The Helper - The Messiah
John 16:8-15
The Spirit will come and show the people of this world the truth about sin and God’s justice and the judgment. The Spirit will show them that they are wrong about sin, because they didn’t have faith in Me. They are wrong about God’s justice, because I am going to the Father, and you won’t see Me again. And they are wrong about the judgment, because God has already judged the ruler of this world.
The Holy Spirit shows what is true and will come and guide you into the full truth. The Spirit doesn’t speak on His own. He will tell you only what He has heard from Me, and He will let you know what is going to happen. The Spirit will bring glory to Me by taking My message and telling it to you.
Why Did Jesus Come?
- To destroy the works of the devil. Sin is behind all the evil in the world and it was the devil who introduced sin to man.
- Part of works of the devil is sickness. Part of the works of the devil is sin and sin is the result of believing the lies of the devil.
People Who do not believe in sin don’t believe in sin because they do not have faith in who Jesus is. Jesus is God, the Savior of the world and the coming King. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, was executed without sin, rose from the dead, ascended to heaven and sent the Holy Spirit.
The Works
- Of the devil is sin and what sin does. Because of sin there is sickness, death, immorality, poverty, sorrow, pain, strife and misery.
- The root of all suffering in the world is sin. When we sin or when someone sins against us. Anyone who does right is good, just like Christ. Anyone who keeps on sinning belongs to the devil, he has sinned from the beginning but the Son of God came to destroy all that he has done.
Principles
- A life of habitual sin demonstrates who people belong to--the devil.
- Whoever does right does it because he is good.
- Jesus came to destroy sin. Sin produces separation from God, sickness, and misery.
- God’s children cannot keep on being sinful. It is no longer our nature to sin because we are new creations.
- You can tell God’s children from the Devil’s because those who belong to the devil refuse to do right.
At Christmas Time
- We remember that Jesus was born but in our culture we don’t know why He was born. The birth of Jesus is the greatest demonstration of God’s love for humanity.
- “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have everlasting life.”
John 3:16
The Reason
- For Christmas is to look at Jesus and why He was born.
- He was born so people could be born again. He came to die that we might live forever.
- Jesus came as a child, grew up and astonished the world by the miracles and the His teaching.
Jesus established the church to continue the work of destroying the works of the devil. Setting the captives free, healing the sick, and preaching the Good News of the
During This Christmas Season
- It is our job to do the works of Jesus.
- Destroy the works of the devil.
- Help the needy to see Jesus in us.
- Love each other.
- Proclaim the Gospel to this generation.
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