SERMON NOTES

JOHN 14:15-24 (NIV)
(15) “If you love me, keep my commands. (16) And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever— (17) the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be in you. (18) I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. (19) Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. (20) On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. (21) Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love them and show myself to them.” (22) Then Judas (not Judas Iscariot) said, “But, Lord, why do you intend to show yourself to us and not to the world?” (23) Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them. (24) Anyone who does not love me will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent me.

JOHN 16:7 (NIV)
But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

APPLICATION QUESTIONS:

1. What does John 14 tell us about the role of the Holy Spirit in our lives? How have you experienced that?
2. How do you think the disciples felt when Jesus told them, "It is better for you that I go" (John 16:7) 
3. Have you ever been led or taught by the Holy Spirit in a surprising way? What is that like?
4. How do you experience the Holy Spirit's direction when you study the scripture?

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