Temple Baptist Church - 6-8-2025
John 14:15-18
Introduction:
A. The context of our text.
1. In John chapter 14, the Lord Jesus prepares His disciples for what is to come: death, burial, and resurrection. He begins this discourse with “Let not your hearts be troubled.”
2. Heretofore, our Lord had been their Comforter. Notice the words “another Comforter” in John 14:16. “Another” means one who is like or the same. Verse 26 says, “But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name.”
John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;
3. These are two beautiful verses, 16 and 26, declare the Trinity. In verse 16, “I” is Jesus Christ, the “Father” is obvious, and “Comforter” is the Holy Spirit. In verse 26, “Comforter,” which is the Holy Ghost, “whom the Father will send,” and “in my name” who is Jesus Christ!
4. “Another” is key here. The Holy Spirit is God and is completely like God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. This leads to another phrase found in verse 18, where our Lord said, “I will not leave you comfortless: I will come to you!” Romans 8:9 and 1 Peter 1:11 equate the Holy Spirit as “the Spirit of Christ.”
5. An amazing verse! The Person of the Holy Spirit will completely take the place of and be the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the life of the believer.
Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
John 14:8-10 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us. (9) Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father? (10) Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works.
The Trinity – three in one that make up one. Three distinct Persons that are eternally united.
6. **Acts 2:1-13. The fulfillment is found in Acts chapter 2, verses 4-8: the fullness, the filling of the Holy Ghost. The fulfillment of the coming of the Comforter has been skewed by the “tongues” in our day. Something to be discussed more fully in the days to come, but the tongues spoken were 16 known languages, each understood by 16 different hearers. Unknown to the speaker because they were not fluent in these languages, but known by the people who spoke them as their “heart languages.”
B. The Holy Spirit is mentioned over 100 times in the Old Testament. In the New Testament alone, there are about 261 passages that refer to the Holy Spirit. He is mentioned 56 times in the Gospels, 57 times in the book of Acts, 112 times in the Pauline Epistles, and 36 times in the other books of the New Testament.
C. Despite this, there is considerable confusion and misunderstanding regarding the Holy Spirit. Many cults deny that He is a Person and that He is God, claiming the Holy Spirit is merely a “force” or an “influence” or the “conscience.”
D. Conversely, the Charismatic Movement, which has significantly penetrated today’s religious world, places enormous emphasis on the Holy Spirit—teaching practices such as “ecstatic and unintelligible utterances” in some unknown spiritual tongue (biblical tongues were known languages to the hearer, but not the speaker), along with false “healings” and “exorcisms.”
E. In Theology, we find the word “Pneumatology,” which is derived from the Greek word Pneuma, which means “breath” or “spirit,” which metaphorically describes a “non-material Being.” Pneumatology describes His person, deity, personality, and work.
F. Who is the Holy Spirit? The Holy Spirit is referred to in many ways in the Bible. Here are some: Holy Spirit, which refers to His person; Holy Ghost, which refers to His work; Spirit of God, which refers to His union in the Trinity; Comforter, which refers to His solace to the believer; and Spirit, the One who indwells the believer.
1. He is God and one with God, the third person of the Trinity. The Bible declares the Trinity, though the word is not found there. However, the principle and truth of the Trinity are consistently found throughout the Bible.
2. I often quote a Theological statement that I learned years ago, which bears this truth.
“God is one God, manifesting Himself in three persons—God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. These three are all co-equal in all power and attributes.”
3. The Holy Spirit is eternal. Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
4. He is Omnipresent. Psalms 139:7-10 Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? (8) If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. (9) If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; (10) Even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
5. He is Omniscient. 1 Corinthians 2:10-11 But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God. (11) For what man knoweth the things of a man, save the spirit of man which is in him? even so the things of God knoweth no man, but the Spirit of God.
6. He is Omnipotent. Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
G. The Holy Spirit’s relationship in the lives of both believers and non-believers.
2. The Holy Spirit’s relationship with the lost sinner. John 16:7-8 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. (8) And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:
a) The Holy Spirit convicts the Sinner. “reprove”
b) The Holy Spirit convinces the Sinner. “of righteousness … judgment”
c) The Holy Spirit draws the Sinner. John 6:44 No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.
d) The Holy Spirit converts the Sinner. John 3:5 Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
3. The Holy Spirit’s relationship with the believer: born again, blood-washed, eternally saved children of God through faith in the Gospel and repentance from sin.
a) The Holy Spirit baptizes the Saint. 1 Corinthians 12:13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.
b) The Holy Spirit seals the Saint. Ephesians 4:30 And grieve not the holy Spirit of God, whereby ye are sealed unto the day of redemption.
c) The Holy Spirit fills the Saint. Ephesians 5:18 And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
d) The Holy Spirit communes with the Saint. 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi, a city of Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.
e) The Holy Spirit prays for the Saint. Romans 8:26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
f) The Holy Spirit teaches the Saint. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
g) The Holy Spirit comforts the Saint. John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
h) The Holy Spirit corrects the Saint. Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Spirit!
H. He is the Holy! Holiness is a definite quality that is attributed to the Lord. There are over ninety references in which the Spirit of God is called “the holy Spirit of God. As the holy one that lives within us, He alone can make us have true holiness.
J. The Holy Spirit bears record of our salvation in heaven. 1 John 5:6-13 This is he that came by water and blood, even Jesus Christ; not by water only, but by water and blood. And it is the Spirit that beareth witness, because the Spirit is truth. (7) For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one. (8) And there are three that bear witness in earth, the Spirit, and the water, and the blood: and these three agree in one. (9) If we receive the witness of men, the witness of God is greater: for this is the witness of God which he hath testified of his Son. (10) He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son. (11) And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. (12) He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (13) These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
K. The Holy Spirit only glorifies Christ Jesus and not Himself. John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
Conclusion: Don’t let somebody’s teaching or preaching rob you of the joy of knowing more about the Holy Spirit as God. He is in the Godhead, coequal with the Son and the Father. In D. L. Moody’s sermon on “The Holy Spirit,” he said that a man came up to him and said, “Mr. Moody, you speak as if you had a monopoly on the Holy Spirit.” Mr. Moody’s reply was, “No, decidedly, no! But I do trust that the Holy Spirit has a monopoly on me.” The question of the hour is this: Does the Holy Spirit have a monopoly on you?”
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