7 However, I am telling you the truth: It's good for you that I'm going
away. If I don't go away, the helper won't come to you. But if I go, I will send
him to you. 8 He will come to convict the world of sin, to show the world what has
God's approval, and to convince the world that God judges it. 9 He will convict
the world of sin, because people don't believe in me. 10 He will show the world
what has God's approval, because I'm going to the Father and you won't see me anymore.
11 He will convince the world that God judges it, because the ruler of this world
has been judged. 12 "I have a lot more to tell you, but that would be too much
for you now. 13 When the Spirit of Truth comes, he will guide you into the full
truth. He won't speak on his own. He will speak what he hears and will tell you
about things to come. 14 He will give me glory, because he will tell you what I
say. 15 Everything the Father says is also what I say. That is why I said, 'He will
take what I say and tell it to you.' ~ John 16:7-15 (God’s Word Translation
Bible)
Jesus is explaining to His disciples that it is important for Him
to leave so they and His future followers will be completely dependent on the
Power of His Holy Spirit. The workings of the Holy Spirit are so powerful that
the preaching of His Word forces the world to confess its own iniquity and
proclaim the righteousness and absolute power of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit
has and will continue to reprove the world that those who accept the worlds
immoral and unrighteousness will not be able to give any excuse when judgment
time comes.
Jesus is referring to a time that followed His ascension when all
that opposed Him were decidedly admonished through the pouring out of the Holy
Spirit on the Church (Body of Christ), denouncing those enemies of Christ
forcing them to confess that they were mislead and did not believe confessing
to Peter:
37 When the people heard this, they were deeply upset. They asked Peter
and the other apostles, "Brothers, what should we do?" ~ Acts 2:37
(GWT)
Jesus returning to His Father proving to the world that He was not
condemned by the Father, showing the world that His Father has truly given the
authority and power both in Heaven and in earth. Proving for all time that He
the Christ has, without question conquered Satan, not by any means or weapons
we as mere mortals understand but with the power and might that can only come
from the Trinity: God the Father – God the Son – God the Holy Spirit:
4 The weapons we use in our fight are not made by humans. Rather, they
are powerful weapons from God. With them we destroy people's defenses, that is,
their arguments 5 and all their intellectual arrogance that oppose the knowledge
of God. We take every thought captive so that it is obedient to Christ. ~ 2
Corinthians 10:4-5 (GWT)
The Holy Spirit must withhold comprehension of new doctrine while
teaching what Christ taught until our faith and hearts mature to a point that
we are able to grasp its consequences. If we learn too much too fast it may confuse
us to the point of paralyzing us to inaction. Through a sensitive course of progressive
clarification, the God’s Holy Spirit displays authentic followers of Jesus Christ
what we need to know, as we need to know. Those who have just begun their faith
walk and those who have not fully committed to Christ do not have the capacity
to comprehend like those who have a strengthened faith through a daily walk
with Christ.
The Lord gives sagaciousness to those He can trust. It is not
prudent to trust a 10-year-old to drive a car. They have not developed physically
or emotionally enough to take on the responsibility to operate an automobile. They
have not be taught nor trained, they have not had the appropriate time to
practice and hone their motor skills to control a 4 thousand pound hunk of steel, fiberglass, and whatever else is in an automobile. You get the point, it
would not only be dangerous perhaps fatal for them but for anyone or anything
that got in the way.
We must trust that Jesus our Lord and Savior loves us and will
give us what we need as we need it in His timing. We have a choice, we can mope
about with sullenness and disobedience, or we can minister in anticipation. Likewise
we are to be patient leaders and teachers in our relationships, we are not to
submerse others with scripture, books, teachings, doctrine; how to live, how
not to live, what we must say, how we say it, when we say it, how to stand, how
to sing. You get the point, if we give/push to much to fast we can be the
reason someone gives up thinking that they are not worthy and can never live
according to all the rules. We are to love fist, and then teach as they are
able to understand and handle it. We are wise when we wait to share our wisdom
until others are ready to receive said wisdom. We can only understand when we choose
to remain faithful to Christ learning process.
1 Brothers and sisters, I couldn't talk to you as spiritual people but
as people still influenced by your corrupt nature. You were infants in your faith
in Christ. 2 I gave you milk to drink.
I didn't give you solid food because you weren't ready for it. Even now you aren't
ready for it 3 because you're still
influenced by your corrupt nature. When you are jealous and quarrel among yourselves,
aren't you influenced by your corrupt nature and living by human standards? ~ 1
Corinthians 3:1-3 (GWT)
Just as Apostle Paul knew how much and when
people could take on the knowledge and teachings of Christ, so will we if we
are first patient in what we are given and second listen to the prompting of
God’s Holy Spirit speaking within us. Amen. <><
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