When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father—He will testify about Me.“When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall bear witness of me:
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… you all things to come. He will glorify me and he will not take of what is mine and he will take what is mine and declare it to you. Last one, chapter 15, verse 26. When the advocate comes, whom I send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father, he will testify about me. The Holy Spirit never makes much of himself. The Holy Spirit lives to point you to Jesus. Have you ever had a friend or you ever been in a conversation and the person somehow turns everything and makes it about themselves? You tell a story, they're like, you think that's good. You wait till my story. Oh, that's what you did? You wait to hear what I did. The Holy Spirit never makes things about himself. The Holy Spirit always points you to Jesus. In fact, put up this list that the Holy Spirit does. Watch this. The Holy Spirit teaches me, reminds me, guides me, comforts me, convicts me, empowers me, strengthens me, helps me pray, transforms my life, produces fruit in me, gives me, assures me, leads me, gives me life, reveals Jesus to me. …
… Jesus is looking to comfort his disciples with the promise of the Holy Spirit and you. He says in John 15 verse 26, When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, and the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness because you have been with me from the beginning. one of the first things that the Holy Spirit does and will do in the lives of the people of God is communicate the truth about who Christ is who God the Father is and who his son is the Holy Spirit does the work on your mind and on your heart to teach you and remind you about the past and present work of Jesus Christ in your life it also makes you able to understand the word of God this witness that Jesus has left for us in written word, the Holy Spirit opens our eyes to its truths and applies them, presses them into our heart so that we can leave a church service on a Sunday evening or a Sunday morning, a Wednesday evening Bible study, and go into the office the next day and go home that night with more clarity about the truth of God's word and how it can shape the way that we live. Jesus will continue teaching about the Spirit in chapter 16 here. Look at verse 5. …
… When the helper, Paraclete, comes whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. It is to your advantage that I go away. For if I do not go away, the helper, the paraclete, will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment. when the spirit of truth comes he will guide you into all truth for he will not speak on his own authority but whatever he hears he will speak and he will declare to you the things that are to come and he will glorify me for he will take what is mine and declare it to you there's so much in these passages that deserves our attention look at the unity of the trinity the son will ask the Father. The Father will send the Spirit. God bless you. There's such a happy cooperation that's at work here. As if to say the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, all three expressions of the same Godhead, are cooperating to be a helper, to come alongside, to be the paraclete. Did you take note of the pronoun, he will lead you. He will teach you. He will guide you. He will convict you. …