in regard to righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won’t see me any more;Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more;of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and ye behold me no more;
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… But we need the Holy Spirit. John chapter 16, verses 7 to 14 cover it all. But listen to this. I'll touch on the front end and I'll finish it off in a moment. John 16, verse 7 announces, Jesus said, nevertheless, I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away. How could that possibly be good for the disciples that Jesus would leave them? Jesus said, it's better for you that I leave. What could be better than having Jesus right in your midst? Jesus says, the spirit of God. Look at that. For if I do not go away, the helper, and I want to pause right there. Look at the Greek meaning of the word helper. This is a compounded word. Parakletos, parakaleo. Listen, para, you get the word para, parachute, paraglider. That which is alongside you, para. And then kleitos or kleo is the word comforter. The comforter will come alongside you. Jesus, listen, when he was in the flesh, he could only be where he was at. …
… concerning sin because they do not believe in me, concerning righteousness because I go to the Father and you will see me no longer, concerning judgment because the ruler of this world is judged. Another work of the Holy Spirit is that he is a convicting force in the lives of the people of God and as we see here in the lives of the world around us. The Holy Spirit opens our eyes to the sin in our lives and in the world around us so that we can feel guilty about it and bring it to the Lord our God. He opens our eyes to what righteousness, what the fruit of the Spirit can and should look like in our lives. He convicts us about how to live, what to give up, and what to put on. And this is, if I could just pause briefly and make one application, if you wouldn't want to know if you have received the baptism, the washing of the Holy Spirit that this second half of this question has in view, simply examine yourself and consider how often you are motivated and inspired to repent of specific sins before your heavenly Father. Repentance and regular repentance is an excellent picture of the work of the Spirit in your life. And if you want to taste renewal, if you want to experience change for the better in your soul, that is where Scripture and the Spirit of God would have you start. …
… And again, all that is at the end of the tribulation period. John chapter 16, verses 8 through 11 says this, And when he has come, the Holy Spirit, he will convict the world of sin and of righteousness and of judgment. Of sin, because they do not believe in me. And of righteousness, because I go to my Father and you see me no more. And of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged. Satan, if, listen, if in your life, maybe you're here tonight and you've just come out of a seance or you just got done playing with a Ouija board today and now you've come to church and you're going, wow, this is crazy. Hey, let me tell you something right now. Demonic activity is real and Satan will try to convince you that he's in charge. Is he powerful? Absolutely. But listen, he's not more powerful than the Holy Spirit. He's not more powerful than God. Satan is a created being, so are as his fallen angels are created beings. God is not created. Jesus is not created. …