Jesus Warns and Comforts His Disciples
John 16:1-3
"These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you* because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the* time comes,you may remember that I told you of them.
Introduction:
The first 16 verses of John 16 is the 38th New Testament prophecy revealed in the gospel writings. Continuing to encourage and prepare the remaining 11 disciples as He did in 2 previous chapters, Jesus and the disciples are now leaving the upper room guest chamber and as previously stated, still preparing and encouraging the disciples about the life changing events that are about to take place as his pending crucifixion death (now just hours away) draws near. He continues to emphasize the reason He wasn’t forthcoming on many things in the beginning when He challenged them to drop what they were doing and become “fishers of men. Jesus now focuses on those “upcoming” things they must remember to both take heed to and be prepared for evangelism after receiving the indwelling power of the Holy Ghost. He lets them know that The Holy Spirit will guide them in all things and will bring back to their remembrance everything Jesus had ever said to them, because in the Great Commission, they will continue the spread of the gospel message throughout Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world
It was here Jesus said: "But…I tell you these things" (ahead of time) that when the time (of these things) shall come …You will remember I told you about them…
Now I didn’t tell you these things at the beginning (when I first chose all of you) because I was with you. What if He had told them up front what they could expect on this journey? He told them now because they needed to know what was to confront them and to impress upon them the importance of being on guard once Jesus is physically gone.
But now I’m going back to Him that sent Me (God the Father) and none of you asked me where are you going? Jesus gave the answer to why they didn’t ask at this time. Because of all that I said, all of your hearts are filled with sorrow
Note: The Holy Spirit cannot come to them, or to the world, unless Jesus first died and fulfilled the process for salvation; (For without the shedding of blood….there can be no remission for sin) and consequently men cannot be saved but in this way. In fact no man can declare that Jesus is the Christ but by the Holy Ghost.
John 16:1-3
"These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. And these things they will do to you* because they have not known the Father nor Me. But these things I have told you, that when the* time comes,you may remember that I told you of them.
Introduction:
The first 16 verses of John 16 is the 38th New Testament prophecy revealed in the gospel writings. Continuing to encourage and prepare the remaining 11 disciples as He did in 2 previous chapters, Jesus and the disciples are now leaving the upper room guest chamber and as previously stated, still preparing and encouraging the disciples about the life changing events that are about to take place as his pending crucifixion death (now just hours away) draws near. He continues to emphasize the reason He wasn’t forthcoming on many things in the beginning when He challenged them to drop what they were doing and become “fishers of men. Jesus now focuses on those “upcoming” things they must remember to both take heed to and be prepared for evangelism after receiving the indwelling power of the Holy Ghost. He lets them know that The Holy Spirit will guide them in all things and will bring back to their remembrance everything Jesus had ever said to them, because in the Great Commission, they will continue the spread of the gospel message throughout Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world
It was here Jesus said: "But…I tell you these things" (ahead of time) that when the time (of these things) shall come …You will remember I told you about them…
Now I didn’t tell you these things at the beginning (when I first chose all of you) because I was with you. What if He had told them up front what they could expect on this journey? He told them now because they needed to know what was to confront them and to impress upon them the importance of being on guard once Jesus is physically gone.
But now I’m going back to Him that sent Me (God the Father) and none of you asked me where are you going? Jesus gave the answer to why they didn’t ask at this time. Because of all that I said, all of your hearts are filled with sorrow
- The Expediency (Advantage and Purpose) of Jesus’ departure…For the purpose of the coming of the “Comforter”(Holy Ghost) (Verse 7)
Note: The Holy Spirit cannot come to them, or to the world, unless Jesus first died and fulfilled the process for salvation; (For without the shedding of blood….there can be no remission for sin) and consequently men cannot be saved but in this way. In fact no man can declare that Jesus is the Christ but by the Holy Ghost.
Introduction: The first 16 verses of John 16 is the 38th New Testament prophecy revealed in the gospel writings. Continuing to encourage and prepare the remaining 11 disciples as He did in 2 previous chapters, Jesus and the disciples are now leaving the upper room guest chamber and as previously stated, still preparing and encouraging the disciples about the life changing events that are about to take place as his pending crucifixion death (now just hours away) draws near. He continues to emphasize the reason He wasn’t forthcoming on many things in the beginning when He challenged them to drop what they were doing and become “fishers of men. Jesus now focuses on those “upcoming” things they must remember to both take heed to and be prepared for evangelism after receiving the indwelling power of the Holy Ghost. He lets them know that The Holy Spirit will guide them in all things and will bring back to their remembrance everything Jesus had ever said to them, because in the Great Commission, they will continue the spread of the gospel message throughout Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the uttermost parts of the world
Jesus said: “These things I have spoken to you (I’m telling you ahead of time) that you should not be offended” that is, that ye should not be stumbled. That you may not fall away from the faith, nor receive any injury to your souls, become distrustful and crumble under the intense pressures of persecution and desert the faith and your calling) Jesus said they are going to do the following:
They shall put you out of the synagogue. Excommunicate and withdraw the right hand of fellowship. (Judaizers)… unbelieving Gentiles and other Anti-Christian nations (Romans)
They will put some of you to death and think that they did God a great service by taking your life. (Isis and other radical Christ-hating groups are doing this in this present time). And here is “The reason”:
They will be doing this because they have not known God the Father or Me (Jesus) That is, they are ignorant of God and Jesus. It is being ignorant of God and Christ that shapes the foundation for all religious persecutions and intolerances.
Paul wrote to the Roman church declaring such indictment: For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and having gone about to establish their own righteousness…have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
But…I tell you these things (ahead of time) that when the time (of these things) shall come …You will remember I told you about them…
Now I didn’t tell you these things at the beginning (when I first chose all of you) because I was with you. What if He had told them up front what they could expect on this journey? He told them now because they needed to know what was to confront them and to impress upon them the importance of being on guard once Jesus is physically gone.
But now I’m going back to Him that sent Me (God the Father) and none of you asked me where are you going? Jesus gave the answer to why they didn’t ask at this time. Because of all that I said, all of your hearts are filled with sorrow
After the crucifixion Jesus relinquished the office of Prophet at the cross as He ascended into heaven in Acts 1:9 put on His priestly robe and stepped into His office of Our Great High Priest……Both Jehovah (Yahweh) God who sent the Holy Spirit and Jesus who promised the Holy Spirit kept their promise of sending “The Comforter” after Jesus was crucified…buried…rose from the dead…and ascended back to the Father in Heaven
This is proved out in Acts 2:4 when they received the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost….Preached out in Chapter 2:14-17…when Peter preached the historic indictment against all (from the Sanhedrin to those who cried out Crucify Him and then those who heard the Gospel message had to submit to the 4 “C’s of salvation: Acts 2:37-47
They had to be put under conviction…vs. 37
“When they heard this (the Gospel and the history) they were pricked in their hearts and said unto Peter…Men and brethren…what shall we do?”
They had to be convinced to change…vs. 38-40
“If you repent of your sins …confess Jesus Christ as your Messiah for the remission of your sins you will receive the gift and sealing of the Holy Ghost” (paraphrased) This was the only way they could be saved from the wrath of God that was to fall on that crooked generation they were apart of.
Jesus: “If I don’t go away (depart by dying and ascend to the Father) the Comforter will not come, but if I depart, I will send Him unto you: God followed every step He laid out for the plan of salvation before the foundation of the world.
Note: The Holy Spirit cannot come to them, or to the world, unless Jesus first died and fulfilled the process for salvation; (For without the shedding of blood….there can be no remission of sin.
Historic fact: From 70 A.D. ..and on the church and the Jews as a nation of people went through 10 terrible periods of persecutions represented by the history by each of the 7 churches John later wrote to in the Book of Revelation while he was exiled on the Isle of Patmos for preaching the Word of God and standing firm in his testimony of Jesus Christ.
They had to be converted….vs. 41
“They gladly received the Word (Jesus) and were baptized and sealed by the Holy Ghost”.
They were now being prepped for The Great Commission.... vs. 42-47
Remember…When Pilate gave them the choice to choose either Jesus Barabbas or Jesus Christ…the Son of God and the only Messiah this world will ever have…they chose Barabbas and cried “Crucify Jesus” and after Pilate took a wash basin full of water and washed his hands and publicly declared I am innocent of the blood of this just man…see you to it their reply was His blood be upon us and our children!
Remember this: Christ was treated by the Jews as an impostor; as a magician; as one possessed by the Devil; as a wicked person, seducer, and destroyer of the law. His vindication from these charges he chiefly referred to the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who, by his influences on the minds of the people, and by his eloquence and energy in the ministry of the apostles, convinced both the Jews and the Gentiles that the sentence of the Jewish rulers was unjust and infamous, and that the very person whom they had crucified was both Lord and Christ-Lord, the great governor of the universe; and Christ, the Lord's anointed, the promised Messiah.
Isaiah’s response to the wickedness and lack of righteousness of the Jews before the birth (first coming) of the Messiah: Isaiah 64:4-8
“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that wait for him. You meet him that rejoice and work righteousness, (do the works of righteousness) those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an “unclean thing”, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calls upon thy name, that stirs up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O Lord , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand”.
Summary of first 11 verses:
One general exposition may be given of these three verses. The Holy Spirit will convince the world of sin committed, and guilt and condemnation thereby incurred. Of righteousness-of the necessity of being pardoned, and made righteous through the blood of the Lamb, who, after being offered up for sin, went to the Father, ever to appear in his presence as our intercessor: and of judgment-of the great day thereof, when none shall be able to stand but those whose sins are pardoned, and whose souls are made righteous. In all that our Lord says here, there seems to be an allusion to the office of an advocate in a cause, in a court of justice; who, by producing witnesses, and pleading upon the proof, convicts the opposite party of sin, demonstrates the righteousness of his client, and shows the necessity of passing judgment upon the accuser.
The Holy Spirit exposes the fact that because we are sinners, we have no righteousness in us. Isaiah 53:5-6 shows us just how unrighteous we really are. The Holy Spirit lets us know that we are damned and doomed without the righteousness of Jesus Christ because our righteousness is like filthy rags in God’s sight
The faith of the Gospel discovers unto us three different states of man: it shows him:
1. Under sin, in which there is nothing but infidelity toward God, because there is no faith in Jesus Christ.
2. Under grace, in which sin is pardoned, and righteousness acquired by faith in Christ; who is gone to the Father to carry on, by his intercession, the great work of redemption.
3. In the peace and glory of heaven, where Christ will reign with his members; the Devil, with his angels and servants, being banished into hell by the last judgment.
Thus, in the Christian revelation, we are made acquainted with three grand truths, which contain the sum and substance of all true religion.
The first is the general corruption of human nature, and the reign of sin until the coming of Christ. The second is the reparation of our nature by the Lord Jesus, and the reign of righteousness by his grace: The third is the condemnation of sinners, and the total destruction of the kingdom of sin, and of all the power of the Devil, by the last judgment. To Be Continued........
Rev. Dr. William Edward Boddie
- Jesus warns the disciples: You will experience persecution (Verses 1-6)
Jesus said: “These things I have spoken to you (I’m telling you ahead of time) that you should not be offended” that is, that ye should not be stumbled. That you may not fall away from the faith, nor receive any injury to your souls, become distrustful and crumble under the intense pressures of persecution and desert the faith and your calling) Jesus said they are going to do the following:
They shall put you out of the synagogue. Excommunicate and withdraw the right hand of fellowship. (Judaizers)… unbelieving Gentiles and other Anti-Christian nations (Romans)
They will put some of you to death and think that they did God a great service by taking your life. (Isis and other radical Christ-hating groups are doing this in this present time). And here is “The reason”:
They will be doing this because they have not known God the Father or Me (Jesus) That is, they are ignorant of God and Jesus. It is being ignorant of God and Christ that shapes the foundation for all religious persecutions and intolerances.
Paul wrote to the Roman church declaring such indictment: For they, being ignorant of God’s righteousness, and having gone about to establish their own righteousness…have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.
But…I tell you these things (ahead of time) that when the time (of these things) shall come …You will remember I told you about them…
Now I didn’t tell you these things at the beginning (when I first chose all of you) because I was with you. What if He had told them up front what they could expect on this journey? He told them now because they needed to know what was to confront them and to impress upon them the importance of being on guard once Jesus is physically gone.
But now I’m going back to Him that sent Me (God the Father) and none of you asked me where are you going? Jesus gave the answer to why they didn’t ask at this time. Because of all that I said, all of your hearts are filled with sorrow
After the crucifixion Jesus relinquished the office of Prophet at the cross as He ascended into heaven in Acts 1:9 put on His priestly robe and stepped into His office of Our Great High Priest……Both Jehovah (Yahweh) God who sent the Holy Spirit and Jesus who promised the Holy Spirit kept their promise of sending “The Comforter” after Jesus was crucified…buried…rose from the dead…and ascended back to the Father in Heaven
This is proved out in Acts 2:4 when they received the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room on the Day of Pentecost….Preached out in Chapter 2:14-17…when Peter preached the historic indictment against all (from the Sanhedrin to those who cried out Crucify Him and then those who heard the Gospel message had to submit to the 4 “C’s of salvation: Acts 2:37-47
They had to be put under conviction…vs. 37
“When they heard this (the Gospel and the history) they were pricked in their hearts and said unto Peter…Men and brethren…what shall we do?”
They had to be convinced to change…vs. 38-40
“If you repent of your sins …confess Jesus Christ as your Messiah for the remission of your sins you will receive the gift and sealing of the Holy Ghost” (paraphrased) This was the only way they could be saved from the wrath of God that was to fall on that crooked generation they were apart of.
Jesus: “If I don’t go away (depart by dying and ascend to the Father) the Comforter will not come, but if I depart, I will send Him unto you: God followed every step He laid out for the plan of salvation before the foundation of the world.
Note: The Holy Spirit cannot come to them, or to the world, unless Jesus first died and fulfilled the process for salvation; (For without the shedding of blood….there can be no remission of sin.
Historic fact: From 70 A.D. ..and on the church and the Jews as a nation of people went through 10 terrible periods of persecutions represented by the history by each of the 7 churches John later wrote to in the Book of Revelation while he was exiled on the Isle of Patmos for preaching the Word of God and standing firm in his testimony of Jesus Christ.
They had to be converted….vs. 41
“They gladly received the Word (Jesus) and were baptized and sealed by the Holy Ghost”.
They were now being prepped for The Great Commission.... vs. 42-47
Remember…When Pilate gave them the choice to choose either Jesus Barabbas or Jesus Christ…the Son of God and the only Messiah this world will ever have…they chose Barabbas and cried “Crucify Jesus” and after Pilate took a wash basin full of water and washed his hands and publicly declared I am innocent of the blood of this just man…see you to it their reply was His blood be upon us and our children!
- They had to be converted….vs. 41
“They gladly received the Word (Jesus) and were baptized and sealed by the Holy Ghost”. - They were prepped for The Great Commission vs. 42-47
Remember this: Christ was treated by the Jews as an impostor; as a magician; as one possessed by the Devil; as a wicked person, seducer, and destroyer of the law. His vindication from these charges he chiefly referred to the Holy Spirit, the Advocate, who, by his influences on the minds of the people, and by his eloquence and energy in the ministry of the apostles, convinced both the Jews and the Gentiles that the sentence of the Jewish rulers was unjust and infamous, and that the very person whom they had crucified was both Lord and Christ-Lord, the great governor of the universe; and Christ, the Lord's anointed, the promised Messiah.
Isaiah’s response to the wickedness and lack of righteousness of the Jews before the birth (first coming) of the Messiah: Isaiah 64:4-8
“For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that wait for him. You meet him that rejoice and work righteousness, (do the works of righteousness) those that remember thee in thy ways: behold, thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved. But we are all as an “unclean thing”, and all our righteousness are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. And there is none that calls upon thy name, that stirs up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities. But now, O Lord , thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand”.
Summary of first 11 verses:
One general exposition may be given of these three verses. The Holy Spirit will convince the world of sin committed, and guilt and condemnation thereby incurred. Of righteousness-of the necessity of being pardoned, and made righteous through the blood of the Lamb, who, after being offered up for sin, went to the Father, ever to appear in his presence as our intercessor: and of judgment-of the great day thereof, when none shall be able to stand but those whose sins are pardoned, and whose souls are made righteous. In all that our Lord says here, there seems to be an allusion to the office of an advocate in a cause, in a court of justice; who, by producing witnesses, and pleading upon the proof, convicts the opposite party of sin, demonstrates the righteousness of his client, and shows the necessity of passing judgment upon the accuser.
The Holy Spirit exposes the fact that because we are sinners, we have no righteousness in us. Isaiah 53:5-6 shows us just how unrighteous we really are. The Holy Spirit lets us know that we are damned and doomed without the righteousness of Jesus Christ because our righteousness is like filthy rags in God’s sight
The faith of the Gospel discovers unto us three different states of man: it shows him:
1. Under sin, in which there is nothing but infidelity toward God, because there is no faith in Jesus Christ.
2. Under grace, in which sin is pardoned, and righteousness acquired by faith in Christ; who is gone to the Father to carry on, by his intercession, the great work of redemption.
3. In the peace and glory of heaven, where Christ will reign with his members; the Devil, with his angels and servants, being banished into hell by the last judgment.
Thus, in the Christian revelation, we are made acquainted with three grand truths, which contain the sum and substance of all true religion.
The first is the general corruption of human nature, and the reign of sin until the coming of Christ. The second is the reparation of our nature by the Lord Jesus, and the reign of righteousness by his grace: The third is the condemnation of sinners, and the total destruction of the kingdom of sin, and of all the power of the Devil, by the last judgment. To Be Continued........
Rev. Dr. William Edward Boddie
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