WHEN THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH COMES
John 16:1-15 / Keywords 16:13
But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come.
16:1 “All this I have told you so that you will not fall away. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think they are offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when their time comes you will remember that I warned you about them. I did not tell you this from the beginning because I was with you, 5 but now I am going to him who sent me. None of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ 6 Rather, you are filled with grief because I have said these things. 7 But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 about sin, because people do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.
12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.”
1. In
this Upper Room Discourse, Jesus gave his disciples both bad and good news. The bad news was that they
would undergo fiery persecutions; the good news was that Jesus would send them
the Advocate, the Holy spirit, to work in them. The Holy Spirit is the Spirit
of the Father as well as the Spirit of the Son, Jesus (14:26). He has many
different works and roles. First, he “convicts” (ESV) people of guilt regarding
sin, righteousness, and judgment. The sin of the world is not to believe in
Jesus but reject him. God’s righteousness comes through faith in Jesus who
died, rose again, and ascended to the right hand of God. God’s judgment will
come to the prince of this world, Satan, and those who belong to Satan.
2. The Holy Spirit guides his
people into all the truth. He is the good shepherd who leads his people in the
way of all truth. He reveals to us what is yet to come such as the end of the
world, the second coming of Jesus, everlasting life, the believer’s mission on
earth and so on. Through these works, the Holy Spirit finally brings glory to
Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the greatest gift of Jesus.
To live as his people and to
serve his work, we need the work of the Holy Spirit.
Prayer Lord, thank you for sending us the
Holy Spirit, the Advocate. Help us live as your people.
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