The Holy Spirit ALWAYS points to Jesus
Ruach ha-Kodesh (Hebrew for the Holy Spirit)
John 15:26 DOUAY-RHEIMS BIBLE
But when the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me.
Paraklētos: advocate, helper, intercessor, a comforter that provides encouragement and alleviation of grief
· Summoned, called to one's side, esp. called to one's aid, suggests the capability or adaptability for giving aid. It was used in a court of justice to denote a legal assistant, counsel for the defense,
TESTIMONY: martyreō
· To be a witness, to bear witness, i.e. to affirm that one has seen or heard or experienced something, or that he knows it because taught by divine revelation or inspiration.
· To utter honorable testimony, give a good report
The bible is a prophetic (declares & reveals divine mysteries)book.
The bible has one main focus to point people to Jesus the Messiah
The bible is a living book.
The hand of men wrote the bible as the Holy Spirit was moving upon them.
2 Peter 1:20-21 NLT
20 Above all, you must realize that no prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, 21 or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God.
When you read the scriptures the Holy Spirit as the breath of God continues to breathe life into those who read them.
2 Timothy 3:15-16 WEB
15From infancy, you have known the holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith, which is in Christ Jesus. 16Every Scripture is God-breathed and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness,
· The scriptures point to Jesus and it takes the Holy Spirit to open your understanding of spiritual truths.
1 Peter 1:10-12 TLV
10 The prophets, who spoke about the grace that was to be yours, searched for this salvation and investigated carefully. 11 They were trying to find out the time and circumstances the Ruach, when predicting the sufferings in store for Messiah and the glories to follow. 12 It was revealed to them that they were providing these messages not to themselves but to you. These messages have now been announced to you through those who proclaimed the Good News to you by the Ruach ha-Kodesh, sent from heaven. Even angels long to catch a glimpse of these things.
When Jesus rose from the dead and was physically here with the disciples, he opened the disciples understanding of the scriptures that was previously disclosed to them.
Luke 24:44-47 TLV
44 Then He said to them, “These are My words which I spoke to you while I was still with you—everything written concerning Me in the Torah of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled. 45 Then He opened their minds to understand the Scriptures, 46 and He said to them, “So it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, 47 and that repentance for the removal of sins is to be proclaimed in His name to all nations, beginning from Jerusalem. 48 You are witnesses of these things. 49 And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
· Jesus was soon to depart and take up his throne and ministry in heaven. He instructed them of the Holy Spirit who would continue His work here on the earth.
· The Holy Spirit in you & through you will always point to Jesus and what Jesus has accomplished.
JOHN 16:7 NEW HEART ENGLISH BIBLE
7Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. 8When he has come, he will convict the world about sin, and about righteousness, and about judgment; 9about sin, because they do not believe in me; 10about righteousness, because I am going to the Father, and you won't see me any more; 11about judgment, because the prince of this world has been judged.
· SIN (THE SIN OF NOT BELIEVING IN JESUS)
· RIGHTEOUSNESS (OF NOT REPENTING AND RECEIVING GOD’S RIGHTEOUSNESS)
· JUDGMENT (SATAN’S JUDGMENT IS SETTLED)
THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL CONVICT elegchō:
CONVICT, REPROVE, CONVINCE, REBUKE, TELL ONE’S FAULT, REFUTE, CONFUTE
CONVICTION: EXPOSE, BRING TO THE LIGHT
TO FIND FAULT WITH, CORRECT, TO CALL TO ACCOUNT, SHOW ONES FAULT, TO DEMAND AN EXPLANATION.
· When we talk about the Holy Spirit convincing or convicting, He is simply pointing to Jesus and what He has done and what response is now appropriate.
Acts 10:34-48 TLV
34 Then Peter opened his mouth and said, “I truly understand that God is not one to show favoritism, 35 but in every nation the one who fears Him and does what is right is acceptable to Him. 36 You know the message He sent to the children of Israel, proclaiming shalom through Messiah Yeshua—He is Lord of all. 37 You know the message that has spread throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee after the immersion that John proclaimed. 38 You know how God anointed Yeshua of Natzeret with the Ruach ha-Kodesh and power—how He went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, because God was with Him. 39 We are witnesses to all He did, both in the Judean countryside and in Jerusalem. They put Him to death by hanging Him on a tree, 40 but God raised Him up on the third day and caused Him to be visible— 41 not to all the people, but to us, witnesses who were chosen beforehand by God. We ate and drank with Him after He rose from the dead. 42 And He commanded us to proclaim to the people and to testify that He is the One ordained by God as Judge of the living and the dead. 43 All the prophets testify about Him—that everyone who puts his trust in Him receives forgiveness of sins through His name.” 44 While Peter was still speaking these words, the Ruach ha-Kodesh fell on all those hearing the message. 45 All the circumcised believers who came with Peter were astonished, because the gift of the Ruach ha-Kodesh had been poured out even on the Gentiles. 46 For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and magnifying God. Then Peter answered, 47 “Can anyone refuse water for these to be immersed, who have received the Ruach ha-Kodesh just as we did?” 48 So he commanded them to be immersed in the name of Messiah Yeshua. Then they asked him to stay for a few days.
2 kings 5:1-4 NKJV
Now Naaman, commander of the army of the king of Syria, was a great and honorable man in the eyes of his master, because by him the Lord had given victory to Syria. He was also a mighty man of valor, but a leper. 2 And the Syrians had gone out on raids, and had brought back captive a young girl from the land of Israel. She waited on Naaman’s wife. 3 Then she said to her mistress, “If only my master were with the prophet who is in Samaria! For he would heal him of his leprosy.” 4 And Naaman went in and told his master, saying, “Thus and thus said the girl who is from the land of Israel.”
THIS LITTLE (INSIGNIFICANT) GIRL WAS USED BY GOD TO POINT NAAMAN TO THE GOD OF ISRAEL.
2 kings 5:14-15 NKJV
14 So he went down and dipped seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean. 15 And he returned to the man of God, he and all his aides, and came and stood before him; and he said, “Indeed, now I know that in all the earth, except in I