Jesus told His disciples that if they loved Him they should keep His commandments. It is one thing to say you love the Lord. However, if your life is one of disobedience to the commands of Christ then do you really love Him? Jesus said the following:
18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Therefore by their fruits you will know them. (Matt. 7:18-20) Actions always speak louder than words. If we truly love Jesus, we will always do our best to follow Him and keep His commandments.
Jesus told His disciples that He would pray to the Father for them and the Father would send them another Helper. Jesus had been a great helper to them, but He was going to be leaving them for a time. This other Helper would be with them forever. This Helper is the Spirit of truth, the Holy Spirit. Those who are children of this ungodly w orld cannot receive God’s Spirit. They can’t see Him nor know Him.
14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Cor. 2:14) 22
However, those who have faith in Jesus Christ do know the Spirit, for He dwells with them and resides in them.
Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? (1 Cor. 3:16)
Jesus also comforted His disciples by saying to them that they were not orphans. He wasn’t leaving them alone. They would have the other Helper soon and Jesus Himself would come to them one day.