Exodus 23:20 Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

Angels are messengers, external to our body and souls. They watch over our activities from without. The comforter on the other hand is God in the third person of the Holy Trinity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost. He is not external, He is internal. We have evolved spiritually.

Many religions, even some professing Christ, deny the Trinity, deny God would ever possess man. Possess is the wrong word but is often used to distort our relationship with the Holy Spirit. Possession infers absence of control of the soul. The Comforter does not take control in that sense. We are not puppets on a string. We still have free will. We still have a choice. While the Holy Spirit speaks truth to us, we still have the ability to believe or not.

To what end or purpose is the Spirit given if we are still in control of our actions? Intimacy in relationship is the purpose. We are not in control of the Spirit for He is the power of God in the world. We can see and hear His power enacted in this world as it relates to our obedience of faith. We know that which is done of us, we know what is done of God through this intimacy of relationship. We get to know Him much more intimately, His ways and His will.

What did you think our intimate relationship with God was the end game?

1 Corinthians 1:26 For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called:

The soul is comprised of the mind, will and emotions. It is obvious that all the new science outweighs all the science discovered prior to the last half century. We are now programming at the molecular level. We are splicing DNA. We are on the verge of artificial intelligence. Our minds have evolved.

Our will is stronger than ever. Human drive and determination has led to a number of billionaires that is now larger than the number of millionaires that ever existed in any period in history prior to world war two. Our will has evolved.

We are the most compassionate people in recorded history. More money is given to support humanitarian goals each year than the gross national product of some well developed countries. Our capacity for compassion is limitless. Our emotions have evolved.

Yes we have evolved as souls. Not one bit of that counts towards the salvation of a single soul. All of that if done of the flesh counts for nothing in regards to salvation. It takes the spirit to accomplish the goal of salvation, to reach the end game.

Romans 8:6 For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.

We need to be spiritually minded, not wise in our own conceits.