One of Jesus' longest teachings is found in John 14-17, in a passage of Scripture often called "The Upper Room Discourse." These are Jesus' last moments with his disciples before he offers himself to be crucified. His disciples are worried and anxious that their friend and teacher, with whom they have spent the last three years, will be gone. However, in these four chapters, Jesus offers them a message of hope and assurance. In our anxious generation, Jesus' message that he has overcome the world and given us a helper is our cure for our ever-increasing problem of anxiety. In this new series, we will see how it is that Jesus offers "Hope for Anxious Hearts."
This week, Brent walks us through John 16. In John 14, Jesus introduces us to who the Holy Spirit is, and in John 16, he teaches what the Holy Spirit does. Jesus says that though he is leaving his disciples, after his death and resurrection, he would supply the Holy Spirit, and by the Holy Spirit the disciples would see even greater things than they saw during his earthly ministry. Brent points out that in this teaching of Jesus, Jesus highlights that because his death and resurrection supply the Holy Spirit, his death and resurrection also supply full joy and true victory because Jesus has overcome the world, sin, and death.
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