Another Helper

By Pastor Young Joon Park

May 23, 2010

 

 

John 14:16-17

16 And I will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter, that He may abide with you for ever;

17 Even the Spirit of Truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it sees Him not, neither know Him: but ye know Him; for He dwells with you, and shall be in you.

 

Jesus promised His Disciples to send the Holy Spirit at the very evening just before He was arrested.

 

Comforter: Counselor or Helper, It is a legal term, but with a broader meaning than "counsel for the defense" (see 1Jn 2:1). It referred to any person who helped someone in trouble with the law. The Spirit will always stand by Christ's people.

 

He will abide with us forever and never leave us. He is always with us as our Comforter, Helper or Counselor.

 

For the understanding – the Jewish feasts

The Jewish feasts and celebrations were a shadow of the things to come through Jesus Christ.

 

Colossians 2:16-17

16 Therefore no one is to act as your judge in regard to food or drink or in respect to a festival or a new moon or a Sabbath day—

17 things which are a mere shadow of what is to come; but the substance belongs to Christ.

 

Jesus’ Cross– Jesus’ Resurrection – Jesus’ Ascension

 

Passover (Leviticus 23:4-8)

Jesus’ Cross and Death

 

Galatians 2:20

I have been crucified with Christ; and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me.

 

The Feast of the First fruits (Leviticus 23:9-14) 

Jesus’ Resurrection

Wave offering – a sheaf of the first fruits of the harvest (on the day after the Sabbath)

 

Ephesians 2:5

even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved),

 

Jesus’ Ascension – 40 days

And as they were gazing intently into the sky while He was going, behold, two men in white clothing stood beside them.

 

Ephesians 2:6

and raised us up with Him, and seated us with Him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

 

During the 10 days after Jesus’ Ascension

1) all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer

2) Replacement by Matthias

 

The Pentecost Day (Shavuot) (Leviticus 23:16-21) – the Descent of the Holy Spirit

 

1) seven complete Sabbaths – the seventh Sabbath

2) present a new grain offering to the LORD.

3) you shall make a proclamation as well; you are to have a holy convocation.

4) no laborious work.

 

Pentecost (Shavuot)

the Feast of Weeks, the Feast of Harvest, and the Latter Firstfruits

Celebrated on the fiftieth day after Passover, Shavuot is traditionally a joyous time of giving thanks and presenting offerings for the new grain of the summer wheat harvest in Israel. The name "Feast of Weeks" was given because God commanded the Jews in Leviticus 23:15-16, to count seven full weeks (or 49 days) beginning on the second day of Passover, and then present offerings of new grain to the Lord as a lasting ordinance.

 

This Pentecost Day was kept since Moses, and they keep this special feast until today among the Jews, but they did not realize this is the day of the Holy Spirit for all His People.

God assigned this very special day for us for several thousands of years, and fulfilled His Promise 2000 years ago, so today we are live in the Pentecost now. The Holy Spirit is working among us the same measure of the first Church.

 

Acts 2:1-3

1 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place.

2 And suddenly there came from heaven a noise like a violent rushing wind, and it filled the whole house where they were sitting.

3 And there appeared to them tongues as of fire distributing themselves, and they rested on each one of them.

 

I. Who is the Holy Spirit?

 

1. He is God.

   1) Omnipresence

Psalm 139:7-8

Where can I go from Your Spirit? Or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

 

   2) Omnipotent

Luke 1:35

The angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; and for that reason the holy Child shall be called the Son of God.

 

   3) Omniscience

1 Corinthian 2:10

For to us God revealed them through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God.

 

2. He is a Person.

   1) Intellect

Romans 8:27a

and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, …

 

   2) Emotion

Romans 8:26b

… but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

 

   3) Will

1 Corinthian 12:11

But one and the same Spirit works all these things, distributing to each one individually just as He wills.

 

3. The reasons to know the Holy Spirit as a Person

   1) To worship Him

   2) To be used by Him

   3) To relationship with Him

 

 

II. The Reason of the Holy Spirit

 

1. The Holy Spirit

   1) He will guide you into all the truth – life change

John 16:13

But when He, the Spirit of truth, comes, He will guide you into all the truth; for He will not speak on His own initiative, but whatever He hears, He will speak; and He will disclose to you what is to come.

 

   a) Spiritual growth

Romans 8:26-29

26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

 

b) Fruit of the Holy Spirit

Galatians 5:22-23

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

23 gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.

 

   2) He will Glorify Jesus – Supernatural life of the Kingdom of God

John 16:14

He will glorify Me, for He will take of Mine and will disclose it to you.

 

  3) The Promise of the Holy Spirit

 

Acts 1:8

but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

 

2. Jesus Christ lived by the Holy Spirit

   1) Jesus came here to fulfill for our redemption as the Lamb of God

Mark 10:45

For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.”

 

   2) Jesus came here to manifest God to us and glorify Him.

John 1:14

And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.

 

   3) Jesus planted the Kingdom of God through His Disciples.

Matthew 28:19-20

Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

 

  4) Jesus’ Supernatural Realm

John 14:12

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these he will do; because I go to the Father.

 

Jesus Christ our Lord lived as our perfect example how we can walk under the Holy Spirit as a Spirit filled life.

 

Conclusion

Only through the Holy Spirit we can fulfill His Will for His Kingdom, because we do not have any ability or capacity to follow Jesus Christ.

So we have to receive the baptism of the Holy Spirit.

That is why we have to receive the Holy Spirit in our life.

The Pentecost Day is the day God prepared for us to enter into the supernatural step to fulfill for His Kingdom. So we need to be saturated with the Holy Spirit and live under His Anointing in our daily life.

 

I am going to share the Holy Spirit in more details later, but today we are going to learn how we receive the Holy Spirit, and at the same time, we should all be baptized in the Holy Spirit today.

 

1) You have to have the desire of the Holy Spirit eagerly

Acts 1:14

120 people gathered together in the upper room and pray fervently for 10 days.

 

2) You have to open your heart to the Holy Spirit without any doubt.

It means you have to believe that the Holy Spirit works in you today like as the first church.

 

3) Repent all your sin

Acts 2:38

The repentance must come from your heart.

You can find all your sin as much as possible and confess it to the Lord, then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit

 

Sin

1) disobedience to the Lord (flesh sinful desire)

2) not pleasing God (James 4:17)

 

4) focusing on your life to glorify Jesus alone in our life

 

Let’s pray with one voice to cry out to the Holy Spirit to come to your life and to be baptized with the Holy Spirit.