1 These things have I spoken unto you, that
ye should not be offended.
2 They shall put you out of the synagogues:
yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God
service.
3 And these things will they do unto you,
because they have not known the Father, nor me.
4 But these things have I told you, that
when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these
things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.
5 But now I go my way to him that sent me;
and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou?
6
But because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart.
7 ¶
Nevertheless, I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for
if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will
send him unto you.
John 16:1-7
MORE BENEFITS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT
Jesus the Son of God, had been a rock of
courage, comfort and all that a disciple will need. For 3 years and six months,
he’s groomed them, walked with them, encouraged and supported them. Now He is
about to return to where He came from. The disciples were not just shocked but
sad. They even became fearful considering the jealousy and hatred the people in
authority had for their master, what will happen to His disciples after he
leaves them.
But Jesus, the great and exemplary leader
begins to allay their fearfulness and sorrow. He tells them:‘It is more
beneficial for you that I go away'. It will be more profitable to the disciples
if Jesus left the scene. Why? Jesus declares the reason: ‘for if I go not away,
the Comforter will not come unto you’.
This kept the disciples wondering, the
Comforter? But was Jesus not the only comforter they knew and wanted? Did He mean
that their spiritual lives will be better enhances in His departing from them
physically? Can we stretch this to mean that those who will become Christians
after the physical departure of Jesus will be at an advantage over those who
experienced Him physically?
It is expedient for you that I go away...
It is advantageous for you that I go away...
It is beneficial for you that I go away...
It is useful for you that I go away...
It is better for you that I go away...
It is profitable for you that I go away...
Years ago, a certain lady had some health
challenges. We prayed for her, prayed with her and kept encouraging her. One
day when I visited her and prayed with her, she started sobbing and declared:
‘Oh, how I wished I lived during the times when Jesus walked physically on the
earth’. I was shocked but interested in that, so I asked, why do you wish to be
in those times? She said, ‘oh, like the woman with the issue of blood who
touched the hem of Jesus’ garment and got healed, I also will meet Jesus
face-to-face and just by one touch, this my health challenge will disappear’.it
sounded nice and spiritual but was a badge of ignorance and a direct affront to
what Jesus declared. Usually, our mindsets harm or hurt us more than any
physical condition. Jesus believes His prolonged stay with the disciples was
inhibiting their access to a certain dimension of a spiritual experience with
the Holy Spirit.
ANOTHER COMFORTER
And I will pray the Father, and
he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever. John 14:16 (KJV)
THE REALITY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
The reality of the existence of Jesus
Christ is not just embraced by the church but the world also; in fact, Jesus is
a historic figure in human history. Those who hold any arguments at all about
Jesus do not deny His existence but doubt some other misunderstood facts about
Him. But the subject of the Holy Spirit is in more doubt and yet, the Holy Spirit is
just as real as Jesus. Kathryn Kuhlman said, 'Jesus is God's gift to the world but the Holy Spirit is His gift to the church'. Is it not sad that the world has accepted their gift more than the church has accepted her gift? May God help us to embrace the Holy Spirit more than we have done.
JESUS AND THE HOLY SPIRIT COMPARED
1. EXISTENCE BEFORE TIME
JESUS existed in eternity before He came
into time (this physical world).
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word
was with God, and the Word was God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt
among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the
Father,) full of grace and truth. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in
blood: and his name is called The Word of God. I am Alpha and Omega, the
beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is
to come, the Almighty. Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last:
and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches
which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto
Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. And he
said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I
am not of this world.
(John 1:1,14; Rev. 19:13; 1:8,11; John 8:23)
HOLY SPIRIT existed before He came into
time (this physical world).
And the earth was without form, and void;
and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon
the face of the waters. Gen. 1:2
2. PROPHESIED ABOUT
JESUS’ coming was foretold by prophets and
angels.
For unto us a child is born, unto us a son
is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The
Prince of Peace.
7 Of the increase of his government and
peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to
order it, and to establish it with judgment and with justice from henceforth
even for ever. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will perform this. And the angel
said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
31 And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy
womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS.
32 He shall be great, and shall be called
the Son of the Highest: and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his
father David:
33 And he shall reign over the house of
Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
(Isaiah. 9:6-7; Luke 2:30-33)
HOLY SPIRIT’S coming was foretold by Jesus
and other prophets.
And I will pray the Father, and he shall
give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world
cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him;
for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
18 ¶ I will not leave you comfortless: I
will come to you. Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you
that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but
if I depart, I will send him unto you. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is
come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to
come. And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon
all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall
dream dreams, your young men shall see visions But Peter, standing up with the
eleven, lifted up his voice, and said unto them, Ye men of Judaea, and all ye
that dwell at Jerusalem, be this known unto you, and hearken to my words:
15 For these are not drunken, as ye
suppose, seeing it is but the third hour of the day.
16 But this is that which was spoken by the
prophet Joel John 14:16-18; 16:7,13; Joel 2:28; Acts 2:14-16
3. IN TIME
JESUS came here at the appointed time
But when the fulness of the time was come,
God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law Gal. 4:4
HOLY SPIRIT came here at the appointed time
In the last day, that great day of the
feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me,
and drink.
38 He that believeth on me, as the
scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39 (But this spake he of the Spirit, which
they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given;
because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) John 7:37-39
4. LIMITED TIME ON EARTH
JESUS had a time frame within which to
carry out His mission.
I must work the works of him that sent me,
while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. John 9:4
HOLY SPIRIT has a timeline for His mission.
And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time.
7
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way. 2Thess. 2:6-7
5. FORM
JESUS came in human form
Forasmuch then as the children are
partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same;
that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil But made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a
servant, and was made in the likeness of men:
8 And being found in fashion as a man, he
humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Heb. 2:14; Phil. 2:7-8
HOLY SPIRIT maintained His spirit form in
His coming on earth though He abides in the body of Christ on the earth(the
church)
What? know ye not that your body is the
temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not
your own?
1 And when the day of Pentecost was fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.
2 And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
3 And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
4 And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.1Cor. 6:19; Acts 2:1-4
6. MISSION
JESUS’ mission was to pay the penalty of
man’s sin
For God sent not his Son into the world to
condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:17
HOLY SPIRIT came to impart the life and
nature of God into man’s spirit.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou
hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it
goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit. John 3:8
7. ASCENSION
JESUS returned to the father when he finished
his mission.
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe
in God, believe also in me.
2 In my Father's house are many mansions:
if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
3 And if I go and prepare a place for you,
I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may
be also.
4 ¶ And whither I go ye know, and the way
ye know. John 14:1-4
HOLY SPIRIT will return to the father when
He finished His task.
And now ye know what withholdeth that he
might be revealed in his time.
7
For the mystery of iniquity doth already work: only he who now letteth will
let, until he be taken out of the way. 2Thess. 2:6-7
8. EXTENT OF MINISTRY
JESUS’ earthly ministry was localized
(could be at only one place on the earth at a time)
How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the
Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were
oppressed of the devil; for God was with him. Acts 10:38
HOLY SPIRIT is not.
And I beheld, and, lo, in the midst of the
throne and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb as
it had been slain, having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven
Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth. Revelation 5:6 ¶
9. CURRENT INTERCESSION MISSION
JESUS is currently at the right side of the
father in heaven making intercession for us to submit to the comforting
ministry of the Holy Spirit
Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ
that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of
God, who also maketh intercession for us. Rom. 8:34
HOLY SPIRIT is presently with us on the
earth making intercession for us through us and other believers to look more
like Christ.
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our
infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the
Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be
uttered. Rom. 8:26
10. SELFLESSNESS
JESUS came to reveal the Father.
Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long
time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me
hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
10 Believest thou not that I am in the
Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of
myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
11 Believe me that I am in the Father, and
the Father in me: or else believe me for the very works' sake. John 14:9-11
HOLY SPIRIT came to reveal Jesus.
He shall glorify me: for he shall receive
of mine, and shall shew it unto you. John 16:14
Whose task is it to reveal the Holy Spirit?
This is your task. He has no physical body but yours. Dedicate your life to Him
and allow Him to flow through you like Kathryn Kuhlman and Benny Hinn and
ultimately as Jesus did.
Receive the Holy Spirit today.
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