The Gift of the Holy Spirit
John 14 & 16
March 17, 2019
5 “But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of you is asking where I am going. 6 Instead, you grieve because of what I’ve told you. 7 But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. 9 The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. 10 Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. 11 Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.
12 “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. 14 He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’”
John 16:5-15 NLT
The Holy Spirit is a
The Holy Spirit is the personal divine resident in the Christian’s heart.
The Holy Spirit is another
The Holy Spirit is the
The Holy Spirit provides energy, joy and life.
The Holy Spirit is
He is the author of the Bible
Being filled with the Spirit in part means to be “filled” up with the
The Holy Spirit is our
“Parakletos”
para - to come alongside
kaleo - to call, declare, argue
parakletos = Legal Advocate. (on your behalf, mediator, represents you, is for you)
He Defends against your Enemies
“The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather, the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, “Abba, Father.” The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.” Rom 8:15-16 NIV
“If our hearts condemn us, we know that God is greater than our hearts, and he knows everything.” 1 John 3:20 NIV
He Defends against Temptation
“God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it.” 1 Cor 10:13 NIV
“If you want to be a friend of the world, you make yourself an enemy of God. 5 Do you think the Scriptures have no meaning? They say that God is passionate that the spirit he has placed within us should be faithful to him.” James 4:4-5 NLT
The Holy Spirit is for you, but sometimes he’s against you, for you.
The Selflessness of the Spirit
“He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me.”
John 16:14 NLT
-we need to repent of our selfishness in order to be tranformed into his likeness
-if we’re struggling with rejection, we can cling to our advocate who is for us