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When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; - John 16:13

 

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John 16:1-15: 

 1 'I have said these things to you to keep you from stumbling. 2 They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, an hour is coming when those who kill you will think that by doing so they are offering worship to God. 3 And they will do this because they have not known the Father or me. 4 But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you may remember that I told you about them. 'I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. 5 But now I am going to him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, "Where are you going?" 6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. 7 Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. 8 And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgement: 9 about sin, because they do not believe in me; 10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will see me no longer; 11 about judgement, because the ruler of this world has been condemned. 12 'I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak on his own, but will speak whatever he hears, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, because he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine. For this reason I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.

 

Reflecting on the Gospel passage where Jesus was sharing insights on the soon to be revealed Gift of the Holy Spirit to the 12 disciples. This was only hours before His betrayal by Judas (who sold their Master and Lord for the paltry price of a slave, i.e. 30 silver coins) and arrest by the Temple authorities with a large company of armed men. 

He was preparing them for the infilling of the Holy Spirit, Who would descend upon the disciples and Mother Mary with power and might on the day of Pentecost. This dramatically transformed these previously timid men who fled the scene after Jesus' arrest. But they could boldly preach the Good News after being empowered by the Holy Spirit at Pentecost.  We too, as New Testament believers, need to seek the infilling of the Holy Spirit daily to have the wisdom, courage, and power to perform God's work. 

As Jesus had lovingly told Mary when He first appeared to her on Easter morning, in John 20:17 - Jesus said to her, 'Do not hold on to me, because I have not yet ascended to the Father. But go to my brothers and say to them, "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God".  We too need to be patient and wait upon the LORD to move and walk in the power of the Holy Spirit. 

I'll end my sharing with this beautiful hymn and prayer to invite a fresh infilling of the Holy Spirit on all of us: 

Spirit of the Living God, Fall Afresh On Me 

Verse 

Spirit of the Living God, Fall afresh on me, 

Spirit of the Living God, Fall afresh on me.

Break me, melt me, mold me, fill me. 

Spirit of the Living God, Fall afresh on me.

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CCLI Song # 23488 

Song writer: Daniel Iverson © 1926 

Recorded by: Emmaus Worship

 

Reflection on John 16:1-15 by Chris Tan