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2 Corinthians 5 - Made into Ambassadors for Christ

5 For we know that if the earthly tent which is our house is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens. 2 For indeed in this house we groan, longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven, 3 inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. 4 For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed, so that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life. 5 Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge.

For we know (certain) that if the earthly tent which is our house (body) is torn down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens (resurrected body).

For indeed in this house we groan (in our earthly body) longing to be clothed with our dwelling from heaven (looking forward to our heavenly body)

So that what is mortal will be swallowed up by life (swallowed up by eternal life)

Inasmuch as we, having put it on, will not be found naked. For indeed while we are in this tent, we groan, being burdened, because we do not want to be unclothed but to be clothed (spiritually)

Now He who prepared us for this very purpose is God, who gave to us the Spirit as a pledge (a down payment on signed contract – a done deal) A deposit toward our guaranteed redemption !

6 Therefore, being always of good courage, and knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord— 7 for we walk by faith, not by sight— 8 we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with the Lord. 9 Therefore we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him. 10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

Therefore (because of this guaranteed redemption) being always of good courage (because we know that we know what’s next). 

… Knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord we walk by faith, not by sight (it takes faith to see yourself in heaven because you can’t see it yet)

… we are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home with Lord (we can’t wait to be in heaven with the Lord because we know its so much better).

Therefore (because of these facts) we also have as our ambition, whether at home or absent, to be pleasing to Him.  So whether we live or die we want to be pleasing to Him (The Lord).

For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ, so that each may be recompensed for his deeds in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad. We do get judged by Christ and recompensed for good or bad (blessings and corrections).

11 Therefore, knowing the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest to God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences. 

Knowing the fear of the Lord (the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom) Pro 9:10

… knowing this… we persuade men 

… but we are made manifest to God (brought to light, visible, known for who we are)

.. and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences (lit up, visible, real in your conscience)  you know and feel what we have said is true and it compels you!

12 We are not again commending ourselves to you but are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you will have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart. 

We are not again commending ourselves (patting ourselves on the back, puffing up)

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2 Corinthians 4 - The temporal vs. the eternal

4 Therefore, since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart. 2 Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone’s conscience in the sight of God. 

… since through God’s mercy we have this ministry, we do not lose heart

Mercy is not getting what you deserve.  We have this ministry even though we don’t deserve it and we don’t lose heart (it would be easy to lose heart if you make a mistake)

Rather we have renounced secret and shameful ways, we don’t use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.

God sees you all the time and everywhere you go. There are no hidden sins from God.

Paul renounces secret and shameful ways – we should too.

We don’t use deception (deception is from the Devil, the father of all lies) We don’t preach a false message to entice people to join.

Nor do we distort the word of God. We don’t change it, tweak it or twist it into meaning something we want or desire. It speaks, we listen, we do it.

3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing. 4 The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God. 5 For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake. 6 For God, who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,”made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

… the god (small g) of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ (Capital C), who is the image of God (capital G).

Notice this, the god of this age (the devil) has blinded the minds of unbelievers.  It is the devils work that causes people to be blinded to the gospel.  The people cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.  The people cannot see…

When you recognize an unbeliever know that their minds have been blinded by the devil and they cannot see.  It’s not their fault. It’s the devil at work.  So we pray in Jesus name that God will open their eyes that they may see.  We pray that God will open their ears that they may hear the word of God.  Pray that God lets them see and hear!  Ask for God to save them!

For what we preach is not ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’s sake.  Here is how you can tell the real thing from those who deceive.

True believers preach Jesus Christ as Lord and themselves as servants.

False teachers preach other names who get the credit.  They usually don’t say they are servants either.  They claim some special knowledge or special power that they have.  They exalt themselves. They create their brand and get their following going.

Let us never preach anything except Jesus Christ who died for our sins and rose again on the 3rd day so that whomsoever would believe shall be saved.

Let us make sure that Jesus Christ is the name people remember (not ours or anyone elses).

For God, who said, Let light shine out of darkness,” made his light shine in our hearts to give us the light of the knowledge of God’s glory displayed in the face of Christ.

The face of Jesus Christ is the light of the world.  He is our focus.  It is HIStory!

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Ministers of a New Covenant

3 Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you? 2 You are our letter, written in our hearts, known and read by all people, 3 revealing yourselves, that you are a letter of Christ, [a]delivered by us, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of [b]human hearts.

4 Such is the confidence we have toward God through Christ. 5 Not that we are adequate in ourselves so as to consider anything as having come from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God, 6 who also made us adequate as servants of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

7 But if the ministry of death, engraved in letters on stones, came [c]with glory so that the sons of Israel could not look intently at the face of Moses because of the glory of his face, fading as it was, 8 how will the ministry of the Spirit fail to be even more with glory? 9 For if the ministry of condemnation has glory, much more does the ministry of righteousness excel in glory. 10 For indeed what had glory in this case has no glory, because of the glory that surpasses it. 11 For if that which fades away was [d]with glory, much more that which remains is in glory.

12 Therefore, having such a hope, we use great boldness in our speech, 13 and we are not like Moses, who used to put a veil over his face so that the sons of Israel would not stare at the end of what was fading away. 14 But their minds were hardened; for until this very day at the reading of the old covenant the same veil [e]remains unlifted, because it is removed in Christ. 15 But to this day whenever Moses is read, a veil lies over their hearts; 16 but whenever someone turns to the Lord, the veil is taken away. 17 Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. 18 But we all, with unveiled faces, looking as in a mirror at the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from glory to glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.

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2 Corinthians 2 - The Devil’s Strategy Defeated by Affirming Love

2 But I determined this for my own sake, that I would not come to you in sorrow again. 2 For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

a. But I determined: Carrying on the thought from chapter one, Paul defends himself against the Corinthian Christians. Some among them criticized him because he changed his travel plans and did not come when he planned to. They used this change of plans to say of Paul, “He is unreliable and untrustworthy. We don’t need to listen to him at all.” But Paul explains there were many reasons why he did not come as planned, one of them being he was trying to spare the Corinthians (2 Corinthians 1:23).

b. I would not come again to you in sorrow: Paul’s most recent visit to Corinth was full of conflict and unpleasantness. So he determined that he would not have another “sorrowful” visit with the Corinthians.

i. “Because of the scandals that were among them he could not see them comfortably; and therefore he determined not to see them at all till he had reason to believe that those evils were put away.” (Clarke)

c. If I make you sorrowful, then who is he who makes me glad? Paul also knew that another painful visit would not be good for him. The constant conflict with the Corinthian Christians could really damage his relationship with them.

i. It seems that Paul thought it best to give the Corinthian Christians a little room, and give them space to repent and get their act together. He didn’t want to rebuke and admonish them all the time. Since this was Paul’s heart, he knew that another visit of the same kind would be of little benefit for either Paul or the Corinthian Christians.

3 This is the very thing I wrote you, so that when I came, I would not have sorrow from those who ought to make me rejoice; having confidence in you all that my joy would be the joy of you all. 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

a. And I wrote this very thing to you: Paul wisely understood that considering all the circumstances, a letter was better than a personal visit. A letter could show Paul’s heart, yet not give as much opportunity for the deterioration of their relationship. It would give them room to repent and get right with God and Paul again.

i. Where is this letter that Paul mentions? Some good scholars see the “sorrowful letter” as 1 Corinthians, but it seems better to think of it as another letter that we don’t have. Does this mean that something is missing from our Bibles? Not at all. Not every letter that Paul wrote was inspired Scripture for all God’s people in all ages. We can trust that what Paul wrote in the missing letter was perfect for the Corinthian Christians at that time, but not perfect for us; otherwise, God would have preserved it. We shouldn’t think that everything Paul or the other Bible writers wrote was necessarily Scripture.

 b. Lest when I came, I should have sorrow: Paul hoped that his letter would get all the painful work out of the way. Then when he did visit them personally, it would be a pleasant visit because they would have taken advantage of the opportunity, he gave them to get right.

c. Over those from whom I ought to have joy: The bad conduct of the Corinthian Christians was all the more troubling considering how they should have treated the apostle who gave them so much.

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John, Chapter 21

21 After these things Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and He revealed Himself in this way: 2 Simon Peter, Thomas who was called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. 3 Simon Peter *said to them, “I am going fishing.” They *said to him, “We are also coming with you.” They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing.

-          After these things (what things? Jesus joined the his disciples twice, doubting Thomas missed his first visit like the Jews; but Jesus came a second time and showed Thomas the holes in His hands and His side and Thomas touched the holes and believed (born again) by believing in the risen Lord as Thomas confessed “My Lord and My God”).

-          Jesus revealed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias (meaning “naval”, the center of Israel and religious study)

-          And He revealed Himself in this way

o   Simon Peter (He who listens, the rock)

o   Thomas who was called Didymus (Twin, a double)

o   Nathanael of Cana in Galilee

§  Nathaniel = God has given or Gift of God

§  Cana = beloved daughter

§  Galilee = to encircle

o   The sons of Zebedee (endowed by God; Yahweh has bestowed; Sons of Thunder)

§  Endowed means to given or bequeath by will, leave a gift

o   And two other disciples were together (two is number for witnesses)

-          Simon Peter, said to them, I am going fishing (he who listens, the rock)

o   They said to him, “We are also coming with you”

o   They went out and got into the boat; and that night they caught nothing

-          Here is the meaning of the names:

-          He who listens to the rock, is a twin a Gift from God, beloved daughter to encircle endowed by God who bequeathed a gift two disciples who listen and get in the boat but caught nothing that night

-          Here is the meaning

o   He who listens as has a spiritual twin, a gift from God

o   Like a beloved daughter, a young bride encircled by the love of her father

o   Gets an endowment a gift for the future security of marriage of two

o   Who listen and get in the boat with God 

o   But caught nothing that night (for they waited for the dawning of a new day)

4 But when the day was now breaking, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. 5 So Jesus *said to them, “Children, you do not have any fish to eat, do you?” They answered Him, “No.” 6 And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right-hand side of the boat, and you will find the fish.” So they cast it, and then they were not able to haul it in because of the great quantity of fish. 

-          But when the day was now breaking (the sun comes up)

o   A picture of Jesus risen from the dead (out of darkness to light)

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John, Chapter 20 - The Empty Tomb

20 Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene *came early to the tomb, while it was still dark, and *saw the stone already removed from the tomb. 2 So she *ran and *came to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and *said to them, “They have taken the Lord from the tomb, and we do not know where they have put Him.” 3 So Peter and the other disciple left, and they were going to the tomb. 4 The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead, faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first; 5 and he stooped to look in, and *saw the linen wrappings lying there; however he did not go in. 6 So Simon Peter also *came, following him, and he entered the tomb; and he *looked at the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings but folded up in a place by itself. 8 So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed. 9 For they did not yet understand the Scripture, that He must rise from the dead. 10 So the disciples went away again to their own homes.

-          Mary Magdalene (to grow strong or great, a high tower; Mary’s name implies what she would learn; a risen Savior, strong and tall)

-          Came early to the tomb while it was still dark (early to inquire about the Lord not late)

-          And saw the stone was already removed from the tomb (something big & heavy happened)

-          So she ran and came to Simon Peter (He who hears, listens) you have to hear this news!

-          And to the other disciple whom Jesus loved (John which means Yahweh has been gracious)

-          They have taken the Lord from the tomb and we do not know where they have put Him (Mary thought they moved the body and didn’t assume resurrection ???)

-          So Peter and the other disciple left and they were going to the tomb (Listen God is gracious heading toward the tomb)

-          The two were running together; and the other disciple ran ahead faster than Peter, and came to the tomb first. (The rock and God’s grace go together; the rock is the corner stone which the builders rejected and become the chief corner stone – this is a picture for the Jews; John (God’s grace gets their first; John represents God’s grace poured out upon the whole world to provoke the Jews to jealousy so that they would come in later.

-          And he stopped to look in, and saw the linen wrappings lying there, and the face-cloth which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings but folded up in a place by itself (John sees the linen wrappings lying there (they were not on Jesus anymore) and the face cloth folded up in a place by itself (interesting because this would not be possible with face clothes wrapped around His head with the normal ingredients which would it conform to His face and dry like a mummy; the process could not have been done by human hands; it would have to be more like Jesus dissolved and left the cloth whole and in tact so much so that it could be folded neatly and set down.

-          So the other disciple who had first come to the tomb also entered then, and he saw and believed (the ancient Greek word for saw is “eiden” meaning, “to understand, to perceive the significance of”) and then John believed.

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John, Chapter 19 - The Crown of Thorns

19 So Pilate then took Jesus and had Him flogged. 2 And the soldiers twisted together a crown of thorns and placed it on His head, and put a purple cloak on Him; 3 and they repeatedly came up to Him and said, “Hail, King of the Jews!” and slapped Him in the face again and again.

-          Pilate then took Jesus (actually Jesus went with him willingly)

-          And Him flogged (brutal whipping with leather and bone, very painful)

-          And soldiers put a crown of thorns on His head (this would also heart and cause blood flow)

-          And put a purple cloak on Him (purple was for royalty; the cloak covered His eyes so He could not see who hit Him or what direction the blows were coming from; mentally and physically anguishing)

-          Just think, He could have changed His mind between slaps and called down a legion of Angels but He took this physical and mental torture for us

 4 And then Pilate came out again and *said to them, “See, I am bringing Him out to you so that you will know that I find no grounds at all for charges in His case.” 5 Jesus then came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate *said to them, “Behold, the Man!”

-          Pilate came out again and said “See I am bringing Him out to you so that you know that I find no grounds at all for charges in His case” – what an amazing admission – Not Guilty

-          Jesus then came out wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe (true royalty in pain and suffering to pay for our sins)

-          Pilate said “Behold the Man!” it was almost like he was giving the Jews what they wanted

-          Pilate was hoping that the flogging and beating and the crown was enough

 6 So when the chief priests and the officers saw Him, they shouted, saying, “Crucify, crucify!” Pilate *said to them, “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him; for I find no grounds for charges in His case!” 7 The Jews answered him, “We have a law, and by that law He ought to die, because He made Himself out to be the Son of God!”

-          When the chief priests and officers saw Him, they shouted “Crucify, crucify” (as awful as this was, it had to be because it was God’s plan which He foretold must happen)

-          Pilate said “Take Him yourselves and crucify Him, for I find no grounds for charges in His case! (Pilate wanted nothing to do with the crucifixion of Jesus but He also didn’t stop them)

-          The Jews discuss the law that Jesus should die because He made Himself out to be the Son of God!  (And do He was, and so they should have known Him, the Tora spoke about Him clearly; interesting the Word said that the Messiah must die like this)

8 Therefore when Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid; 9 and he entered the Praetorium again and *said to Jesus, “Where are You from?” But Jesus gave him no answer. 10 So Pilate *said to Him, “Are you not speaking to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You, and I have authority to crucify You?”

-          Jesus tells Pilate he would have no authority over Jesus unless God allowed it (which the only reason He did was to redeem mankind for all his sins)

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John, Chapter 18 - Judas betrays Jesus

18 When Jesus had spoken these words, He went away with His disciples across the ravine of the Kidron, where there was a garden which He entered with His disciples. 2 Now Judas, who was betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples. 3 So Judas, having obtained the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, *came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

-          When Jesus had spoken these things (what things? Jesus made the name of God known to man and He would continue to make it known so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them) 

-          He went away with His disciples across the ravine of the Kidron (this ravine is a small creek connected to the temple which would be full of blood from the sacrifice of the lambs at this time; a stark reminder of what Christ would have to face; Kidron means dark and this would be a dark time for Jesus who would suffer and die for our sins and the sun would go dark for 3 hours in the middle of the day)

-          Now Judas (which means Let Him Be Praised) , who was betraying Him, also knew the place, because Jesus had often met there with His disciples (Jesus wasn’t hiding, He was out in the open in the same place He often went)

o   Here is the picture of this paragraph

§  Jesus said He was going back to God to be glorified again

§  Jesus said he shared God’s name with Man and some believed.

§  Jesus petitioned the Father that those who believed would be with Jesus and be able to see His glory which He had before the foundation of the world.

§  So now Jesus gets up went away to cross the ravine of the Kidron (blood flowing in dark place)

§  So Judas (Let Him be Praised; literally for what He was about to do

§  In other words we would later “Praise Jesus for paying for all sin”.

-          So Judas, having obtained the Roman cohort and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees (a Roman cohort would be about 480 soldiers + officers from the chief priest would be their chief security officers and the Pharisees which were the law makers; this is like sending an entire army battalion)

-          Came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons (it seems they expected a big fight)

 4 Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him, came out into the open and *said to them, “Whom are you seeking?” 5 They answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He *said to them, “I am He.”

-          Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were coming upon Him (He knew in advance)

-          Came out into the open (He didn’t run or hide; he went right up to man’s army)

-          And then Jesus asked the question “Whom are you seeking”  (this is the same question today – what or Whom are You seeking?)

-          And they answered Him, “Jesus the Nazarene” (they should have been seeking Him to be saved but they were seeking Him to arrest Him)

 And Judas also, who was betraying Him, was standing with them. 6 Now then, when He said to them, “I am He,” they drew back and fell to the ground. 7 He then asked them again, “Whom are you seeking?” And they said, “Jesus the Nazarene.” 8 Jesus answered, “I told you that I am He; so if you are seeking Me, let these men go on their way.”

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The High Priestly Prayer

17 Jesus spoke these things; and lifting up His eyes to heaven, He said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You, 2 even as You gave Him authority over all flesh, that to all whom You have given Him, He may give eternal life. 3 This is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent. 4 I glorified You on the earth, having accomplished the work which You have given Me to do. 5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.

6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. 9 I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; 10 and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. 11 I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. 12 While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled.

The Disciples in the World

13 But now I come to You; and these things I speak in the world so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. 14 I have given them Your word; and the world has hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 15 I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 17 Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth. 18 As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. 19 For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified in truth.

20 “I do not ask on behalf of these alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they may all be one; even as You, Father, are in Me and I in You, that they also may be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.

Their Future Glory

22 The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; 23 I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me. 24 Father, I desire that they also, whom You have given Me, be with Me where I am, so that they may see My glory which You have given Me, for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.

25 “O righteous Father, although the world has not known You, yet I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me; 26 and I have made Your name known to them, and will make it known, so that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

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John, Chapter 16  - Jesus’ Warning

16 “These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin. 2 They will ban you from the synagogue, yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God. 3 These things they will do because they have not known the Father nor Me. 4 But these things I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them. However, I did not say these things to you at the beginning, because I was with you.

-          These things I have spoken to you so that you will not be led into sin (apparently Jesus’s disciples could still be led into sin unless they listen to what Jesus had spoken (how about us?)

-          They will ban you from the synagogue (cast out of societal standing, unable to buy and sell in the their market place, looked down upon as an outcast)

-          Yet an hour is coming for everyone who kills you to think that he is offering a service to God (they will be so full of their own form righteousness that will actually think they are doing God a favor by killing you; this is satanic)

-          These things I they will do because they have not  known the Father nor Me (they don’t know the Father or Jesus so they must be following another god, the so called god of this world – the devil)

-          I have spoken to you, so that when their hour comes, you may remember that I told you of them (it was not to be surprise to them because Jesus told them so)

-          It’s a serious warning

The Holy Spirit Promised

5 “But now I am going to Him who sent Me; and none of you asks Me, ‘Where are You going?’ 6 But because I have said these things to you, grief has filled your heart. 7 But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. 8 And He, when He comes, will convict the world regarding sin, and righteousness, and judgment: 9 regarding sin, because they do not believe in Me; 10 and regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father and you no longer are going to see Me; 11 and regarding judgment, because the ruler of this world has been judged.

-          But now I am going to Him who sent Me (Jesus is going back to heaven)

-          And none of you asks Me, “Where are You going?” (because they knew where this time)

-          Grief has filled your heart. But I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I am leaving; for if I do not leave, the Helper will not come to you (this would be worse!)

-          But it I go, I will send Him to you (notice who sends Him)

-          And He, when He comes, will:

o   Convict the world regarding sin

o   And righteousness

o   And judgement

o   It’s black and white (in writing and no longer debatable) 

-          Regarding sin because they do not believe in Me (this is the unpardonable sin)

-          And regarding righteousness, because I am going to the Father (the Highest Form of Righteousness)

-          And you are no longer going to see me (for a short time)

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