His Time - Daily Lectionary: John 16:1-16

1. Daily Lectionary

Rev. Dr. Daniel Olson from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Luxemburg, Wisconsin, studies John 16:1-16.

2. Morning Prayer Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is given by Rev. Dr. Daniel Olson from St. Paul Lutheran Church in Luxemburg, Wisconsin.

John 16:1-16

16 “I have said all these things to you to keep you from falling away.²They will put you out of the synagogues. Indeed, the hour is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God. ³And they will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me. ⁴But I have said these things to you, that when their hour comes you may remember that I told them to you.

The Work of the Holy Spirit

“I did not say these things to you from the beginning, because I was with you. ⁵But now I am going to him who sent me, and none of you asks me, ‘Where are you going?’ ⁶But because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your heart. ⁷Nevertheless, 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 go, I will send him to you. ⁸And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: ⁹concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; ¹⁰concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; ¹¹concerning 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. ¹³When 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 hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come.¹⁴He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you.¹⁵All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.