The Paraclete also aids the disciples in their witness to Jesus. 1 person will be notified when a comment is added. For the early Christian communities, Pentecost marked a liminal moment when people’s gaze shifted from looking back at their memories of Jesus, to looking ahead to what they must trust to sustain their life after his death and resurrection had passed into history and memory. — John 15:26-27 NLT. They were deeply troubled as Christ continued to urgently unfold many profound truths as to His Person, His Work (on the cross) and the shocking disclosure of His imminent departure. He witnesses about and glorifies Jesus (15:26; 16:14). Others are so preoccupied with the pain of life that they can’t discern the presence of the Spirit of the Risen Lord in any corner of their experience. Reflection for Sunday October 13, Twenty-eight Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 17:11-19. This is the opposite of running hot for a short period of time, and then coasting. A paraclete was a patron or sponsor who could be called into a court to speak in favor of a person or their cause, thereby providing advocacy. They had to transfer from living under the rigidity of the dispensation of Law to the freedom of the dispensation of Grace and they had to realise that the Messiah of Israel is also the Saviour of the whole world. This was hard to understand, and they wanted to hang on to what they had. They had anticipated the promised kingdom with excitement, where they would sit on 12 thrones, judging the 12 tribes of Israel. How would the particular troubling situation we face in our life right now be different if we kept listening to Jesus until he finished his sentence? He has just told them.. and now they heard that the Holy Spirit was to come to be with them in place of Jesus - and that He would bear witness of Jesus - the eternal Son of God and kinsman-redeemer of fallen mankind. That same sense of being on the boundary between phases … Continue reading "Commentary on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15" "When the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, that is the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify about Me. Jesus mentions two crucial reasons here. Gospel: Luke 17:11-19 As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem, he traveled through Samaria and Galilee. Not only were they told that Jesus was to return to heaven to prepare a place for them in His Father's house, but they heard Him openly proclaim that He was God and equal in every way with the Father. The disciples had to finally come out of the sheep-fold of Israel to become part of the one new man in Christ - where there is one fold and one shepherd. “We know you have many options in air travel. He told them that the Holy Spirit would testify about Himself and will confirm to them all that He had taught them. They remembered from John the Baptist that Christ was the one Who would baptise with the Holy Spirit and now they were being told that this time had almost come, and that He would be their Comforter. But Christ gave them much reassurance, and promised that: in that day - that fast approaching day of Pentecost - you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. We have a couple of options with regard to Pentecost accounts. (Ashton, 393-4). Instead he finds them huddled together in a locked room for fear of their enemies (20:19). With our 21st century comprehension of the whole counsel of God we find it hard to understand the utter confusion, total disbelief and bitter pain that must have torn at their soul.. as Christ urgently unfolded many profound truths to their hurting hearts - for we have the whole of counsel of God, written for our learning in the Word of God.. which gives us a precious periscope on the glories that are to come. Jesus offers a third alternative to his disciples: to rely on the Spirit’s presence in the adversities of life. We don’t even really have to invoke the Spirit. Some lap up the message that God wants only good for us and that our right faith and thought can siphon good fortune into our lives. Thank you for choosing our airline. They were deeply troubled as Christ continued to urgently unfold many profound truths as to His Person, His Work (on the cross) and the shocking disclosure of His imminent departure. If you are in a more inward, reflective mood this year, you might want to go with John’s announcement of Pentecost which sounds like something that could indeed happen every day. But before all that could happen the disciples had to receive the indwelling Holy Spirit.. the Helper, Whom Christ sent from the Father on that first day of Pentecost - the Spirit of truth Who proceeds from the Father, and Whose ministry to the Body of Christ is to testify about our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. We have been promised that the Holy Spirit is not only coming, but is here. by Alyce M. McKenzie on Tuesday, May 26, 2020, Whenever I fly, the flight attendant makes the same remarks as we land. We don’t have to factor out the presence of the Holy Spirit. To "abide" means that we "hold to" (NIV) or "continue in" (NRSV, KJV) Jesus' teaching (cf. Commentary on John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 View Bible Text Perhaps nothing breathes more strongly than the promise and presence of the Spirit in John’s so-called “farewell discourse” of Jesus (John chapters 14-17), portions of which have occupied … John 5:38; 2 John 9). "I'm going away," he told them, "but, I am sending you the Advocate." The Advocate or paraclete has the role of speaking in favor of Jesus and his cause. Heavenly Father, thank You that You are the king of Israel and Saviour of the world. He promised that He would send a Helper from the Father - the Spirit of truth Who proceeds from the Father. Reflection on John 15:26-16:4a ~ As a teenager, I came close to stumbling into spiritual gluttony, nearly reducing Spirit, Christ, and Father to the point of separation. Others grab the pendulum and swing back and forth between wishful thinking and despair. It occurs in John in 14:16, 15:26, and 16:7. And as soon as the disciples heard Jesus mention his leaving, they closed their ears and did not hear the details of who was coming to be present in his physical absence. We need them both, of course, but which one are you in the mood to focus on this year? Pentecost is not an event we wait for. We have the promise that the Spirit now lives in us and we now live in the Spirit. That’s why Peter reproached Jesus in (Mark 8:32) for predicting his own abuse and death. They aren’t behaving like a group of people who have been promised the Holy Spirit. They always stopped listening at “be killed” and missed hearing “and on the third day rise.” We keep their habit alive whenever we are focused so intently on the painful aspects of our current life condition that we forget we’ve been promised the Spirit, and don’t factor in its power and presence in our lives. ... Each devotional consists of a scripture passage and a reflection and a prayer which open up the day's scripture and show how it … “I must go away… so that the Father may send the Advocate. He would come alongside them and soon would indwell their bodies and guide them into all truth - but not until their beloved Master had gone away! The disciples had to shift from the narrow lens of Judaism.. and the gospel of the kingdom - to the all-embracing truth of the glorious gospel of Grace - the good news of the glory of Christ. None of them has stopped to reflect that he’s going to God and sending a gift back from God. Despite promises of the sending of the Spirit, in John’s gospel, after Jesus’ death, the Risen Lord does not find his disciples confidently waiting for him to come and breathe on them and give them the gift of the Holy Spirit (20:22). That’s why Jesus’ disciples in the synoptic gospels are surprised when the tomb is empty. The apostles of Jesus are trustworthy witnesses to the will of Jesus for several reasons. The same talk could be made with regard to Pentecost. The disciples had to move from believing by sight, signs, wonders and miracles to trusting by faith alone in Christ alone. “I will be killed…but in three days I will rise.”  We don’t have to huddle in a room for fear of our circumstances and wait for the Holy Spirit. He chides them for allowing  sorrow to fill their hearts. Fortunately, I realized this was a disruption towards an integrated life. He tells them that he will send an “Advocate” to them from his Father. Again, in John 15:26, 27, Jesus says “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.” The term paracletos means an advocate in a legal context (Latin = advocatus ). Whenever Jesus in John talked about sending the Spirit or the coming of the Spirit, it was in connection with his leaving to go with God. But their hope in the earthly kingdom had blinded their understanding that Calvary's cross must precede Christ's kingdom - and that it was nescessary to first establish the heavenly (spiritual) kingdom (currently under the dominion of Satan) - before those earthly promises to Israel could finally be fulfilled. None of them has paused to hear that “it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.”. It’s one in which we participate. Again, in John 15:26, 27, Jesus says “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will testify on my behalf.” The term paracletos means an advocate in a legal context (Latin = advocatus). He who has seen Me has seen the Father! There is a reason for that. Thank You that You sent the Holy Spirit of truth Who proceeds from the Father, to live in me and guide each one of us as we journey through this hostile world on our way to our heavenly home - thank You in Jesus name, AMEN. Key Thought. He stopped listening too soon, and missed the good news in the bad, the joy in the sorrow. "I have told you this so that you may not fall away. They obeyed and, at Pentecost, were overwhelmed by the Spirit in the form of tongues of fire and multiple, comprehensible languages. He promised that He would send a Helper from the Father - the Spirit of truth Who proceeds from the Father. © SMU Perkins Center for Preaching Excellence. Many people choose one or the other. Reflection: John 15:26-16:4a John 15:26-16:4a – Monday of the Sixth Week of Easter This Gospel begins with Jesus continuing his conversation with his disciples. In John 14:15-17 Jesus tells the disciples he is going to the Father and promises to send the Holy Spirit to be with them forever. 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