I would like to continue where we ended yesterday. Today I would like to focus on the some of the functions of the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit as teacher – John 14:25-26 (NKJV) “These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, which the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
The Holy Spirit as witness – John 15:26-27 (NKJV) “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.
The Holy Spirit as the one the convict us of sin – John 16:5-11 (NKJV) “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you. And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.”
The Holy Spirit as guide – John 16:12-15 (NKJV) “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on His own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come. He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.
The Spirit is the essence—the mind, the power—of God in us. It is what God could give of Himself to us for our use for our advantage. Remember that Jesus said that He had to go away to give us the Holy Spirit. And it was to our advantage that He did this. He did not leave us on our own, but because He could be so much more effective by living His life in each one of us.
“God knows what each one of us is dealing with. He knows our pressures. He knows our conflicts. And He has made a provision for each and every one of them. That provision is Himself in the person of the Holy Spirit, indwelling us and empowering us to respond rightly.” Kay Arthur