John 14:25-15:8
Dear RTB’ers,
Yesterday we saw Jesus’ first mention of the Holy Spirit in John 14:16-17. Today we have a second mention, with the Holy Spirit mentioned as the Helper: But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. (v. 14:26) Three items here, especially powerful as we apply them to ourselves: the Father will send the Holy Spirit; He will teach us all things; and we will remember as needed! From Pentecost forward we see the apostles speaking and preaching and writing, no doubt recalling Jesus’ words and Old Testament verses as needed. We see this particularly played out when Peter and John are called before the Sanhedrin and Luke offers this report on the leaders’ amazement: Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. (Acts 4:13) That same power is available to us, again, as needed.
My Study Bible offered an interesting insight on the following verse: …for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on Me… (v. 14:30b) Here’s the Study Bible comment: “Satan has a hold on people because of their fallen state. Since Christ was sinless, Satan could have no hold on Him.” Just that…
Today’s chapter 14 ends with Jesus saying, “Rise, let us go from here,” but then John has Him speaking for another three chapters before He is arrested at Gethsemane. I’ve always wondered where He was when He spoke these three chapters. Wondering…!
Blessings!
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