圣灵的工作
约翰福音十六章7至14节
7然而，我将真情告诉你们，我去是与你们有益的；我若不去，保惠师就不到你们这里来；我若去，就差他来。
8他既来了，就要叫世人为罪、为义、为审判，自己责备自己。
9为罪，是因他们不信我；
10为义，是因我往父那里去，你们就不再见我；
11为审判，是因这世界的王受了审判。
12我还有好些事要告诉你们，但你们现在担当不了（或作：不能领会）。
13只等真理的圣灵来了，他要引导你们明白（原文作进入）一切的真理；因为他不是凭自己说的，乃是把他所听见的都说出来，并要把将来的事告诉你们。
14他要荣耀我，因为他要将受于我的告诉你们。
信息分享
在接着的几天，我们将会认识圣灵的工作。我们选读的经文将会来自不同的新约书卷，不过，全都是关系到圣灵在地上、在教会里面及信徒生命中的工作。
我们必须认识圣灵的位格和工作。从人的角度来看，若没有圣灵，我们就没有圣经、没有基督徒的信仰经历、无从明白神的话语，以及毫无能力。按照基督的描述，圣灵将会满足我们一切的需要。
我们首次接触圣灵，是当祂来敲我们的心门，询问我们是否愿意接受耶稣基督进入我们心中的那一刻。祂会让我们知道自己有罪，需要一位救主。只有祂才能唤醒我们的心知罪，因为这正是祂的工作。
至于祂会继续敲门，抑或与主耶稣基督一同进入我们心中，则在乎我们的决定了，祂不会勉强进入，也不会拂袖而去。
我们若持续不断地抗拒圣灵，祂也许会离去。但因着神愿意万人得救，所以，只要我们一日还活在世上，我们还有机会接受基督为救主。
我们只要接受圣灵的呼唤，迎接基督进入我们心中，我们就会得着新生和永生。而且，圣灵还会住在我们心里，使我们成为基督的身体──教会──的一分子。这就是圣灵的其中一项工作，是否很奇妙呢？
牢记：
当圣灵住在我们心里，祂便会满足我们的心灵，而且，祂更要掌管我们的心，使我们所言所行都能荣耀基督。
WHAT IS THE HOLY SPIRIT DOING TODAY?
John 16:7-14
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.
12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now.
13 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.
14 He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.
Message
For the next few days we will be reading about the work of the Holy Spirit. The readings will come from various places in the New Testament, but all will refer to his ministry in the world, in the church and in the believer.
We need to recognize the person and work of the Holy Spirit. Without him, humanly speaking, we would have no Bible, no Christian experience, no understanding of God's Word and no power. Christ spoke of him as the one who would meet our every need.
We first meet the Holy Spirit when he comes to the door of our hearts asking if Jesus Christ can enter. He speaks to us about our sin and about our need of a Saviour. This is his work of conviction. His is the only voice which will get through to men's hearts.
Depending on the response he receives he will either go on knocking or else come in, together with the Lord Jesus Christ.
It is possible of course to resist the voice of the Holy Spirit. It may be if this has continued over a long period of time, he will go away from that heart. At the same time, God wants everyone to be saved and while we are alive on this earth, there is always the opportunity to accept Christ.
If we accept what the Holy Spirit says to our hearts, we are given new life, eternal life, immediately. The Holy Spirit takes up his residence in our hearts. He makes us members of the body of Christ. Isn't that wonderful?
REMEMBER:
If the Holy Spirit is in your heart, he wants to fill it and control it for the glory of Christ.