Month of Praising - Day 28

第 28 天  約 16:5-15

5 現今我往差我來的父那裏去，你們中間並沒有人問我：『你往哪裏去？』 6 只因我將這事告訴你們，你們就滿心憂愁。 7 然而，我將真情告訴你們，我去是與你們有益的；我若不去，保惠師就不到你們這裏來；我若去，就差他來。8 他既來了，就要叫世人為罪、為義、為審判，自己責備自己。 9 為罪，是因他們不信我； 10 為義，是因我往父那裏去，你們就不再見我； 11 為審判，是因這世界的王受了審判。

12 「我還有好些事要告訴你們，但你們現在擔當不了。13 只等真理的聖靈來了，他要引導你們明白一切的真理；因為他不是憑自己說的，乃是把他所聽見的都說出來，並要把將來的事告訴你們。 

14 他要榮耀我，因為他要將受於我的告訴你們。 15 凡父所有的，都是我的；所以我說，他要將受於我的告訴你們。」

Day 28  John 16:5-15

 5 “But now I go away 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，sorrow has filled your heart.7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away；for if I do not go away，the Helper will not come to you；but if I depart，I will send Him to you. 8 And when He has come，He will convict the world of sin，and of righteousness，and of judgment: 9 of sin， because they do not believe in Me；10 of righteousness，because I go to My Father and you see Me no more；11 of judgment，because the ruler of this world is judged.

12 “I still have many things to say to you，but you cannot bear them now. 13 However，when He，the Spirit of truth，has come，He will guide you into all truth；for He will not speak on His own authority，but whatever He hears He will speak；and He will tell you things to come. 

14 He will glorify Me，for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you. 15 All things that the Father has are Mine. Therefore I said that He will take of Mine and declare it to you.

In the Scriptures of yesterday, Jesus told His twelve disciples and all the believers that once He left, Father will send us another Helper, who will abide with us forever. In today's Scriptures, Jesus teaches us three important things that the Helper will do.

1. To convict the world of sin，and of righteousness，and of judgment - it is the work of the Holy Spirit that a self-righteousness sinner can confess that he or she is a sinner and needs the salvation of Jesus Christ;
2. To guide us into all truth - without the help of the dwelling Spirit of truth, it is impossible for us to understand the truth, 
3. To glorify Jesus Christ - the Holy Spirit does many things, but this is what he aims at in all of them, to glorify Christ by showing to us the things of Jesus Christ.

Brethren, that is what Jesus Christ achieved when He went away to the Father. That is why Jesus commands the disciples to fill their hearts with joy and praise instead of sorrow! How should you and I respond to this great salvation?

昨天的讚美經文告訴我們因著耶穌基督的工作，天父要差聖靈保惠師來，讓祂永遠地與我們同在。今天的經文中，耶穌更是告訴我們聖靈保惠師的三個重要職分：

1. 叫世人為罪、為義、為審判，自己責備自己 - 只有是聖靈的工作才能夠讓我們這些都曾經自以為義的人承認自己是一個需要主耶穌基督救恩的罪人；
2. 引導我們明白或者進入一切的真理 - 沒有內住聖靈的幫助，我們沒有辦法明白真理；
3. 來榮耀耶穌基督 - 在聖靈的職分中，這是最重要的一個，也是我們常常忽略的一個。聖靈來是為了讓我們真知道耶穌基督在十字架上所做成的，讓我們能夠將榮耀歸給耶穌基督。

這是為什麼當日耶穌叫門徒們不要因祂的離開而憂愁，反而應當喜樂的原因。今天，你我又應當如何回應耶穌基督所做成的呢？