Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher - Jim Rickard Thursday, December 16,

Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

Memory Verse 2 Tim 2:4, “No soldier in active service entangles himself in the affairs of everyday life, so that he may please the one who enlisted him as a soldier.”

John 15:26 The Spirit Leads in Triumph!

“Whenever the Helper (Holy Spirit) comes ” Views the entirety of the action from Christ’s asking of the Father, to the sending of the Spirit by both the Son and Father, …

… to the actual permanent indwelling of every Church Age believer, to His empowering and enabling witness inside each believer.

As we know, He came on the day of Pentecost, 50 Days after our Lord’s resurrection and 10 days after His ascension.

“Whom I (Jesus) will send to you all from (the source of) the Father.”

Principles: 1. As we noted previously in John 14:16, and 26 the Father is the one who sends the Holy Spirit at the request of, or in the name of Jesus.

2. Here Jesus does the sending. He will reiterate this principle, “that it is an advantage to the believer to send them God the Holy Spirit”, in John 16:7.

3. After His resurrection Jesus tells the disciples of the sending of the Holy Spirit, Luke 24:49.

4. The actual giving of the Holy Spirit for the first time and therefore the Birthday of the Church is found in Acts 2:1-4.

5. The confirmation of the sending of the Spirit is given by Peter in Acts 2:33.

“That is, the Spirit of Truth (Bible Doctrine) who proceeds from (the source of) the Father.”

Truth - ALETHEIA. A reference to the Bible Doctrine that the Spirit will teach to and communicate through Church Age believers.

Proceeds - EKPOREUOMAI Passive Deponent Voice: The Holy Spirit is sent by the Son and Father yet this says that the Spirit Himself proceeds from the Father.

All three members of the Trinity are involved in the sending of God the Holy Spirit to Church Age believers.

“That One will bear witness concerning Me.”

Bear Witness - MARTUREO Future, Active, Indicative: Upon the universal indwelling of God the Holy Spirit during the Church Age, His mission is to proclaim the Savior, Jesus Christ.

John 15:26, “Whenever the Helper (God the Holy Spirit) comes, whom I (Jesus) will send to you all from (the source of) the Father, that is, the Spirit of Truth, (Bible Doctrine), who proceeds from (the source of) the Father, that One will bear witness concerning Me,”

Here we have the ministry of the Holy Spirit throughout the intensified stage of the Angelic Conflict.

Principles: 1. The antidote to the antagonism of the world is found in the Word as stated in verse 25 and the witness of the Holy Spirit, verse 26.

2. “Advocate, Counselor, Helper”, etc., all add to the idea involved in the third person of the Trinity and the function of the Holy Spirit; however, they all are short of the mark.

3. Though other passages describe different characteristics, in this verse the Spirit’s work of testifying about Christ is highlighted.

4. He will give that testimony of Christ through the apostles and disciples of the Church Age.

5. PARAKLETOS is a word with legal associations, suggesting our lawyer, or advocate.

6. The Spirit’s task is the conduct of the case of Christ before the world.

He is part of the prosecution dream team that supplies the evidence leading to a guilty verdict of Satan and His Cosmic System.

Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, December 16, 2010 Tape # The Spirit Leads in Triumph! Upper Room Discourse, Part 452 John 15:26; 14:16, 26; 16:7; Luke 24:49; Acts 2:1-4 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2010