What Jesus Did : John 15:26-27 - Why We Trust Their Message
by Phil Ware
Why We Trust Their Message - John 15:26-27
"I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me. And you will tell people about me too, because you have been with me from the beginning." (ERV) Full TextKey Thought
The apostles of Jesus are trustworthy witnesses to the will of Jesus for several reasons. Jesus mentions two crucial reasons here. First, Jesus sent them the Holy Spirit to insure their truth as well as give them heavenly insight. Second, they had been with Jesus from the beginning, knowing his word and observing his life. Jesus made sure that others would be left to start his church and teach his truth by selecting apostles and then sending them the Spirit to continue his work and teaching through them. So let's listen to them as they reveal to us Jesus!
Today's Prayer
Holy and righteous Father, thank you for leaving reliable and inspired witnesses to Jesus' life. I thank you for their stories of Jesus and their desire to bless future generations of your people. Make me more passionate to know your will revealed through their accounts of the life and teaching of Jesus, in whose name I pray. Amen.
Today's Verses in Context
"If the world hates you, remember that the world hated me first. If you belonged to the world, then the world would love you like it loves its own people. But I have chosen you out of the world. So you don't belong to the world. That is why the world hates you. Remember the lesson I told you: A servant is not greater than his master. If people did wrong to me, then they will do wrong to you too. And if people obeyed my teaching, then they will obey yours too. People will do all this to you because of me. They don't know the One who sent me. If I had not come and spoken to the people of the world, then they would not be guilty of sin. But now I have spoken to them. So they have no excuse for their sin. Any person that hates me also hates my Father. I did things among those people that no other person has ever done. If I had not done those things, they would not be guilty of sin. But they have seen those things I did. And still they hate me and my Father. But this happened so that what is written in their law would be true: 'They hated me for no reason.' "I will send you the Helper from the Father. The Helper is the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father. When he comes, he will tell about me. And you will tell people about me too, because you have been with me from the beginning.-- John 15:18-27 (ERV)
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