WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.120 We hope that you enjoy this teaching from Christ Church. 00:00:05.299 --> 00:00:15.300 This material is copyrighted and no unauthorized duplication, redistribution, or any other use of any part is permitted without prior consent from Christ Church. 00:00:15.640 --> 00:00:22.120 Please consider donating to this work in the San Francisco Bay Area online at ChristChurchEastBay.org. 00:00:22.120 --> 00:00:32.480 My name is Luther George. I'm a 9th grader at Oakland Tech and I'm in the youth group. 00:00:32.859 --> 00:00:37.539 My name is Eli Gilbert. I'm an 8th grader at Claremont Middle School and I'm in the youth group. 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:40.359 A reading from the gospel according to John. 00:00:40.939 --> 00:00:43.439 John 14 verses 16 through 18. 00:00:44.120 --> 00:00:49.540 And I will ask the Father and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever. 00:00:49.539 --> 00:00:56.820 The Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him because it neither sees him nor knows him, but you know him. 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.179 He lives with you and will be in you. 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:02.899 I will not leave you as orphans. I will come to you. 00:01:03.899 --> 00:01:06.420 Continuing with verses 25 through 26. 00:01:07.379 --> 00:01:13.280 All this I have spoken while still with you, but the advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, 00:01:13.620 --> 00:01:16.859 will teach you all things and remind you of everything I have said to you. 00:01:16.859 --> 00:01:20.760 John 15 verses 26 through 27. 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:27.980 When the advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of Truth, who goes out from the Father, 00:01:28.579 --> 00:01:35.239 he will test about me and you also must testify for you have been with me from the beginning. 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:38.260 John 16 verse 17 through 15. 00:01:38.260 --> 00:01:43.060 Be very truly, I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. 00:01:43.560 --> 00:01:46.040 Unless I go away, the advocate will not come to you. 00:01:46.260 --> 00:01:48.219 But if I go, I will send him to you. 00:01:49.020 --> 00:01:53.660 When he comes, he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment. 00:01:54.200 --> 00:01:56.620 About sin, because people do not believe in me. 00:01:57.000 --> 00:02:01.460 About righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer. 00:02:01.700 --> 00:02:04.760 And about judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned. 00:02:04.760 --> 00:02:08.460 I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 00:02:08.960 --> 00:02:13.599 But when he, the Spirit of Truth, comes, he will guide you into all the truth. 00:02:13.840 --> 00:02:15.319 He will not speak on his own. 00:02:15.500 --> 00:02:18.920 He will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 00:02:19.420 --> 00:02:27.759 He will glorify me because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you. 00:02:28.080 --> 00:02:29.980 All that belongs to the Father is mine. 00:02:29.979 --> 00:02:35.759 That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you. 00:02:37.299 --> 00:02:38.639 He will glorify me. 00:02:39.019 --> 00:02:40.579 This is the gospel of the Lord. 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:42.919 Thanks to you, Lord Christ. 00:02:42.919 --> 00:02:49.459 Thank you so much for that reading, Eli and Luther. 00:02:49.939 --> 00:02:51.379 And good morning, Christ Church. 00:02:51.459 --> 00:02:53.319 It's good to be with you. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:55.319 And is it warm in here? 00:02:56.119 --> 00:02:58.500 Could someone turn the heat down back there? 00:02:59.419 --> 00:03:02.500 We're going to melt if it stays like this, or I am at least. 00:03:03.259 --> 00:03:07.519 If you're a guest today and you're new at Christ Church, we're delighted to have you. 00:03:07.579 --> 00:03:11.799 We'd love to meet with you after the service and connect with you over our coffee time. 00:03:11.800 --> 00:03:19.420 I have three weeks until my sabbatical begins, so this is my moment to form a connection with you for a little while. 00:03:20.200 --> 00:03:29.740 I will be here on April 17th, Easter Sunday, and then April 24th, which is a time when we'll celebrate our 16th birthday as a church. 00:03:29.960 --> 00:03:30.900 It should be really fun. 00:03:31.760 --> 00:03:39.080 As Andrew said, the mission of our church is to lead people into a deeper relationship with Christ and his church through community and for the city. 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:44.900 And part of that mission is that we don't really talk about sports here at this church. 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:47.980 Particularly, we don't talk about college basketball. 00:03:48.300 --> 00:03:51.800 We especially don't talk about the Final Four, the Duke-UNC rivalry. 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:58.520 And if you're here to talk about that today, I don't want to talk to you because sports are dumb. 00:03:58.780 --> 00:03:59.660 Sports are just dumb. 00:03:59.659 --> 00:04:00.659 Okay. 00:04:03.859 --> 00:04:04.579 All right. 00:04:04.780 --> 00:04:09.719 Well, you can tell my team lost last night, so let's just get into the good news, shall we? 00:04:11.340 --> 00:04:16.040 We're looking at the farewell discourse, the Gospel of John, chapters 14 to 17. 00:04:16.360 --> 00:04:17.860 And it's the upper room. 00:04:17.959 --> 00:04:22.740 It's Thursday night before Jesus' Good Friday crucifixion. 00:04:22.740 --> 00:04:26.780 And he's been saying to his disciples that he's going to leave them. 00:04:27.740 --> 00:04:31.460 And the result is that they're full of trouble in their hearts. 00:04:31.960 --> 00:04:38.819 Because they know that they can't continue the work that Jesus is entrusting to their hands unless Jesus is with them. 00:04:39.480 --> 00:04:43.560 And without Jesus, the mission is going to be impossible. 00:04:43.560 --> 00:04:48.579 And so they have sorrow in their hearts because if he leaves, we're totally helpless. 00:04:48.740 --> 00:04:52.639 We don't have the power we need to carry out this ministry. 00:04:53.680 --> 00:04:58.920 And so Jesus, in this discourse, he's anchoring them in something bigger than themselves. 00:04:59.240 --> 00:05:04.060 He's anchoring them in the being of God and the heart of the triune God. 00:05:04.180 --> 00:05:07.639 And so that's why in John 14, he's talking about his father. 00:05:07.840 --> 00:05:10.180 In my father's house, there are many rooms. 00:05:10.180 --> 00:05:15.900 And then in John 15, he's talking about the son, that I am the true vine and you are the branches. 00:05:16.660 --> 00:05:20.480 And then in John 16, he begins talking about the Holy Spirit. 00:05:20.540 --> 00:05:26.560 And this is really the most concentrated teaching we have from Jesus on the Holy Spirit in the four Gospels. 00:05:27.460 --> 00:05:34.220 And Jesus is comforting these grieving disciples who are preparing for his departure by saying, 00:05:34.220 --> 00:05:38.860 the spirit of truth is going to come and he's going to take my place. 00:05:38.860 --> 00:05:46.879 And this is how I will continue to be with you, my disciples, during my time of physical absence from you. 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:53.500 So as we dive in to learn about this mysterious person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, 00:05:54.220 --> 00:05:57.800 I want to encourage you also to be thinking ahead to next week. 00:05:57.900 --> 00:05:59.360 We have this congregational meeting. 00:06:00.020 --> 00:06:04.980 And one of the things we're going to do in that meeting is nominate new elders and deacons for this church. 00:06:04.980 --> 00:06:14.819 And, you know, as we think about what are the character and competency qualifications for somebody who's ordained to lead in the church, 00:06:15.740 --> 00:06:17.920 there's a lot of ways to answer that question. 00:06:18.140 --> 00:06:23.580 But surely part of the answer is that that person would be full of the Holy Spirit, 00:06:23.980 --> 00:06:29.480 that they'd be a person who walks with the Holy Spirit and is led by the Holy Spirit 00:06:29.480 --> 00:06:33.480 and bears the fruit of the Holy Spirit that we're going to be learning about. 00:06:33.560 --> 00:06:35.700 So I want you to keep that in mind as well. 00:06:36.680 --> 00:06:39.080 Well, what does Jesus teach us in the Farewell Discourse? 00:06:39.960 --> 00:06:49.360 What we learn is that the Holy Spirit speaks about Jesus through the apostles to us and through us to the world. 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:56.640 The Holy Spirit speaks about Jesus through the apostles to us and through us to the world. 00:06:56.639 --> 00:07:02.979 And I want to begin with the idea that the Holy Spirit speaks to us about Jesus. 00:07:03.819 --> 00:07:05.719 You can look in chapter 14. 00:07:06.000 --> 00:07:10.879 He lays some stuff down in chapters 14, 15, and then really unpacks it in chapter 16. 00:07:11.899 --> 00:07:15.000 But chapter 14, verse 16, Jesus says, 00:07:15.459 --> 00:07:22.919 I will ask the Father and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever, the Spirit of truth. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.840 So first of all, the Spirit is a who and not a what. 00:07:27.620 --> 00:07:32.540 The Spirit is a person and not an impersonal force or thing. 00:07:33.379 --> 00:07:40.340 And as a person, he's an eternal person, not a created person who just kind of shows up here on the scene in the first century. 00:07:40.879 --> 00:07:45.980 Jesus is talking about the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit who existed before creation 00:07:45.980 --> 00:07:54.680 and has been related to one another in an eternal, unceasing outpouring of love, each with the other. 00:07:54.780 --> 00:07:57.819 And so Jesus says, I'm going to send you another advocate. 00:07:57.960 --> 00:07:59.840 I've been your advocate these three years. 00:07:59.900 --> 00:08:04.879 I'm going to send you another advocate who's going to be just as helpful to you as I've been to you. 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:10.459 And then he says, if you turn to chapter 16, verse 7, Jesus says, 00:08:10.579 --> 00:08:16.120 Very truly I tell you, it is for your good, it is to your advantage that I go away. 00:08:16.219 --> 00:08:19.199 For unless I go away, the advocate cannot come. 00:08:19.240 --> 00:08:22.560 But if I go away, I will send him to you. 00:08:22.600 --> 00:08:28.399 Now that's a striking statement because if you're like me, you often think, 00:08:28.399 --> 00:08:35.439 if only I could have been with Jesus, if only I could have seen his face or heard his voice, 00:08:35.500 --> 00:08:40.399 if only I could have watched him feed the hungry and heal the sick and raise the dead, 00:08:41.199 --> 00:08:46.220 if only I could have sat at his feet like Mary and leaned on his shoulder like John, 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:51.879 how could it possibly be better for Jesus to go away? 00:08:52.679 --> 00:08:57.899 How could it possibly be more for us to have less of Jesus? 00:08:57.899 --> 00:08:59.579 How could that be for our good? 00:09:00.579 --> 00:09:05.379 Well, I want us to keep in mind that there were two limitations to Jesus' physical presence. 00:09:05.500 --> 00:09:11.519 First of all, Jesus' presence was local, meaning that he could be separated from his disciples 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.019 and their fellowship could be interrupted. 00:09:14.139 --> 00:09:19.019 If Jesus went down to Galilee or went down to Jerusalem, some of them stayed behind in Galilee. 00:09:19.179 --> 00:09:24.980 If the disciples went out to fish on the sea and Jesus stayed on the land, they couldn't be together. 00:09:24.980 --> 00:09:32.420 And if you think about it, if Jesus were still on earth today, we would not be able to get near him. 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:38.279 All the planes, all the ships, all the roads, they'd be packed and there'd be really, really long lines 00:09:38.279 --> 00:09:39.659 and you'd be at the back of the line. 00:09:39.659 --> 00:09:46.120 But what the Holy Spirit does is he universalizes the presence of Jesus 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:52.620 and makes Jesus available to every disciple in every church everywhere. 00:09:53.219 --> 00:09:54.079 Pretty awesome. 00:09:54.939 --> 00:09:58.959 Jesus' presence was local, but Jesus' presence was also external, 00:09:59.959 --> 00:10:06.279 meaning that he was not able in his ministry to enter into the personalities of his disciples. 00:10:06.279 --> 00:10:11.939 He wasn't able to change them from within to get into their thoughts and their passions 00:10:11.939 --> 00:10:13.980 and their motives and their desires. 00:10:14.199 --> 00:10:18.600 But we learn here that the Holy Spirit internalizes the presence of Jesus. 00:10:18.759 --> 00:10:21.299 Jesus says the Spirit will be in you. 00:10:22.419 --> 00:10:25.799 And this is why the apostles go on and on about this. 00:10:25.860 --> 00:10:26.899 This is Ephesians 3. 00:10:27.039 --> 00:10:32.100 It says Christ dwells by his Spirit in our hearts. 00:10:32.100 --> 00:10:39.159 Or 1 Corinthians 6 says that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit. 00:10:40.060 --> 00:10:43.300 And what that means is that when congregations get together to worship, 00:10:43.960 --> 00:10:46.480 Jesus is here in our midst by the Holy Spirit. 00:10:47.480 --> 00:10:50.659 That when two or three disciples get together to pray, 00:10:51.139 --> 00:10:53.879 Jesus is there in their midst by the Holy Spirit. 00:10:54.519 --> 00:10:56.980 And that when you as a Christian are alone, 00:10:56.980 --> 00:11:02.340 you're actually not alone because Jesus is with you by the Holy Spirit. 00:11:03.360 --> 00:11:06.060 And that's why Jesus says it's to your advantage, 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:09.820 it's for your good that I'm going away to send you the Holy Spirit 00:11:09.820 --> 00:11:16.879 because he's going to universalize my presence to the church and to every disciple. 00:11:17.060 --> 00:11:19.379 They're going to have the internalized presence of Jesus. 00:11:19.379 --> 00:11:26.820 Well, what does the Holy Spirit do when he's inside of us? 00:11:26.899 --> 00:11:30.080 What is his ministry within us? 00:11:30.820 --> 00:11:33.639 Well, let me just repeat a few of these verses we heard. 00:11:34.299 --> 00:11:36.840 John 14, 26, Jesus says, 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:40.639 The Spirit of truth will teach you everything you need to know 00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:44.539 by reminding you of everything I have said to you. 00:11:45.980 --> 00:11:48.480 Chapter 15, verse 26, Jesus says, 00:11:48.480 --> 00:11:51.120 The Spirit of truth will testify about me. 00:11:52.379 --> 00:11:54.480 And then in chapter 16, verse 13, he says, 00:11:54.560 --> 00:11:58.120 The Spirit of truth will guide you into all the truth, 00:11:58.220 --> 00:12:00.060 speaking what he hears from me 00:12:00.060 --> 00:12:03.220 and making known what he receives from me 00:12:03.220 --> 00:12:06.000 and bringing glory to me. 00:12:06.920 --> 00:12:09.860 So I like to think of the Holy Spirit as the floodlight. 00:12:11.700 --> 00:12:14.100 When floodlighting is done well, 00:12:14.100 --> 00:12:19.200 the lights are so subtly placed in front of a building 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.040 that you can't see the fixtures. 00:12:22.680 --> 00:12:26.980 And it's meant for us to just be able to see the building 00:12:26.980 --> 00:12:28.820 that the floodlights are illuminating. 00:12:28.920 --> 00:12:32.240 So think about like the Campanile at Cal at night. 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:33.420 It's lit up at night, right? 00:12:33.460 --> 00:12:35.540 You're not paying attention to the lights themselves, 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:38.060 but to the thing that's being lit. 00:12:38.059 --> 00:12:41.699 And the Holy Spirit loves nothing more 00:12:41.699 --> 00:12:43.879 than to light up Jesus Christ, 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:45.059 to illuminate Jesus. 00:12:45.739 --> 00:12:46.199 Jesus says, 00:12:46.459 --> 00:12:48.559 He will glorify me. 00:12:49.439 --> 00:12:52.059 So the Holy Spirit is this self-effacing, 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.439 never advertising himself, 00:12:54.879 --> 00:12:57.859 always glorifying Jesus person. 00:12:58.959 --> 00:13:01.419 How do you know if you're in a Spirit-filled church 00:13:01.419 --> 00:13:02.739 or with Spirit-filled Christians? 00:13:02.740 --> 00:13:05.560 Well, because are they centered on Jesus 00:13:05.560 --> 00:13:08.000 or are they centered on some other center? 00:13:08.180 --> 00:13:10.720 That would be the way to answer that question. 00:13:12.259 --> 00:13:15.899 Well, how does the Holy Spirit illuminate or glorify Jesus? 00:13:17.019 --> 00:13:18.379 Jesus says five times, 00:13:18.460 --> 00:13:20.799 He calls the Holy Spirit the paraclete. 00:13:21.879 --> 00:13:22.519 Paraclete. 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.120 And that word in Greek means 00:13:25.120 --> 00:13:27.080 one who comes alongside of us. 00:13:27.980 --> 00:13:30.379 Sometimes it's translated as a helper, 00:13:30.379 --> 00:13:31.860 a comforter, 00:13:32.299 --> 00:13:33.200 an encourager, 00:13:33.759 --> 00:13:34.399 a counselor. 00:13:34.679 --> 00:13:36.740 It's one who comes alongside us 00:13:36.740 --> 00:13:39.559 and brings us to Jesus. 00:13:40.899 --> 00:13:42.279 And Jesus says three times 00:13:42.279 --> 00:13:43.939 that this Spirit is the Spirit of truth 00:13:43.939 --> 00:13:47.620 who will teach and testify and speak. 00:13:48.399 --> 00:13:50.460 So that when the Holy Spirit comes 00:13:50.460 --> 00:13:51.899 on the day of Pentecost, 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:54.539 we find Him to be a speaking Spirit, 00:13:54.779 --> 00:13:55.980 a declaring Spirit, 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:57.759 a teaching Spirit. 00:13:57.759 --> 00:14:00.899 And He will continue the teaching of Jesus 00:14:00.899 --> 00:14:02.740 after His death, 00:14:02.819 --> 00:14:03.460 His resurrection, 00:14:03.700 --> 00:14:05.299 His ascension into heaven 00:14:05.299 --> 00:14:06.620 where we can see Him no longer. 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:08.259 Jesus' teaching ministry 00:14:08.259 --> 00:14:11.279 will be carried on by the Holy Spirit. 00:14:12.120 --> 00:14:13.399 If you're familiar at all 00:14:13.399 --> 00:14:14.620 with the Acts of the Apostles, 00:14:14.679 --> 00:14:16.039 it's really a book 00:14:16.039 --> 00:14:16.980 that's a theology 00:14:16.980 --> 00:14:18.600 of the person and work 00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:19.860 of the Holy Spirit. 00:14:19.960 --> 00:14:21.399 And if you look at Acts chapter 2 00:14:21.399 --> 00:14:22.600 on the day of Pentecost, 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:23.279 what happens 00:14:23.279 --> 00:14:25.259 is that tongues of fire 00:14:25.259 --> 00:14:27.659 come to rest on the apostles. 00:14:28.899 --> 00:14:30.019 And it's a vivid picture 00:14:30.019 --> 00:14:32.039 of this speaking Spirit 00:14:32.039 --> 00:14:33.220 who comes and touches 00:14:33.220 --> 00:14:35.240 the lips of His church, 00:14:35.339 --> 00:14:36.019 comes and touches 00:14:36.019 --> 00:14:37.959 the organs of speech 00:14:37.959 --> 00:14:38.839 of His disciples 00:14:38.839 --> 00:14:40.879 so that the flame of Jesus 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.759 is resting on them 00:14:42.759 --> 00:14:43.659 that the Spirit, 00:14:44.500 --> 00:14:45.899 that Jesus might speak 00:14:45.899 --> 00:14:47.279 by His Spirit 00:14:47.279 --> 00:14:48.379 through His church. 00:14:48.379 --> 00:14:50.519 And what happens 00:14:50.519 --> 00:14:51.600 at Pentecost next 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:53.460 is that they all begin 00:14:53.460 --> 00:14:54.419 to open their mouth. 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:56.100 And they all begin 00:14:56.100 --> 00:14:57.559 to speak in different languages 00:14:57.559 --> 00:14:59.340 about the wonderful works 00:14:59.340 --> 00:15:00.439 of God done 00:15:00.439 --> 00:15:02.600 in and through Jesus Christ. 00:15:03.500 --> 00:15:04.399 What happens 00:15:04.399 --> 00:15:05.439 on the day of Pentecost 00:15:05.439 --> 00:15:06.519 when the Spirit comes? 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:08.559 The Apostle Peter 00:15:08.559 --> 00:15:10.820 preaches a really long sermon. 00:15:11.460 --> 00:15:12.340 Not a three-pointer, 00:15:12.480 --> 00:15:14.059 a five-point sermon, 00:15:14.179 --> 00:15:15.240 longer than any of you 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:16.940 could possibly bear 00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:18.000 to listen to. 00:15:19.019 --> 00:15:19.960 And what is that 00:15:19.960 --> 00:15:21.899 Spirit-inspired sermon about? 00:15:22.159 --> 00:15:23.539 It's about Jesus. 00:15:24.799 --> 00:15:27.259 The Spirit is a calling, 00:15:27.840 --> 00:15:28.720 beseeching, 00:15:29.120 --> 00:15:30.460 entreating Spirit 00:15:30.460 --> 00:15:32.019 who says things like this 00:15:32.019 --> 00:15:33.019 in Acts chapter 2. 00:15:33.600 --> 00:15:34.000 He says, 00:15:34.100 --> 00:15:35.600 God has raised this Jesus 00:15:35.600 --> 00:15:36.379 to life, 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:38.759 and God has made this Jesus 00:15:38.759 --> 00:15:39.720 whom you crucified, 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:41.779 both Lord and Messiah. 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:44.120 Repent and be baptized, 00:15:44.379 --> 00:15:45.139 every one of you, 00:15:45.179 --> 00:15:46.460 in the name of Jesus Christ 00:15:46.460 --> 00:15:47.179 for the forgiveness 00:15:47.179 --> 00:15:48.539 of your sins. 00:15:48.579 --> 00:15:49.699 That's what it sounds like 00:15:49.699 --> 00:15:50.579 when the Holy Spirit 00:15:50.579 --> 00:15:52.500 shows up and begins speaking. 00:15:53.599 --> 00:15:54.819 So the Holy Spirit 00:15:54.819 --> 00:15:57.299 speaks about Jesus. 00:15:58.579 --> 00:16:00.179 But also the Holy Spirit 00:16:00.179 --> 00:16:01.639 speaks about Jesus 00:16:01.639 --> 00:16:03.079 through the apostles 00:16:03.079 --> 00:16:04.599 to us. 00:16:05.099 --> 00:16:07.139 The Holy Spirit speaks about Jesus 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:08.139 through the apostles 00:16:08.139 --> 00:16:09.919 to us. 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:11.419 It's really important 00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:12.059 to remember 00:16:12.059 --> 00:16:14.500 that Jesus is not speaking 00:16:14.500 --> 00:16:16.459 to us in this farewell discourse, 00:16:17.099 --> 00:16:17.799 but that he's speaking 00:16:17.799 --> 00:16:19.279 to these 11 apostles. 00:16:20.339 --> 00:16:21.240 And he says again 00:16:21.240 --> 00:16:22.179 in verse 26, 00:16:22.179 --> 00:16:22.899 the advocate, 00:16:22.899 --> 00:16:23.879 the Holy Spirit, 00:16:24.500 --> 00:16:25.139 whom the Father 00:16:25.139 --> 00:16:26.000 will send in my name 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:27.199 will teach you all things 00:16:27.199 --> 00:16:27.959 and will remind you 00:16:27.959 --> 00:16:29.639 of everything I have said 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:30.159 to you. 00:16:31.000 --> 00:16:32.120 The Holy Spirit 00:16:32.120 --> 00:16:33.899 will remind these apostles 00:16:33.899 --> 00:16:35.059 of Jesus' teachings 00:16:35.059 --> 00:16:36.399 that they've already heard. 00:16:37.099 --> 00:16:37.599 And of course, 00:16:37.659 --> 00:16:38.759 these apostles are human. 00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:39.799 Their memories 00:16:39.799 --> 00:16:40.500 are fallible. 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:41.919 Of course, 00:16:41.959 --> 00:16:42.959 they don't have TVs 00:16:42.959 --> 00:16:43.679 and smartphones 00:16:43.679 --> 00:16:44.599 like we do, 00:16:44.819 --> 00:16:46.599 so their attention spans 00:16:46.599 --> 00:16:48.359 are far larger than ours. 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:50.259 And in their oral culture, 00:16:50.460 --> 00:16:51.460 they had a capacity 00:16:51.460 --> 00:16:52.120 to memorize 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:53.460 as far greater than ours. 00:16:53.539 --> 00:16:53.820 In fact, 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:54.980 Jews in the first century 00:16:54.980 --> 00:16:56.340 learned more by memory 00:16:56.340 --> 00:16:58.039 than they did by manuscript. 00:16:59.379 --> 00:17:00.639 And so we can be assured 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.080 that these apostles 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.139 had the capacity 00:17:03.139 --> 00:17:05.360 to remember all the things 00:17:05.360 --> 00:17:06.680 that Jesus did and said, 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.480 but we have even greater assurance 00:17:08.480 --> 00:17:09.779 because the Holy Spirit, 00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:10.200 it says, 00:17:10.259 --> 00:17:12.039 came to remind them 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.559 and be teaching them. 00:17:14.420 --> 00:17:16.059 And that assures us 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:16.860 of the accuracy 00:17:16.860 --> 00:17:17.700 of all the things 00:17:17.700 --> 00:17:18.380 that we have 00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:19.660 in our New Testament. 00:17:20.779 --> 00:17:21.259 That here, 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:23.160 in a special act of God 00:17:23.160 --> 00:17:24.299 through the Holy Spirit, 00:17:25.360 --> 00:17:26.039 He preserved 00:17:26.039 --> 00:17:27.860 the unique teaching 00:17:27.860 --> 00:17:29.880 of the supreme intelligence 00:17:29.880 --> 00:17:30.900 who's ever visited 00:17:30.900 --> 00:17:32.460 our planet. 00:17:33.480 --> 00:17:34.500 The Holy Spirit 00:17:34.500 --> 00:17:35.400 has given us 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:37.600 divine objective truth 00:17:37.600 --> 00:17:39.059 in the New Testament. 00:17:39.940 --> 00:17:40.640 And that's what Jesus 00:17:40.640 --> 00:17:41.779 is teaching us here 00:17:41.779 --> 00:17:43.319 in chapter 16, 00:17:43.420 --> 00:17:44.039 verse 12. 00:17:45.200 --> 00:17:45.779 He says, 00:17:46.240 --> 00:17:47.000 I have much more 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.700 to say to you, 00:17:47.799 --> 00:17:49.740 more than you can now bear. 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:52.819 There's a ton more teaching 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:54.740 you apostles need to hear, 00:17:55.220 --> 00:17:56.519 but I know you can't 00:17:56.519 --> 00:17:57.039 take it in. 00:17:57.099 --> 00:17:58.259 I know you can't carry it. 00:17:58.279 --> 00:17:59.000 I know it's too heavy 00:17:59.000 --> 00:17:59.819 a burden tonight. 00:18:00.059 --> 00:18:01.599 You could not possibly 00:18:01.599 --> 00:18:03.059 assimilate it 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:04.119 to teach it to others 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:04.680 at this time 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:05.380 because your hearts 00:18:05.380 --> 00:18:06.240 are so full 00:18:06.240 --> 00:18:07.680 and so burdened 00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:08.440 and so troubled 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:09.140 with the events 00:18:09.140 --> 00:18:09.819 that are leading up 00:18:09.819 --> 00:18:10.519 to my cross 00:18:10.519 --> 00:18:11.519 tomorrow night. 00:18:11.519 --> 00:18:13.079 But, Jesus says 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:14.019 in verse 13, 00:18:14.539 --> 00:18:15.000 when He, 00:18:15.119 --> 00:18:15.839 the Spirit of truth, 00:18:15.940 --> 00:18:16.359 comes, 00:18:16.839 --> 00:18:17.700 He will guide you 00:18:17.700 --> 00:18:18.759 into all the truth 00:18:18.759 --> 00:18:20.059 and He will speak, 00:18:20.539 --> 00:18:21.339 He will not speak 00:18:21.339 --> 00:18:21.799 on His own, 00:18:21.859 --> 00:18:22.639 He will speak only 00:18:22.639 --> 00:18:23.379 what He hears 00:18:23.379 --> 00:18:24.859 and He will tell you 00:18:24.859 --> 00:18:26.660 what is yet to come. 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:28.720 The Spirit will come 00:18:28.720 --> 00:18:30.720 to bring the entire truth, 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:31.519 all the truth 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.839 that I taught you 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.480 and all the truth 00:18:33.480 --> 00:18:34.059 that I wanted 00:18:34.059 --> 00:18:34.740 to teach you, 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:35.440 all the truth 00:18:35.440 --> 00:18:36.940 that God sent me 00:18:36.940 --> 00:18:37.559 into the world 00:18:37.559 --> 00:18:38.160 to teach you. 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:38.960 And the Holy Spirit, 00:18:39.080 --> 00:18:39.840 when He comes, 00:18:40.700 --> 00:18:41.360 He doesn't give 00:18:41.360 --> 00:18:42.000 a new, 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:43.120 independent, 00:18:43.680 --> 00:18:44.740 secret revelation. 00:18:45.800 --> 00:18:46.700 The Holy Spirit 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:47.540 does not teach 00:18:47.540 --> 00:18:48.519 a new gospel 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:49.680 that's different 00:18:49.680 --> 00:18:50.600 from the doctrines 00:18:50.600 --> 00:18:51.279 and the ethics 00:18:51.279 --> 00:18:52.300 that Jesus taught. 00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.779 We don't become 00:18:53.779 --> 00:18:54.279 a Christian 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:55.759 and then learn 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.759 the gospel of Jesus 00:18:56.759 --> 00:18:57.920 and then sometime later 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.720 learn the gospel 00:18:58.720 --> 00:18:59.600 of the Holy Spirit. 00:18:59.840 --> 00:19:01.320 It's all one thing. 00:19:02.360 --> 00:19:02.880 Jesus says 00:19:02.880 --> 00:19:03.680 He's going to hear, 00:19:03.779 --> 00:19:04.480 He's going to speak 00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.080 what He hears 00:19:05.080 --> 00:19:05.779 from the Father 00:19:05.779 --> 00:19:06.540 and the Son 00:19:06.540 --> 00:19:07.920 and He's going to declare 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:08.620 to you 00:19:08.620 --> 00:19:10.039 the things 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:10.800 that we find 00:19:10.800 --> 00:19:11.800 in the gospels, 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.920 in the apostolic letters 00:19:13.920 --> 00:19:15.940 and in the Acts 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.800 of the Apostles 00:19:16.800 --> 00:19:18.539 and in the revelation 00:19:18.539 --> 00:19:19.580 given to John, 00:19:19.740 --> 00:19:20.480 all the stuff 00:19:20.480 --> 00:19:21.420 that's in the New Testament. 00:19:21.539 --> 00:19:22.340 And the question is, 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.779 can we trust 00:19:23.779 --> 00:19:26.000 these writings 00:19:26.000 --> 00:19:27.600 to tell us 00:19:27.600 --> 00:19:28.560 the truth? 00:19:29.600 --> 00:19:30.759 And I want to suggest 00:19:30.759 --> 00:19:31.300 to you today 00:19:31.300 --> 00:19:32.220 that if Jesus 00:19:32.220 --> 00:19:34.320 gave the Holy Spirit 00:19:34.320 --> 00:19:36.080 and the authority 00:19:36.080 --> 00:19:37.000 of the Holy Spirit 00:19:37.000 --> 00:19:38.259 to the apostles 00:19:38.259 --> 00:19:39.039 to teach 00:19:39.039 --> 00:19:40.980 and if He empowered 00:19:40.980 --> 00:19:42.420 them with His Spirit 00:19:42.420 --> 00:19:43.039 of truth 00:19:43.039 --> 00:19:45.359 to nudge their minds 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:47.160 as to how Jesus 00:19:47.160 --> 00:19:48.099 would be responding 00:19:48.099 --> 00:19:49.299 to all the opportunities 00:19:49.299 --> 00:19:50.640 and the challenges 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:52.559 of these new Christian communities 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:53.720 to which these letters 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:54.920 were being written, 00:19:55.640 --> 00:19:56.900 then we have to give 00:19:56.900 --> 00:19:57.480 those letters 00:19:57.480 --> 00:19:58.940 final authority 00:19:58.940 --> 00:20:00.259 in our lives. 00:20:01.220 --> 00:20:02.660 We have to believe 00:20:02.660 --> 00:20:03.619 those words 00:20:03.619 --> 00:20:05.099 as words that are coming 00:20:05.099 --> 00:20:06.459 straight to us 00:20:06.459 --> 00:20:07.359 from the resurrected, 00:20:07.879 --> 00:20:09.779 ascended Jesus Himself. 00:20:10.919 --> 00:20:12.139 We are not at liberty 00:20:12.139 --> 00:20:14.980 to selectively affirm words 00:20:14.980 --> 00:20:17.019 that fit our own paradigms 00:20:17.019 --> 00:20:18.779 and then to ignore 00:20:18.779 --> 00:20:20.779 or even reject words 00:20:20.779 --> 00:20:22.779 that we simply don't like. 00:20:24.359 --> 00:20:25.899 You guys tracking with me? 00:20:26.439 --> 00:20:29.000 So, the same thing applies 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:30.779 not only to the apostolic letters 00:20:30.779 --> 00:20:31.819 but to the gospels 00:20:31.819 --> 00:20:33.839 because these are the result 00:20:33.839 --> 00:20:35.700 of the Holy Spirit 00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.960 bringing to remembrance 00:20:36.960 --> 00:20:37.779 all the things 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.799 that Jesus said 00:20:38.799 --> 00:20:39.480 and all the things 00:20:39.480 --> 00:20:40.339 that He did 00:20:40.339 --> 00:20:41.639 climaxing 00:20:41.639 --> 00:20:43.379 in His Good Friday 00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:45.779 and Easter Sunday work. 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:48.079 And the Holy Spirit 00:20:48.079 --> 00:20:48.939 doesn't just give us 00:20:48.939 --> 00:20:49.659 this cold 00:20:49.659 --> 00:20:50.879 and lifeless book. 00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.960 What the Holy Spirit does 00:20:52.960 --> 00:20:54.659 is He takes this firm word 00:20:54.659 --> 00:20:55.339 of the scriptures 00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.419 and He gives us 00:20:56.419 --> 00:20:57.359 a fresh word 00:20:57.359 --> 00:20:58.599 for our spirits. 00:20:58.599 --> 00:21:01.000 When the Holy Spirit comes 00:21:01.000 --> 00:21:02.399 we call upon Him 00:21:02.399 --> 00:21:03.339 to teach us 00:21:03.339 --> 00:21:04.619 through the New Testament 00:21:04.619 --> 00:21:06.480 which is the end product 00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:07.799 of the Spirit's work 00:21:07.799 --> 00:21:08.439 in the apostles 00:21:08.439 --> 00:21:10.879 and we ask the Holy Spirit 00:21:10.879 --> 00:21:12.539 through this external 00:21:12.539 --> 00:21:14.419 objective word 00:21:14.419 --> 00:21:16.500 to give us an internal 00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:18.019 subjective word 00:21:18.019 --> 00:21:19.279 for our spirits. 00:21:19.740 --> 00:21:20.379 And what we need 00:21:20.379 --> 00:21:20.959 to hear today 00:21:20.959 --> 00:21:21.759 the Holy Spirit 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.919 makes this Jesus 00:21:22.919 --> 00:21:25.240 not just a historical figure 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:26.059 of the past 00:21:26.059 --> 00:21:28.539 but a living contemporary 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:30.579 who speaks to us today. 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:32.679 The Holy Spirit 00:21:32.679 --> 00:21:33.440 applies 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:34.859 the historical 00:21:34.859 --> 00:21:36.000 revelation of Jesus 00:21:36.000 --> 00:21:37.879 to our present experience 00:21:37.879 --> 00:21:39.500 and He renders 00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:40.559 the truth of Jesus 00:21:40.559 --> 00:21:41.960 active and alive 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:42.700 in our hearts. 00:21:43.819 --> 00:21:44.519 The Holy Spirit 00:21:44.519 --> 00:21:45.799 interprets to us 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:46.500 the words 00:21:46.500 --> 00:21:47.500 and the works 00:21:47.500 --> 00:21:47.940 of Jesus 00:21:47.940 --> 00:21:49.240 and takes what belongs 00:21:49.240 --> 00:21:49.819 to Jesus 00:21:49.819 --> 00:21:51.159 and makes it plain 00:21:51.159 --> 00:21:52.319 to the church. 00:21:52.399 --> 00:21:53.379 And that's how you know 00:21:53.379 --> 00:21:54.980 the Holy Spirit's working 00:21:54.980 --> 00:21:56.680 when that's happening 00:21:56.680 --> 00:21:57.920 among us. 00:21:58.660 --> 00:21:59.740 The Holy Spirit 00:21:59.740 --> 00:22:01.640 doesn't just enable us 00:22:01.640 --> 00:22:02.460 to look backward 00:22:02.460 --> 00:22:03.920 to memories about Jesus. 00:22:04.740 --> 00:22:05.759 The Holy Spirit 00:22:05.759 --> 00:22:06.440 enables us 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:07.420 to look upward 00:22:07.420 --> 00:22:08.860 at the living Christ 00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.599 Himself 00:22:09.599 --> 00:22:10.819 and to look forward 00:22:10.819 --> 00:22:11.519 to the kingdom 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:13.079 in which 00:22:13.079 --> 00:22:13.920 Jesus 00:22:13.920 --> 00:22:15.599 is leading us. 00:22:16.860 --> 00:22:17.860 So do you want 00:22:17.860 --> 00:22:18.819 to know the Holy Spirit? 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.880 Do you want 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.279 to have a relationship 00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.960 and experience 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:23.640 the power 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:24.500 of the Holy Spirit? 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.980 You've got to spend time 00:22:26.980 --> 00:22:28.580 near the hot spots 00:22:28.580 --> 00:22:29.600 of the Holy Spirit. 00:22:30.520 --> 00:22:31.540 And the hot spot 00:22:31.540 --> 00:22:32.460 is the scriptures 00:22:32.460 --> 00:22:33.640 that the Spirit 00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:34.180 produced. 00:22:34.280 --> 00:22:35.100 The Spirit of God 00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:36.340 produced the Word 00:22:36.340 --> 00:22:36.800 of God 00:22:36.800 --> 00:22:37.520 and you've got 00:22:37.520 --> 00:22:38.200 to create 00:22:38.200 --> 00:22:39.240 and develop 00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.740 a daily discipline 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.720 to digest 00:22:41.720 --> 00:22:42.460 those scriptures 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:43.759 and to make them 00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.740 a part of your life. 00:22:44.800 --> 00:22:45.800 A predictable pattern 00:22:45.800 --> 00:22:47.100 for reading the Gospels 00:22:47.100 --> 00:22:48.259 and the epistles 00:22:48.259 --> 00:22:49.140 of the New Testament. 00:22:50.080 --> 00:22:50.800 And when you do 00:22:50.800 --> 00:22:52.160 to ask the Holy Spirit 00:22:52.160 --> 00:22:53.040 to guide you 00:22:53.040 --> 00:22:53.840 into the truth 00:22:53.840 --> 00:22:54.660 that He's revealed 00:22:54.660 --> 00:22:56.240 to illumine 00:22:56.240 --> 00:22:57.380 and glorify Jesus 00:22:57.380 --> 00:22:57.960 for you 00:22:57.960 --> 00:22:59.320 and to enlighten 00:22:59.320 --> 00:22:59.920 your mind 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:01.120 to understand it 00:23:01.120 --> 00:23:01.980 because He knows 00:23:01.980 --> 00:23:02.820 Jesus best 00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.800 and He knows 00:23:03.800 --> 00:23:04.759 you best 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:05.759 and He knows 00:23:05.759 --> 00:23:06.420 how to take 00:23:06.420 --> 00:23:07.340 what belongs 00:23:07.340 --> 00:23:07.900 to Jesus 00:23:07.900 --> 00:23:09.220 and make it 00:23:09.220 --> 00:23:09.840 yours. 00:23:12.180 --> 00:23:13.240 And we should be 00:23:13.240 --> 00:23:14.320 saying to the Spirit 00:23:14.320 --> 00:23:15.040 as we're reading 00:23:15.040 --> 00:23:16.600 Spirit, 00:23:16.740 --> 00:23:17.180 what do you want 00:23:17.180 --> 00:23:17.860 to say to me? 00:23:17.859 --> 00:23:20.219 What do you want 00:23:20.219 --> 00:23:20.799 me to do? 00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.459 What do you want 00:23:22.459 --> 00:23:23.099 me to say 00:23:23.099 --> 00:23:23.759 as a result 00:23:23.759 --> 00:23:24.839 of what you're speaking? 00:23:25.799 --> 00:23:26.819 And don't be surprised 00:23:26.819 --> 00:23:27.399 if the Spirit 00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:28.179 comes back to you 00:23:28.179 --> 00:23:28.519 and says, 00:23:28.639 --> 00:23:29.339 well, keep your eyes 00:23:29.339 --> 00:23:30.179 fixed on Jesus 00:23:30.179 --> 00:23:32.279 and see what a 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.000 capable, 00:23:33.259 --> 00:23:34.219 competent Savior 00:23:34.219 --> 00:23:35.179 He is for you 00:23:35.179 --> 00:23:36.579 and trust Him. 00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.819 Live for Him. 00:23:37.959 --> 00:23:39.259 Don't let Him down. 00:23:39.479 --> 00:23:40.099 Follow Him. 00:23:40.259 --> 00:23:40.839 Serve Him 00:23:40.839 --> 00:23:42.279 with all of your life. 00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.699 That's the kind of stuff 00:23:43.699 --> 00:23:44.279 the Spirit 00:23:44.279 --> 00:23:45.479 says over 00:23:45.479 --> 00:23:46.359 and over 00:23:46.359 --> 00:23:47.279 and over 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:47.699 again 00:23:47.699 --> 00:23:48.159 and as much 00:23:48.159 --> 00:23:48.699 as possible 00:23:48.699 --> 00:23:49.339 we should try 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.519 to read 00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.579 the Word of God 00:23:51.579 --> 00:23:52.959 created by the Spirit 00:23:52.959 --> 00:23:53.419 of God 00:23:53.419 --> 00:23:54.379 with the people 00:23:54.379 --> 00:23:54.939 of God 00:23:54.939 --> 00:23:56.479 because that's 00:23:56.479 --> 00:23:57.599 again the hot spot 00:23:57.599 --> 00:23:59.179 of where the Spirit 00:23:59.179 --> 00:24:00.240 likes to show up 00:24:00.240 --> 00:24:01.539 and do His work 00:24:01.539 --> 00:24:03.159 on the world, 00:24:03.299 --> 00:24:03.919 on the earth 00:24:03.919 --> 00:24:04.899 and in the world. 00:24:10.679 --> 00:24:11.759 The Holy Spirit 00:24:11.759 --> 00:24:12.779 speaks about Jesus 00:24:12.779 --> 00:24:14.519 and likes 00:24:14.519 --> 00:24:15.659 no other topic 00:24:15.660 --> 00:24:16.900 more than that one 00:24:16.900 --> 00:24:18.779 and the Holy Spirit 00:24:18.779 --> 00:24:20.700 speaks about Jesus 00:24:20.700 --> 00:24:21.840 through the apostles 00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:22.480 and really 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:24.240 no other organism 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:25.580 but that organ. 00:24:25.700 --> 00:24:26.259 He speaks through 00:24:26.259 --> 00:24:26.820 the apostles 00:24:26.820 --> 00:24:27.900 to us 00:24:27.900 --> 00:24:29.500 but finally 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:30.220 the Holy Spirit 00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.000 not only speaks 00:24:31.000 --> 00:24:31.860 through the apostles 00:24:31.860 --> 00:24:32.980 to us about Jesus 00:24:32.980 --> 00:24:33.580 but He speaks 00:24:33.580 --> 00:24:34.140 through us 00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.860 to the world 00:24:34.860 --> 00:24:36.420 about Jesus. 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.740 Now I have much 00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.660 more to say to you 00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:41.140 more than you can 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.640 now bear. 00:24:42.800 --> 00:24:43.180 This could be 00:24:43.180 --> 00:24:44.060 a really long sermon 00:24:44.060 --> 00:24:44.600 but I'll try 00:24:44.600 --> 00:24:45.300 to keep it short 00:24:45.299 --> 00:24:48.119 when the Holy Spirit 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:49.299 comes at Pentecost 00:24:49.299 --> 00:24:50.680 we see Him 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.960 as a missionary spirit. 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:54.240 He's a witnessing spirit 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.919 and that's what Jesus 00:24:55.919 --> 00:24:56.680 is telling us 00:24:56.680 --> 00:24:57.359 in verse 8. 00:24:57.460 --> 00:24:57.879 He says 00:24:57.879 --> 00:24:59.419 when He 00:24:59.419 --> 00:24:59.980 the Spirit 00:24:59.980 --> 00:25:00.419 comes 00:25:00.419 --> 00:25:01.180 He will prove 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.659 the world 00:25:01.659 --> 00:25:02.579 to be in the wrong 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.399 about sin 00:25:03.399 --> 00:25:04.059 and righteousness 00:25:04.059 --> 00:25:04.960 and judgment. 00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.599 The Spirit 00:25:06.599 --> 00:25:07.839 is a powerful advocate 00:25:07.839 --> 00:25:08.599 who goes 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:10.079 before the church 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.200 to bring the world 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.419 under conviction 00:25:12.420 --> 00:25:14.120 and in bringing 00:25:14.120 --> 00:25:14.539 the world 00:25:14.539 --> 00:25:15.220 under conviction 00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.019 to expose 00:25:16.019 --> 00:25:16.880 the falsity 00:25:16.880 --> 00:25:17.500 of the world's 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.320 most fundamental 00:25:18.320 --> 00:25:19.560 ideas. 00:25:20.700 --> 00:25:21.500 All people 00:25:21.500 --> 00:25:21.900 everywhere 00:25:21.900 --> 00:25:23.220 have ideas 00:25:23.220 --> 00:25:24.160 about what's right 00:25:24.160 --> 00:25:24.840 and what's wrong. 00:25:25.779 --> 00:25:26.580 All people 00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:27.080 everywhere 00:25:27.080 --> 00:25:28.140 draw lines 00:25:28.140 --> 00:25:28.840 to mark off 00:25:28.840 --> 00:25:29.620 that which is good 00:25:29.620 --> 00:25:30.620 from that which is bad 00:25:30.620 --> 00:25:31.500 that which is true 00:25:31.500 --> 00:25:32.560 from that which is false 00:25:32.560 --> 00:25:33.519 that which is worthy 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:34.080 of honor 00:25:34.080 --> 00:25:35.360 and that which is worthy 00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:36.480 of condemnation 00:25:36.480 --> 00:25:38.259 and Jesus is saying 00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.940 the Holy Spirit 00:25:38.940 --> 00:25:39.460 is going to come 00:25:39.460 --> 00:25:40.600 do three things. 00:25:40.779 --> 00:25:41.319 First of all 00:25:41.319 --> 00:25:42.640 how do people 00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:44.480 here where we live 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:45.059 how do they 00:25:45.059 --> 00:25:46.519 answer that question 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:47.920 of what's most wrong 00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.600 with the world? 00:25:49.539 --> 00:25:50.440 What is the greatest 00:25:50.440 --> 00:25:51.400 sin of the world? 00:25:52.480 --> 00:25:53.400 And Jesus says 00:25:53.400 --> 00:25:54.620 in verse 9 00:25:54.620 --> 00:25:55.039 He says 00:25:55.039 --> 00:25:55.720 the Spirit's going 00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:56.039 to come 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.819 and prove the world 00:25:56.819 --> 00:25:58.420 wrong about sin 00:25:58.420 --> 00:26:00.000 because people 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:01.200 do not believe 00:26:01.200 --> 00:26:01.620 in me. 00:26:02.539 --> 00:26:03.559 The Holy Spirit 00:26:03.559 --> 00:26:04.319 is going to show 00:26:04.319 --> 00:26:05.460 that our rejection 00:26:05.460 --> 00:26:06.500 and condemnation 00:26:06.500 --> 00:26:07.079 of Jesus 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:08.600 was a failure 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:09.480 to respond 00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.159 to the coming 00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.559 of God 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:11.219 in the flesh. 00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:13.219 The Holy Spirit 00:26:13.219 --> 00:26:13.779 is going to come 00:26:13.779 --> 00:26:14.159 and show 00:26:14.159 --> 00:26:14.899 that the root 00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:16.179 wrong in the world 00:26:16.179 --> 00:26:17.259 is a refusal 00:26:17.259 --> 00:26:18.500 to believe in Jesus. 00:26:19.579 --> 00:26:20.119 A refusal 00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.779 to trust 00:26:20.779 --> 00:26:21.919 in God's Messiah 00:26:21.919 --> 00:26:22.559 who was sent 00:26:22.559 --> 00:26:23.059 to reveal 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.959 the Father's love 00:26:23.959 --> 00:26:24.539 for the world. 00:26:25.439 --> 00:26:26.500 The Holy Spirit 00:26:26.500 --> 00:26:27.199 Jesus says 00:26:27.199 --> 00:26:28.019 is going to come 00:26:28.019 --> 00:26:29.039 and show 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:30.059 that this persistent 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.719 ongoing refusal 00:26:31.719 --> 00:26:32.579 to believe 00:26:32.579 --> 00:26:33.619 in the greatest 00:26:33.619 --> 00:26:35.379 of all world realities 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:36.500 namely Jesus 00:26:36.500 --> 00:26:37.980 is the greatest 00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:39.380 of all wrongs. 00:26:40.319 --> 00:26:40.819 That that is 00:26:40.819 --> 00:26:41.680 the basic evil 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:42.200 out of which 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:43.180 all other evils 00:26:43.180 --> 00:26:43.779 flow. 00:26:45.700 --> 00:26:46.319 And then the second 00:26:46.319 --> 00:26:47.039 thing the Spirit 00:26:47.039 --> 00:26:47.640 is going to come 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.240 and do is 00:26:48.240 --> 00:26:48.960 Jesus says 00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.759 well how do people 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:50.380 around you 00:26:50.380 --> 00:26:51.160 how do they answer 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.759 that question 00:26:51.759 --> 00:26:52.420 of what's most 00:26:52.420 --> 00:26:53.579 right in the world? 00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.640 What is the reality 00:26:55.640 --> 00:26:56.519 and the event 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:57.200 and the fact 00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:58.539 that is the most 00:26:58.539 --> 00:26:59.279 right thing 00:26:59.279 --> 00:27:00.220 that's ever happened 00:27:00.220 --> 00:27:01.519 in human history? 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:03.740 And Jesus says 00:27:03.740 --> 00:27:04.279 in verse 10 00:27:04.279 --> 00:27:04.960 the Spirit's going 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:05.380 to come 00:27:05.380 --> 00:27:05.720 and He's going 00:27:05.720 --> 00:27:06.180 to convict 00:27:06.180 --> 00:27:06.700 the world 00:27:06.700 --> 00:27:07.620 that it's wrong 00:27:07.620 --> 00:27:08.600 about righteousness 00:27:08.600 --> 00:27:10.400 because I'm going 00:27:10.400 --> 00:27:11.039 to the Father 00:27:11.039 --> 00:27:11.819 where you can see 00:27:11.819 --> 00:27:13.059 me no longer. 00:27:14.579 --> 00:27:15.799 The work of the Spirit 00:27:15.799 --> 00:27:16.440 is to come 00:27:16.440 --> 00:27:17.059 and show us 00:27:17.059 --> 00:27:18.259 that Jesus' career 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:20.360 His life of obedience 00:27:20.360 --> 00:27:21.240 to the Father 00:27:21.240 --> 00:27:23.160 His crucifixion 00:27:23.160 --> 00:27:23.779 to atone 00:27:23.779 --> 00:27:24.920 for the world's sins 00:27:24.920 --> 00:27:25.740 His resurrection 00:27:25.740 --> 00:27:27.559 to conquer death 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:28.200 His going 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.819 to the Father 00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.500 to rule 00:27:29.500 --> 00:27:30.680 over all things 00:27:30.680 --> 00:27:31.180 in heaven 00:27:31.180 --> 00:27:32.559 that these 00:27:32.559 --> 00:27:33.019 are the most 00:27:33.019 --> 00:27:33.759 important 00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.900 helpful 00:27:34.900 --> 00:27:35.859 just 00:27:35.859 --> 00:27:36.799 and right 00:27:36.799 --> 00:27:37.319 deeds 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:37.879 that have ever 00:27:37.879 --> 00:27:38.420 been done 00:27:38.420 --> 00:27:39.420 for the world. 00:27:40.559 --> 00:27:40.879 And you see 00:27:40.879 --> 00:27:41.619 by the world's 00:27:41.619 --> 00:27:42.059 understanding 00:27:42.059 --> 00:27:42.720 of righteousness 00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:44.079 Jesus was found 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.019 to be in the wrong. 00:27:46.099 --> 00:27:46.859 The greatest 00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.980 of all religions 00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.500 the greatest 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.400 of all governments 00:27:49.400 --> 00:27:50.220 at that time 00:27:50.220 --> 00:27:50.940 said Jesus 00:27:50.940 --> 00:27:51.960 is wrong 00:27:51.960 --> 00:27:52.960 and they put Him 00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:53.680 on a cross. 00:27:54.619 --> 00:27:55.519 But in God's 00:27:55.519 --> 00:27:56.940 higher tribunal 00:27:56.940 --> 00:27:58.400 in the higher 00:27:58.400 --> 00:27:59.240 law court 00:27:59.240 --> 00:28:00.059 of God 00:28:00.059 --> 00:28:00.920 Jesus was found 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:01.460 not to be 00:28:01.460 --> 00:28:02.039 in the wrong 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.640 but to be 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:04.060 in the right. 00:28:05.140 --> 00:28:06.160 And Jesus' cross 00:28:06.160 --> 00:28:06.720 reveals 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:08.080 that the one 00:28:08.080 --> 00:28:08.920 hanging there 00:28:08.920 --> 00:28:09.960 is He is 00:28:09.960 --> 00:28:10.480 the righteous 00:28:10.480 --> 00:28:11.279 one of God. 00:28:12.220 --> 00:28:13.340 And that by 00:28:13.340 --> 00:28:14.360 His hanging there 00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:15.660 He's won a victory 00:28:15.660 --> 00:28:16.800 of the righteousness 00:28:16.800 --> 00:28:17.500 of God 00:28:17.500 --> 00:28:18.960 over human sin. 00:28:19.700 --> 00:28:20.380 And that everybody 00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.180 who places 00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:22.240 their faith in Him 00:28:22.240 --> 00:28:23.240 we share 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:24.200 in His status 00:28:24.200 --> 00:28:25.519 of being people 00:28:25.519 --> 00:28:26.160 who are not 00:28:26.160 --> 00:28:26.740 in the wrong 00:28:26.740 --> 00:28:27.660 but who are 00:28:27.660 --> 00:28:29.200 in the right 00:28:29.200 --> 00:28:30.180 with Him. 00:28:31.259 --> 00:28:31.960 This is what 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:32.819 the Holy Spirit 00:28:32.819 --> 00:28:33.340 does. 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:34.519 You want to know 00:28:34.519 --> 00:28:35.080 the third thing 00:28:35.080 --> 00:28:35.480 He does? 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:37.120 He convicts the world 00:28:37.120 --> 00:28:37.779 that it's wrong 00:28:37.779 --> 00:28:38.680 about what's wrong. 00:28:39.319 --> 00:28:40.319 He convicts the world 00:28:40.319 --> 00:28:40.900 that it's wrong 00:28:40.900 --> 00:28:41.860 about what's right. 00:28:42.700 --> 00:28:43.640 And then Jesus says 00:28:43.640 --> 00:28:44.299 that you know 00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:45.019 how do people 00:28:45.019 --> 00:28:45.640 around you 00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:46.840 answer this question 00:28:46.840 --> 00:28:50.259 about who wins 00:28:50.259 --> 00:28:51.799 in life's 00:28:51.799 --> 00:28:52.840 great contest 00:28:52.840 --> 00:28:54.700 between what's 00:28:54.700 --> 00:28:55.360 right and what's 00:28:55.360 --> 00:28:55.680 wrong. 00:28:56.380 --> 00:28:57.460 Between sin 00:28:57.460 --> 00:28:58.100 and righteousness. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:59.180 Between just 00:28:59.180 --> 00:29:00.180 and injustice. 00:29:00.360 --> 00:29:01.500 Between good 00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.420 and evil. 00:29:02.580 --> 00:29:03.840 Who ultimately 00:29:03.840 --> 00:29:05.039 wins? 00:29:06.400 --> 00:29:07.140 And Jesus says 00:29:07.140 --> 00:29:07.799 the Spirit 00:29:07.799 --> 00:29:08.660 comes 00:29:08.660 --> 00:29:09.980 in verse 11 00:29:09.980 --> 00:29:10.840 and He convicts 00:29:10.840 --> 00:29:11.320 the world 00:29:11.320 --> 00:29:12.380 that it's wrong 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:13.160 about judgment 00:29:13.160 --> 00:29:15.039 because the prince 00:29:15.039 --> 00:29:15.680 of this world 00:29:15.680 --> 00:29:16.620 now stands 00:29:16.620 --> 00:29:17.560 condemned. 00:29:18.600 --> 00:29:19.460 The prince 00:29:19.460 --> 00:29:20.100 of this world 00:29:20.100 --> 00:29:21.340 the evil one 00:29:21.340 --> 00:29:22.360 the dark power 00:29:22.360 --> 00:29:23.259 who enslaves 00:29:23.259 --> 00:29:24.380 people and holds 00:29:24.380 --> 00:29:25.900 people in bondage 00:29:25.900 --> 00:29:26.900 that same power 00:29:26.900 --> 00:29:27.740 that came to 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:28.340 condemn 00:29:28.339 --> 00:29:29.619 and to destroy 00:29:29.619 --> 00:29:30.119 Jesus 00:29:30.119 --> 00:29:31.619 on His cross. 00:29:33.179 --> 00:29:34.339 Well guess what? 00:29:35.199 --> 00:29:36.279 The resurrection 00:29:36.279 --> 00:29:38.139 the resurrected 00:29:38.139 --> 00:29:38.720 Jesus 00:29:38.720 --> 00:29:40.399 shows us 00:29:40.399 --> 00:29:41.240 that the power 00:29:41.240 --> 00:29:42.500 of that evil one 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:43.179 has been 00:29:43.179 --> 00:29:44.099 definitively 00:29:44.099 --> 00:29:44.779 broken 00:29:44.779 --> 00:29:46.500 and that 00:29:46.500 --> 00:29:47.919 He has been 00:29:47.919 --> 00:29:48.639 dethroned 00:29:48.639 --> 00:29:50.000 and that 00:29:50.000 --> 00:29:51.379 that dark power 00:29:51.379 --> 00:29:52.000 that prince 00:29:52.000 --> 00:29:52.519 of this world 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:53.079 He has been 00:29:53.079 --> 00:29:54.240 soundly judged 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:55.259 and condemned 00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.079 so that all 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:56.819 those whom 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.400 He was 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.160 condemning 00:29:58.160 --> 00:29:58.980 can be 00:29:58.980 --> 00:29:59.859 set free 00:29:59.859 --> 00:30:01.279 and all 00:30:01.279 --> 00:30:01.720 those who 00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.059 were in 00:30:02.059 --> 00:30:02.660 bondage 00:30:02.660 --> 00:30:03.579 can be 00:30:03.579 --> 00:30:04.519 liberated 00:30:04.519 --> 00:30:05.119 and have 00:30:05.119 --> 00:30:05.519 a new 00:30:05.519 --> 00:30:06.220 life. 00:30:06.319 --> 00:30:06.640 That's what 00:30:06.640 --> 00:30:07.099 the Holy 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.539 Spirit 00:30:07.539 --> 00:30:08.059 comes 00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:08.879 to show 00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.379 us. 00:30:13.099 --> 00:30:14.079 Sorry I've only 00:30:14.079 --> 00:30:14.480 got a couple 00:30:14.480 --> 00:30:15.059 more sermons 00:30:15.059 --> 00:30:15.539 and then 00:30:15.539 --> 00:30:16.779 I'll go on 00:30:16.779 --> 00:30:17.220 sabbatical 00:30:17.220 --> 00:30:17.640 you don't have 00:30:17.640 --> 00:30:19.339 to put up 00:30:19.339 --> 00:30:20.000 with my passion 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.420 too much 00:30:20.420 --> 00:30:20.820 longer 00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:22.820 but this 00:30:22.820 --> 00:30:23.180 missionary 00:30:23.180 --> 00:30:23.840 spirit 00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.960 this witnessing 00:30:24.960 --> 00:30:25.519 spirit 00:30:25.519 --> 00:30:26.860 He convicts 00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.340 the world 00:30:27.340 --> 00:30:28.279 in order to 00:30:28.279 --> 00:30:29.080 convert the 00:30:29.080 --> 00:30:29.460 world 00:30:29.460 --> 00:30:31.380 in these 00:30:31.380 --> 00:30:32.180 three major 00:30:32.180 --> 00:30:33.039 areas of 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:33.680 what's wrong 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:34.019 with the 00:30:34.019 --> 00:30:34.180 world 00:30:34.180 --> 00:30:34.820 what's right 00:30:34.820 --> 00:30:35.180 with the 00:30:35.180 --> 00:30:35.440 world 00:30:35.440 --> 00:30:36.360 and who 00:30:36.360 --> 00:30:36.980 ultimately 00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.220 is judged 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:39.820 to be 00:30:39.820 --> 00:30:40.400 victorious 00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:41.640 and who 00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.019 ultimately 00:30:42.019 --> 00:30:42.580 is judged 00:30:42.580 --> 00:30:43.100 to be 00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.960 defeated 00:30:43.960 --> 00:30:46.480 and Christ 00:30:46.480 --> 00:30:46.660 Church 00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:46.960 I just 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