(Jesus continued) “I have said this to you in figures; the hour is coming when I shall no longer speak to you in figures but tell you plainly of the Father.” John 16:25 Lord what an interesting verse. You were telling Your disciples that You were going to speak to them so they could understand. […]
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(Jesus continued) “When a woman is in travail she has sorrow, because her hour has come; but when she is delivered of the child, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a child is born into the world. So you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will […]
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Jesus knew that they (disciples) wanted to ask Him; so He said to them, “Is this what you are asking yourselves, what I mean by saying, ‘A little while and, you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me’? Truly, truly, I say to you, you will weep and […]
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Some of His (Jesus) disciples said to one another, “What is this that He says to us, ‘A little while, and you will not see Me, and again a little while, and you will see Me;’ and, ‘because I go to the Father’?” They said, “What does it mean by ‘a little while’? We do […]
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(Jesus continued) “A little while and you will see Me no more; again a little while and you will see Me.” John 16:16 Lord we know what You meant but this was very confusing to Your disciples as we will see in these next verses. It took faith in You for them to continue following […]
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(Jesus continued) He (Counselor) will glorify Me, for He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine; therefore I said that He will take what is Mine and declare it to you. John 16:14, 15 Thank You Lord for giving us the Counselor – Holy Spirit […]
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(Jesus continued talking about the Counselor that would come when He left this earth.) “I have yet many things to say to you but you cannot hear them now. When the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own authority but whatever He […]
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(Jesus continued) “And when He (Counselor) comes, He will convince the world of sin and of righteous and judgment: of sin, because they do not believe in Me; of righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see Me no more; of judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.” John 16:8 […]
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(Jesus continued) “Nevertheless I tell you the truth; it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Counselor will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you.” John 14:7 Thank You Lord for leaving this earth. Thank You for giving us […]
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(Jesus continued) “But now I am going to Him who sent me; yet none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going? But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts.” John 16:5, 6 Lord I sure can identify with these disciples. You were leaving to go back to Your […]
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