Here, let me repeat...
You preach falseness. You want us to believe that Jesus will not give his Spirit to those already saved unless they love him, but will give his Spirit to those who believe and not love him.
John 14
15 “If[/SIZE] you love me, you will obey what I command.
21 Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me.He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him.”
23 Jesus replied, “If anyone loves me, he will obey my teaching. My Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.
24 He who does not love me will not obey my teaching.
DHK,
You teach falseness about the filthy rags scripture. The filthy rags scripture is to the Jews. God does not call someone searching for Him through Jesus a filthy rag act.
Now, explain again how you say Jesus is speaking to those already saved and how Jesus will or will not give them the Holy Spirit.
First of all, Jesus is with them in the flesh and is promising to send them the Comforter, the Holy Spirit when He departs after his ascension, when he will no longer be with them in the flesh.
Second, he is speaking only to his disciples. This conversation started in chapter 13 when he washed the disciples feet. Look at some of the above Scriptures to get the context:
John 14:5 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?
--Thomas, one of the twelve asks him a question.
John 14:8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.
--Then Philip, another Apostle asks a question.
The verses you quoted are directed only to the disciples and have nothing to do with the unsaved.
--Three times (vs. 15,21,23) does Jesus tell them that the great demonstration of their discipleship and love toward Christ will be their obedience to Him.
No unsaved person can obey Christ in the way that he was demanding of his disciples. This was an intimate conversation with his disciples right before the Jews and Romans came to arrest him just a few chapters later.
John 14:16-19 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you.
Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also.
The Comforter (Holy Spirit would come) but they would not see Christ; Christ would go.