Our Passage …

12 I (Jesus) have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. 13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come. 14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 15 All things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you.”

Verse `13 of our Text distinctly says of the Holy Spirit … “He shall not speak of Himself.”

But Satan, the Devil … John 8:44 … “Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, HE SPEAKETH OF HIS OWN: for he is a liar, and the father of it.”

What a difference, complete opposites!

Our current Paragraph supplies us with Jesus’ last mention of the Holy Spirit in this great Upper Room Sermon. (The Spirit has been discussed by our Lord in each of the three chapters of this Discourse. John 14 and 15 and 16!)

Verse 12, where Jesus withholds any further information from the less than mature Disciples, reminds me of Proverbs 25:2. “It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.” King James Version!

On the Spirit’s “guiding” us into all truth, us Christians … I would not be surprised if the Holy Ghost has “led” (“enlightened”) some of the great Christian inventors and scientists over the years as they presented us with their great life-changing innovations! “All truth!”

I suspect an ounce of Jesus’ Teaching would yield a ton of Christian Truth when exposited by the Holy Spirit!

I trust you are enjoying our Trip through the Gospel of John! And the best way to glean even more information is by watching the whole class …

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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