Why then does he speak of the Spirit’s teaching? But the Holy Ghost, being Himself God, is a party to the whole arrangement by which all things that the Father hath become Christ's: nay, more, He is a party to the carrying of that arrangement into effect. The knowledge of the glory of God. 1. The revelation of Christ is not an imperfect revelation which the Holy Spirit is to supplement. "He shall glorify Me," says Christ Himself. Clayton TV- Excellent Bible Teaching for Christians 1,416 views The disciples will witness Jesus death, which will seem to extinguish the words of eternal life. The Holy Ghost reveals Christ. Let the Word of Christ then dwell in you richly. The upshot is that from the instant you and I look away to Christ as our Substitute, we are eternally saved. I am the slave, then, of my backbone. Not Christ again in all the grand kaleidoscopic aspects of His ministry, as miracles spring up beneath His footsteps like fresh flowers. However, there is no childcare. So, a Christian man may fall into great darkness, and sin. They were no longer "fools and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets had spoken." When we were at the North Cape, at midnight, a French gentleman took out a sun-glass and burned a hole in his hat with it. This is the test of the Spirit, “Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God, and every spirit that confesseth not Jesus is not of God.” (Comp. Far from it; their eyes were opened, and their understandings guided from above. (14) He shall glorify me.—The pronoun is here full of emphasis. To doctrine. This glory will be given Him by the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in the Church, because that which the Spirit applies for the ever increasing growth and efficiency of the Church is only a fuller unfolding of ‘the unsearchable riches of Christ.’ To Him as the Alpha and Omega of our faith, and never beyond Him, the Spirit leads us. HIS SUFFERING MANHOOD. It is important to observe the order, so to say, of the Spirit's revelations concerning Christ. He has the everlasting love of the Father. Apply this test —. Often, during the days of His flesh, do we find Him dwelling with a holy and blessed complacency on thoughts connected with His being "in the bosom of the Father.". for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you, He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine and show it unto you, He shall glorify me: for he shall take of mine, and shall declare [it] unto you, II. I. Joy.Men are honoured by these affections; but we can only exercise them in part because of the defectiveness oft he worthiest objects. And what about the present and the future? 1. If God be God, He is glorious, for glory is manifested excellence, and God is most excellent, and cannot be hid. The ladder is set — reaching from the sanctuary above to the sanctuary of every church, home, and closet. The Glory of Christ in the Mission of the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit Revealing the Things of Christ, The Promise of the Spirit -- the Fulness of Christ, Christ's Gradual Teaching by His Providence, Human Capacity the Measure of Divine Communication, Teaching Should be Adapted to the Condition of the Mind, The glory of Christ in the mission of the Holy Ghost, The promise of the Spirit -- the fulness of Christ, The Holy Spirit revealing the things of Christ. He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. "That which doth make manifest is light." 2. Over every heart that is given to Him. They habitually rejoice in his exaltation as "Lord of all." That is not of the Holy Ghost, clearly, because it detracts from the power of Christ as a Saviour. Teach us entire dependence upon the Holy Spirit. Grandly and powerfully does the Apostle Paul describe the ultimate effect of the Spirit's teaching: "We all, with open face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are changed," etc. But in what order did he bring them into prominence? As those prophecies were to serve for the glorification of Jehovah, so those of which our passage speaks were to serve for the glorification of Christ. wretched man that I am! From reason. John 13:31. To what is called experience. 13). (2) Extol doctrine. 1. By the fire? One need only refer to Peter's sermon at pentecost after the coming of the Holy Spirit, to Peter's Epistles, to Paul's Epistles, to Hebrews, to John's Epistles, to see how under the tutelage of the Holy Spirit the disciples grew into the fulness of the knowledge of God in the face of Christ ( 2 Corinthians 6:4). II. Who inspired it? Whether ye work at a lapstone, or drive a plough, or lay the stones in a building, or are diligent with the pen, or buy and sell, do all, even to your eating or your drinking, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and so, like the Holy Spirit, let it be said of you, "He shall glorify Me.". They think of him not as a Being separated from them by eighteen long centuries of time, but as One who is really, though spiritually, present with them, at once human and Divine. And who is sufficient for these things? (4) Exalt morality. The doctrine of the ever-blessed Trinity is brought out in this, as it generally is in other passages of the Word, not abstractly and in the way of a naked statement of the truth, but practically, and with reference to what they severally do in the economy of grace. Not to withdraw us from the school of Christ, but rather to ratify that word by which we are commanded to listen to him, otherwise he would diminish the glory of Christ. It is no doubt true that the gospel record is the common property of all mankind, and that any man in the mere exercise of his natural intelligence can see clearly enough how the great doctrines of the faith are founded on the record, and grow out of it. He will teach us about Jesus and the WORD b. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you." Now viewing scripture range from the book of John chapter 16:12 through chapter 16:14... John Chapter 16. Laurie Williams Oliver Cooper, living from the latter part of the 19 th to the mid-20 th centuries, wrote the hymn Saved, Saved at Last the first line of which is “Love divine is mine .” The means of grace, the lively oracles, are committed especially to their trust. 3. Nor is He less qualified and able, than He is entitled, to receive of what is Christ's. III. Because they needed more than the most perfect description. By these words he means that we receive the Spirit in order that we may enjoy Christ’s blessings. But if he shall set up his darkness and sin as being Christian experience, we say, "No; you may be a Christian and know all this, but we cannot allow you to decide our spiritual state according to your peculiar method of feeling." . To the conviction through which a sinner passes. 1: The Nature and Purpose of John’s Gospel ( John 20:30-31) But they were not left to themselves to interpret these facts and explain their spiritual meaning. The reason is added, Christ says. Yet only a few who read them under the Old Dispensation saw Christ in these Scriptures, and why? 4. Thus, the communication of the Holy Spirit that should glorify Christ must move in the same circle as the predictions of the Apocalypse. What is the upshot of this? John 14:1–4 In many ways, the world teaches us to dread the day of death. (3) Learn to note in some such way as this the agency of the Holy Spirit in you, by observing what it is that He shows you of Christ's and of the Father's, in the critical periods of your Christian pilgrimage. How are we to glorify Christ? The saying we now consider suggests to us that we should reverently dwell upon the Apocalypse, and, if we find in it obscurities, reflect upon the dimness of our own vision. Christ received it from the Father, the Spirit received it from Christ, the apostles received it from the Spirit, and the churches of Christ from them in succeeding generations: or this may be understood of the blessings of grace held forth in the Gospel, such as justification, pardon, adoption which are in Christ; and which the Spirit from Christ takes and shows to the saints, and witnesses their special and particular … John 16:14. , “He will glorify me”. The work is according to the mind of Christ. If Scripture is quoted against the Pope, he maintains that we ought not to confine ourselves to it, because the Spirit is come, and has carried us above Scripture by many additions. 1. 15:26; 16:14). (1) Call to mind the first awakening of your soul to the apprehension of things divine. We must have the Holy Spirit. Great, indeed, is the responsibility of Christian pastors and teachers, called as they are to be fellow-workers with God. How bitterly shall we lament much of our ministry because it hath not glorified Christ on our dying beds. When we get to that which cometh from beneath we ought to say "Oh! He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. Nay, he shall exhibit him as possessing “all the fulness of the Godhead bodily.” (Colossians 2:9.). BY THE LIFE WHICH HE INDUCES HIS PEOPLE TO LIVE FOR HIS SAKE. Nothing, therefore, is bestowed on us by the Spirit apart from Christ, but he takes it from Christ, that he may communicate it to us. The teaching of the Holy Spirit within certain limits develops, reinterprets, readjusts for each successive generation the teaching which Jesus gave while He was on earth, III. His light is as various as the lands on which he shines; and so it is with Christ, our unchanging Sun of Righteousness - himself "the same yesterday, and today, and forever." And we may say that these feelings and convictions of Christ's disciples are altogether reasonable - that is to say, they are entirely in accordance with the supernatural fact that Jesus is the Son of God. In what special way the Holy Ghost gives glory to the Son of God. All that the Father has are dear to Him as belonging to the Father, and as the gift of the Father, pledged to Him in the everlasting covenant, and bestowed in recompense of His making His soul an offering for sin. In the first dawn of our spiritual life, a mighty tempest of spiritual influence sweeps over the heart. THE GREAT AND DIVINE AGENT IS THE MESSENGER OF CHRIST. To ministries. Thus you will be able to stir up the gift that is in you, and to improve the Spirit's gracious dealings with you to the uttermost. Ezekiel was transformed at Chebar. How honourable to Christ the lives of saintly men! The ripe fruit, the imperishable record of all this, is to be found in the Scriptures of the New Testament. 2. The child leaves his playthings behind, and comes to despise them. And so the Holy Ghost, when He wishes to comfort, speaks of Christ (chap. Close. Not Christ in any, nor in all, these revelations, glorious as they are, but still subordinate, but Christ upon the tree. Satan is great, i.e., in faculties, but he is in no wise glorious, but infamous, because of the defect of his character. CONCLUSION There stretched away the green fields and the mountains round which poetry had thrown her charm; midway in the perspective rose the ancient castellated ramparts of the fortress of the Knights of St. John, all flashing, glowing, burning, touched and "transfigured by the ministry of light." They would show that to Him was applicable the word spoken, in Daniel 2:22, concerning Jehovah: "He revealeth the deep and secret things; He knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with Him." Mahomet asserts that, without his Alcoran, men always re-main children. But there must be a showing of another kind; a work of discovery within, an opening of the eye of the carnal mind; a dispelling of the darkness of the evil heart, that "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" may shine. From the Bible. 15:3; 1Пет. 2. John 16:14. This sermon focuses on the Holy Spirit as our Teacher Scripture: Nehemiah 9:20; John 14:12-17 Theme: Holy Spirit - Master Teacher This sermon is dedicated to looking at the Holy Spirit as our Teacher – a. and to this cry of conscience is no answer but in Christ and in the sacrifice" of Christ. They themselves belong to the Father. 14. He has an aspect for every period of life, and for all life's great vicissitudes, to those who believe. Jesus said, Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I dont go away, the Counselor wont come to you. 1. 24:27, 44; Деян. Consciousness of walking goes with walking. These are among the things which the Father has, and these He has given to the Son. Every creature.Conclusion: If we would glorify Christ we must —. Whence their depth and their permanence and their power? there have been Churches whose candlestick has been removed out of its place. What joy it shall be to remember that, however feebly, we did extol Him. Christ Manifested in Remembrance . Observe as an encouragement how this whole work of the Spirit is carried on, not against, but by means of our natural faculties of understanding and conscience. 1:10, 11; Отк. The same fact is clear from the structure of Scripture. In conclusion, WHO SHALL PUT BOUNDS OR LIMITS TO THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROMISE IN THE FUTURE? Ver. 1. He opens their eyes, purges their vision, sweeps away the veil that comes between them and their Lord. He shall glorify me; for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. That is why I said the Spirit will receive from me what he will make known to you.” New International Version (NIV) That these are more particularly to be considered here, is plain from the repetition, here and ver. As well ask, "How can I be free if I cannot rid myself of my backbone? 5. I. We only know Him as the Spirit reveals Him. 1. unmute. A. And not angels only are ascending and descending on this ladder, which is none other than the mediation of the Son of Man — but the Lord Himself — the Spirit-As moving to and fro, communicating the fulness of the Father, through the Son. 3. The Spirit will draw aside the veils which hide this truth, will draw forth the hidden harmonies contained in this wondrous Personality. From this source the sacrileges of Popery and Mahometanism have flowed; for, though those two Antichrists differ from each other in many respects, still they agree in holding a common principle; and that is, that in the Gospel we receive the earliest instructions to lead us into the right faith, (97) but that we must seek elsewhere the perfection of doctrine, that it may complete the course of our education. He is One whom Christ is, altogether willing to have taking of His. What an honour to receive the trust of a redeemed world. John 16:14. Think on the time, when, after a sudden and decided call perhaps, or a slower and more doubtful process of conviction, you have felt as if, all at once, the clouds broke and the sky cleared. I. They knew all the facts of our Lord's history already - his birth of a virgin, his death on the cross, and his resurrection and ascension into glory. The moral grandeur of God is His balance, His poise, that He rights Himself. He is well entitled to take of what is Christ's, because He is Himself a Divine person. AS A TEST. The answer to that question is the gospel, and Christ on the cross is its sum. In John 14:16, Jesus referred to the Spirit as "another Comforter." Paul was fully conscious of this when he said, "God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts," etc. True religion is more widely disseminated in this than it has been in any preceding dispensation. By any sensible or ocular demonstration? You have the words of eternal life (6:68). If we will do this, and that, and the other we shall be saved. (5) And what might I say of many who produce their pretty little essays, and high-sounding periods, but that they are as "sounding brass, and a tinkling cymbal," inasmuch as they forget Christ. The apostles loved Christ too much, as the carnal loves the carnal. Giving efficacy to the work already accomplished by Christ's death and resurrection. "How then do we see the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ? We are warned that the letter killeth; and, alas! The impenitent and unbelieving are consigned to His disposal; and on Him it devolves to award and inflict eternal judgment. The internal or subjective nature of the Spirit's teaching-how His office is to discover to the souls of men what Christ is outwardly or objectively-is here very clearly expressed; and, at the same time, the vanity of looking for revelations of the Spirit which shall do anything beyond throwing light in the soul upon what Christ Himself is, and taught, and did upon earth. 3. 1. 2. See how He has used the "unsearchable riches of Christ" for the satisfying of your wants; how in your ignorance He has opened to you "the riches of His wisdom and knowledge;" in your waywardness and backsliding; "the riches of His forbearance" in your grief and despondency "the riches of His grace;" and amid the terrors of death "the riches of His glory." 1 Corinthians 16:6-24. Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for John 14:16. ← Back to Chuck Smith's Bio & Resources. 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. IV. 1:1, 2). In their own measure and degree "they have the mind of Christ." I. Here are we saved, and yet such weak things that we cannot glorify Christ without the Holy Ghost. It is important to put emphasis upon the fact before us, because the effort of to-day is to destroy the balance of the attributes of God — to posit in that justice, for example — and in measurement and in adjustment everything comes back to the straight line — that justice in God is a merely optional attribute. 1. Self can no longer be their idol, for they have become conscious of a Presence which raises them above themselves. Look at China. No doubt that was his experience; but do you want to experience every piece of devilry that a good man has known? 5. In a long series of passages in the second portion of Isaiah, it is shown to have been the design of the many predictions of the future contained in the book, to demonstrate that Jehovah was God, or to glorify Him: see ch. Art thou saved or not? "Through the eternal Spirit He offered Himself, without spot, to God;" and He was "declared to be the Son of God with power, by His resurrection from the dead, according to the Spirit of holiness." 14.Shall glorify me—The Spirit shall exhibit the Son in all his Messianic glory, as Head of the Church, and Judge of the world. 3. For this purpose He was to "receive of Christ" - that is, all that related to His Person and Work - "and show it unto them," or make them, by His inward teaching, to discern it in its own light. BECAUSE OF OUR STAND FOR THE TRUTH THERE SHALL BE JOY John 16:16-33 A. Bursts there not a glory from that torn flesh which hangs and writhes upon those ragged nails, which challenges all suns to rival it in splendour? It is around these that all the doctrines of the faith are clustered; out of these facts they may be said to grow. III. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? "For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth.". They needed light on the light. God hath "shined in" — not into the world only, that is not enough — could not be, for "the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not." And these deductions of our reason and our conscience are confirmed by Scripture. All true teaching agrees with the testimony of the Holy Spirit in glorifying Christ. How did he see it? Human life in all its departments is to be gladdened by his presence, inspired by his example, molded by his will. In this way they make the Gospel to be of no greater value than the Law, of which it is said that it was a schoolmaster of the ancient people, (Galatians 3:24.). For consider how large a share the Holy Ghost had in the whole of that mediatorial work of Christ, which is the main ground of His saying, "All things that the Father hath are Mine." In John 14. he said, "I am the Truth" about God and about man, and about the relation of man to God. 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