John Teaches Jesus the Spirit-Sender (pt. 2) John 16:4a-15

“To come to know the Holy Spirit is to experience him in ways that cannot be explained in human terms. If you can understand it and explain it, it is probably not the Holy Spirit working.” A.W. Tozer

“The restoration of the Holy Spirit to his rightful place in our life and the life of the true church is by all means the most important thing that could possibly take place.” A.W. Tozer

“He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.” John 16:14

“Eternal is the Father; eternal is the Son; eternal is the Spirit: and yet there are not three eternal beings, but one who is eternal…almighty is the Father; almighty is the Son; almighty is the Spirit: and yet there are not three almighty beings, but one who is almighty. Thus the Father is God; the Son is God; the Holy Spirit is God…the Father is Lord, the Son is Lord, the Holy Spirit is Lord.” Athanasian Creed (415 A.D.)

“I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.” John 16:12-13

“And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin…” John 16:8a

“The Holy Spirit alone can enter and make the depth of our heart’s sin real to us. Nobody can repent until he knows the depth of his own sin, and nobody can know the depth of his own sin unless the Holy Spirit shows it to him. No one can repent properly until the Holy Spirit shows him, and the person outside of Christ cannot understand this divine communion.” A.W. Tozer

“And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment.” John 16:8 (RSV)

We have all become like one who is unclean, and all our righteous deeds are like a polluted garment. Isaiah 64:6

And I said: “Woe is me! For I am lost; for I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts!” Isaiah 6:5

“The Holy Spirit will not soothe you, nor will He make you feel comfortable. The Holy Spirit may uproot your present life and bring a bit of discomfort to you. When the Holy Spirit moves, He disrupts a person’s life. He destroys those things we have been resting upon in order that we might come to the point of resting wholly and completely upon Him.” A.W. Tozer

But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you… Acts 1:8a

“The power given is not a gift from the Holy Spirit “The power given is not a gift from the Holy Spirit. He, Himself, is the power. Today He is as truly available and as mighty in power as He was on the day of Pentecost.” Hudson Taylor

“The greatest need today is for men and women who know Jesus Christ as Savior to be filled with the Holy Spirit. If we are not filled with the Holy Spirit, we are sinning against God.” Billy Graham

and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8b

“We can’t fully embrace the Go-Mission until we embrace the “don’t-go-mission.” Pastor Steve Fowler

Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the LORD rejoice! Seek the LORD and his strength; seek his presence continually! Psalm 105:3-4

“The one thing needful for the church, and the thing which, above all others, men ought everywhere to seek for with one accord, and with their whole heart, is to be filled with the Spirit of God.” Andrew Murray

“And I tell you, ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. … If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will the heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!” Luke 11:9-10, 13