John 16 - Jesus Makes Things Very Simple for the Disciples!
Click Here to Read or Listen to John 16 Jesus Warns the Disciples Jesus tells the disciples that he has given them these promises so they will not fall away. He goes even as far as to say that there will be a time when someone thinks they are doing God a service by killing them. Though they think they know the Father, they show by their ignorance that they don't know Jesus, or the Father. Though Jesus is going back to the Father, no one is asking him about it. He knows partly this is because they are already beginning to deal with the grief of him leaving. Yet, he reminds them that it is good for him to go away, because if he does, he will send the Advocate, the Holy Spirit. It is the Holy Spirit that will convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. Sin is basically the sin of unbelief or not trusting in Jesus. It is only by being convicted of one's sin by the Holy Spirit and believing in Jesus does one find eternal life. Righteousness is the righteousness that J