The purpose of John 4b-15 is the coming of the Holy Spirit to act as Christ’s substitute on earth and the benefit of the Holy Spirit coming for three main reasons. One: Convicting of the world (verse eight). Two: Guiding into all truth, and speaking on Christ’s behalf (verse 13). Three: Glorify Christ and declare what is His (verse 14). This is important because once Jesus went to be with the Father the Holy Spirit would continue God’s plan of salvation to humankind concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment. Verse four b: Verse four begins with Jesus sharing with His disciples about the coming of the Holy Spirit, but Jesus acknowledges why at the beginning of His ministry He did not tell the disciples about the coming of the Holy Spirit
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The sin is revealing unbelief of those who do not believe in the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. The conviction also applies to those who have rejected Christ. (Thompson, 338)
Verse ten: The next roll of the Holy Spirit is concerning righteousness as He guides into truth since Jesus left to be with the Father. The purpose of righteousness from the Holy Spirit is revealing the perfect standard of God’s truth and justice. This role of the Holy Spirit is to make man realize his own insufficiency to save his soul (Gaebelein and Douglas, 157.)
Verse 11: The final roll listed is concerning the judgement of the world because the ruler of this world is judged. The judgment means separation and when Jesus died on the cross, He was at the time separated from God, but the ruler of the world, Satan could not conquer death, and thus stands judged.
Verse 12: Jesus still had much to tell His disciples, but they could not yet receive any more information concerning spiritual matters since they were already grieved with the departure of Jesus (Blum). In spite of the disciples unable to receive what Jesus said the Holy Spirit’s role was now to reveal truth to the disciples (John
The sin is revealing unbelief of those who do not believe in the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. The conviction also applies to those who have rejected Christ. (Thompson, 338)
Verse ten: The next roll of the Holy Spirit is concerning righteousness as He guides into truth since Jesus left to be with the Father. The purpose of righteousness from the Holy Spirit is revealing the perfect standard of God’s truth and justice. This role of the Holy Spirit is to make man realize his own insufficiency to save his soul (Gaebelein and Douglas, 157.)
Verse 11: The final roll listed is concerning the judgement of the world because the ruler of this world is judged. The judgment means separation and when Jesus died on the cross, He was at the time separated from God, but the ruler of the world, Satan could not conquer death, and thus stands judged.
Verse 12: Jesus still had much to tell His disciples, but they could not yet receive any more information concerning spiritual matters since they were already grieved with the departure of Jesus (Blum). In spite of the disciples unable to receive what Jesus said the Holy Spirit’s role was now to reveal truth to the disciples (John