The Work of the Holy Spirit

The Work of the Holy Spirit
John 16:12-15
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you can not bear them now. 13 “However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. 14 “He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 “All things that the Father has are Mine.” Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.
In Verse 12 Jesus tells His disciples that there is much that they do know as yet, furthermore there is much that He has already told them that they do not yet fully understand. Why the mystery? If He truly loved them and knew He was about to leave them, why not tell them everything? Their faith was not strong enough to grasp all that Jesus had to tell them of His death, resurrection, and that was revealed to them after the Holy Spirit had come. Also because of the sorrow that they experienced, for in verse 5 Jesus had told them He must go away.
A lot of times unbelievers try and read the Bible, only to cast it aside because they do not understand it. A brother in the Lord told me that He tried to read to Bible, but that he lacked direction, not knowing where to read, that what he read he could not fully grasp. I have had this problem as well and without a lectern to guide me in which scripture I am to teach on I would be lost at times searching through Scripture.
When I attempted to create this page there was much I did not understand because I did not know that language of computers, I knew enough to get started, but to fully express what I wanted to in this page I turned to outside help.
During the three years that the disciples spent with Jesus He gave them a lot of information that at times they understood, and other times they asked for clarification. They could not fully understand what Jesus wanted to convey to them, for they lacked one person of the Godhead that would clarify all things to them. Unbelievers cannot fully grasp the meaning of Christ’s teaching, for they lack the guidance provided by God in the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 2:14 But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discovered.
V.13 “when He, the Spirit of Truth has come,” God’s Spirit worked in individual lives, but was not limited to, before the death of Christ. God’s spirit would rest upon who He willed, and would be taken from who He willed.
1 Samuel chapter 10 tells the story of how the Spirit of God came upon Saul soon after he was anointed king of Israel. Saul did not walk in the will of God and in chapter 16 verse 14 of 1 Samuel the Spirit of God departed from Saul.
After the death of Christ and on the Day of Pentecost told of in Acts chapter 2, God deals with all believers through His Holy Spirit. Someone asked me once, as a believer when do you get the Holy Spirit. I believe that the Bible teaches us that at salvation that the Spirit of God comes upon you. So I believe that you have gotten all the Holy Spirit you are going to get. The Question is how much of you are you giving to the Holy Spirit?
The Spirit of God will never testify of Himself, but only glorify the Father and the Son. He will guide you only in truth and as a parent guides an infant, so will He guide you in the ways of the Father. The Spirit of God has become a means to which God can now guide His children in the way that He wishes them to go. He also allows us an avenue to communicate with God, through the power of the Holy Spirit, and by the blood of Christ. I feel that this establishes in part the fellowship that God desires with His children.
V.14 “He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.” Once born again, you put on the mind of Christ, which the Spirit reveals to you. Jesus was telling the disciples that after the coming of the Spirit of Truth, that He would help them to understand in full the teachings of Christ, and reveal to them the true meaning of the Word of God. Many times people look to the Spirit of God for answers that are contradictory to the Word of God. They seek to justify sin, justify false doctrine, or look for approval to walk outside the will of God. All along the Spirit of God is not able to do this for Jesus said in this verse that He would take what is Mine, and reveal it to us. We search in vain and follow our own desire, instead of seeking out the answers in Scripture, or asking for clarification.
V. 15 “All things that the Father has are Mine.” I can not think of a plainer expression of the absolute community with the Father than this. We get a look into the unique working of the Godhead, as The Spirit reveals to us the Kingdom of God. Jesus told the disciples, “You have not because you ask not.” we have only to look to the maker of the stars for the answers and not to the stars themselves. We need only go to the Spirit of God and not Madam Chloe, who will give you an answer for a nominal fee. God is all we need and He is waiting to reveal the beauty of His Kingdom, and the truth of His Word to us. Luke 11:9 “So I say to you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”