Resplendent Revelation
by Rev. Kirby Williams
Tracking God's glorious self-revelation through Christ.
Text: John 16:12-15
Date: 11/03/2019, the Traditional service.
Series: "John: Encountering Love" Part 153
Description:
In the last of His so-called "Paraclete Passages", Jesus continues to reveal the approaching work of the Holy Spirit. Having established the Helper's convicting work in the darkened world, His attention turns to His work in the hearts and minds of believers. The nature of this activity will be revelation, and the focus will once again be Jesus. For the Spirit of Truth will continue to unveil the truths concerning the person and purpose of Christ, well after He has returned to His Father. Ultimately we will trace God's graduated self-revelation through Redemptive History and realize that the most perfect, complete, and resplendent revelation of God is to be found in His Son Jesus, the Christ.
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I. Introduction, John 1:4,5,9; 8:12
II. Exposition of the text, John 16:12-15.
A. Context, John 14:6, 26, 15:26-27, 8-11.
B. The Spirit's Revelatory Work.
1. A continued focus on the Kingdom Alliance.
a. The mission field is an extension of the church.
b. Focus on the health of the sending church, Matt. 23:15.
2. Graduated revelation, vs. 12.
a. More to reveal.
b. A need for harmonization, John 14:26.
i. More for the Spirit to reveal and illuminate, John 1:1,14; Heb. 1:1-3.
ii. The integration of the revelation, John 15:26.
c. The reason for graduated revelation, 1Cor. 3:1-2.
i. Just common sense.
ii. Experience "reveals" revelation, John 13:37, 14:5,8,22, 16:8.
iii. Precluding radically different revelation.
• Like Roman Catholicism, John 6:44, 14:6.
• Like Mormonism.
• Like modern "prophets" and "apostles".
3. Continued revelation, vs. 13.
a. The Spirit of Truth.
b. The Spirit who leads.
i. The "Spirit Shepherd", John 10:11.
ii. Guiding into all truth.
• The significance of "into".
• The significance of "all".
• The significance of "truth", John 14:6.
c. The revelation of the Triune God, John 5:19, 8:28, 1Cor. 2:10-11.
d. Revealing the things to come.
i. An eschatological statement.
ii. Focus on Jesus and the Apostles.
4. Integrated revelation, vs. 14-15.
a. Mutual glorification, John 7:18, 12:28.
b. Declaring the riches ot Christ, John 16:25.
c. Mutual love and ownership, Matt. 11:27.
III. Application
A. The history of revelation, Psa. 76:4, 1Tim. 6:16, Gen. 3:15, Isaiah 53, Jer. 31, Ezek. 37:24, Dan. 7, Joel 2, Zech. 9.
B. The coming revelation, John 1:7-9, Matt. 4:16, 17:2, John 8:12.
IV. Conclusion
