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The Work of the Holy Spirit
John 16:1–15
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Moody was to have a campaign in England. An elderly pastor protested, “Why do we need this Mr. Moody? He’s uneducated, inexperienced, etc. Who does he think he is anyway? Does he think he has a monopoly on the Holy Spirit?” A younger, wiser pastor rose and responded, &q … More
At the beginning of this chapter, Jesus warns that persecution will strike the church and some Christians will fall away (vv. 1-4). He spoke of two ways in which his followers would be persecuted. (v. 1) They would be excommunicated from the synagogue (v. 2). Jesus also said that men would think they were rendering a service to God when they killed His followers. Tertullian said, “While it is true the blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church, it is also true that their blood is the stain on the pages of history.”
Having just revealed the hostility of the world which the disciples would face after He left them, He now explains to them the need for the Holy Spirit (vv. 5-11). The disciples were bewildered and grief-stricken men. All they knew was that they were going to lose Jesus, but He told them that in the end this was all for the best, because when He went away, the Holy Spirit, the Strengthener will come (v. 7). When He was in the body He could not be everywhere with them. Now everywhere a man goes the Holy Spirit is with him. This is what Jesus says the Holy Spirit will do (v. 8):
Jesus goes on to explain how the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth, whose great work is to bring God’s truth to all men (vv. 12-15). This bringing of God’s truth to men we call illumination. All truth is God’s truth, and the illumination of all truth is the work of the Holy Spirit. It is not men’s discovery it is God’s gift. As we witness in this hostile world, the Holy Spirit takes the Word He has taught us; and shares Jesus Christ with the lost. It is our job to witness; it is the Spirit’s job to convict.
Application
The nearer I live to Jesus, the better I will know Him. The more I listen to the Holy Spirit, the more He will be able to guide me. To enjoy His revelation I must accept His teaching.
John 16:1-15 (English Standard Version)
"I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away. They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you. "I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. "I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you."
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