Jn.14:17 says nothing about us or that the Comforter will abide with us forever and it would be a further contradiction since He is not and cannot be with us in the first place as at Jn.14:17 - indirectly of course yes via scriptures that He was sent to inspire and reveal - wincam
By this suggestion, you completely discount the "Indwelling Presence" of the Holy Spirit among Believers of Christ which is how SANCTIFICATION occurs.
This statement of yours is enough for me to lose interest in the thread.............