You Have the Advantage!
Acts 2:38b-40 & John 16:7-11
Acts 2:38b-39 (NLT)
“Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”
John 16:7-11 (ESV)
Nevertheless, 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. And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
1. It’s God’s plan that every believer lives full of the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:38b (NLT)
Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
John 16:7 (ESV)
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.
2. It’s God’s promise to fill you with the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:39 (NLT)
This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away
Luke 24:49 (NLT)
“I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven.”
John 16:7b (ESV)
But if I go, I will send him to you.
Psalms 119:89-90 (AMP)
Forever, O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven [stands firm as the heavens]. 90 Your faithfulness is from generation to generation; You have established the earth, and it stands fast.
Hebrews 10:23 (AMP)
He Who promised is reliable (sure) and faithful to His word.
3. It’s for God’s purpose that everyone is filled with the Holy Spirit
Acts 2:38b:39 (NLT)
This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away—all who have been called by the Lord our God.”
John 16:7 (ESV)
“if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.”
Acts 2:40 (ESV)
And with many other words he bore witness and continued to exhort them, saying, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation.”
John 16:8-11 (ESV)
And when he comes, he will convict the world concerning sin and righteousness and judgment: concerning sin, because they do not believe in me; concerning righteousness, because I go to the Father, and you will see me no longer; concerning judgment, because the ruler of this world is judged.
Luke 5:8-9 (ESV)
But when Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, “Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord.” For he and all who were with him were astonished at the catch of fish that they had taken
