Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Tuesday, June 7,

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 1 Cor 13:13 “But now abide (live forever) faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

John 16:16-18 Jesus Re-emphasizes His Death, Resurrection, Ascension and Session!

“A little while” - MIKROS, is used twice here and in verse 17, and once in verse 18.

It’s first used to refer to the time between the termination of the Gethsemane discourse and the crucifixion the next day, as in John 7:33; 13:33; 14:19.

“You will no longer behold Me” OUKETI THEOREO ME. THEOREO - to observe something as a spectator. They were in the presence of Christ for 3+ years.

This is a reference to the crucifixion which involves the two deaths of Christ on the Cross. As a result of the physical death of Christ they will no longer see Him on the earth.

“You shall see Me” – HORAO: Future, Middle Deponent, Indicative. This represents His Resurrection and 40 days on earth.

Once Christ is raised from the dead they have a panoramic view. Before He died it was as spectators.

John 16:16, “A little while and you will observe Me no more, and again a little while and you will see Me.”

Verse 17, “Because I go to the Father.” He repeats what He told them in verse 10, 7, 5 as He did in John 14:28, 12, 3.

Christ goes away in the sense of leaving the earth, so this is used for the ascension.

“To the Father” PROS PATER “Face to face with the Father.” That is the session of Christ seated at the right hand of the Father.

1) “A little while you will not observe me” - The Cross. 2) “A little while and you will see Me” - His resurrection and 40 days on earth. 3) “Because I go” - His ascension. 4) “To the Father” - His session seated at the right hand of the Father.

Verse 18, “And so they were saying”. LEGO: Imperfect, Active, Indicative. “They kept on asking.”

“We do not know” OUK OIDA OIDA in the Perfect, Active, Indicative. “We absolutely do not know.”

Principles: 1. Clearly the disciples were perplexed by what Jesus is saying, just as you are perplexed the 1 st, 2 nd, or even 3 rd time you learn something new from the Scriptures.

2. It takes a panoramic view from having a broad understanding of Scriptures to understand the challenging concepts of God’s Word.

3. They were greatly disturbed and discouraged because Christ was going to leave them. So Jesus tells them of four important events.

In their circumstances and with their prejudices, it was difficult to understand Him.

4. That is why we need to look at life objectively through the lens of Bible Doctrine, and not our circumstances, situation or background.

5. These statements brought confusion because He did not include the specific words of Cross, Resurrection, Ascension and Session.

6. Through the Filling of the Holy Spirit, a panoramic knowledge of Bible Doctrine and objective thinking you will be able to discern the various principles of Jesus’ thinking.

7. Upon the indwelling of the Holy Spirit they would not only have seen Him physically but see Him spiritually through the teaching ministry of God the Holy Spirit.

8. Today, we “see Jesus”, Heb 2:9, through the Spirit’s teaching of the Word of God.

Heb 2:9, “But we do see Him who was made for a little while lower than the angels, namely, Jesus,….”

Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, June 7, 2011 Tape # Jesus Re-Emphasizes His Cross, Resurrection, Ascension and Session Upper Room Discourse, Part 517 John 16:16-18; Heb 2:9 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011