The Comforter Abides With the Church Forever
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
5/24/2015 AM
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Text:
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John 14:16,17
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Psalters: |
182, 135, 287, 204 |
- His identity.
- Jesus earned and held in possession every blessing of salvation for His people (Phil. 2).
- Some things about this Spirit.
- One, the passage indicates that the Spirit is a person.
- Second, He is “another” Helper, not a different Helper, i.e., one like Jesus.
- Third, He is called “comforter,” i.e., one called alongside in order to aid, help, assist.
- Second, this Spirit would “abide with you” (16) and “dwelleth with you and shall be in you” (17b).
- The work of the Comforter.
- The Spirit’s work within every believer is to point to Jesus, not to Himself (John 16:13b,14).
- He puts Himself in the background so all the attention goes to Jesus.
- While quiet, the Spirit’s work is not unnoticeable.
- Specifically, He is the Spirit of truth who will “guide you into all truth.”
- In contrast to those indwelt by the Spirit of Christ, the world (all others) follow Satan’s lie (8:44,45; 14::30).
- The Spirit equips everyone in whom He dwells with nine fruit.
- At Jesus’ request.
- For this Spirit Jesus “will pray,” i.e., Jesus, the Son of God, makes a request of His Father.
- Let us walk in the Spirit, and live in the comforting knowledge of the salvation He has given and gives forever!