Reading:
John Chapter 16: 1-14
The Conditions
John 14: | 15:“ If ye love me, keep my commandments. 16: And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; 17: 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. 18: I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you. 19: Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me: because I live, ye shall live also. 20: At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 21: He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. 22: Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? 23: Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. 24: He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent me. 25: These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. 26: But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.” |
Messiah’s Prayer
John 14: | 16: “And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; ...whom the world cannot receive...” |
Acts 5: | 32: “And we are his witnesses of these things, and so is also the Holy Ghost, whom God hath given to them that obey Him.” |
Teach
John 14: | 26: “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.”
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John 16: | 13: “Howbeit when He the Spirit of truth is come, He will guide you into all truth!” |
No true believer will doubt but that there is a lot to learn in the spiritual field. The Holy Spirit is given to the genuine believer to teach him/her all things about the Almighty and His work. Many spiritual subjects are included in that process. He will guide us into ALL TRUTH! Pause awhile and consider the astonishing potential encompassed in that short statement.
Reprove
John 16: | 8: “And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:” |
Glorify Jesus
John 16: | 14: “He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.” |
The Problems
Psalm 69: 1-12: | Deep trouble, tears, hatred from all around, taunts, reproach, persecution, loneliness and false accusation; the Spirit is there to help. |
The Well-Timed Prayer
Verse: 13-29: | For mercy, deliverance and divine justice on the enemy. |
The Praise
Psalm 69: | 30: “I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify him with thanksgiving. 31: This also shall please the LORD better than an ox or bullock that hath horns and hoofs. 32: The humble shall see this, and be glad: and your heart shall live that seek God. 33: For the LORD heareth the poor, and despiseth not his prisoners. 34:Let the heaven and earth praise him, the seas, and everything that moveth therein. 35: For God will save Zion, and will build the cities of Judah: that they may dwell there, and have it in possession. 36: The seed also of his servants shall inherit it: and they that love his name shall dwell therein.” |