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July 24 - John 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Wednesday, the middle of
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  the week. It's the 24th of July and good
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  on you for tapping on play and inviting me into your day.
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  I wonder what your day looks like, if it's a chock a block
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  full, if there's plenty of space, or anywhere in between.
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  So glad that you can invite me in so that you and I can
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  continue to hear what John captures and what God wants to
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  communicate to us from Jesus in that time just before he's taken
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  away from his disciples. This is this, this final moment
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  where Jesus can tell them all the things that are burning on
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  his heart, that he just wants them and us all this time later
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  to know what a privilege we have to come together and be able to
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  hear this. It blows me away.
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  I hope that you're enjoying this too.
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  These are great words and we're going to continue to share them
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  together as we read John chapter 16.
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  I have told you these things so that you won't abandoned your
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  faith, for you will be expelled from the synagogues and the time
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  is coming when those who killed you will think they are doing a
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  holy service for God. This is because they have never
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  known the Father or me. Yes, I'm telling you these
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  things now so that when they happen, you will remember my
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  warning. I didn't tell you earlier
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  because I was going to be with you for a while longer.
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  But now I am going away to the one who sent me, and not one of
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  you is asking where I'm going. Instead, you grieve because of
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  what I've told you. But in fact, it is best for you
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  that I go away, because if I don't, the Advocate won't come.
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  If I do go away, then I will send Him to you, and when he
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  comes, he will convict the world of its sin and of God's
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  righteousness and of the coming judgement.
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  The world's sin is that it refuses to believe in me.
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  Righteousness is available because I go to the Father and
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  you will see me. No more judgement will come
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  because the rule of this world has already been judged.
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  There's so much more I want to tell you that you can't bear it
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  now. When the Spirit of truth comes,
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  He will guide you into all truth.
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  He will not speak on His own, but will tell you what He has
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  heard. He will tell you about the
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  future. He will bring me glory by
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  telling you whatever He receives from me.
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  All that belongs to the Father is mine.
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  This is why I said the Spirit will tell you whatever He
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  receives from me, in a little while you won't see me anymore,
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  but a little while after that you will see me again.
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  Some of the disciples asked each other, what does he mean when he
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  says in a little while you won't see me, but then you will see me
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  and I'm going to the Father and what does he mean by a little
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  while? We don't understand.
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  Jesus realised they wanted to ask him about it, so he said,
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  Are you asking yourselves what I meant?
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  I said in a little while you won't see me, but a little while
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  after that you will see me again.
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  I tell you the truth. You will weep and mourn over
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  what is going to happen to me, but the world will rejoice.
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  You will grieve, but your grief will suddenly turn to wonderful
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  joy. It will be like a woman
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  suffering the pains of labour. When a child is born, her
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  anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new baby into
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  the world. So you have sorrow now, but I
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  will see you again. Then you will rejoice and no one
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  can rob you of that joy. At that time, you won't need to
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  ask me for anything. I tell you the truth.
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  You will ask the Father directly and he will grant you your
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  request because you use my name. You haven't done this before.
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  Ask using my name, and you will receive, and you will have
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  abundant joy. I've spoken of these matters in
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  figures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking figuratively,
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  and I will tell you plainly all about the Father.
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  Then you will ask in my name. I'm not saying I will ask for
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  the Father on your behalf, for the Father himself loves you
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  dearly because you love me and believe that I came from God.
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  Yes, I came from the Father into the world, and now I will leave
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  the world and return to the Father.
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  Then his disciples said at last he was speaking plainly and not
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  figuratively. Now we understand that you know
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  everything, and there's no need to question you from this.
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  We believe that you came from God.
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  Jesus asked, do you finally believe?
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  But the time is coming, indeed. It's here now, when you will be
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  scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me alone.
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  Yet I'm not alone because the Father is with me.
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  I've told you all this so that you may have peace in me.
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  Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows, but take
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  heart, because I have overcome the world.
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  You are a gracious God, Jesus. When your mission takes you away
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  from your disciples, you don't leave anything to chance.
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  You send your advocate. You send your Holy Spirit to be
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  with them and to guide them to the truth about you.
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  And you invite them to ask and to pray in your name, Jesus, and
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  that through this the Father will listen to them.
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  Listen to us. Thank you that you tell us so
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  clearly how we can continue after your death and
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  resurrection to have this relationship with you, our
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  mighty but present Saviour. And yes, we do encounter sorrows
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  and hardships and trials, and we will take heart because in you
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  we too get to overcome this world, not by victory over it,
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  but by your victory well beyond this world into eternity.
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  Thank you for your incredible victory and your invitation for
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  us to be a part of that and to share the spoils of your
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  victory, which is eternity lived with you and peace right now as
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  we find that in you and your glory.
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  And so Jesus, as you commanded us and instructed us, we pray
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  all of these things in your mighty and holy name, which
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  gives us access directly to the Father.
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  Amen.