No doubt, too, the voice of the Spirit’s teaching has not always been distinct and unmistakable, He shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you, For all things that the Father hath are mine; And the Spirit shall take of mine, and shall shew it unto you. All true teaching agrees with the testimony of the Holy Spirit in glorifying Christ. These are among the things which the Father has, and these He has given to the Son. They needed light on the light. In harmony with our passage is the high significance which that book ascribes to its own prophetic revelations (comp. Earlier, Peter said, Lord, to whom would we go? THIS PROMISE HAS BEEN FURTHER FULFILLED IN THE SUBSEQUENT HISTORY AND LIFE OF THE CHURCH. By the wind? Which did he first show forth in light and glory to the eyes of men? BY THE LIFE WHICH HE INDUCES HIS PEOPLE TO LIVE FOR HIS SAKE. 14.Shall glorify me—The Spirit shall exhibit the Son in all his Messianic glory, as Head of the Church, and Judge of the world. From the very first - that is to say from Pentecost - the Holy Spirit bore a certain witness concerning them all. How essential this is may be gathered from reason, from conscience, and from the light of the Scriptures. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. "Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right? He will teach us about Jesus and the WORD b. Listen; Downloads Sermon Audio; October 2, 2016. All the farmers in England cannot make it leave off raining, but when it does leave off, and the sun shines, they can get their wheat in as quick as they can. Joy.Men are honoured by these affections; but we can only exercise them in part because of the defectiveness oft he worthiest objects. But if he shall set up his darkness and sin as being Christian experience, we say, "No; you may be a Christian and know all this, but we cannot allow you to decide our spiritual state according to your peculiar method of feeling." This sermon focuses on the Holy Spirit as our Teacher Scripture: Nehemiah 9:20; John 14:12-17 Theme: Holy Spirit - Master Teacher This sermon is dedicated to looking at the Holy Spirit as our Teacher â a. It was inspired. There Is Great Joy Regarding God Answering Prayer vs. 23-24 C. There Is Great Joy Because We Know The Truth vs. 25-32 D. What makes a Christian is the spiritual apprehension of Christ, and the Holy Ghost alone can reveal Him. II. 2. How bitterly shall we lament much of our ministry because it hath not glorified Christ on our dying beds. 11 Of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. Consciousness of breathing goes with breathing. 2. One way, by faith. The doctrine of the ever-blessed Trinity is brought out in this, as it generally is in other passages of the Word, not abstractly and in the way of a naked statement of the truth, but practically, and with reference to what they severally do in the economy of grace. Another way the light shines in us is by the witness of the Spirit. Read the memoirs of Santa Teresa and of St. John of the Cross, and you will find the love they express for the Saviour is sensuous — carnal There is something lurid about it. Such is the glory of His person, as combining the Divine nature with the human; and such the value of His work that whatsoever is comprehended in the fulness of the Godhead is centred in "the Man Christ Jesus," considered as obedient to the Father, "even unto death." On this earth, where he was despised and rejected, he is yet to be crowned with glory and honor from the rising to the setting sun. AS A TEST. Our public worship services have resumed barring any unforeseen circumstances. "Thine they were, and Thou gavest them Me." He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you. They heard Him teach as he told the parable of the ⦠Furnishing additional proof of the great facts which form the substance of Christianity. God's glory is the equipoise of His attributes. It hath shined not historically — not in the face of a physical Christ, although these, of course, are included; but through the veil of the heart. A third way light shines in is by consciousness. "All that the Father giveth Me, shall come unto thee." Ver. Is not that glorious? THIS PROMISE WAS LARGELY FULFILLED IN THE MINISTRY OF THE APOSTLES THEMSELVES AFTER PENTECOST. What an honour to receive the trust of a redeemed world. 1. The college student turns his back on the pleasures and games of his boyhood. In Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, and the age will never come when these treasures shall be exhausted, or the Spirit's ministry of revelation shall cease. Let not your hearts be troubled, therefore. The great outstanding facts, as just noted, of our Lord's manifestation to men are. 15:3; 1ÐеÑ. So it was with our Saviour on the cross. Enabling us to form some estimate of the blessings Christ bestows. The Holy Ghost reveals Christ. Nor is the case altered now. He was "anointed by the Holy Ghost without measure," for the doing of His Father's will. The prophecies of the destruction of Jerusalem were not such; for the Son of man had already, before the Spirit's revelations, preoccupied that theme. Is it to such a Saviour that you, oh sinner, will hesitate about committing your soul? The Holy Ghost is the only revealer of Jesus. Used 24 times in the Gospel of John b. And thus, in point of fact, there are thousands who look upon Christ as a great historical Teacher, and content themselves with making what we may call an intellectual study of his own words and those of his apostles. So, a Christian man may fall into great darkness, and sin. He opens their eyes, purges their vision, sweeps away the veil that comes between them and their Lord. Bursts there not a glory from that torn flesh which hangs and writhes upon those ragged nails, which challenges all suns to rival it in splendour? 14 c I have given them your word, and d the world has hated them e because they are not of the world, f just as I am not of the world. If God be God, He is glorious, for glory is manifested excellence, and God is most excellent, and cannot be hid. But in what order did he bring them into prominence? - G.B. ", 2. —The Spirit shall exhibit the Son in all his Messianic glory, as Head of the Church, and Judge of the world. John 16:14. , “He will glorify me”. You have the words of eternal life (6:68). By the fire? (3) Magnify a certain experience — If you have felt thus, and thus, no words of praise can be too strong for you; but if you have been led in another way, you never knew vital godliness at all. 3. Through what means, or after what convulsions or shakings of the nations, this is to be brought about we cannot tell; but it will not be by human might or power, but by the Spirit of the Holy One, that the grand result will be achieved. So that "the love wherewith the Father hath loved Him may be in them." Chester McCalley . In John 16:13-15, Christ made direct reference to the Holy ⦠What of Christ's was it that the Spirit was then showing you? That was the lesson taught to the prophet. Why then does he speak of the Spiritâs teaching? II. Art thou saved or not? The statement of this point involves, of course, three. And it is ever the same Christ that the Spirit of truth reveals to the soul of man; and yet under his teaching what room there is for variety and progress of spiritual apprehension! "For though He was crucified through weakness, yet He liveth.". The special way in which God the Holy Ghost gave glory to God the Son seems to have been His revealing Him as the only begotten Son of the Father, who had appeared as the Son of Man. Scripture: John 16:22. Over every heart that is given to Him. 1 Corinthians 16:14(NASB) Verse Thoughts Throughout his letter to the Corinthians, there are practical admonitions and little encouragements for the saints in Corinth to live lives that honour the Lord. Now the Bible affirms. John Piper Mar 26, 1989 3.4K Shares Sermon. IV. It was there seen that God could not swerve — that sin must be punished. How, in this confusion, can a man know what part of his conviction is of God, and what part of the devil? This the Jews well understood, when, for similar language, "they took up stones to stone Him," and when they cried out at His trial, "He hath spoken blasphemy." Funk, Commentary on the Gospel of John (1984), 2:226-227) for a comprehensive listing of references. The work of God is from matter toward spirit. Here are we saved, and yet such weak things that we cannot glorify Christ without the Holy Ghost. A DIRECTION. 3. These words give us one of the decisive tests by which true teaching may be distinguished from that which is false. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. He never goes backward. The world would, in consequence of the confirmation which these prophecies should receive, say, as Nebuchadnezzar said, Daniel 2:47, "Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.". In John 14:16, Jesus referred to the Spirit as "another Comforter." What should we think of a man to whom it were optional to be just, or to be unjust? (Delivered Sunday, April 7, 2002 at Bethany Bible Church. It is theirs to trim the lamps of life in a dark world; it is theirs to feed the flock of Christ, to stand by the wells of salvation and draw water for every one that is athirst. Thus, the communication of the Holy Spirit that should glorify Christ must move in the same circle as the predictions of the Apocalypse. (16:7). Observe as an encouragement how this whole work of the Spirit is carried on, not against, but by means of our natural faculties of understanding and conscience. This glory will be given Him by the powerful working of the Holy Spirit in the Church, because that which the Spirit applies for the ever increasing growth and efficiency of the Church is only a fuller unfolding of ‘the unsearchable riches of Christ.’ To Him as the Alpha and Omega of our faith, and never beyond Him, the Spirit leads us. Then you are in a better position than you used to be. He has life with the Father, so that "they may live also." And then, as time went on, the full meaning of the cross was unfolded, and the Apostle Paul, who, above all things, preached Christ crucified, was inspired to declare it as no one else had done. Be "made meet for the inheritance of the saints to light.". True religion is more widely disseminated in this than it has been in any preceding dispensation. 1. Related Sermons Select one: Getting the Holy Spirit in Focus, Part One (John 16:5-16) Getting the Holy Spirit in Focus, Part Two (John 16:5-16) The Works of the Holy Spirit (John 16:5-15) The Work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:5-16) The Holy Spirit (John 16:8-15) The Work of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16)(John 16:14) Grief Turned to Joy (John 16:16-24) It's Tough, but Take Heart! This error is followed by another equally intolerable, that, having bid adieu to Christ, as if his reign were terminated, and he were now nothing at all, they substitute the Spirit in his place. They habitually rejoice in his exaltation as "Lord of all." In what special way the Holy Ghost gives glory to the Son of God. John 14:6 d. And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. "How then do we see the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ? Revelation 1:1; Revelation 22:16); and that they really belonged to Him, is plain from the fact that an actual knowledge of the future is found only within the domain of the Christian Church. And these deductions of our reason and our conscience are confirmed by Scripture. The teaching of the Holy Spirit within certain limits develops, reinterprets, readjusts for each successive generation the teaching which Jesus gave while He was on earth, III. I. They and the Apostle Paul, who was ere long to be added to their company, had the mighty work entrusted to them of explaining to all ages the true significance of the mission of Christ in the flesh. . "He shall glorify Me," says Christ Himself. "Let your light so shine," &c; "Ye are not your own," &c. In this life the believer joyfully acquiesces. 2. The means of grace, the lively oracles, are committed especially to their trust. Faith. For he will take of what is mine. 2. . We now see that the information given by Christ, that he would be glorified by the Spirit whom he should send, is far from being superfluous; for it was intended to inform us, that the office of the Holy Spirit was nothing else than to establish the kingdom of Christ, and to maintain and confirm for ever all that was given him by the Father. It is around these that all the doctrines of the faith are clustered; out of these facts they may be said to grow. 1. 2. Any teaching, whatever authority it may claim, which does not glorify Christ, is most assuredly false. The Christ Glorified By The Spirit. 3. For being pure Spirit, He has access immediately to your spirits: and being almighty, He turns them whithersoever He will. I. Scripture: John 16:24. See how He has used the "unsearchable riches of Christ" for the satisfying of your wants; how in your ignorance He has opened to you "the riches of His wisdom and knowledge;" in your waywardness and backsliding; "the riches of His forbearance" in your grief and despondency "the riches of His grace;" and amid the terrors of death "the riches of His glory." Getting to Know the Holy Spirit of God The Gospel of John John 14:15-26 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - August 16, 2017 (Revised February 18, 2020) BACKGROUND: *Please open your Bibles to John 14 as we continue to focus on the night before Jesus died on the cross for our sins. I thank God through Jesus Christ my Lord." The Father's glory is safe in His keeping; the Father's riches of wisdom and grace and love are well and wisely expended by Him. A wisdom not their own was given to them. Teach us entire dependence upon the Holy Spirit. Surely this is not of the Holy Ghost. The internal or subjective nature of the Spirit's teaching-how His office is to discover to the souls of men what Christ is outwardly or objectively-is here very clearly expressed; and, at the same time, the vanity of looking for revelations of the Spirit which shall do anything beyond throwing light in the soul upon what Christ Himself is, and taught, and did upon earth. How honourable to Christ the lives of saintly men! 1. (2) Or again, if you go back to any season of peculiar spiritual prosperity, what was it that quickened your holy graces, filled you with hatred of sin, and made duties a delight? When we were at the North Cape, at midnight, a French gentleman took out a sun-glass and burned a hole in his hat with it. Not that he brings any fresh tidings from the invisible world concerning Christ, or adds a single fact or truth to what the Scriptures contain; but to those who resist not his teaching he manifests what is already known in its reality and glory. The Holy Spirit receives His disclosures from Christ (comp. Ðак ÑÑвеÑÐ¶Ð´Ð°ÐµÑ ÐовÑй ÐавеÑ, Ð¥ÑиÑÑÐ¾Ñ Ð±Ñл Ñемой ÐеÑÑ Ð¾Ð³Ð¾ ÐавеÑа (1:45; 5:37; Ðк. Still, amid all the imperfections of the life of faith, what they do see of the glory of Christ makes them see all things in new light, and judge all things by a new standard. For them, "when He ascended up on high, He received gifts." It is not Church instruction, but heart-work — interior regeneration. Shall receive of mine; or, shall take of mine-shall take of the things that pertain to my person and work, which is the same thing as taking of things that pertain to the Father, since the Father and the Son are one in nature and counsel, and the Father has committed all things to the Son. They were inspired to do this. (2 Corinthians 4:6). In all the critical circumstances of His arduous undertaking, in His birth, His baptism, &c., the Holy Ghost stood by Him sustaining His human soul, and conveying to it the Father's love. 13). HIS MISSION ILLUSTRATES THE GLORY OF CHRIST. Christ received it from the Father, the Spirit received it from Christ, the apostles received it from the Spirit, and the churches of Christ from them in succeeding generations: or this may be understood of the blessings of grace held forth in the Gospel, such as justification, pardon, adoption which are in Christ; and which the Spirit from Christ takes and shows to the saints, and witnesses their special and particular ⦠The disciples will witness Jesus death, which will seem to extinguish the words of eternal life. You have a thought in your head that you are too great a sinner to be saved. But there must be a showing of another kind; a work of discovery within, an opening of the eye of the carnal mind; a dispelling of the darkness of the evil heart, that "the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" may shine. HIS HEADSHIP OF THE CHURCH. How is it that what the Spirit takes of Christ's must be revealed? 10:43; 18:28; Рим. John 8:32. What joy it shall be to remember that, however feebly, we did extol Him. 3. "The wind bloweth where it listeth," &c., but when we have the Holy Spirit, we can use Him; when He is with us we can work. авеÑÐ½Ð°Ñ Ð¸ÑÑина, оÑкÑÑÑÐ°Ñ Ðогом, ÑоÑÑедоÑоÑиваеÑÑÑ Ð½Ð° Ð¥ÑиÑÑе (ÐвÑ. And so the Holy Ghost, when He wishes to comfort, speaks of Christ (chap. But how can I be a man and have no backbone?" I am the slave, then, of my backbone. How are we to glorify Christ? Far from it; their eyes were opened, and their understandings guided from above. I. . 1. It is important to observe the order, so to say, of the Spirit's revelations concerning Christ. And as the recompense of that work, He receives, in His human nature, an interest in all that the Father hath. Let the Word of Christ then dwell in you richly. It is not simply knowledge, but it is the light of the knowledge. But they were not left to themselves to interpret these facts and explain their spiritual meaning. III. Did He not show you the Son obedient, and the Father well pleased: the righteous and holy love of God, which is Christ's as the reward of His obedience unto death, in all its fulness and freeness? "Our Saviour Himself now assures us, that if we believe in Him we shall do greater works than even those which He performed on earth, and that we shall do them precisely because He goes to the Father.". Christ is now supreme —. At first we saw only a grey indistinctness — the shapeless outline of vast rocks rising out of the water. Advocacy Scripture: 1 John 2:1â2:2, John 14:16â14:18. The whole historic development of man, looked at in the line of the plan of redemption, is clearly enough in this upward direction. And taking this people as His own, uniting Himself to them, identifying Himself with them, He says "All things that the Father hath are Mine," for them, as "His body, the fulness of Him that filleth all in all." Over other worlds.This supremacy will, under the guidance of the Spirit, be eventually acknowledged. In what is perhaps the most significant Christian book of this decade, J. I. Packer speaks to a certain type of evangelical ministry which is well-intentioned, but cruel.149 It is a ministry which means to offer men hope and encouragement by portraying the Christian life as a kind of utopian desert island, free from the trials and cares of life.150 In actuality it creates great upset in the lives of untaught Christians. How did the Spirit of truth glorify Jesus in guiding and inspiring their human authors! 1. We ought to take the same view of his doctrine; for he does not enlighten us, in order to draw us away in the smallest degree from Christ, but to fulfill what Paul says, that Christ is made to us wisdom, (1 Corinthians 1:30,) and likewise to display those treasures which are hidden in Christ, (Colossians 2:3.) IV. 1. If He shows you must look. They bow before the mystery of his taking on him our nature. BECAUSE OF OUR STAND FOR THE TRUTH THERE SHALL BE JOY John 16:16-33 A. John 13:31. (2) Extol doctrine. Moses recognized God at Horeb. Self can no longer be their idol, for they have become conscious of a Presence which raises them above themselves. John 16:14(NASB) Verse Thoughts The time for Christ's departure had come.. and although the separation from their Master was a painful prospect for the confused disciples.. nevertheless, they were to discover an inner strength, and receive extraordinary comfort, that was not available to them during Christ's lifetime on earth. Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Ezekiel was transformed at Chebar. He is the Spirit of Christ — the Spirit that dwelt in Him. Let our text, then —. lies at the root of the gospel. 24:27, 44; ÐеÑн. 2. For God to be free from His justice would be for Him to be free from Himself as moral, and therefore immoral; for justice is simply looking on things as they are, and treating them accordingly, and to deny this is to deny rectitude, and to deny rectitude is to deny God and make Him immoral. What is that witness if not a supernatural spiritual emphasis put on the assurances and promises of God, which makes them true to us without a question? 5. "He shall glorify Me; for He shall receive of Mine, and shall show it unto you. There are a thousand things that claim to be of the Holy Ghost; how can we know whether they are or not? The passage we just read is preceded by the familiar story of Christ feeding the 5000. Whether ye work at a lapstone, or drive a plough, or lay the stones in a building, or are diligent with the pen, or buy and sell, do all, even to your eating or your drinking, in the name of the Lord Jesus, and so, like the Holy Spirit, let it be said of you, "He shall glorify Me.". When we were sailing in the Grecian Archipelago we came, at dawn of day, to the Island of Rhodes. WHAT THE SPIRIT THUS TAKES OR RECEIVES OF CHRIST'S, HE SHOWS TO HIS PEOPLE. What of venerable authority and benignant complacency in God His Father? The Spirit draws from no other source of information or inspiration. That there is such a thing as the knowledge of the glory of God — that this knowledge is unfolded in the face of Jesus Christ, and that it comes by a Divine in-shining. In a word, the Spirit enriches us with no other than the riches of Christ, that he may display his glory in all things. A man full of the Holy Ghost knows what he is full of, and that he is not empty. Paramount Church: Jacksonville, FL > Sermons from John. The same thing is true of the New Testament. Notice: He does not create Christ; He shows Him. God hath "shined in" — not into the world only, that is not enough — could not be, for "the light shineth in darkness, and the darkness comprehendeth it not." But the Holy Ghost, being Himself God, is a party to the whole arrangement by which all things that the Father hath become Christ's: nay, more, He is a party to the carrying of that arrangement into effect. In one sense, it is true, even as regards the wicked, that all things which the Father hath, He hath given unto the Son. But in each living Christian community there are men whose lips and hearts are touched by fire from God's altar, that they may interpret the gospel to their own times and their own brethren. Satan is great, i.e., in faculties, but he is in no wise glorious, but infamous, because of the defect of his character. But whence came these convictions? Pulpit Commentary Homiletics. III. INTRODUCTION In conclusion, WHO SHALL PUT BOUNDS OR LIMITS TO THE FULFILLMENT OF THIS PROMISE IN THE FUTURE? Apply this test —. We cannot then point to any apostolical revelations or disclosures of the future which contributed in any striking manner to the glorification of Christ. Then as the sun came up, how glorious! By the fire? How? His example is ever immeasurably in advance of them, though they humbly seek to follow it; and his words are like no other words - spirit and life to their hearts. "Can He not, through some interior eye which we know not, and for which we have no name, pour into us the radiance of His own infinite glory, though He be the King invisible, whom no man has seen, nor can see?" 3. (John 14:1-31) The Return of Jesus Christ (John 14:3) Jesus is God (John 14:7-14) Great and Precious Promises (John 14:12-14) Obedience (John 14:15-24) The Ministry of the Holy Spirit (John 14:15-21) Do You Love the Lord Jesus? He alone makes Christ glorious. II. "I am not fit to come to Christ." He awakens the attention of the thoughtless and slumbering world to the truth of God. Not to withdraw us from the school of Christ, but rather to ratify that word by which we are commanded to listen to him, otherwise he would diminish the glory of Christ. John 14:1â4 In many ways, the world teaches us to dread the day of death. Thus, by a false pretense of the Spirit, the world was bewitched to depart from the simple purity of Christ; for, as soon as the Spirit is separated from the word of Christ, the door is open to all kinds of delusions and impostures. Call us at 888-634-2038. The chain is formed — fixed on the throne of God at one end, twined round your heart at the other — waiting but the touch of the heavenly fire, the swift and secret influence of the Heavenly Spirit, to make it all instinct with life and meaning, so that signs and tokens may pass between. But his true disciples go further, much further than this. Does the Holy Ghost glorify Christ? Could you say that your object was to honour Christ in it? Whence their depth and their permanence and their power? The saying we now consider suggests to us that we should reverently dwell upon the Apocalypse, and, if we find in it obscurities, reflect upon the dimness of our own vision. The Holy Ghost has given us all the knowledge that we have of Jesus Christ. But it is the Master's work, and here is the promise which he has given for the encouragement of all his servants. You are a sinner! "The world will come to an end when Christianity shall have spoken its last word" (Vinet). He can make us know "the things which are freely given to us of God;" past, present, and future; "opening our eyes to behold wondrous things out of God's law.". Christ on the cross, not Christ in pre-existence, transcending thought as is the mystery of everlasting generation. All that the Holy Spirit would communicate, should return back to Christ, and serve to His glorification. How? What sayest thou in looking back? They belong to Him by necessity of nature. God is holy. 3. Under the Spirit’s guidance they lived wholly for Christ: the dispensation of the Spirit was the Christian dispensation. and to this cry of conscience is no answer but in Christ and in the sacrifice" of Christ. Thus our Lord sums up the work of the Holy Spirit within the Church. All the sailors on the ocean cannot make a capful of wind; but when the wind does blow they can crowd on every yard of canvas. Jesus had been a comforter to them during the time they had been walking with Him. Conclusion: The Father entrusts His all to Christ, and so surely we might venture to entrust our all to Him. John 16:14. Look at China. At first sight there does not seem to be any unity about this portion of Scripture. The Glory of Christ in the Mission of the Holy Ghost, The Holy Spirit Revealing the Things of Christ, The Promise of the Spirit -- the Fulness of Christ, Christ's Gradual Teaching by His Providence, Human Capacity the Measure of Divine Communication, Teaching Should be Adapted to the Condition of the Mind, The glory of Christ in the mission of the Holy Ghost, The promise of the Spirit -- the fulness of Christ, The Holy Spirit revealing the things of Christ. (3) Learn to note in some such way as this the agency of the Holy Spirit in you, by observing what it is that He shows you of Christ's and of the Father's, in the critical periods of your Christian pilgrimage. How many saw Christ — touched Christ — said they believed on Christ in the flesh, who never went beyond impressions of their outward senses. 3. Not Christ again in all the grand kaleidoscopic aspects of His ministry, as miracles spring up beneath His footsteps like fresh flowers. He will reveal Himself to us Directly c. Can He not manifest Himself to the eye of interior consciousness with a distinctness of spiritual presence as satisfying as that which His bodily form gave to the external vision of His disciples? To ourselves. 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. Conscience, in every man, says: "You are guilty! 1:1, 2). (John 16:14-15, NKJV) The Holy Spirit is not come just to guide us to know things. Christ's glory to mere worldly men is a veiled glory; "the veil" says the Apostle, "is upon their heart." Salvation in Jesus Christ does not promise freedom from difficulties.151It does promise peace with God and the ⦠It is in the Word that Christ is set forth. 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