只要你細讀第十六章，你便清楚明白基督要告訴我們：「當我離去之後，你們所需要的一切，聖靈都能滿足你們。」祂稱這位將要來的，是「真理的聖靈」、是「保惠師」。基督說，聖靈將會成為門徒的老師，幫助他們想起祂對他們說過的話。原來聖靈要做這項工作；這正好解釋，福音書的作者──尤是約翰──怎麼能夠那麼細緻而清晰地記下基督說過的話了。

除此之外，聖靈還要在世人中間工作；而最首要的工作，就是使人知罪，並讓人明白自己需要一位救主，就是耶穌基督。時至今天，聖靈仍然做著這項工作。聖靈本身已有使人知罪的能力；正因這個緣故，我們才需要為到未得救的至愛親朋時刻禱告，祈求聖靈直接在他們的內心說話，讓他們知道自己有罪，和需要救主的拯救。

按照基督的應許，聖靈如今活在每個信徒心中，而且，將永遠與信徒同在。十四章16至17節告訴我們：聖靈就像基督一樣，常與我們同在。願這個真理成為我們每天的力量和幫助。

反思：

神藉著聖靈住在信徒心中，永遠與信徒同在。

Day 26

ANOTHER ONE JUST LIKE JESUS

John 15: 26 to 16: 11

26 “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.

27 And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.

John16
1 “These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble.

2 They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service.

3 And these things they will do to you because they have not known the Father nor Me.

4 But these things I have told you, that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you of them.
“And these things I did not say to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

5 “But now I go away to Him who sent Me, and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’

6 But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart.

7 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.

8 And when He has come, He will convict the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

9 of sin, because they do not believe in Me;

10 of righteousness, because I go to My Father and you see Me no more;

11 of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.

Message

Chapter 14, 15 and 16 of John are tremendously important and particularly helpful to believers. They contain the last words of Christ to his disciples before his death. They also give us many precious truths. One of these is Christ's promise that there would come into this world another person just like himself. That one would be the Holy Spirit.

As you read these chapters, especially chapter 16, you can plainly see that Christ was saying, 'All you will ever need after I am gone will be given to you by the Holy Spirit'. He called him the Spirit of truth, the helper or the comforter. Christ said the Holy Spirit would be the disciples' teacher, he would help them remember the things Christ himself had taught them. This is one explanation of the remarkable way John in particular was able to write down for us so many of the things Christ said, word for word.

Christ also said the Holy Spirit would have a ministry to the world, but it would be a convicting work first of all. The Holy Spirit would convince men and women of their sin of unbelief and their need of a Saviour, pointing them to Jesus Christ. This is his work still today. He alone can convict a person of sin. That is one more reason why we need to pray for our unsaved friends and loved ones, asking that the Holy Spirit will speak to their hearts.

The Holy Spirit is living in every believer and, according to Christ's promise, he is there to stay for ever. Turn back to John 14: 16-17 and be encouraged today by these two thoughts - the Holy Spirit is just like Christ and he is in your heart to stay with you for ever.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:

The Holy Spirit is the presence of God living in every believer's heart.