In preparation for Sunday's messages, I came across these 5 groups of passages that talk about the Holy Spirit. They are the words of Jesus.
John 14:15-17
15 If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17 even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.
John 14:26
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.
John 15:26-27
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.26 But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. 27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 16:7-11
7 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. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; 11 concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
John 16:12-15
12 I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 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. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
There is much more to say about this (as you will see on Sunday, haha), but I think the church often misses out on the great benefits of understanding the Holy Spirit's work. In these passages he is...
- the one who helps
- the person who is truthful
- the person who never leaves believers
- the person who dwells in us
- the one who teaches us things
- the one who brings things of Christ to mind
- the one who bears witness of Jesus, allowing us to do the same
- the one who is coming for our advantage
- the one who convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment
- the one who guides us into truth
- the one who magnifies Jesus
How much should we praise God for the work of the Spirit among and in the believers of Jesus?
