The Work of the Holy Spirit John 15:26–16:16 The Spirit of truth . . . will bear witness about me. John 15:26 When we say that the Holy Spirit speaks through the Bible to the individual heart, precisely what does the Holy Spirit do? First, the Holy Spirit gives comprehension. Apart from the ministry of […]

No Greater Love John 15:9–17 Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 It may not happen often, but sometimes one human being will voluntarily die for another; still, this gift never equals or even parallels Jesus’s sacrifice. We see this when we reflect on

The Holy Spirit as Teacher John 14:15–27 The Holy Spirit . . . will teach . . . and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. John 14:26 The Lord’s emphasis on remembering teaches us two separate truths. First, it teaches us that the wisdom of God is not a new thing. It is that

I Am the Life John 14:1–14 I am the way, and the truth, and the life.  John 14:6 The third part of Christ’s claim in this verse is to be “the life”—for all who believe on him, the emancipator from death. According to Scripture, the natural man is spiritually dead. But Christ can make such

The New Commandment John 13:31–38 Just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. John 13:34 Jesus is himself our example as we obey his command to love one another. It is not just that we are to love. It is that we are to love as he loved us. His