Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
June 6, 2025: SOAP #5664: Ecclesiastes 1-3; Psalm 45: Ephesians 2

The Holy Spirit  (3)

SCRIPTURE:  John (NIV) 16:12 “I have much more to say to you, more than you can now bear. 13 But when he, the Spirit of truth, comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. 14 He will bring glory to me by taking from what is mine and making it known to you. 15 All that belongs to the Father is mine. That is why I said the Spirit will take from what is mine and make it known to you.

OBSERVATION:   I hear Jesus saying that there is so much more that they need to know, but they are not ready to hear it.  There are important things they need to know, but His time for being with them is short; there is not enough time to tell them all they need to know; He is returning to the Father. However, Jesus is not desperate.  There is a plan.

The plan is to send the Holy Spirit.  As the previous verses tell us, the Holy Spirit will bring Jesus words to our memory.  Jesus is not relying on the faulty memory of man, but on the omniscience of the Holy Spirit to remind them!  

The plan is to send the Holy Spirit.  As the following verses tell us, the Holy Spirit will “guide … into all truth.”  It does not matter that Jesus only has a few hours left with them, the Holy Spirit is coming!   It does not matter that their memories are unreliable, the Holy Spirit is coming!  It does not matter that they may feel abandoned for a short time, the Holy Spirit is coming!   It does not matter that they do not know everything, the Holy Spirit is coming!

APPLICATION:   The Holy Spirit who was active in the book of Acts after Jesus ascended back into heaven, is the same Holy Spirit who is active today!  Some of the things happening today are very similar to what happened in the book of Acts. 

God’s plan for today is the same plan for the days of Acts.  God is relying on the presence of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers!  He is counting on the Holy Spirit to lead us and teach us. 

PRAYER:   Jesus, thank you for sending the Holy Spirit!   Holy Spirit, we know you are here to teach us about Jesus and to work in and through us as you did in the life of Jesus.  May our ears be attentive to what you say.  Show us how to glorify Jesus with our daily lives.  Amen. 

Pastor Leon
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