Jesus’ Words in Red The Loving Work of the Spirit

Jesus’ Words in Red

The Loving Work of the Spirit

Unless I go away, the Counselor will not come to you

The Holy Spirit will always keep the focus on Jesus

We should be watching and praying that we see the work of the Spirit around us

We should also look for the Spirit to confirm the Word of God we speak

We don’t have to wait for the Spirit

The Spirit is already at work convicting the world of sin,

righteousness, and judgment 

We need to open our spiritual eyes and work with Him

The Holy Spirit is the Counselor to help the world in regards to our

sin, righteousness and judgment

And He points to Jesus

The Loving Work of the Spirit

What is the Holy Spirit going to do when He comes?

We first need to recognize that the Holy Spirit

 has come just as Jesus said He would.

We see the Spirit poured out on the believers in Acts 2.

 

It was the time of Pentecost and God fearing

people from many other places, speaking different

languages, saw the Holy Spirit come on the believers.

They were amazed to see the Spirit enabled

them to speak their language and the

words they heard were praises to God.

Peter stood up and explained.

In doing so he shares about Jesus.

Peter told them Jesus conquered death.

And he told them they are

the ones who put Jesus to death.

At this point we see the

work of the Holy Spirit.

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

regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;

The people in Acts 2 were

convicted by the Holy Spirit.

 “When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter

 and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?" Acts 2:37

“They were cut to the heart”

The Holy Spirit works on the heart of people.

We can educate them but the Holy Spirit

takes the message of Jesus to the heart.

Recently, in one week, I had two people come

to me that I have been praying for.

Both came telling me they had an experience

where they felt a spirit come on them.

The experience was so powerful, yet they did

not understand what had happened to them.

They came to me because

they know of my faith in God.

I told them the experience was from God

and He was wanting to reveal Jesus to them.

I shared with them the story of the boy Samuel

when he thought he heard Eli calling him.

Eli instructed the boy Samuel the next time

he heard the voice to say here I am Lord.

   

I encouraged them to go to prayer that night

and say here am I Jesus what do you want.

Sin is a problem and sometimes we focus on

"A" sin or people feel the Holy Spirit, the conviction

 of "A" sin, and maybe stop that sin.

But the Holy Spirit focuses on "the

sin of not putting faith in Jesus".

As we see people concerned about their

wrongs we need to realize the Holy Spirit is

using that to lead them to faith in Jesus.

“in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;”

The second work of the Holy Spirit is…

“in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father,

where you can see me no longer;”

Righteousness, the Holy Spirit’s work is

more than encouraging people to be good. 

The Spirit’s Work is to reveal the righteousness of

Jesus and the right it gives Him to be with the Father.

Jesus is the only person who lived a life of

sinless perfection and he now sits at the Father’s

right hand interceding on our behalf.

 John 3:13; 1 Timothy 2:5

The third work of the Spirit is…

“in regard to judgment, because the prince

of this world now stands condemned.”

Jesus conquered the enemy of death.

He defeated Satan.

 Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in their humanity so that by his death 

he might destroy him who holds the power of death — that is, the devil— Hebrews 2:14

 The Holy Spirit will always

keep the focus on Jesus.

We should be watching and praying that

we see the work of the Spirit around us.

We should also look for the Spirit

to confirm the Word of God we speak.

We don’t have to wait for the Spirit.

The Spirit is already at work convicting

the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment.

 

We need to open our spiritual

eyes and work with Him.

The Holy Spirit is the Counselor to help the world

in regards to our sin, righteousness and judgment.

And He point to Jesus.

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

regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

9 in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me;

10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father,

where you can see me no longer;

11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince

of this world now stands condemned.

Scripture Reading

John 16:1-11 NIV

16:1 "All this I have told you so that you will not go astray. 2 They will put you out of the synagogue; in fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. 3 They will do such things because they have not known the Father or me. 4 I have told you this, so that when the time comes you will remember that I warned you. I did not tell you this at first because I was with you.

5 "Now I am going to him who sent me, yet none of you asks me, 'Where are you going?' 6 Because I have said these things, you are filled with grief. 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 you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 When he comes, he will convict the world of guilt in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: 9 in regard to sin, because men do not believe in me; 10 in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father, where you can see me no longer; 11 and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world now stands condemned.