差遣圣灵来
约翰福音十五章26节至十六章11节
26但我要从父那里差保惠师来，就是从父出来真理的圣灵；他来了，就要为我作见证。
27你们也要作见证，因为你们从起头就与我同在。
约翰福音十六章
1我已将这些事告诉你们，使你们不至于跌倒。
2人要把你们赶出会堂，并且时候将到，凡杀你们的就以为是事奉神。
3他们这样行，是因未曾认识父，也未曾认识我。
4我将这事告诉你们，是叫你们到了时候可以想起我对你们说过了。我起先没有将这事告诉你们，因为我与你们同在。
5现今我往差我来的父那里去，你们中间并没有人问我：你往那里去？
6只因我将这事告诉你们，你们就满心忧愁。
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。
信息分享
只要你细读第十六章，你便清楚明白基督要告诉我们：「当我离去之后，你们所需要的一切，圣灵都能满足你们。」祂称这位将要来的，是「真理的圣灵」、是「保惠师」。基督说，圣灵将会成为门徒的老师，帮助他们想起祂对他们说过的话。原来圣灵要做这项工作；这正好解释，福音书的作者──尤是约翰──怎么能够那么细致而清晰地记下基督说过的话了。
除此之外，圣灵还要在世人中间工作；而最首要的工作，就是使人知罪，并让人明白自己需要一位救主，就是耶稣基督。时至今天，圣灵仍然做着这项工作。圣灵本身已有使人知罪的能力；正因这个缘故，我们才需要为到未得救的至爱亲朋时刻祷告，祈求圣灵直接在他们的内心说话，让他们知道自己有罪，和需要救主的拯救。
按照基督的应许，圣灵如今活在每个信徒心中，而且，将永远与信徒同在。十四章16至17节告诉我们：圣灵就像基督一样，常与我们同在。愿这个真理成为我们每天的力量和帮助。
反思：
神借着圣灵住在信徒心中，永远与信徒同在。
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
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.