THE COMFORTER & HIS WORK

Isaiah 40:1-3 Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God. Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins. The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God

John 14:16 And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever;

John 14:26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

John 15:26 But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me:

John 16:7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

Pastor Rick Jackson

I. THE COMFORTER TESTIFIES (bears witness) [Jn 15:26]

1. He was Sent by Jesus [v. 26]

2. He was Sent from the Father [v. 26]

3. He was Sent as the Spirit of Truth to Testify of Truth [v. 26, Jn. 14:6, 17:17; Heb. 10:14-17]

Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.

For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified. Whereof the Holy Ghost also is a witness to us: for after that he had said before, This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them; And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more.

II. THE COMFORTER TEACHES [Jn. 14:26]

1. As a Member of the Trinity [v. 26, Mt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13:14, Eph. 4:4-6]

2. As Omniscient (all knowing) [1 Corinthians 2:10]

But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit: for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.

3. As the Author of the Holy Bible [2 Peter 1:21]

For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. [also 2 Tm. 3:16 proving the Holy Spirit is God]

III. THE COMFORTER TARRIES [Jn. 14:16]

1. Like Jesus, the Spirit Loves us [1 John 2:1]

My little children, these things write I unto you, that ye sin not. And if any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous

2. Like Jesus, the Spirit comes from the Father [James 1:17]

Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.

3. Unlike Jesus's Ministry, the Spirit's Ministry is to Tarry [Jn. 16:17]