1 00:00:02,720 --> 00:00:13,440 Speaker 1: Life Audio. Hello, and thank you for listening to your 2 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 1: Daily Bible Verse, the podcast that examines one verse each 3 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:19,799 Speaker 1: day to learn more about God and his will for us. 4 00:00:20,400 --> 00:00:23,680 Speaker 1: I'm your host, Jessica ven Rokel, and after the short 5 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: word from our sponsor, we'll dive into today's Bible verse, 6 00:00:27,160 --> 00:00:43,479 Speaker 1: John chapter sixteen, verse thirteen. Today's Bible verses John chapter sixteen, 7 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 1: verse thirteen. But when he the Spirit of Truth, comes, 8 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: he will guide you into all the truth. He will 9 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: not speak on his own. He will speak only what 10 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 1: he hears, and he will tell you what is yet 11 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 1: to come. Anytime I want to go somewhere, I drive 12 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:02,000 Speaker 1: a two life in a highway with narrow shoulders, or 13 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: I'm driving on gravel roads. It's beautiful as far as 14 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:09,480 Speaker 1: my eye can see until the occasional thick fog rolls 15 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: over the prairie. It limits visibility to a few feed 16 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: and forces cars to slow down. The last time it happened, 17 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 1: I couldn't see past the end of my car, and 18 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:22,399 Speaker 1: the only thing I could see clearly was the white 19 00:01:22,440 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: painted shoulder line. So I kept my eyes on it 20 00:01:25,840 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: and trusted that line to lead me to my destination. 21 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 1: Each mile passed as I watched the white line, and 22 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 1: eventually the fog lifted. I realized that it's great having 23 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:41,880 Speaker 1: the entire view. I really only needed the guidance for 24 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 1: the next stretch of the road, and many of us 25 00:01:44,680 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: want God to give us a complete view of our 26 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: future as well. We want to see the years of 27 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,040 Speaker 1: our life laid out in grids. We want to know 28 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 1: the route and the detours. But instead of a detailed map, 29 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: he gives us his presence, like that white line along 30 00:02:03,840 --> 00:02:05,760 Speaker 1: the side of the road that I followed in the fog. 31 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: His presence and guidance is infinitely better than us knowing 32 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: all the details of our life. The disciples wanted to 33 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 1: know the future too. In John chapter sixteen thirteen, Jesus 34 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,240 Speaker 1: tells them about the Holy Spirit who would teach and 35 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:26,920 Speaker 1: guide them. Jesus's final teaching to the disciples took place 36 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 1: in John chapter sixteen, and he warned them of coming 37 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,280 Speaker 1: persecutions and he promised them comfort through the person of 38 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit. When he left. Jesus shows his disciples 39 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: that the Holy Spirit will guide them in Jesus's way 40 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 1: of life, and he will help them rely on the 41 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 1: word of God. First, Jesus says, the Holy Spirit comes 42 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:52,320 Speaker 1: to guide us into truth. The truth referred to here 43 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:55,440 Speaker 1: is the specific truth about the person of Jesus and 44 00:02:56,160 --> 00:02:59,720 Speaker 1: the significance of what he said and did. Second, the 45 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:02,359 Speaker 1: whole Holy Spirit tells us how to live for Jesus 46 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: in a culture where they would no longer have the 47 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:10,399 Speaker 1: physical presence and council of Jesus Christ. The Holy Spirit's 48 00:03:10,440 --> 00:03:16,239 Speaker 1: ministry is revealing Jesus to us. Henry Alford, a nineteenth 49 00:03:16,240 --> 00:03:19,799 Speaker 1: century English Bible scholar known for his textual analysis of 50 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: the Greek Testament, stated this, it is being the work 51 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:26,200 Speaker 1: of the Spirit to testify and to declare the things 52 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: of Christ, not anything new and beyond him. Like deciding 53 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: to forego a map and forge our own way, we 54 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,040 Speaker 1: can get a little bit lost. We may meet someone 55 00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 1: who speaks of dreams, visions, experiences, and revelations, declaring they 56 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: came from the Holy Spirit. But in truth, many of 57 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: these supposed revelations say very little about Jesus himself. And 58 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 1: that's what Henry Alford is getting at. Discernment means remembering 59 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to guide 60 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 1: us into the truth of Jesus. His work is not 61 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 1: not only directed to those who do not know Christ, 62 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:06,000 Speaker 1: but also towards those who know him. The Holy Spirit 63 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: operates in and among followers of Jesus Christ to teach, 64 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: correct and guide them into truth. It's the Spirit who 65 00:04:13,920 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: creates an awareness of personal accountability to God. The Holy 66 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:22,359 Speaker 1: Spirit reveals sin, the righteousness of Christ, and the judgment 67 00:04:22,400 --> 00:04:26,040 Speaker 1: of evil. We know Satan has been conquered because of 68 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:31,479 Speaker 1: Jesus's victory over death, but honestly, sometimes we forget, especially 69 00:04:31,480 --> 00:04:34,159 Speaker 1: with all the evil in the world, and it is 70 00:04:34,200 --> 00:04:38,160 Speaker 1: the Holy Spirit who convinces us that Satan actually is 71 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: forever and always truly defeated. The Holy Spirit also convinces 72 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:45,960 Speaker 1: a person that Jesus is the son of God and 73 00:04:46,000 --> 00:04:49,479 Speaker 1: that he revealed the right way to God. A right 74 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 1: relationship with the Lord does not depend on our good 75 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: works or efforts, but on Christ's death and resurrection. It 76 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 1: is the Holy Spirit who empowers us to do what 77 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:05,119 Speaker 1: is right by God's standards, so that we can overcome temptations. 78 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:09,160 Speaker 1: The Holy Spirit develops a person's character to become more 79 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: christ Like. He spurs us on to live by God's 80 00:05:12,640 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 1: standard of right and wrong. The Holy Spirit comforts, convicts, 81 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,720 Speaker 1: and empowers us to live faithfully to the truth of 82 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: the Gospel of Jesus. We face the choice to reject 83 00:05:25,320 --> 00:05:29,000 Speaker 1: or to receive the Holy Spirit's guidance and convicting work 84 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 1: in our heart. Those who receive and respond to the 85 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:37,000 Speaker 1: truth can experience the benefits of the Holy Spirit's life 86 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:42,920 Speaker 1: within them. Today, begin a simple conversation with the Holy 87 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: Spirit by thanking him for what he does in your life. 88 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: He holds the map, and he will guide you to 89 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:54,320 Speaker 1: where God wants you to go. Let's pray, Heavenly Father, 90 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,800 Speaker 1: thank you so much that you have made a way 91 00:05:57,920 --> 00:06:01,680 Speaker 1: for us to know you, to be guided by you. 92 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: And Lord, we thank you for your Holy Spirit. Thank 93 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 1: you that we have your Holy Spirit to empower us 94 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 1: to live for You, Lord, to check our hearts for 95 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: where we've maybe missed the way to receive us. When 96 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 1: we repent, Lord, we praise your name for who you are. 97 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:28,159 Speaker 1: We ask, Holy Spirit, come in Jesus' name, Amen.