Bible Readings:
John 13:1 – 38
Sermon Outline:
John 14:16–18 (NKJV)
16 And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
17 the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.
18 I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.
John 14:26 (NKJV)
26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
I The background to this passage
II Paraclete
III The gift of the Father and the Son
Titus 3:5–6 (NKJV)
5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
Romans 5:5 (NKJV)
5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
Proverbs 1:23 (NKJV)
23 Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
Isaiah 32:15 (NKJV)
15 Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.
Isaiah 44:3 (NKJV)
3 For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, And floods on the dry ground; I will pour My Spirit on your descendants, And My blessing on your offspring;
Joel 2:28 (NKJV)
28 “And it shall come to pass afterward That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh; Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, Your old men shall dream dreams, Your young men shall see visions.
John 1:16 (NKJV)
16 And of His fullness we have all received, and grace for grace.
Acts 2:33 (NKJV)
33 Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.
Acts 10:45 (NKJV)
45 And those of the circumcision who believed were astonished, as many as came with Peter, because the gift of the Holy Spirit had been poured out on the Gentiles also.
IV The Holy Spirit will abide with believers permanently
V The Spirit of truth and our teacher
Paraclete /parəkli:t/ noun. L15.
[ORIGIN Old French & Modern French paraclet from Ecclesiastical
Latin paracletus from Greek paraklētos advocate, intercessor, from
parakalein call to one’s aid, formed as para-1 + kalein to call.]
1 Christian Theology. A title of the Holy Spirit, esp. as an advocate or
intercessor. L15.
2 (p-.) gen. An advocate, an intercessor. M16.
From the Oxford Shorter Dictionary