The Holy Spirit is given to Jesus’ disciples to continue the same work that Jesus started in their lives while He was with them. The Spirit’s influence in our lives will help to identify what true discipleship looks like.
7 Subject = The Spirit
The Spirit is our Advocate, Counselor, Helper, Comforter and Friend
8-11 Object = The World
- The Spirit will convict the world of sin
- The Spirit will convict the world of righteousness
- The Spirit will convict the world of judgment
12-15 Object = The Disciples
- The Spirit will guide you into all truth
- The Spirit will speak what He hears
- The Spirit will continue the work of Jesus
Conclusion:
- A true disciple needs a Friend
- A true disciple testifies to the world
- A true disciple keeps growing in Jesus
- A true disciple sees Jesus rightly
Application:
Don’t see Christlikeness – Seek Christ
2 Corinthians 3:17-18
“Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. And we all, who with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.”
John 15:15
“I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master’s business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.”
John 14:16
“And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to help you and be with you forever the Spirit of Truth.”
Acts 24:24-25
“Several days later Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Paul and listened to him as he spoke about faith in Christ Jesus. As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.”
– Warren Wiersbe
“When a lost sinner is truly under conviction, he will see the folly and evil of unbelief; he will confess that he does not measure up to the righteousness of Christ; and he will realize that he is under condemnation because he belongs to the world and the devil. There can be no conversion without conviction, and there can be no conviction apart from the Spirit of God using the Word of God and the witness of the child of God.”
John 15:26-27
“When the Counselor comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
John 14:26
“But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.”