Pastors Jim and Marie Watt
“JOHN 16:1-15”
16:1-15 THE COMFORTER: REASON FOR JESUS’ GOING
a. 16:1 HOW JESUS PROTECTED HIS DISCIPLES FROM STUMBLING
TAUta leLAle-ka huMIN, HIna me skan-da-lisTHEte [4624].
These things have I spoken to you, that you be not stumbled.
b. 16:2 THE INSANITY OF IGNORANCE
a-po-su-naGOgous [656] poiEsou-sin huMAS: alLA, ERche-tai HOra,
They shall put you out of the synagogue: yes, the hour comes,
HIna pas ho a-pokTEInas huMAS DOxe laTREIan [2999] prosPHErein to TheO.
that whoever kills you shall think that he offers service to :God.
c. 16:3 THE REASON FOR PERSECUTION
kai TAUta poiEsou-sin, HOti ouk EGnosan ton paTEra, ouDE eME.
And these things will they do, because they have not known the Father, nor me.
d. 16:4a PURPOSE FOR THE PROPHECIES OF JESUS
alLA TAUta leLAleka huMIN, HIna HOtan ELthe he HOra auTON,
But these have I spoken to you, that when their :hour is come,
Mne-moNEUete [3421] auTON, HOti eGO EIpon huMIN.
you may remember them, that I told you.
e. 16:4b WHY THESE PROPHECIES NOT GIVEN BEFORE
TAUta de huMIN ex archES ouk EIpon, HOti meth’ huMON Emen.
And these I said not to you from the beginning, because I was with you.
f.. 16:5 JESUS’ RETURN TO HIS FATHER: NOT QUESTIONED
nun de huPAgo pros ton PEMpsanTA me;
But now I go unto him that sent me;
kai ouDEIS ex huMON e-roTA me, Pou huPAgeis?
and none of you asks me, Where are you going?
g. 16:6 SORROW: THE RESULT OF NOT UNDERSTANDING JESUS’ WORDS
all’ HOti TAUta leLAle-ka huMIN,
But because I have spoken these things to you,
he LUpe [3077] pePLEro-ken huMON ten karDIan.
:sorrow has filled your :heart.
h. 16:7 THE COMFORTER: THE RESULT OF JESUS’ GOING
all’ eGO ten aLEthei-an LEgo huMIN:
But I tell you the truth:
sumPHErei [4851] huMIN HIna eGO aPELtho;
It is expedient for you that I go away;
eAN gar me aPELtho, ho paRAkle-tos [3875] ou me ELthe pros huMAS;
for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;
eAN de po-reuTHO, PEMpso auTON pros huMAS.
but if I go, I will send him unto you.
i. 16:8-11 OFFICES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
Kai elTHON eKEInos, eLEGxei [1651] ton KOSmon peRI ha-marTIas [266],
And HE, coming, will convict the world of sin,
kai peRI di-kai-oSUnes [1343], kai peRI KRIse-os [2920]:
and of righteousness, and of judgment:
peRI ha-marTIas men, HOti ou pisTEUou-sin eis eME;
9 of sin indeed, because they believe not unto me;
peRI di-kai-oSUnes de, HOti pros ton paTEra huPAgo,
10 and of righteousness, because I go unto the Father,
kai ouKEti the-oREI-TE me; peRI de KRIse-os,
and you behold me no more; 11 and of judgment,
HOti ho ARchon tou KOSmou TOUtou KEkri-tai [2919].
because the prince of this :world has been judged.
j. 16:12 JESUS: SHARED ONLY WHAT COULD BE RECEIVED
Eti polLA Echo huMIN LEgein, all’ ou DUnas-the basTAzein [941] ARti.
I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear it now.
k. 16:13 THE COMFORTER: WILL NOT REPRESENT HIMSELF
HOtan de ELthe eKEInos, to PNEUma [4151] tes a-leTHEIas,
But when that one comes, the Spirit of the Truth,
ho-deGEsei [3594] huMAS eis ten aLEthei-an PAsan:
he shall guide you into all the truth:
ou gar laLEsei aph’ he-auTOU;
for he shall not speak from himself;
all’ HOsa aKOUei, laLEsei:
but what things soever he hears, these shall he speak:
kai ta erCHOme-na a-nag-geLEI huMIN.
and he shall declare to you the things to come.
l. 16:14 OFFICE OF THE SPIRIT: TO GLORIFY CHRIST
eKEInos eME doXAsei [1392]: HOti ek tou eMOU LEMpse-tai,
HE shall glorify me: for he shall take of :mine,
kai a-nag-geLEI [312] huMIN.
and shall declare it to you.
m. 16:15 THE REASON FOR THIS
PANta HOsa Echei ho paTER eMA es-tin: diA TOUto EIpon,
All things whatever the Father has are mine: therefore said I,
HOti ek tou eMOU lamBAnei, kai a-nag-geLEI huMIN.
that he takes of :mine, and shall declare it to you.
NOTE: This passage sets forth the truth that the coming of the COMFORTER – the Spirit of Truth – is directly dependant upon the “Finished Work” of Christ. He Himself says so!
“Expediency” nails down the absolute necessity for Calvary and the Ascension. It is FAR BETTER for the Holy Spirit to be IN us, that for Jesus to be WITH us.
Some have sentimentally expressed the wish that they could have lived on earth during the days of Jesus. He explicitly states that we today live in a better day than back then.
Rees Howells testifies to this truth through his experience in Intercession. By all means read his biography by Norman P. Grubb, “Rees Howells, Intercessor.” Many have found this reading a life-transforming experience. One brother has read it each month since 1975.
In verse 13 Jesus shows that the Holy Spirit in us guides us into ALL Truth, and that He does NOT speak FROM Himself. He represents Jesus, just as Jesus represented the Father.
These fifteen verses are so rich, that one can read and reread them – meditate on their truths – pray over them, and trust the Holy Spirit to do within us just what Jesus has proclaimed. And still their riches will be unexhausted!
See the progression from John 13 to this point. The ultimate comes when we reach John 17. Dr. A.W. Tozer preached from this last chapter for many, many weeks in his Chicago church on Sunday mornings, back in the early ‘50’s. Marie and I traveled south in Chicago to hear him on a number of occasions.
To be inwardly aware and intimate with God in His Spirit – is to be rich even as Jesus was as Son of Man in the days of His earthly life.