Week 28 Day 5

The Daily Take 10

The Gospel of John

Week 28 Day 5

Introduction…Have you ever had something happen to you and think it was bad, only later to find out it was good? Jesus’ disciples were bewildered after hearing Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God, was leaving them and God sovereignty was changing things. Contrary to the disciple’s bleak outlook, Jesus said if He left this earth with the physical limitations it placed upon Him, it was going to great for them. How could this be possible? The omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient Comforter, the Holy Spirit would come. Do you know the Holy Spirit?

Read John 16:7-11 “But it is the truth I am telling you, it is to your interest that I should go away, for if I do not go away the Helper will not come to you. But when he has come, he will convict the world of sin and convince it of righteousness and judgment of sin, because they do not believe in me. Of righteousness, because I go to my Father and you no longer see me of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Bible Study

• The Helper, Comforter, Holy Spirit is the 3^rd person of the Trinity.
  • The Triune God is made up of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • Each person of the Trinity has a different role, but each is God.
  • “God is one” yet like H2O can be a liquid, vapor or solid, so God is 3 in 1.
• The Holy Spirit can be everywhere at all times with all believers, everywhere.
  • The indwelling Holy Spirit is with us, in us, and upon us…as He counsels, enlightens, leads and guides us.
  • Jesus’ promised in Matthew 28:20 “Lo, I am with you always, to the end of the age.” This was fulfilled with the coming and uninterrupted fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
• The Holy Spirit convicts of sin. See Acts 2:37
  • A strong sense of sin and personal responsibility dawns upon a person.
• The Holy Spirit convinces of righteousness. See Matthew 27:54 and Acts 9:1-9
  • The sheer righteousness of Jesus becomes clear to a person
• The Holy Spirit convinces of judgment
  • The assurance that we will give account someday for our lives before God.
• The Holy Spirit assures of our salvation
  • The confidence and hope that in Christ we are forgiven and made righteous

Application

• The Holy Spirit is a person. The person of God who indwells us as believers, disciples of Jesus Christ.
• The Holy Spirit thinks, decides and has feelings. That is why in Ephesians 4:30 we are warned, “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit by whom you are sealed unto the day of redemption” with our resistance of His work in us, perfecting us to the image of God.

The anecdote for moving from a sinful life and habits and moving to a life that is pleasing to God is found in Galatians 5:16, 18 encourage us to “Walk in the Spirit and you will not fulfill the lusts of the flesh.” And “if we are led by the Spirit, we are not under the law.”

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