"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.”
THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT (I)
Nowhere in the New Testament is there more clearly seenthe nature of the Spirit’s work than here in John 16.
The Spirit will convince, convict, reprove the world of sin,
of judgment, and of righteousness. Thus has it ever been.
Of sin, “because,” as Jesus said, “they don’t believe in me.”
Rejecting Jesus makes one’s sinful nature plain to see!
Of righteousness, because of Him whom he was going to;
his resurrection and ascension proved his claims were true.
Of judgment, for the devil has been judged once and for all;
that fateful day on Calvary he saw his kingdom fall.
And every time another soul is saved beneath the cross,
the erstwhile ruler of this world is dealt another loss.
THE WORK OF THE SPIRIT (II)
That’s what Jesus said the Holy Spirit’s work would be
with the unbelieving world. But what with you and me?
“When the Holy Spirit comes, he’ll guide you day by day
into all the truth, for he’ll speak what he hears, and say
all the things that are to come, and glorify me, too.
For he’ll take what’s mine and he’ll declare it all to you.
Everything the Father has is mine. That’s why I said,
he will take what’s mine and seal it in your heart and head.”
So the Spirit has his work cut out for him to do
in the unbelieving world and in us Christians, too.
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