Who is the holy spirit in the bible
5 Incredible Things Jesus said about the Holy Spirit - Who is the Holy Spirit?
welcome to grace digital presentation in
this video we will take a close look at
the five things that Jesus taught
regarding the Holy Spirit number one
teacher in John 14 25 and 26 jesus said
all this I have spoken while still with
you
but the Advocate the Holy Spirit whom
the father will send in my name will
teach you all things and will remind you
of everything I have said to you I'm
impressed by the confidence Jesus had in
the Holy Spirit I think we need to have
equal confidence sometimes we feel we
have to do the whole job and that if we
don't do it it won't get done yet jesus
said I've done what I can do when the
Holy Spirit comes he'll finish the job I
really think that was a mark of humility
on Jesus's part we are learning that God
expects me to leave some things to the
Holy Spirit if we think we have to do it
all it might fail but jesus said I've
taken you as far as you're able to come
now I can't give you any more because
you can't receive it it would be wasting
words on you
pouring water into a bottle with a cap
on it is a waste so he said I'm leaving
you but it will be all right because
when the Holy Spirit comes I have
absolute confidence in him he'll finish
the job you need to bear in mind that
you can only do so much the Holy Spirit
will have to do the rest people who try
to do it all get in God's way jesus
never got in the way of the Father he
knew when to leave a situation some
people only leave when the whole thing
has fallen apart and there's no
alternative so they say well God's
calling me elsewhere there is a real art
and knowing when to leave it is being
sensitive to the Holy Spirit therefore
Jesus said I've done what I can
but another teacher is coming he's going
to do two things
he's going to teach you what I haven't
yet taught you and he's going to bring
everything I have taught you to your
remember
teacher and reminder are two of the holy
spirits great ministries the record of
the Bible does not depend solely on the
fail ability of human memory the Spirit
came to make sure the biblical authors
got the record absolutely correct he
brought all things to their remembrance
we can rely on it because it is a spirit
inspired record the Holy Spirit also
gave the New Testament authors
understanding of many events they might
not otherwise have recorded because they
wouldn't have seen their significance
for example suppose you were to try to
describe any event that happened in your
life even a year ago or suppose you had
to get six people who were present at
the same event to sit down and
individually write their accounts of
what happened you'd hardly know some of
them were describing the same event it's
not easy but the disciples did not have
to depend solely on human ability they
were promised that the Holy Spirit would
bring all things to their remembrance
number two comforter if you love me keep
my commands and I will ask the Father
and He will give you another advocate to
help you and be with you forever
John 14 15 and 16 Jesus was saying I'm
going to ask the Father to meet your
need when I go away he'll give you
another comforter what does the word
another indicate there are two Greek
words for another one means different in
number and the other means different in
kind the word used here is different in
number the divine person Jesus was going
but he would ask the Father to send
another divine person in his place and
that person was the comforter as the
comforter the Holy Spirit is an
encourage
he never discourages the children of God
you need to bear in mind that any kind
of influence that discourages you is not
from the Holy Spirit if you sin he will
reprove you specifically and tell you
what to do but he will never discourage
you many people have discouraging
influences in their lives and they think
it's the Holy Spirit but
he is the encourage ur not the
discourage err or do you not know that
your body is a temple of the holy spirit
within you whom you have from God you
are not your own
first Corinthians 6:19 courage gives you
the heart to face all that life throws
at you you and I need encouragement in
our lives especially today
number three spirit of truth in John 14
17 Jesus called the Holy Spirit the
Spirit of Truth
the Spirit of Truth the world cannot
accept him because it neither sees him
nor knows him but you know him for he
lives within you and will be in you john
14 17 remember that we are not talking
about something that sinners receive as
jesus said the world cannot receive this
this is something that born-again
children of god can receive but sinners
can't because they are not in contact
with him they don't see him they don't
know him
they don't understand him and he's not
real to them number four ever-present
provider the spirit of truth the world
cannot accept him because it neither
sees him nor knows him but you know him
for he lives with you and will be in you
I will not leave you as orphans I will
come to you John 14 17 and 18 without
the Holy Spirit we Christians would be
like orphans Jesus was saying in effect
I will not leave you as orphans without
anybody to care for you teach you
comfort you or provide for you when I go
another person will come through the
Holy Spirit we don't have to be orphans
if we accept Jesus is provision for us
jesus said and I will ask the Father and
He will give you another advocate to
help you and be with you forever
verse 16 the word forever is significant
Jesus as a person had been with his
disciples for only three-and-a-half
years now he was leaving them just when
they were getting to know him but he
said that the next
person who came would never leave them
he would come to stay forever that is
the Holy Spirit number five it was an
exchange of persons when Jesus began to
draw near the close of his earthly
ministry he gradually began to prepare
his disciples for his departure
promising that another person would come
to take his place at this point in the
teaching of Jesus the Holy Spirit was
emphasized as a person the essence of
what Jesus was saying was that there was
to be an exchange of persons I the son
of God as a person and going away in my
place another person the Holy Spirit
will come John 15:26 says but when the
comforter is come whom I will send unto
you from the father even the Spirit of
Truth which proceedeth from the father
he shall testify of me John 7:37 and 39
on the last and greatest day of the
festival Jesus stood and said in a loud
voice let anyone who is thirsty come to
me and drink whoever believes in me as
scripture has said rivers of living
water will flow from within them by this
he meant the Spirit whom those who
believed in him were later to receive up
to that time the spirit had not been
given since Jesus had not yet been
glorified Jesus was speaking about
something that was yet in the future it
is not correct to apply this passage to
the conversion of sinners but to
believers receiving the Holy Spirit John
739 tells us spirit had not been given
the word given is in italics in several
Bible translations because it was
translated that way by the translators
the original Greek writing says the Holy
Spirit was not yet now we know this
doesn't mean the Holy Spirit was not yet
in existence so the translators had to
decide how they were going to phrase it
one word we could use is available the
Holy Spirit was not yet available what
Jesus was talking about could not happen
until he had returned
to heaven and been glorified once again
at the right hand of the Father
so although the promise was given in
John 7 its fulfillment did not come
until acts 2 after Jesus had been
glorified in closing let us pray holy
spirit we welcome you Holy Spirit we
know that you are the counselor of truth
our help in need and the one who fills
us with the Spirit of God Holy Spirit we
pray this very day to come into greater
communion with you you so graciously
work to intercede for us to the Father
but also to comfort us with your peace
that goes beyond all understanding Holy
Spirit please come Holy Spirit today we
ask for godly counsel in direction as it
says in Psalm 37:4 to delight yourselves
in the Lord so we boldly seek to do so
today following the will and heart of
the Father
is our greatest desire for we know his
plans are best for us and in the end
glorify the kingdom Holy Spirit please
lead us by your wisdom discernment and
kindness throughout our lives Holy
Spirit we praise and thank you for the
lovely upon us Holy Spirit we seek and
so earnestly crave to be in your
presence to feel the inner work of you
in our hearts and minds you so
graciously give comfort truth and love
Holy Spirit we welcome you this very day
in the name of Christ Jesus amen
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