Title: God's Plan for You
Text:
John 16:7-11 (HCSB)
7 Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth. It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don't go away the Counselor will not come to you. If I go, I will send Him to you.
8 When He comes, He will convict the world about sin, righteousness, and judgment:
9 About sin, because they do not believe in Me;
10 about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you will no longer see Me;
11 and about judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.
Observation:
The disciples had walked with Jesus, and had the pleasure of seeing Him do wonderful and amazing things. In their minds Jesus leaving them was the worst possible outcome.
However, God had something better, and God's best required that Jesus must return to be with the Father, and then the Holy Spirit would come and live in them.
Jesus leaving was God's plan for His disciples then, and for us today. It is a part of God's plan for the redemption of fallen mankind.
God has done His part; Jesus has been lifted up, and the Holy Spirit has come down to dwell in the hearts of God's people.
John 3:14-16 (HCSB)
14 Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up,
15 so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life.
16 "For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.
John 14:16-17 (HCSB)
16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Counselor to be with you forever.
17 He is the Spirit of truth. The world is unable to receive Him because it doesn't see Him or know Him. But you do know Him, because He remains with you and will be in you.
God has done His part, and He has given a command to His people to do our part.
Acts 1:8 (HCSB)
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Mark 16:19-20 (HCSB)
19 Then after speaking to them, the Lord Jesus was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.
20 And they went out and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them and confirming the word by the accompanying signs.
Prayer:
Father, thank You for sending Jesus, the Holy Spirit, and Your people to be Your witnesses to the whole world that You so love. Father, may we be faithful in going, so that others will come to You and find redemption in Christ. In the mighty name of Jesus I pray, Amen.
Isaiah 55:11 (KJV)
11 So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
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