The Continual Work of the Promised Holy Spirit - John 16:5-15

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a.m. Now, let's open God's word and

ask him to reveal his truths for our lives.

You have your bibles. If you would go with me to John

in the 16th chapter, John, chapter 16.

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As We are continuing our journey through the Gospel of John.

I want to go back about two chapters though before we start

in 16, and I want to remind you of something, don't worry, I'm

not going to go back and start at 14 and preach through that

again, but I want to go back and remind you of something that we

saw in the 14th chapter. Very important promise that

Jesus made to his disciples. He promised them that the

indwelling of the paraclete, the third person of the trinity, The

Holy Spirit, The Advocate, the comforter, the counselor, many

of those terms are used to describe the Holy Ghost.

Jesus was promising there in John, chapter 14, the indwelling

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of the Holy Spirit, he said he's here with you now, but he will

be in you and he began to teach his disciples about the Holy

Spirit and how the Holy Spirit would indwell all True.

Believers it. So now here we find ourselves in

John in the 16th chapter we find Jesus and his disciples walking

closer and closer minute-by-minute hour-by-hour to

the Cross where Jesus would atone for the sin of those who

would believe. However, He's going to take the

time and I'm very appreciative of this time.

As a Believer, he is going to take the time to remind them of

what he had already promised them in chapter 14 and in this

he is actually going to elaborate in their knowledge

about what exactly the holy spirit is going to do when he

does come down upon them. And upon this Earth to do the

will of God and so we see in John chapter 16, The disciples

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full of grief knowing. And in just a little while,

their lord and savior, they walked with who they've ate

with, who they fellowship with, who they've learned from.

He is going to depart, how do they know this?

He keeps telling them this, that he came from the father and he's

going to return to the father that before that can happen.

There must be his death, his burial, his resurrection, and

then his Ascension where he will Ascend to the father and his

disciples are Grieving here. Rightfully so wouldn't you and

your Humanity grieve? If you knew that your best

friend only had seemingly hours upon the Earth left, And here

they are grieving and they are grieving the fact that Jesus is

going to leave them. He's going to remind him of what

he's already promised them in chapter 14.

The comforter is going to remind them of the Holy Spirit and he's

going to remind them that the holy spirit is going to do a

continual work and so that's what we're going to look at

today. The continual work of the

promised Holy Spirit, the holy spirit is going to continue to

work and Jesus is going to make sure that they know this and

he's going to tell them this so that they will.

Tensed, in the promise of the holy spirit.

So we read together this entire text that we will be looking at

Today. Chapter 16.

We'll look at verse 5, all the way to 15 verse 5 says this.

Now I am going to him who sent me going back to the father yet?

None of you asked me. Where are you going?

Remember before? When he said he was going away,

they said, where you going wherever you're going.

That's where we want to go, and Jesus can't go with me there.

He said you can't go with me. There you will later but you

can't now this time they are so stricken with grief that they

don't even ask that question. He says, in verse 6 because I

have said these things you were filled with grief.

But I tell you the truth, it is for your good, that I'm going

away unless I go away the counselor will not come to you

but if I go I will send him to you.

He's saying it's for your good that I go away because I

promised you the comforter the Holy Spirit and that promise is

true. He is going to come unto you and

to live in you just as I have promised.

Verse 8 says, when he comes, he will convict the world of guilt

and regard to sin, and righteousness and judgment in

regard to sin because men do not believe in me and regard to

righteousness because I am going to the father where you can see

me no longer and in regard to judgment because the prince of

this world, now stands condemned, why would he bring

the prince of the world? Satan into this conversation,

we're going to see that. It's very important that he did

in just a moment. He says in verse 12 I have much

more to say to you more than you can now bear but when he the

spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all truth.

He will not speak on his own, he will speak only what he hears

and he will tell you what is yet to come.

He will bring Glory To Me by taking from what is mine and

making it known to you. All that belongs to the father

is mine. That is why I said the spirit

will take from what is mine and make it known to you everybody.

See how that's working there in the economical Trinity?

He's saying the father has given unto me.

I shall give unto the spirit and it's going to work like that.

What the spirit gives to you is what comes from the father to me

to you. He's not going to give you

anything that I would not Give you in fact he's going to give

you more is going to give you more Revelation it's going to

give you more insight and he's going to give you more truth.

In fact the Holy Spirit as we will see today as we read the

inspired word of God is still continually giving us truth

Jesus is making that very clear to his disciples here but there

are some points that I want us to consider as we look at this

text and some points that I want us to see her clearly defined

here. The promised.

Holy spirit will bring some things when he comes.

Jesus wants this to be known. He's not trying to hide this,

any longer. He is wanting them to know that

when the Holy Spirit comes he's going to bring some things with

him. The first thing that I want you

to see if you're taking notes, write this down.

He is going to bring first Comfort to the believer Comfort

to the believer. In fact, that's why he gets the

term comforter. Chapter 16 there in John's

gospel verse 5. He says now I'm going to him who

sent me yet. None of you asked me, where are

you going? Because I have said these

things, you are filled with grief, you're just focusing on

you, you're focusing on your loss, you're focusing on your

sorrow, you're focusing on your grief, you're going to miss out

on better things if you don't stop doing this because he says

in verse 7, but I tell you the truth, it is for your good that

I am going away unless I go away the counselor will not come to

But if I go away, I will send him to you.

Jesus is letting his disciples know, there are better things in

store for you and they can't come to you until I go away.

I know you want to hold on and I know you want to grieve and I

know you want to be sorrowful because I'm leaving you, but

better, things are going to happen because I am going to the

father. And one of those things is

comfort for the Believers, the Holy Spirit comforts, Every True

Believer. How does he do this?

How does the Holy Spirit Comfort?

Every True Believer watch. Jesus outlines it for us.

Perfectly here, by turning our grief to Joy, write it down by

turning our grief to Joy and how many times in our Christian

lives, has the Holy Spirit taken our great grief.

Our trouble, our sufferings are trials are pain.

How many times can we testify to the fact?

Fact that he is faithful to take those griefs and those sorrows

and to turn them into great, joy, and to move us to a place

of rejoicing in the Lord, in spite of our circumstances,

David understood. This in Psalm Thirty, he wrote

this in verse 11 of Psalm Thirty.

He said you turned my wailing into dancing.

You took my wailing and my weeping and you turned it into

something celebratory and something.

That was a total Joy. You turned mourning into dancing

Isn't it crazy that when the Holy Spirit, empowers the

Christian with his comfort, it can dance in the middle of the

storm. I'm not talking about literal

dancing. I'm talking about that inward,

joy that we have in Christ where we can rejoice in the midst of

the most adverse circumstances we can rejoice in the middle of

our grief. And fact, the spirit turns that

grief into Joy Force just as a song, Instead, you turned my

wailing into dancing, you remove my sack cloth and clothed me

with joy that my heart may sing to you and not be silent.

Oh Lord, my God, I will give you thanks for ever.

See the heart of the psalmist there as he is Experiencing God

taking his grief and his morning and turning it in to

inexpressible Joy and dancing. How many times has the Holy

Spirit been faithful in our lives to do?

Just the same thing? We took that dark situation.

The greatest trial that we thought we could ever endure.

And in the midst of it, he taught you how to dance.

In the midst of it, he taught you how to rejoice and how to be

glad and and how to thank God that we could suffer as Christ

himself suffered for us. It is the Holy Spirit, who

brings Comfort to the believer turning grief into Joy.

The disciples didn't understand it at this time, because they

were infants in their faith, they understand, the full degree

to what Jesus was teaching them, but in a short time, they would

know exactly. What he meant, they would

rejoice and experience the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

As they would experience the resurrection of Christ as they

would experience his final instructions to them as they

would experience his Ascension into heaven confirming that he

did Truly Come From the father just as he said, the Holy Spirit

would then at Pentecost fall on them, reminding them.

He has turned their grief into great joy.

It is in that great joy that these apostles were willing to

suffer and to be persecuted and to die with joy in their heart

in the midst of their martyrdom. Many of them danced and sang,

praise to God, and spoke of his worthiness and their suffering

is the Holy Spirit, who brings Comfort to the believer, turning

our grief into joy. In fact, Jesus said this would

be so and John chapter 14 as we were In verse 26.

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He said but the counselor 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.

He then tells them. Peace.

I leave with you. My peace.

I give you. I do not give to you as the

world gives. Do not let your hearts be

troubled, and do not be afraid. He takes our anxiety, our

troubles, our fears, our griefs And he turns them into what

scripture calls inexpressible Joy Even in our darkest times.

It is the Holy Spirit, who brings us comfort.

Comfort to the True Believer turning our grief to Joy, but

also working all things for our good.

He says this in that same section that we just read in

verses 5 through 7. He says in verse 6 because I

have said these things you were filled with grief but I tell you

the truth. It is for your good that I am

going away. Okay, I can attest to this fact,

immediately, as we don't immediately understand these

things, the disciples didn't understand immediately.

What Jesus was talking about and understand immediately, how he

was going to work such an awful thing.

His brutal suffering, and his brutal death, how he was going

to take that thing and work it for such good.

They couldn't understand that how he was going to take and

leaving them seemingly helpless, though he had already promised.

I'm not going to leave you by yourself.

I'm going to send that Advocate to be with you.

Can you imagine if you would and their mind for a moment?

What they were thinking? Oh, this is not good.

Sometimes the things that we face in life, don't seem good.

Especially don't seem good at the time but it is the Holy

Spirit who gives us this guarantee through the inspired

word of God. It is he who declares that he

is, truly working all things to the good though.

Jesus disciples at the time, didn't understand this and do

many of us act. As if we don't understand it, it

doesn't change the fact that he is working everything for the

good to those who love him and who are called according to his

purpose. Just as Romans chapter 8 tells

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us in fact, when we look at Romans chapter 8 we see it in

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its context. Why Watch it is the spirit

working here in Romans chapter 8.

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Many times we forget that we forget that this is the work of

the spirit that allows us the confidence of saying that he's

working all things for our good. Watch what he says in verse 26

of chapter 8. In the same way, the spirit

helps us in our weakness. I'm thankful that he helps me in

my weakness I because that's all I really am.

Is sweetness. It's all I really am as

weakness. Many would say Kirk but you seem

so strong. I make you this guarantee that

if You see any strength in me? It is not for me.

It is from the spirit of the Lord who lives in me, giving me

strength. He says, in the same way, the

spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to

pray for. He says you're so weak that you

don't even know the right thing to pray.

Have you ever found yourself there?

Don't feel bad when you find yourself there it confirms your

weakness. I don't even know what to say.

How could we know what to say to a holy God?

Lest the spirit himself, reveal it to us.

But the spirit himself intercedes for us with groanings

that words cannot express. And he who searches our hearts

knows, the mind of the spirit because the spirit intercedes

for the Saints in accordance with God's will the spirit

constantly there. Constantly praying the will of

God be done in our life. And you know what, the will of

God is in our lives. As his children, watch this.

And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those

who love him, who have been called, according to his

purpose, know what God's will is for the life of a believer that

all things be worked for the good.

Did you know, even the spirit now, in your most darkened time

in your biggest struggle, right now, in your life, the spirit is

interceding on your behalf. If you are a Believer praying,

the perfect will of God, that this situation, Be worked for

the good and it will be worked for the good.

Why? Because God's word guarantees

it. So we don't like the situation

I'm in. He's going to work it for good.

I didn't ask for it, I know he's still going to work it for good.

Many people read this passage of scripture and neglect to apply

it to their lives. I speak to people all the time.

We're going through difficult times, right?

It's what the pastor does when someone goes through a trial or

a struggle, they come to me. And I point them to crimes.

I point them to the word. I put Point them to what the

spirit is already spoken in regard to this in Romans chapter

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8. We know that in all things.

You have a pastor, you don't really know exactly what all

thing but you have no idea the degree of the suffering that I'm

going through all things. But you don't know all the

details. All things I don't have to know

all the details. In fact the details really don't

matter. What matters is he promises all

thing? And when you see all things as a

Believer, you want to be overwhelmed by the holy spirit

with an inexpressible, joy and comfort.

That only comes from God. to know that if I even lose my very

life for the cause of Christ, he's working all things.

To the good, all things. Oh, can you imagine the Apostle

Paul, they're only all-steinway when he was beheaded.

I Roman Centurion. Well, that's what history says

about the Apostle Paul that he had his head lopped from his

shoulders, because he would not renounce Christ.

Can you imagine him remembering as the spirit revealed Romans

Romans 8:28

8:28 to him and as he penned it to the church at Rome?

Can you imagine in his heart, as he thought to himself all

things, all things? What Greek Comfort comes from

the Holy Spirit. When we understand that he is

working all things for our good and for God's glory.

Child of God. If you were here today as a

Believer aren't you thankful Aren't you thankful?

Whether you realize it or whether you don't realize that

God is working, all things for the good, to those who love him

and who are called according to his purpose.

I mean, people all the time. They don't realize that he's

doing it. Aren't you think we'll that you

don't have to realize it to know that it's being done?

They don't realize it, they don't yet.

See it. Neither did.

The apostles here wasn't until later that they saw.

He was working all things for their good.

Even though he tells them right here, chapter 16.

It's for your good. Sometimes we have difficulty in

understanding that, don't we? We only think that good things

are for our good. Jesus is speaking to them about

comfort in the midst of their grief covered in the midst of

their sorrow comfort, in the midst of their pain, He says,

I'm giving you this Comfort through the holy spirit.

Let me remind you. That if I don't, leave the

counselor can't come. And you were going to miss out

on the confirmation that he gives to his children.

That all things are working. For the good, Holy Spirit, The

Advocate paraclete the counselor.

He's also our comfort will be comforted by the holy spirit

this morning believer, I know and the Holy Spirit is such a

debatable topic, isn't he? There's so many people who are

chasing just bewilderment and feelings and calling it The Holy

Spirit. And then there are those who are

so afraid of the holy spirit that they're not even speak his

name. But Jesus was not afraid to

speak of the promised, Holy Spirit, to his disciples,

promising them, great comfort. Don't ignore the holy spirit in

your life as a Believer. If you worked and ignore the

holy spirit in your life, as a Believer, you will miss out on

the great comfort that he and he alone brings he is peace for our

trouble. Lighten our Darkness strength

for our weaknesses. He's joy for our sorrows but

don't get caught up in thinking that the holy spirit is some

aesthetic emotion and it is the he disorder that we see so many

times that is labeled as the Holy Spirit.

Don't think for a moment that that is who he is, he is great

comfort to The Afflicted. He is great comfort to the

saint. And Jesus promises.

That's what he will be. He's for our trouble strength

for our weaknesses joy for our sorrows, aren't you thankful?

Child of God, for the Holy Spirit, who lives in you

bringing you comfort continually.

The second thing that we see that the promised, holy spirit

will bring, according to the words of Jesus and I love just

to take Jesus at his word, don't you?

There's no sense complicating this.

Let's take Jesus at his word. He said the holy spirit is going

to be comfort. To the believer. but secondly,

he says this the holy spirit is going to bring Conviction to the

unbeliever. Conviction to the unbeliever.

I'm thankful that the Holy Spirit brings conviction to the

unbeliever because if he did not bring conviction, I would still

be an unbeliever. And before you were misled, I

want to make this very clear. In fact, it would probably serve

you well to write this down. There can be conviction without

conversion, but there cannot be conversion without conviction.

The holy spirit is going to convict The Lost World.

Just because he can fix the laws world, doesn't mean that

conversion happen conviction of the holy spirit that opens the

eyes of the sinner that they might see their great need for

conversion. How does this text say that the

Holy Spirit convicts? How does this actually work in

verse 8? He says here, if you'll read

along with me when he comes, he will convict the world of guilt.

In regard to sin, and righteousness and judgment.

Jesus gives a three-point sermon here on the convicting, power of

the holy spirit in regard to sin, because men do not believe

in me in regard to righteousness because I am going to the father

where you can see me no longer and in regard to judgment

because the prince of this world, now stands condemned,

what is Jesus saying To Us by those statements?

What do we need to learn from that?

We need to see that the Holy Spirit convicts the unbeliever

by revealing to the center. Number one, the guilt of sin pay

attention to verse 8, there in verse 9.

When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to

sin. In regard to sin.

Notice that the Lord, their speaks in the singular.

He did not speak in the plural. We know that there is the

possibility of but not limited to at least 10 sins.

We know that from The Ten Commandments, we know that from

the decalogue, we know that from the law.

He's not talking here about actions though.

Actions reveal this singular sin, that's not what he's

talking about. He is talking about the sin

singular of unbelief, he is talking about unbelief, the fact

that the lost world does not have faith in Christ.

Spirit reveals to the center that they are in a state of on

belief unbelief now, because they are in a state of unbelief,

their life is riddled with sins plural, everybody understand how

that works. And yes, Jesus did die to his

atone for those sins that you've committed, but he also died so

that you would believe in his sacrifice and in believing you

are saved and all of those sins that were once held to your

charge, those plural items, those verbs if you would as, in

comparison to unbelieve those verbs, those actions that come

out of your life are completely washed and forgiving cast as far

as the East is from the West cast down to the oceans floor,

where he remembers those things, no longer Is the Holy Spirit,

who convicts the unbelieving? Center of the guilt of unbelief.

And unbelieving, sinners. Experience.

The wrath of God for all eternity, and they will be

punished for every single action that they committed against God

in their state of unbelief there.

For those of us who are in Christ.

Aren't you thankful that? Because of faith in Christ, all

of your acts of sin will no longer be held against you But

he's letting them know that when you go out and you preach the

gospel and you testify because remember in the versus just

prior to this and John chapter 15, he says, and you also must

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testify, he must testify to the gospel to Jesus Christ, and who

he is and what he came to do. Don't you know that he

understands that in there testifying of Christ and they're

sharing the gospel that they need to know.

As that there is a greater power at work.

Here it is. The power of the Holy Spirit.

Who will bring conviction upon the unbelieving sinner.

He reveals the guilt of their sin of unbelief.

And then he says this in verse 10, he says a 9 in regard to sin

because men do not believe in me in regard to righteousness

because I am going to the father where they can see me, no longer

he is going to not only convict The unbelieving Sinner of the

sin of unbelief so that they will believe and be forgiven, he

is then going to show them their need for right.

Righteousness. Why does he give the

illustration that he does in regard to righteousness?

He says in regard to righteousness, because I'm going

to the father, where you can see me, no longer, he's letting them

know. The only way that I can go to

the father, is, if I am righteous and the only way that

anyone can come to the father is if they are righteous, he's

wanting them to understand. The unbeliever needs to know in

the Holy Spirit is going to make this clear to the unbeliever. /

that man when compared with the righteousness of Christ and the

righteous requirements of the law, man in and of himself

Falls, completely short of God's standard.

His standard is complete righteousness.

You say, well, Pastor, I find myself in a predicament.

Yes, we do. Don't we?

We find ourself in the predicament, all of us the same.

It's the same predicament that we found ourselves in when the

Holy Spirit convicted us as unbelievers that we have no

righteousness of Our Own. We're in big trouble.

It is the spirit who reveals to us our need for righteousness,

but it's also the spirit who reveals to us and Romans chapter

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3 that there has been a righteousness supplied for us by

God. Romans 3:21, but now a

Romans 3:21

righteousness from God. Apart from the law has been made

known to which the law and the prophets testify this

righteousness from God comes through faith, in Jesus Christ,

to all, who believe, Leave. There is no difference.

She said, it's for the Jewish for the Gentiles.

For all who believe. For all have sinned and fall

short of the glory of God and are Justified.

Freely by his grace through the Redemption that came by Christ

Jesus, God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement through

faith. In his blood, he did this to

demonstrate his Justice because in his forbearance he had left

the sins committed beforehand unpunished.

He's saying here he should have killed, all of us, we deserve

death. Don't you think we'll that in

his forbearance? He left the sins committed

beforehand unpunished. Why?

So that he could show us the grace that is found only in

Christ. He did it to demonstrate his

Justice at the present time. So as to be just and the one who

justifies Those Who Have Faith In Jesus.

Oh. Don't you see what God is

saying? There he is.

Just those who remain in a state of unbelief in sin.

They will be judged and God will be seen as just because the

wrath of God will come upon them, but he's not also just see

only seen as just, he is also seen as the one who justifies

those who have faith. That is a legal term.

What that means is when you are Justified, it means that you are

declared righteous that God declares you righteous based on

the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. Why is that so important?

It's important that the unbeliever I hear that because

the unbeliever might be attempting to somehow gain God's

approval by their own Merit in their own behavior.

Even if you take the 10 commandments and you tried to

live up to those Ten Commandments, you will fall

short. God requires utter Perfection?

Complete perfection. And it is God and His mercy.

And his grace here in Romans chapter 3 that we see, he

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supplies a righteousness that is greater than any righteousness

that you could ever have on your own.

In fact, he has supplied a righteousness from God, which is

the imputed righteousness of Jesus Christ.

That is given to all who by faith Believe In Christ.

And what he did, who he is verse 27 says where Then is boasting

in Romans chapter 3. It's excluded no room for it

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again, bows, because it's all Grace.

It's all Christ on what principle I'm out of.

Observing the law. No, but on that of faith for, we

maintain that a man is justified by faith, apart from observing

the law. So what does all this have to do

with the working of the holy spirit in the life of the

unbeliever? There's a Holy Spirit.

Who makes this very clear, who's making it clear even to some

now, who made it clear to some in the service before?

That God has not changed his mind on his standard of

perfection. It is complete righteousness.

That's why Jesus uses himself. As an example, you're going to

see, I'm going to the father and the unbelieving world is going

to be convicted because I'm going to the father because I am

righteous. They're going to see how

righteous I am that. I came from the father just as I

said and I returned to the father just as I said I was

going to do after I completed the righteous work of Redemption

on the cross. After I lived a perfect life

unto the letter of the law, then I'm going back and I'm going to

prove my righteousness and you fall short of that.

You fall short of the standard. You will not be welcomed into

the throne room of God. Where Christ is seated at the

right hand forever, making intercession for the Saints.

You won't be invited and welcomed in there in your sin,

your unbelief. And your unrighteousness.

But if you enter in through faith in Christ, You enter in

clothed in his spotless righteousness you now are

welcome to fellowship and commune with your creator.

The Holy Father, you are, welcome to have an intimate

relationship with the God of this universe.

Spirits job in convicting. The unbeliever is to show them

the guilt of their sin of unbelief, but to also show them

their need for righteousness. And that righteousness has been

supplied only through Christ. In fact, our righteousness as

Isaiah says, in 64 verse 6, it's that a filthy rags that on our

best day. We don't meet the standard over

all of you who are out there is unbelievers, trying to meet some

list of to dues in a standard, be it.

Even the law of God. Know that you cannot enter into

the presence of the father unless you enter into the

presence of the father, through perfect righteousness and that

perfect righteousness, comes only by faith in Jesus Christ.

And when you believe you are declared Justified, you are

declared righteous in the eyes of God at that point.

And at that point alone, Romans chapter 3 prior to what, we just

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read their 21. It tells us, there's none

righteous. No, not one that.

There's no one who seeks him. Both in your efforts right now,

you were trying to somehow. Gain the approval of God through

some performance-based standard or morality.

May the spirit of God the Holy Spirit today convict you that

you need a greater righteousness than that righteousness that

you're trying to muster up by your own willpower and strength.

You need a righteousness that comes from God that has been

revealed in Christ. Jesus, you need that

righteousness imputed to you, or you will not see eternal life,

you will not see, forgiveness of sin.

You will not be justified in the sight of the holy God.

The promised holy spirit, will bring conviction to the

unbeliever. By revealing the guilt of their

sin. The need for righteousness and

this is not very popular but I'm going to preach it anyways

because I'm not into preaching popular things, I'm into

preaching biblical things. The next thing we see the Holy

Spirit reveal to the center in verse 11.

The Lord himself says this and in regard to judgment because

the prince of this world now stands condemned.

He's bringing conviction regarding their position of

condemnation, their position of condemnation, he's using Satan.

Now as an example, he uses himself as an example of one who

has welcomed into the presence of God because he is completely

righteous. He's now going to use Satan as

his illustration and he's going to use the condemnation of Satan

to show us all and if Satan has been condemned, surely those who

follow Satan will be condemned likewise.

If Satan has been condemned, surely all unbelievers are do

not by faith. Repent and turn to Christ.

Will likewise be condemned? That's a pretty simple

illustration that the Lord uses here, it's common sense.

Why is he saying that? Because did you know, if you

were in a state of unbelief right now, God is not your

father. Satan is you are a child of

Satan and you are a child of sin.

I told you it's not popular. I don't have a lot of people who

write me and thanked me for saying things so harsh yet, they

are so true and real that we are under the same condemnation as

Satan himself. Unbelievers are not simply just

waiting to die until they are under some type of condemnation.

Oh, we've walked verse by verse through the Gospel of John.

Surely you remember chapter 3 and that conversation that Jesus

had with a man named Nicodemus? I know we like to only remember

one verse and one verse alone in that whole passage.

But please, can we get past that?

There are many things surrounding John 3:16 that you

John 3:16

need to pay close attention to all the devil is very crafty and

getting you to look at just three sixteen.

Instead of looking at the previous verses that tell you,

you must be born again. Or you cannot see the kingdom of

God. And then, looking at the

precinct, or the following verses, and you see those

following verses as saying, if you don't believe, you're

condemned already, that's what the word of God says.

John 3:16 will read it because that's the only one you want to

John 3:16

read. Let's read all the others around

it for God. So loved the world that he gave

his one and only son that whoever believes in him, shall

not perish but have eternal life.

It's a good news, definitely. But there's good news, there has

to be bad news. Isn't it sad that we live in a

day and time where everybody wants to hear the good news?

But no one wants to hear the bad news.

That makes the good news. Good.

For God did not send his son into the world to condemn the

world 17, but to save the world through him Verse 18, says,

whoever believes in him is not condemned, praise the Lord.

Watch what he says next, but whoever does not believe stands

condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of

God's one, and only son. Why are you condemned?

You're condemned in your sin and your unbelief.

You are unrighteous in the eyes of God.

You're condemned because you are an unbeliever and you were born

into that state. He said, well Pastor do you

really believe that men are born into this state?

I don't know. Let's ask someone who would know

more than I. How about we ask David in Psalm

51 where he says, surely I was sinful at Birth.

Surely, I was sinful at Birth. I came into this world an

unbelieving sinner. Condemned already the Holy

Spirit, convince the Lost of this.

If the true gospel is being preached.

He's convicting the lost, even now their position because they

have not yet turned in faith to Jesus Christ, as Lord and

savior. That condemnation rest upon them

John 3:36 during we even read all the way down to there.

John 3:36

Again in John chapter 3, he says this in 36, whoever believes in

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the son has eternal life but whoever rejects the son will not

see life. Why for God's Wrath remains on

him. It doesn't save.

God's Wrath is going to be dropped upon him.

The wrath of God is upon all of the condemned.

Unbeliever, and it is in Christ and it is in Christ alone.

And trusting in Him by faith. Believing. and Christ through

his death, his burial, his resurrection that being our only

hope of forgiveness, and eternal life in believing, that Christ

is who he says that he truly is that he is Son of God and son of

man, that he came to this earth to offer himself as a

propitiation as an atoning sacrifice to forgive sinful

unbelievers, such, as I once was, Till his spirit.

Open my eyes to the truth of my condemnation.

Aren't you thankful that the spirit brings conviction to the

unbeliever showing them their guilt of unbelief?

Oh, how kind that is? Well, the Lord could have just

left us in that state. But he was kind and he was

gracious to us through the Holy Spirit.

He revealed to us. Were unbelievers that we fall

short of his righteous requirements.

That we are condemned. But there is hope.

And there is hope in the gospel. Why?

I told you that conviction doesn't equal conversion.

I pray today that if you are convicted that you are, yes,

guilty of unbelief and sin. I pray today that if you are

convicted for your need for righteousness, that is greater

than the righteousness that you possess in and of yourselves.

I pray today that when you realize through the power of the

holy spirit that you are condemned already that the wrath

of God abides upon you, because you have not believed that

today, you would believe today, you would repent of your sin,

confess your sin to Christ, confess your need for a savior

and be saved this very day as you cry, out to him and him

alone to save your wretched soul.

It is the Holy Spirit who brings us to this knowledge.

Our need for that faith and that repentance by convicting us, the

guilt of sin, the need for righteousness in our position of

condemnation. Apart from Christ many people,

get aggravated with me. They say it seems as if you

preach condemnation I do. I do.

I preached condemnation for all, who were lost because

condemnation, it's where they are.

But I also preach the fullness of the Gospel that if you are in

Christ, there is therefore now no.

Condemnation to he who is in Christ Jesus.

It is in Christ, that condemnation is lifted turned to

Christ today and be free from the condemnation of unbelief and

the condemnation of sin and the wrath of God free today.

The third thing in the final thing, the promised holy spirit

will bring He will bring continued revelation of Truth.

I'm not talking about continued, revelation of Truth, outside of

the word of God, before you jump to any conclusion.

I'm talking about how he continually reveals truth

through the word of God. Through the teaching, the

preaching, the studying of the word of God.

It's very important that we see this.

It's very important that we see the Holy Spirit who he refers to

here in verses 12 through 15 as the spirit of Truth.

Look with me. I have much more to say to you

more than you can now bear. They couldn't even bear

everything that Christ had and desired to say to them without

the power of the indwelling. Holy Spirit, what a statement.

He says but when he the spirit of truth comes, he will guide

you into all truth and he will not speak on his own.

He will speak only what he hears and he will tell you what is yet

to come. He will bring Glory To Me by

taking from what is mine and making it known to you.

All that belongs to the father is mine.

That is why I said the spirit will take from what is mine and

make it known to you. Jesus is saying to his disciples

that the promised holy spirit is going to bring continued,

revelation of Truth. He is going to take with the

father has made known. The belt belongs now to the sun.

The Sun is going to make that available.

Now through the Holy Spirit, Jesus is saying he's going to

keep teach and consistency with father and the son.

We see the Triune godhead working here in agreeance, isn't

it, beautiful? Don't miss that for all the

people who don't want to believe in the Trinity.

Jesus is speaking right here. And you see the Father, the Son,

and the Holy Spirit working in consistency, as one here, don't

miss that. Why is that important?

It's important because the spirit reveals to us truth.

He reveals truth, the truth of God's word.

Inspired it. Oh, how often?

We forget that the inspiration of the word came from the Holy

Spirit. Well how do you know that

Pastor? I know that because that's what

scripture says, second Peter 1:19.

2 Peter 1:19

You read it in our scripture reading today.

Let's read it again and we have the word of the prophets made

more certain and you will do well to pay attention to it as

to a light shining in a dark place until the day Dawns, and

The Morning Star rises in your hearts above all.

You must understand that no prophecy of scripture came about

by the prophets own interpretation.

Pay attention to 21 for prophecy, never had its origin

in the will of man. But men spoke from God as they

were carried Along by the Holy Spirit.

When you open up the words on the pages of this Bible, you

open up the very Spirit inspired word of God.

This is the word that Jesus. This is the truth that Jesus

here in this text was saying is going to come to the from the

father. It's going to be given to me.

I'm going to give that truth. You can't take all of that truth

now but you're going to be able to take That truth when the

spirit comes and dwells you and when he does, he's going to

speak truth through you. Not only through your mouth, but

through the things that he carries you along to pin, we

have the New Testament scriptures now along with the

Old Testament scriptures. Why?

Because the Holy Spirit was active in making sure that truth

was revealed to God's people. Second Timothy chapter 3, Paul

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refers to the scriptures as this in verse 16.

He says, all scripture is god-breathed all scripture is

god-breathed and is useful for teaching.

Rebuking correcting and training in righteousness.

It's God. Breathe.

Why is that so important that we understand this, the scriptures

come from the Holy Spirit breathing in to these men who

were carried along who were led to pin these things under the

supervision and the superintendence of the Holy

Spirit. That's why it is inerrant,

completely, it is infallible completely, and it is inspired

completely. And we can rest in that, that

when we look at the word of God, we have truth from the Holy

Ghost. It is infallible inerrant.

Inspired. It's all sufficient.

It's all sufficient for all that we need in life and godliness.

The spirit has given us, this truth, Jesus Promised it to his

disciples. He said, you can't handle this.

Now, when the spirit moves in and he and dwells you, You can

learn even more than I could even teach you as I've been with

you. You're going to have the spirit

walking in guiding you leading you.

His words were passed to the holy spirit that were passed to

the apostles that we now read today, as we read, John's

gospel, where did John get this from the John?

Just make this up on a whim? Who absolutely not as to

consistent with the other Gospels.

John was inspired by the Holy Spirit to write down the things

that he has written down here, why he tells us why I've written

these things. So that you may believe that he

is the Son of God. And in that believing you may

have eternal life. That's what he tells us.

Where did John receive this? Some from Christ as he walked

with him face-to-face. But other things obviously that

Christ promised through the indwelling Holy Spirit.

It is the spirit who leads us into to the truth of God's word.

He inspired it watch this, he illuminates it.

It is a spirit in our life, who illuminates, the word of God

using it to exposed the darkness of sin.

The darkness of this world exposing the immorality, The

wickedness of sin. It is a spirit who has given us

the plum line that distinguishes right.

From wrong. Isn't it interesting?

How the non Spirit-filled world doesn't even know the difference

between right and wrong nowadays?

In fact, they are doing just as the prophet said, they are

calling wrong, right? And right.

Wrong. Why?

Because they have no truth from the Holy Spirit.

They think that this is just an old book that was written by a

bunch of crazy people. But oh, how they are mistaken?

This is the very truth of the word of God.

Passed from the father, to the son, to the spirit, to the

apostles. Now, we're reading it today and

even were seeing truth. And that truth is, setting us

apart. And sanctifying us, just as John

John 17:17

17:17 said that it would Jesus, preached sanctify them by the

truth. Your word is truth or the lost

world looks as at us as if we're crazy.

Because they have not had the illumination of the word of God,

through the power of the holy spirit in their life.

In fact they can't understand these things.

They are ignorant of these things.

The natural man cannot understand the things of the

spirit. The Holy Spirit, the spirit of

Truth, reveals the truth of God's word, But not only that.

As he is, Illuminating inspiring interpreting the word of God.

You want a good interpretation of the word of God, trusting the

spirits interpretation. Well, how can I receive an

interpretation from the spirit? What you don't need to do, is

read a Bible passage, and then go meditate.

Now you should meditate on the scripture.

Used to think on these things, I'm not talking about that kind

of meditation, do a lot of times what people do their read the

scripture, then they'll look for an outside interpretation.

Don't look for an outside interpretation, use the analogy

of scripture to interpret scripture, why?

Because the holy spirit is behind it.

All You'll see this very quickly that God has consistent from

Genesis to Revelation in the spirit.

Makes it very clear that he is It's his job to interpret the

word for us. So when you get to a passage in

scripture and you don't quite understand it, go to another

passage of scripture pertaining to the same subject.

When your interpretations are consistent with one another,

there you have the interpretation of the Holy

Spirit interpretation that he desired to give you.

It is clear in this true and it is right and there's no

contradiction at all. It's interesting that many

people want to make the claim that there are contradictions in

scripture. And there could be if you took

something out of context, and didn't use the analogy of

scripture to actually interpret it.

But when you interpret scripture with scripture, what you find

out quickly is, this is the most consistent.

Inerrant article of truth that ever has been.

This is more true than anything that I could conjure up in my

human mind. I need to get to the point where

we say that we believe that. And we lent God's word, be true.

We trust. No man is ever Pastor you

telling us not to trust you, I'm saying, is trust the Holy Spirit

over me every time. I'll never make that error of

trusting me over the power of the Holy Spirit.

You see something in scripture and you say, wait a second.

I saw something over here. Kirk said one thing, but I saw

something over here that contradicted this, let's talk

about that. Let's study.

That a little further. What exactly is going on here?

You'll find quickly when you take the entirety of scripture

the full picture. You'll find out quickly what the

truth is and what a sad day it is that we won't take the time

to do that. We're better suited just to let

some man. Tell us what he thinks about it.

But I'm not telling you this morning, when I think about

this, I'm telling you what the Lord himself says about it.

It is the holy spirit reveals truth.

He reveals truth regarding the word of God.

I need to hurry Dona. Nah.

Truth regarding the word of God. But also, he reveals truth.

Regarding the glory of Christ, he reveals the truth of the

glory of Christ. Look at verse 14, he will bring

Glory To Me by taking from what is mine and making it known to

you. Don't miss that there please,

the spirit is the constant revealer of the glory of Christ.

He is the constant revealer of the glory of Christ.

The son, the spirit is not going to draw attention to his own

Glory. You say what does this the

spirit have Glory? Yes.

He shares an eternal Essence in glory with the father and with

the son, but he's not going to draw attention to his glory.

Why? Because he wants to draw

attention to the glory of the sun, and the glory of the

father, In recent times, we have heard of would be in even

claimed revivals that are going on.

Many, of course of asked me as a pastor Pastor, what do you think

about said Revival? here's what I think about any

movement, who Only draws attention to the spirit.

But if it's a move of the Holy Spirit, a true move of the Holy

Spirit, you write this down, it will draw people's attention to

Christ. It will draw people's attention

to Christ. People will be saved, people

would be broken over their sin. They will turn to Christ.

I don't know what's happening in these particular places only

time will tell if it draws people to Christ, it is the holy

spirit, drawing them pointing them to the glory of Christ

measure any Revival. My that not do.

We see something exciting and something, flashy something

emotional Something that's driven by maybe some type of

Personality who happens to be charismatic know, is this driven

by the glory of Christ? Because the spirit is going to

point you to the glory of Christ, his death, his burial,

his resurrection, his Ascension, his glory, he's going to always

draw attention to Christ. He reveals the truth of the

glory of Christ. His life transforming Glory.

See the glory of Christ, your life is transformed 2nd.

Corinthians 3:18 says this and we who with unveiled faces, all

reflect the Lord's Glory are being transformed into his

likeness with ever-increasing Glory, which comes from the

Lord, who is the spirit. If you were being transformed by

the glory of Christ with an unveiled face, seeing him more

clearly and more clearly as you grow and knowledge of him, it is

a work of the Holy Holy Spirit, revealing the glory of Christ.

And it transforms your life, not just for a moment, not for a

weekend, not for a week, not for to, it's not for three weeks, it

transforms your life for all eternity.

That is the role of the Holy Spirit to reveal the glory of

Christ. Spirits not going to draw

attention to his own Glory. That's for the charismatics are

always talking about. All, we got the spirit.

That's a relevant. Do you have Christ?

Because the spirit is always going to highlight Christ and

how will, you know, if you have Christ, not because you flop on

the floor, you run around waving a flag or because you speak in

tongues, you will know that you have Christ.

How how did Jesus say? He said that you will know them

by their fruit. He said that you will know them

like this, if you love me, you will obey my commands.

Are you living a life of practical, righteousness, unto

God, because of Christ? Then the spirits doing a work in

you You have boldness to share the gospel.

Like we talked about last week, except for one verse 8, Jesus

himself, said, when the Holy Spirit comes on you, you will

receive power to be my Witnesses.

Is that being displayed in your life, mr.

Mrs. So-called spirit filled believer.

If it's not, you're chasing after something, you're calling

the spirit. That is possibly not the spirit

at all. It is your emotions.

It is your feelings. It is man-centered and man

crafted. In fact even further than that

it could be demonically. Crafted be very very careful the

true. Holy spirit always points people

to the glory of Christ and Christ Alone.

He points to the glory of Christ, he reveals the truth of

his glory. And by revealing the truth of

the glory of Christ, he reveals the truth of the glory of God.

The father wants, what Jesus said, they're all that the

father has given me is mine. All that's mine.

I'm going to give to the spirit and he's going to point you to

these things. It is the spirit reveals to us

truth, the glory of Christ, the truth of the glory of God, the

Father, it is the spirit who reveals to us the things of God

that we could not see. Otherwise, First Corinthians

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chapter 2, I'll read it quickly verse 6.

He says, we do. However, speak a message of

wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age, or the

rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

No, we speak of God's secret wisdom, a wisdom that has been

hidden and that God does stand for our Glory Before Time began.

None of the rulers of this age understood it for if they had

they would not have crucified the Lord Of Glory.

This is Paul talking here and he's saying we're understanding

that it is this mystery the secret Wisdom that has been kept

we're understanding. Why was he understanding?

Because the power of the Holy Spirit was revealing to him the

glory of God. However, as it is written, no

eye has seen. No ear has heard.

No mind has conceived what God has prepared.

For those who love him. What's verse 10.

But God has revealed it to us by his Spirit has revealed his

secret wisdom. His majesty, his attributes.

His characteristics from that passage there.

His eternal wisdom, the spirit It searches all things, even the

depths of God or the Deep things of God, some of your

manuscripts. Say for who among men knows the

thoughts of a man except a man Spirit within him and the same

way, no one knows the thoughts of God, except the spirit of

God, we have not received the spirit of the world but the

spirit who is from God that we may understand what God has

freely given us. What is Paul saying here?

you think that it is by the spirit through his power that we

have received the things of God that even Generations passed

along to see, but could not see After the indwelling, holy

spirit, this promise that Jesus is making here to all believers.

we see that through that indwelling, Holy Spirit, We

received the wisdom of God. The Father.

How do we receive that wisdom? We open up the scripture.

We begin to see wisdom like we've never seen before.

We begin to see the wisdom of God in comparison to the wisdom

and intellect of man, we begin to see the wisdom of God in

comparison to the wisdom and the intellect of medicine.

We begin to see the wisdom of God in comparison to the wisdom

of modern science. Human knowledge and philosophy

and ideology we began to see unveiled And truth because of

the indwelling, Holy Spirit who is revealing to us.

Not only the glory of Christ, the son, but also the glory of

God, the Father we see the wisdom of God being revealed.

Also see the attributes of God. Dive into scripture and see if

the script the spirit doesn't move you.

As you see the one true God, and who he is, you see his

sovereignty. You see his associate e.

You see his immutability. You see his omniscience.

You see his omnipresence? You see him for who scripture

says that he is as revealed by the Holy Spirit, you see that

God and see if you don't see greater glory being revealed

every day. That you find yourself in the

Holy scriptures, they're bowed before him learning from the

Holy Spirit as he reveals to you the Glorious.

Three of the father, just as he is revealed to you, the glory of

the son, you see the attributes of God.

And you see his great Glory as revealed by the holy spirit.

In the pages of scripture, Then he shows you his holy position.

It's only position. Oh, it should bring us to a

place of great fear in great reverence when we see his

position over and over in Scripture.

It should cause us to be as Isaiah.

Not to flippantly approach, the God of this universe, The

Sovereign over all the Thrice, holy God, to approach him

flippantly with an attitude as if he owes us something.

But no to approach him with fear and trembling as the scripture

commands us to do and utter reverence fall before him as

Isaiah did woe is me for. I am an unclean man with unclean

lips among a people of unclean lips.

What is the spirit reveals to us?

The glory of God the Father, the glory of God, the son.

Who they are. What they accomplished.

How they deserve all glory and honor and praise is the Holy

Spirit who continually reveals the truth?

The truth of God's word, the truth of the glory of Christ and

the truth of the glory of the father.

So what does this mean for us? As we wrap this up means a lot.

I would that I could stay here for another two hours.

Just to speak to you about the glory of the father and the

glory of the son. But I know the time does not

permit. But I'm thankful that the Holy

Spirit has revealed a glimpse of those things through his word to

me his mere servant. My prayers that he would reveal

those things to you as well and that you would be overwhelmed by

them. How do we wrap this up?

We value the continual work of the promised.

Holy Spirit, that's what we do. We value it.

We value the comfort that he brings to the believer, ma'am.

Sir, you're going through a trial right now as a believer,

Can I apply the word of God to your life and make you this

promise that you have a comforter and Advocate paraclete

the Holy Spirit promised? By Jesus Christ, who was walking

through, that fire with you right now, clean cling to him

for Comfort, cling to him for strength, Sinner.

Can I say this to you today? Perhaps you're being convicted

of your unbelief. oh, my prayer is that you are My prayer is

that you were being so convicted today, that you will not leave

here, without being converted. That you will cry.

Out desperately to a holy God for his mercy and his grace as

you by faith. Trust in Jesus Christ, as the

only payment for your sin As you believe in him and Trust in his

death, his burial, his resurrection as the only hope

you have of eternal life, my prayer for you today is that the

spirit can fix you. To a point of salvation.

When you were broken for a holy God, depending upon the mercy

and Grace of a savior named Jesus.

But you walk in that continued revelation of his word.

You seek truth today maybe we have some truth Seekers here

today. Oh, don't buy into the world's

live relative. Truth relative truth is a

deception of Satan there is but one truth It is inspired by the

Holy Spirit. It was pinned by many many

authors under his supervision And we have in our hand when we

take these 66 books, all the truth that we need to live a

life that is honoring to God. And to spend an eternity with a

God who loved us enough that he sent his son to die in our place

to rescue us. See the truth today.

In value that thank him for it. So I'm confident of one thing

today. I'm confident of this that the

holy spirit is working this morning.

How do I know that he's always working?

he's always working because Jesus promised, that he would be

Maybe he's working on you today. is convicting, you As an

unbeliever that you need Christ as your savior, and Lord today,

would you turn to him in faith and repentance is the spirit?

Empowers, you to believe it, turn from unbelief and send in

to turn to Christ and Christ Alone.

Did you flee? The coming wrath and judgment

that will and has fallen upon all condemned unbelievers?

Would you be saved today by the grace of God?

Perhaps today, you are a Believer, is a spirit working.

You working in your life. Revealing to you truth today,

truth that maybe your life is not lining up with what it

should as a Christian perhaps today.

You would confess that sin, you would repent of that sin.

Knowing that first. John 1:9 says that if we confess

1 John 1:9

our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us, our sins and

cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Would you confess that today? Whatever it is.

Do you walk in the Forgiveness that he died for you to have?

Perhaps, you're that Christian today, who's walking through

grief? Walking through sorrow, you're

walking through bad news. What would you trust in the Holy

Spirit today to give you the joy that Jesus promised that he

would bring even in the midst of your grief?

Maybe yield to the Holy Spirit. May his will be done.

Father, in the name of Jesus, we come to you thanking you so much

for your word. well, there's so many things that we have seen

today, but yet so many things We did not have the time to look

at. God, I pray that you make those

things clear to us. And I pray for the unbeliever

who's here today. He's making every excuse right

now, in his human depraved mind as to why you shouldn't run to

your feet and bow. I pray now that you take away

every one of those excuses that your spirit would convict him of

his unbelief that you would convict him.

Of his unrighteousness and his need for True righteousness that

you would convict him or her as that they are condemned and need

to be freed from that. Condemnation in Christ that you

would save The Wretched soul today.

God, I pray for each believer. Who's here today?

They would rest in the continual work of the promised.

Holy Spirit, as we have seen it laid out by Jesus himself.

John's gospel this morning, may you be glorified, may your will

be done now in Jesus name. Amen, thank you for listening to

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