The Promise Of The Holy Spirit, And Of Christ’s Return; John 14:1 – 16:33 Part -2

Church History: It is generally agreed that Christ's discourse was at the close of the last supper, the night in which he was betrayed, and it is a continued discourse, and what he chose to discuss was very pertinent to the present sad occasion of a farewell sermon. He was about to leave them. He was concerned that they would be tempted to leave him, and return to Moses again; and therefore he tells them how necessary it was that they should by faith adhere to him and abides in him. They would be tempted to grow strange one to another; and therefore he presses it upon them to love one another, and to keep up that communion when he was gone which had until now been their comfort. They would be tempted to shrink from their apostleship when they met with hardships; and therefore he prepared them to bear the shock of the world's ill will. There are four words to which this portion of his discourse may be reduced;
1. Fruit, John 15:1-8.
2. Love, John 15:9-17.
3. Hatred, John 15:18-25.
4. The Comforter, John 15:26-27.7
Among other glorious things God has spoken of himself this is one, I wound, and I heal, Deuteronomy 32:39.
Christ's concludes his farewell sermon to his disciples and in doing so he gives them.
I. Wounding words in the notice he gives them of the troubles that were before them, John 16:1-6.
II. Healing words in the comforts he administers to them for their support under those troubles:
1. That he would send them the Comforter, John 16:7-15.
2. That he would visit them again at his resurrection, John 16:16-22.
3. That he would secure to them an answer of peace to all their prayers, John 16:23-27.
4. That he was now but returning to his Father, John 16:28-32.
5. That, whatever troubles they might meet with in this world, by virtue of his victory over it they should be sure of peace in him, John 16:33.