1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard Thursday, May 5, 2011 www.GraceDoctrine.org

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. Memory Verse 1 Cor 13:13 “But now abide (live forever) faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love.”

4. John 16:7-15 The promise of the Holy Spirit, and His office.

5. John 16:7b, “For if I do not depart then the Helper will absolutely not come to you all; but if I go, then I will send Him to you all.”

6. Helper - PARAKLETOS refers to the Holy Spirit as it did in John 14:16, 26; 15:26. It is also used for Jesus Christ 1 John 2:1.

7. Principles: 1. Christ must go up to be a PARAKLETOS; the Spirit must come down to be a PARAKLETOS.

8. 2. The Spirit is to indwell us on earth; Christ is to represent us in heaven.

9. 3. During the intensification of the Angelic Conflict every believer is an ambassador representing the absent Christ. 2 Cor 5:20

10. 4. An ambassador represents someone who is absent. Christ is in heaven representing us and we are on the earth representing Him.

11. 5. But we do not have the power to represent Him without the ministry of the Holy Spirit, our PARAKLETOS.

12. No ascension of Christ means no First Advent of the Spirit.

13. No ascension of Christ means no First Advent of the Spirit. No First Advent of the Spirit means no benefit for the believer priest in the Church Age.

14. The Holy Spirit was already at work in the hearts of men, but not in the sense of witnessing as PARAKLETOS which could only occur after Jesus had returned to the Father.

15. John 16:7, “But I tell (teach) you all the truth (Bible Doctrine), it is and keeps on being advantageous to you all that I depart (return to the Father). For if I do not depart then the Helper will absolutely not come to you all; but if I go, then I will send Him to you all.”

16. When the Holy Spirit is sent, He will find believers and unbelievers on the earth.

17. In verses 8-11 we have the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the unbeliever; in verses 12- 15 we have the ministry of the Holy Spirit to the believers.

18. John 16:8 The convicting ministry of God the Holy Spirit.

19. “When He comes” – ERCHOMAI: Participle Verb: Aor., Act., Nom., Masc., Sing. It describes the action in summary fashion as a fact of occurrence.

20. This includes the entire Church Age because every time someone believes in Christ they are indwelt by God the Holy Spirit. He comes into every believer throughout the Church Age.

21. “Will Convict” – ELEGCHO: Fut., Act., Ind., 3 rd Per., Sing. “To expose, convict, or reprove.”

22. As a verb, “convict” means to prove someone guilty of crime in court. To prove in a court of law that someone is guilty of a crime. To convince of wrongdoing or sinfulness.

23. The Holy Spirit is not rebuking or reproving, He is exposing the facts. Why?

24. Because unbelievers do not have the ability to understand the facts of the gospel or any spiritual phenomena because they are minus the human spirit, 1 Cor 2:14.

25. 1 Cor 2:14, “But a natural man does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually appraised.”

26. The Holy Spirit acts as a human spirit to the unbeliever whenever the gospel is presented along the lines of sin, righteousness and judgement.

27. This is convicting by proof which Jesus was already doing, John 7:7 and 8:46.

28. John 7:7, “The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me because I testify of it, that its deeds are evil.”

29. The ministry of the Holy Spirit is to prove to mankind that he is guilty of sin during this appeal trial of the Angelic Conflict, and that he needs a Savior found in Jesus Christ.

30. “The World” – KOSMOS, “world, world order, mankind, etc.” It is not Satan’s Cosmic System or his world order, but is members of the human race who are unbelievers.

31. The very fact that the Spirit is in the world is an indictment against the world. Actually, Christ should be in the world, reigning as King; but the world crucified Christ.

32. Yet, His Spirit is here, reminding mankind of its awful sin by means of the threefold conviction of the world by the Holy Spirit.

33. John 16:8, “And He (God the Holy Spirit), at His coming (the Church Age), will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment.”

34. Grace Fellowship Church Thursday, May 5, 2011 Tape # 11-053 Sending God the Holy Spirit Upper Room Discourse, Part 503 John 16:7-8; 7:7; 8:46; 1 Cor 2:14 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2011