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April 15 - John 16 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It's the it's the 15th of April and my voice is still recovering
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  from a very silly voice that I did on Sunday doing a kid
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  sermon. And it turns out I would make a
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  terrible full time actor because I need some serious hardcore
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  voice coaching to help me do silly voices and keep my voice.
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  But I will read it, but I will not go too high, otherwise I
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  will crack and my voice will fall apart.
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  I think I might need another cup of tea, but that will come ever
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  so shortly. But before then, you and I've
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  got some work to do. We get to sit down with Jesus
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  and his disciples in that upper room as he continues to talk
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  about the work that is to come, the Spirit that is to join them,
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  and the sadness that they will go through, which will
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  ultimately turn to joy. Oh, this wonderful, wonderful
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  story heading toward the cross. Join me, friends, as we head up
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  that staircase into that upper room to sit around the table
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  with our friends and our Lord as we read together.
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  John, Chapter 16. I have told you these things so
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  that you won't abandoned your faith, for you will be expelled
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  from the synagogues and the time is coming when those who kill
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  you will think they are doing a holy service for God.
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  This is because they have never known the Father or me.
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  Yes, I'm telling you these things now so that when they
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  happen, you will remember my warning.
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  I didn't tell you earlier because I was going to be with
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  you for a while longer, but now I'm going away to the one who
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  sent me, and not one of you is asking where I'm going.
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  Instead, you grieve because of what I've told you.
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  But in fact, it is best for you that I go away because if I
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  don't, the advocate won't come. If I do go away, then I will
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  send Him to you, and when He comes, He will convict the world
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  of its sin and of God's righteousness and of the coming
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  judgement. The world's sin is that it
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  refuses to believe in me. Righteousness is available
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  because I go to the Father and you will see me.
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  No more judgement will come because the ruler of this world
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  has already been judged. There is so much more I want to
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  tell you, but you can't bear it right now.
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  When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all
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  truth. He will not speak on His own,
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  but will tell you what He has heard.
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  He will tell you about the future.
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  He will bring me glory by telling you whatever He receives
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  from me. All that belongs to the Father
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  is mine. This is why I said the Spirit
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  will tell you whatever He receives from me, in a little
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  while you won't see me anymore, but a little while after that
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  you will see me again. Some of the disciples asked each
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  other, what does he mean when he says in a little while you won't
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  see me, but then you will see me and I'm going to the Father.
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  What does he mean by a little while?
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  We don't understand. Jesus realised they wanted to
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  ask him about it, so he said, Are you asking yourselves what I
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  meant? I said in a little while you
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  won't see me, but a little while after that you will see me
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  again. I tell you the truth.
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  You will weep and mourn over what is going to happen to me,
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  but the world will rejoice. You will grieve, but your grief
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  will suddenly turn to wonderful joy, and 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
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  one 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 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 and
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  figures of speech, but soon I will stop speaking figuratively
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  and 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 the
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  Father on your behalf, for the Father himself loves you dearly
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  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 you're 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
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  will be scattered, each one going his own way, leaving me
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  alone. Yet I am not alone, because the
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  Father is with me. I've told you all this, that you
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  may have peace in me. Here on earth, you'll have many
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  trials and sorrows, but take heart, because I have overcome
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  the world. Oh Jesus, what a wonderful deal
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  you give us. Yes, you had to leave your
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  friends. You had to go through this
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  terrible ordeal so that you could win your victory and give
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  us your Spirit. And today, your Spirit lives
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  with us, in US, and every word that spirit prompts us is your
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  words, as you said in today's reading.
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  And then as we live each day, your words in our ears, knowing
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  that no matter what happens around us, no matter what this
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  world throws at us, you have overcome the world.
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  You and your victory this Easter is more than what any power in
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  this world can possibly try and shackle you down with.
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  Jesus, You are incredible, and we come before you and we
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  worship you because you have come from the Father and indeed,
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  with the Father, you rule everything.
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  Yeah, you are amazing. So we come before you on our
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  knees in worship to glorify you and pray all of this in your
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  holy, holy name. Amen.