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Text of the Uesson, John XIV, 26;. xvi
Ia. Memory Verses, IL, 13-GOld-
en- Text, John xiv, 26--Commentary
Prepared by Rev. ID. M. Stearns.

Our special topic for today Is the
work OF the Holy Spirit. full study
Of which would take Us, even II we
only noticed the references to Him.
self. from Gen. l. 2. to Rev. XXI, II.
As In Gen. 1 and II, all the work was
accomplished by the Spirit Of God and
the Word of God, for the Spirit moved,
and God said, $50 It has been ever
since and In everything" Our Lord
Himself said, THE words that speak
unto you, they are spirit, and they are
life" John vi, 63). At Pentecost the
same Holy Spirit who had been work
ing all through the Old Testament Pc
Rod came in a special way and to
bear testimony to n crucified, risen
and assembled Christ, thing He never
could have done before, and to gather
body, the church, which, being COM
pleted and caught up to meet Him in
the air q Thess. Nv, 1918; Cor. XIV,
81, 52), the same Holy Spirit will con-
tinue TO work according to the eter-
nal purpose o. the Father in the Son,
through the great tribulation period
and the thousands years, and on to the
New Earth, when God shall be all in
all. How wonderful to be indwelt by
such person and TO be permitted to
let Him have the right of way and full
control in ones life that God may be
glorifed! In xiv, 16, II, our Lord
called Him another Comforter. one
who would be to all believers all that
Christ had been to His disciples while
personally present with them, and He
said that He would dwell in us and
never leave us. In xiv, 26, He said
that the Comforter would be our teach
er and remembrance, so that, however
poor a memory one may have, be-
lever can always, at least in the things
of God, count upon his friend the Com
forter. According TO l John Ii, 81. the
amounting which we have received abid-
eth in us, and we need not that any
man teach us. In XIV, 16, He is again
called the Spirit of Truth as well as
the Comforter, and our Lord said, HE
shall testify of Me-" and We also shall
bear witness. One of the evidences
that the Spirit is having His own way
in us is that we love to honor Christ
and speak of Him, for Ito Him give
all the prophets Witness" and concern
ing Him Peter and John said, I'VE
cannot but speak the things which we
have seen and heard" (Acts iv. 20;
X, 49,.
In our lesson chapter xvi. 7-15, our
Lord said that 1t was better that He
should go and the Spirit come for His
special work to convince the world of
sin and Of righteousness and OF judy
ment Be careful not to confuse this
saying with Acts xiv, 25, as many do
Note our Lords comment on this three
fold work OF the Spirit, that the great
sin was unbelief, >the great need right
eousness, because OF His finished work.
and that the sure contamination would
be the final overthrow of the prince of
this world, the devil, who is already
judged and sentenced one waiting the
execution of the sentence Matt. XIV,
IL; Rev. Xxx, TO-. The Spirit will also
tell us things as we are able to receive
them. Concerning verse II Paul also
said, II have fed you with milk and
not with meat, for hitherto We were
not able TO bear it," and then he gave
a reason why Il Cor. iii. Ia. How we
should desire TO be able to receive all
that the Lord would like to tell us and
not be so preoccupied with other
thoughts as to hinder Him! He will
guide us into all truth and show us
things TO come. for he wrote the whole
book from beginning to end. and He
only can interpret His own writings.
Verses II, 10, make us think OF Abra-
hams servant telling Of the fathers
only son, TO whom he gave all that he
had and for whom the servant was
seeking a wife, carrying with him sam
plies Of the fathers wealth (Gen. xiv,
10, 34-3S).
The whole of this age Is but little
while comparatively xiv. 10; xvi, 16-
22), and the sufferings of verse 80 of
our lesson chapter are said to be but
for a moment compared with the ex-
ceeding and eternal weight of glory
Oh Cor. Nv. II, 49,. A thousand years
are In His sight but as yesterday when
it is past and as a watch in the night
ops. &c, ~. The woman and child of
verse II take US back to lisa. Xvi, z, 8,
and onward to Rev. xii and the time
of His coming again for Israers new
birth. Until then those who stand
with Him and for Him must expect
the treatment of XIV, 1921; xvi, IA,
80. But it will be well worth while,
for all sorrow shall be turned into Joy.
In Him we may always have peace.
and the assurance to the overcomer
should lift rs above all present things
oversees 20-33; Rev. Ill, 2D. His BE
of good cheer" the fourth while in
His mortal body (Matt. TX, 2-22; xiv,
20, should lead us to consider His own
wonderful peace and Joy Of which He
spoke on that last night as He drew