JESUS IS FOLLOWED THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT (22 OF 32)
Scripture: John 14:12-16, John 14:18-31
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Jesus is Followed through the Holy Spirit (22 of 32)
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 14:12-31
Introduction
In Genesis 2 God surveys the man He has created and declares, ''It is not good for the man to be alone,'' (Genesis 2:18). Now note there that God doesn't say Adam was lonely. It wasn't that his primary need was emotional companionship. God declares Adam to be alone, meaning the only one of his kind. And why this was a problem was because as the only one of his kind Adam was unable to fulfill the task that God had given him. Adam could not, all by himself, fill the earth with worshipers; he could not expand the borders of the Garden. God looks at what He had given Adam to do and He concludes that Adam cannot complete this task by himself. He needs a helper.
Now certainly the first woman did provide the man emotional company and support as he did the same for her. But more importantly, together they could actually accomplish what God was calling them to. The point is that God not only gave humanity a mission but gave them precisely what they needed to carry out that mission. And so, too, in our passage this morning, we see that Jesus not only gives His disciples a mission, but the Helper they need to carry out that task. He assures them, ''I will not leave you as orphans,'' (John 14:18), meaning they won't be alone.
Now, of course, logically we wonder (and the disciples themselves especially wonder) how Jesus will be with us if He is going away to the Father. Right? I mean that just makes no sense. It's not that He'll be looking down on us from some place in the clouds and, thus, we can kind of say He is with us. It's not that He's going to pull an Obi Wan Kenobi and turn into some spirit that can appear and speak to us from time to time. No. He's going away. So how then will He not leave us as orphans? It's because the Father is now going to send another helper, but not a creaturely one like what He gave to Adam. John 14 shows us this morni ...
Series: John
Patrick Edwards
John 14:12-31
Introduction
In Genesis 2 God surveys the man He has created and declares, ''It is not good for the man to be alone,'' (Genesis 2:18). Now note there that God doesn't say Adam was lonely. It wasn't that his primary need was emotional companionship. God declares Adam to be alone, meaning the only one of his kind. And why this was a problem was because as the only one of his kind Adam was unable to fulfill the task that God had given him. Adam could not, all by himself, fill the earth with worshipers; he could not expand the borders of the Garden. God looks at what He had given Adam to do and He concludes that Adam cannot complete this task by himself. He needs a helper.
Now certainly the first woman did provide the man emotional company and support as he did the same for her. But more importantly, together they could actually accomplish what God was calling them to. The point is that God not only gave humanity a mission but gave them precisely what they needed to carry out that mission. And so, too, in our passage this morning, we see that Jesus not only gives His disciples a mission, but the Helper they need to carry out that task. He assures them, ''I will not leave you as orphans,'' (John 14:18), meaning they won't be alone.
Now, of course, logically we wonder (and the disciples themselves especially wonder) how Jesus will be with us if He is going away to the Father. Right? I mean that just makes no sense. It's not that He'll be looking down on us from some place in the clouds and, thus, we can kind of say He is with us. It's not that He's going to pull an Obi Wan Kenobi and turn into some spirit that can appear and speak to us from time to time. No. He's going away. So how then will He not leave us as orphans? It's because the Father is now going to send another helper, but not a creaturely one like what He gave to Adam. John 14 shows us this morni ...
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