John 15:26 - 16:15 - Why is he going? - time, space, Jesus

Published: March 30, 2023, 5 a.m.

Day 37 of 47 going through John's gospel - more info at https://www.severnvineyard.org/time-space-jesus

What could happen if you take time and make space with Jesus today? This ten-minute podcast is part reading, part music, and part silence, all designed to help you create a space to picture and feel the scene with Jesus in it. You can use this space in lots of ways, including meditation, prayer, re-reading the passage or thinking about what it means for you today.

Today's reflection: What is your experience of having the Holy Spirit as a helper, connecting you with Jesus? What experience would you like to have?

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\u201cWhen the helper has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who comes from the Father, he will bear witness about me. You will also bear witness, because you have been with me from the beginning.

\u201cI have said these things to you so that you won\u2019t stumble or fall away. They will put you out of the synagogues, and the time is coming that if someone kills you they will think that they are offering service to God. They will do these things because they have not known the Father nor me. But I have told you these things so that when the time comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I didn\u2019t tell you this from the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going to the one who sent me, and none of you asks me, \u2018Where are you going?\u2019 But because I have told you these things, sorrow has filled your hearts. Still, I tell you the truth: It is good for you that I am going away; for if I don\u2019t go away, the helper won\u2019t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. When he has come, he will prove the world wrong about sin, about righteousness, and about judgment; about sin, because they don\u2019t believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won\u2019t see me any more; and about judgment, because the ruling power of this world has been judged.

\u201cI still have many things to tell you, but you can\u2019t bear them now. But, when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth, for he will not speak from himself; but whatever he hears, he will speak. He will bring word to you of things that are coming. He will glorify me, for he will take from what is mine and will make it known to you. All things that the Father has are mine; this is why I said that he will take from what is mine and will make it known to you.\u201d