The work of God's Spirit : John 16
But what I tell you is true. It will be better for you if I go away. Because, if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I do go away, I will send him to you.
When he comes, he will show the people of this world what they are like. He will show that they are wrong. They are wrong about what sin really is. They are wrong about who is right with God. They are wrong about how God judges people.
They are wrong about sin, because they do not believe in me.
They are wrong about who is right with God, because I will go to the Father. And you will not see me any longer.
They are wrong about how God judges people, because God has already judged Satan, the ruler of this world.
I have many more things to tell you. But you are not strong enough to know them now.
But the Spirit will come. He is the one who shows people true things about God. When he comes, he will be a guide to you. He will help you to understand everything that is true. He will not speak on his own authority. He will tell you only what he hears from the Father. He will tell you about things that will happen after this time.
He will take my message and he will tell it to you. In that way, he will show how great and how good I am.
Everything that the Father has is mine. That is why I said, “The Spirit will take what is mine and then he will tell it to you.”
