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.
John 16:7-11 (ESV)
1. WHAT DID JESUS ACCOMPLISH IN COMING?
2. WHY DID JESUS HAVE TO LEAVE?
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.
(vs. 7)
As for us, we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.
Acts 4:20 (ESV)
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26 (ESV)
3. WHAT DOES THE SPIRIT ACCOMPLISH NOW?
- Conviction of sin
- Conviction of righteousness
- Victory of judgment
The Spirit comes to convict the world of the great evil and sin and reveal what is most right in the world. —Luke Calvert
To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.
Colossians 1:27 (ESV)
I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.
Galatians 2:20 (ESV)
But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.
John 15:26-27 (ESV)
The Spirit calls us to proclaim that the victory has been won because the enemy has been judged. —Luke Calvert