First, they speak of blessings which are future for the disciples, but which are present for us. 5:41; 16:25). Indeed it is used in Mark 16:10 for the disciples, who wept over the death of our Lord. The disciples had been asking quite a lot of questions in the Upper Room, but the resurrection would answer so many of them that they would be in a completely new situation. Leon Morris, Reflections on the Gospel of John (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1988), vol. The Spirit guides us in our pursuit of truth through the Word of God. But on the other hand, much of the New Testament emphasizes what Christ has already done for us. We will never face some of the things which the disciples did. He did not expect them to understand. After the cross, the disciples understood what Jesus mission was all about. WebThe Holy Spirit is the third person of the Holy Trinity God the Spirit. He possesses intellect (John 14:26), will (1 Corinthians 12:11) and emotions (Ephesians 4:30). Consider the inference of these words. You received the Spirit when you were saved, and He continues to abide in you. We can think of this ministry under two major headings: salvation and gifting. 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 said to you. He is the One who is all-knowing, and this includes His knowledge of what they claim to know, and yet do not. WebThe Holy Spirit's ministry in the Old Testament differs from his ministry in the New Testament not so much in kind as in degree. 10 Roles of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christians. 11 For if what was fading away came with glory, how much more has what remains come in glory. It seems more likely that we should take the verb in its more usual sense of asking a question. He is just as much God as the Father or the Son and is co-equal and co-eternal with the Father and Son. But He's not a ghost; He's a person. He can and will cause all things to work together for good to those who are His chosen, to those who trust in Him (see Romans 8:28). That does not mean He imparts to us some kind of omniscience. At the end of verse 17 Jesus says, "He abides with you and will be in you" (emphases added). The essence of spiritual life is walking with God, sensing the Holy Spirit in your life, communing with Christ, and participating in the spiritual realm. The events of the next few hours will prove this, for virtually every one of them will abandon Him. The reason Jesus can say this is that the truth which the Spirit is teaching is the truth which He hears from our Lord. Christ was saying, "I'm going away to My Father, yet I'll come to you in the form of My Spirit to dwell within you." The Holy Spirit resides within every person who believes in Jesus Christ as God and Savior, the Bible way ( Jn. However Jesus assured them that they would not be left to fend for themselves; they would have a supernatural Helper. Penny Noyes Author. We should also see from our text an example of the fact that God reveals truth to us progressively. 3, p. 554. To deny the accuracy or the integrity of the Bible is to deny this crucial aspect of the Spirit's ministry. 14 But their minds were closed. 11. In addition, the Spirit revealed new truth to them. A preacher friend of mine used to say, All false teaching is either the Bible plus, or the Bible minus. False teaching either seeks to add to or to take away from Scripture. Paperback Illustrated, November 3, 2020. They were confused and greatly distraught by Jesus words. While all Bible students do not agree on this point, it would seem that the Lord and His eleven disciples are no longer in the Upper Room. You can see that verses 25-33 are an interchange between Jesus and His disciples. Indeed, the signs of an apostle were performed among you with great perseverance by signs and wonders and powerful deeds (2 Corinthians 12:12). in 1971. They totally ignored the hundreds of prophecies from their own Scriptures that Jesus fulfilled. Though the disciples will experience great sorrow for the next few days, their hearts will rejoice when they see Jesus once again. Davids words in Psalm 51:11 make sense in light of 1 Samuel 10:5-13, where the Spirit came mightily upon Saul, enabling him to serve as King of Israel. In Matthew 28:20 Christ says, "Lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." This is the office of the Holy Spirit as Judge. Jesus patiently and lovingly deals with His disciples at this moment of ignorance and confusion. The Cross And Unjust Suffering (1 Peter 2:19-25), 5. But it is not merely the teaching of (i.e. Now we get it. We should take note of the important fact that Jesus is speaking to His disciples here. 25 And now I know that none of you among whom I went around proclaiming the kingdom will see me again. 84 It is important to note that in the NET Bible, the first word translated ask in verse 23 is erwtaw, while the second ask is a translation of the Greek word aitew. That is what it means to be a disciple. Webthe Holy Spirit works his will by filling believers. It is by means of the cross that Jesus saved us. It is important for us to keep a firm hold on the truth that the definitive revelation has been given in Scripture. Paperback Illustrated, November 3, 2020. 26 Therefore I declare to you today that I am innocent of the blood of you all. That's why sin is so out of place in the believer's life. Soon, they will weep and wail, while the world will rejoice. This is a very neat way of giving the impression you know something that you dont and of explaining why you are not asking any questions. Mr. Prier and his wife Ann were there, a little late as well. There's not a soul in the world who wants Jesus Christ to the point of loving obedience who doesn't receive Him (cf. Prior to receiving the Holy Spirit, the apostles were powerless to carry out Christ's unfinished work. The cross of Christ is what removes the veil of blindness from the eyes of unbelieving Jews, and Gentiles too. Eternal life refers not just to quantityto life that goes on foreverbut more to quality. 82 The disciples found themselves struggling to grasp what these words meant, not unlike the way we struggle to understand prophecies of things to come for us. In Gift and Giver, leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener takes a probing look at the various evangelical understandings of the role of the Holy Spirit in the church. It is in the light of the cross that the Scriptures become clear. He said He would leave, then come back and be with us as long as we live, and throughout eternity. 1988 by John MacArthur. Christian teaching is the teaching God gave through Christ and Christs apostles. The promise of the Holy Spirit is the culmination of all that Jesus said to comfort those eleven troubled men. 31 Therefore be alert, remembering that night and day for three years I did not stop warning each one of you with tears. Through the power of the Holy Spirit, believers are saved, filled, sealed, and sanctified. Thaddaeus might not have been satisfied with that answer; it sounds exactly like verse 21, which sounds exactly like verse 15. The power is in you; it just needs to be released. In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was given selectively and temporarily to indwell certainly individuals for special ministries. The Gifts of This ministry of the spirit works on all who receive the gospel of Christ. The things which the Spirit teaches them are the things which Jesus will be teaching them. Thus they apply to all believers in Christ, whose love for Christ is characterized by their obedience. What they think and say they grasp, they do not like. We are enjoined to be this or to commit ourselves to do that. The following points should be noted: (1) Only John 16:16 adds the phrase after a little while to the promise you will see me. This is not accidental. This is the way it was with the disciples of our Lord as well. Paul said to the Corinthians, "Do you not know that you are a temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?" 19 Moreover, we possess the prophetic word as an altogether reliable thing. Learn more about the third person of the Holy Trinity and the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives. An unbeliever cannot get saved unless they are first convicted by the Holy Spirit. WebThe ministry of the Holy Spirit has not changed from the Old Testament. He indwells believers and seals them until the day of redemptionthis indicates that the Holy Spirits presence in the believer is irreversible. That is the mystery of the Trinity: the Holy Spirit abides in us (v. 17), Christ indwells us (Colossians 1:27), and God is in us (1 John 4:12). It is thus our Lords teaching. He is the believers Helper ( John 14:26 ). So Jesus was tempering their enthusiasm. Please contact the publisher to obtain copies of this resource. If we abide in Him, what pleases Him pleases us; what grieves Him grieves us; what gives Him great joy becomes our joy as well. This is the office of the Holy Spirit as Judge. I have rendered it I have said these things to you figuratively (v. 25), but the problem is in the words translated figuratively. More literally they mean in dark sayings, which might be understood as in parables or in metaphors or in figures of speech. The expression could be used for a parable (though it is not the normal word in the New Testament for this way of teaching), or it could be used for a proverb or for almost any kind of wise saying. It has quite a range of meaning, but essentially it points to a way of speaking in which the meaning is not obvious. 10 Roles of the Holy Spirit in the Life of Christians. I confess, we turned on the air conditioning and lit a fire in the fireplace, just to try it out.) Here at Grace to You Europe we take our data protection responsibilities very seriously and, as you would expect, have undertaken a significant programme of work to ensure that we are ready for this important legislative change. These benefits are the fruit of our Lords coming and leaving. Howard had been assigned the task of delaying me, so that all our friends could arrive at our house first to surprise us. He knows that they are mystified about all that He has been saying to them about the future. He reveals what we need to know and conceals what we should not know (Deuteronomy 29:29). In the Old Testament, the Holy Spirit was given selectively and temporarily to indwell certainly individuals for special ministries. (v. 22). They didnt want to look bad. As we prayed and asked God for guidance, he has faithfully led us through the power and ministry of the Holy Spirit. All I could think of on the way home was that some of our friends were waiting at our house, wondering where we were. The cross is the test of orthodoxy. In the world you have trouble and suffering; but have courage, I have conquered the world.. The Greek word translated "power" (dunamis) is the source of the English word dynamite. In context, Jesus is speaking to His eleven disciples, but the scope of His promises is broader than that. Now He was turning over His teaching of the disciples to the Holy Spirit, who would dwell in them: "These things I have spoken to you while abiding with you. Jesus added, "Because I live, you will live also" (v. 19). First John 2:1 says, "If anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous." All believers have two paracletes: the Spirit of God within us and the Son of God in heaven. Paraclete ( Greek: , romanized : Parkltos) is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. Third, we know that a time of great satanic activity and resistance is coming, when saints will undergo suffering unlike anything the people of God have ever experienced before. The Father will personally attend to the prayers of Jesus disciples, because of His love for them, a love which is the same as His love for the Son (14:23; 17:26). Paul, quoting the prophet Isaiah, wrote, "Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard, and which have not entered the heart of man, all that God has prepared for those who love Him" (1 Corinthians 2:9). They have not yet petitioned the Father for their needs in the name of Jesus Christ. The fulfillment of Christ's promise came on the Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4). In the New Testament He is also called that and the Spirit of Christ. Time will tell. I think that it is. The Father will give us what we have requested, so that we may experience great joy. The cross was the goal of our Lords life and the means by which He fulfilled the Fathers (and His) purposes and promises. John 14:21 says, "He who has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me; and he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and will disclose Myself to him." They will enjoy a fullness of understanding which will swallow up their present confusion in joyful comprehension. D. A. Carson, The Farewell Discourse and Final Prayer of Jesus: An Exposition of John 14-17 (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1980), p. 162. Far from it, their lot was often a very hard one indeed. We begin to get the idea that this is an important concept. (It even had a fireplace. But we know that whenever it is revealed we will be like him, because we will see him just as he is (1 John 3:2). First, the Holy Spirit does many things in the lives of believers. Then I realized that with all the promises Jesus was giving them, they might have succumbed to overconfidence. It says that we are called, justified, sanctified, and kept in the faith through no effort of our own. Through the ministry of the Holy Spirit, our Lord will continue to dwell among them, in a more intimate and permanent way. The next ministry that the Holy Spirit has with both unbelievers, as well as believers is that He has to convict all of us. How different it will soon be for them, as they look back from the cross and the empty tomb. Jesus promises that a time is coming when His obscure speech will be replaced by very clear teaching. In Johns Gospel, as the time of our Lords death draws near, He seeks to prepare them for the future. When you receive Jesus Christ for salvation, you receive the Holy Spirit also. John 1:12-13). 549-550. If joy is sorrow which God has transformed into joy, then we must endure the sorrow to experience the joy. We know that this does not mean that He will reveal all knowledge. Indeed He sought out His disciples after the resurrection, but the context implies He was speaking of something more: His spiritual presence in every believer through the agency of the Holy Spirit. There is a time coming, coming very soon, when you will all abandon Me and scatter, hiding out in your own homes. The possession of the Holy Spirit by the believer was not permanent in every case. There are many other things that Jesus did. WebFor the majority of Christian denominations, the Holy Spirit, or Holy Ghost, is believed to be the third person of the Trinity, [1] a Triune God manifested as God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit, each person itself being God. Once the disciples see Jesus, raised from the dead, their sorrow turns to joy. We had no earthly idea what Howard Prier really had in mind. WebThe promise of the Holy Spirit is the culmination of all that Jesus said to comfort those eleven troubled men. As you've probably experienced many times, He often brings to mind appropriate verses and truths from Scripture at just the night moment. He has spoken to them about the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the world (verses 8-11); now He speaks of the Spirits ministry to His disciples (16:12ff.). Once we realized it was all a part of a ploy so that we would be delayed and our friends could surprise us, we understood everything. When they petition the Father in the name of the Son, they will not merely receive the answer to their prayers through the Son. New Testament Christianity introduced something new into the world of religionthe note of real and deep joy. It was not universal nor was it permanent. 27 For the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. We need only to trust in Him who is in control of the past, the present, and the future. First, the Holy Spirit does many things in the lives of believers. It is also apparent that a number of the New Testament books were not written by one of these apostles, but by other New Testament apostles (e.g., Mark, Luke, Acts, Pauls Epistles). The Greek word translated "another" may provide a helpful clue in understanding Jesus' meaning in John 14. (4) This interpretation fits best into the Farewell Discourse. Jesus had much to say to them, but not at that moment. We are concerned about our Lords return, as He has described it as well, in His Word. 1 Samuel 16:13-14; Ps. The Holy Spirit also helps Christians in their weakness and intercedes for them. The power is within youall you need to do is turn on the ignition switch! She would catch my eye and I knew exactly what she was trying to communicate: Come on; lets get going. We now can come to God directly, because of the Son: 19 Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh, 21 and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 22 let us draw near with a sincere heart in the full assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water. And since the words Jesus spoke came from the Father, the world doesn't want Him either. Jesus can now speak freely and frankly, preparing His disciples for what lies ahead. I confess, we turned on the air conditioning and lit a fire in the fireplace, just to try it out.) We need to exercise caution in the application of this passage because it applies directly to the eleven disciples, and indirectly to us. We are the benefactors of much that Jesus has foretold here, and which has subsequently come to pass. But they didnt understand a thing He was saying, as John makes very clear by the words of verses 29 and 30. If they proclaimed the gospel without knowing that the world would not understand, they might have been crushed. And He was right. We are infinitely richer than all the billionaires of the world put together because what we possess is an eternal inheritance. For them, at that moment, the cross was still future. The revelation which is promised is that truth which has come from the Father, to the Son, and through the Spirit. 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