Advocate" best of all. This term "The Adovcate" includes comforting, counseling, and helping.

The dictionary says that an advocate is "a powerful and influential person who defends or maintains a cause or proposal on our behalf." This definition implies that we have a very capable and strong lawyer working on our behalf with integrity. All human lawyers have thei…