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Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 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.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming.
He has no claim on me, but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
John 14:23-31
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit
Oftentimes, those within the Evangelical tradition find discussions
of the Holy Spirit unsettling.
The Holy Spirit
Oftentimes, those within the Evangelical tradition find discussions
ofthe Holy Spirit unsettling.
Some point to the excesses andheretical teachings of thosewho practice Spiritual gifts.
The Holy Spirit
We need to understand two thingsabout the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit
We need to understand two thingsabout the Holy Spirit.
1. Our union with the Holy Spirit isone of the goals of our salvation.
And you shall know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves, and raise you from your graves, O my people. And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.”
Ezekiel 37:13-14 (ESV)
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Peter 1:3-4 (ESV)
His divine power has granted to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of him who called us to his own glory and excellence, by which he has granted to us his precious and very great promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped from the corruption that is in the world because of sinful desire.
2 Peter 1:3-4 (ESV)
The Holy Spirit
We need to understand two thingsabout the Holy Spirit.
1. Our union with the Holy Spirit isone of the goals of our salvation.
2. There is no Christian lifewithout the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit
Why do we need the Holy Spirit?
The Holy Spirit
Why do we need the Holy Spirit?
What is it that the Holy Spiritenables us to do?
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 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.
Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me.
“These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 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.
The Holy Spirit
The original Greek word is Paraklētos.
The Holy Spirit
The original Greek word is Paraklētos.
This is sometimes translated Helper, Counselor, Advocate, Comforter.
The Holy Spirit
The original Greek word is Paraklētos.
This is sometimes translated Helper, Counselor, Advocate, Comforter.
A paraklētos was a legal advisor.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit as promised in John 14fulfills the promise given to Ezekiel.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit as promised in John 14fulfills the promise given to Ezekiel.
The Holy Spirit guides and directs usby reminding us of all truth.
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit as promised in John 14fulfills the promise given to Ezekiel.
The Holy Spirit guides and directs usby reminding us of all truth.
Importantly, the Holy Spirit is with us.
Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming.
He has no claim on me, but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here.
John 14:23-31