“ Of sin, because they believe not on me; ”
Of sin - The first thing specified of which the world would be convinced is sin. Sin, in general, is any violation of a law of God, but the particular sin of which men are here said to be convinc...
John 16. There is no break between chs. 15 and 16. Jesus has told them beforehand, so that His death and their suffering may not daunt their faith, as the Baptist was offended by the course of the...
because . The mission of the Holy Spirit was to bring the world in guilty in regard to three things: (1) SIN. In God's sight sin is refusal to believe the Gospel concerning His son ( 1 John 5:10 )....
9. Of sin. It now remains that we see what it is to convince of sin Christ appears to make unbelief the only cause of sin, and this is tortured by commentators in various ways; but, as...
DISCOURSE: 1702 OFFICES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT John 16:8-11 . And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me; of...
Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of sin - Of the sin of the Jews in not receiving me as the Messiah, though my mission was accredited by the very miracles which the prophets foretold: see Isa...
Of sin, because, &c.— "When the Comforter comes, he will, by the miraculous effusion of his gifts, accompanied with divine grace, convince the world of the sin that they commit indisbelieving m...
Of sin, because they believe not on me; Of SIN, because they believe not on me. By this is not meant that He shall deal with men about the sin of unbelief only; nor yet about that sin as, in...
The Resurrection and Ascension of Christ Will Prove the Disciples' Comfort in Time of Persecution 1-6. The Persecution of the Apostles predicted. This section repeats many of the ideas of the prev...
Of sin, because they believe not on me. — This should not be interpreted, as it very frequently is, of the sin of unbelief, but of sin generally; unbelief in Christ is stated as the cause of sin. S...
the Work of the Spirit John 16:1-11 We gain by our losses. It was expedient for the disciples that the Lord should go, because the Spirit's presence was contingent upon His absence. The text ne...
Throughout these discourses our Lord was preparing His disciples for all that He saw coming to them. He told them that they would have sorrow resulting from their suffering. Because of this, it was n...
And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgement; (9) Of sin, because they believe not on me; (10) Of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see...
THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THE WORLD ‘And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.’ John 16:8 We are prepared to understand how it is that our Savio...
Of sin, because they believe not on me. The "sin" here primarily intended, is that of the Jews, in disbelieving, rejecting, and crucifying Christ; and which the Spirit of God, by Peter, charged upo...
Of sin, because they believe not on me; Ver. 9. Of sin, because they believe not in me ] Our Saviour points out the greatest of sins, unbelief; which was the first sin, and is still the root of a...
Of sin, because they believe not on me He will convince the world of that aggravated sin of which they are guilty, in that they do not believe in me, to the truth of whose mission he will bear an u...
All that the Lord spoke on that memorable night was intended for the preparation of His disciples for what would face them in view of His death, resurrection and return to the glory. There would be s...
The Expediency of Christ's Departure; The Promise of the Spirit. 7 Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that...
Here may arise some doubt, whether these words import that the Holy Ghost should convince the world of sin in general, or of that particular sin of not believing on the Lord Jesus Christ: the first s...
The Coming of the Holy Spirit ( John 16:4-15 ).
EXPLANATORY AND CRITICAL NOTES Chap. John 15:27 . The Spirit does not teach historical facts, but reveals their true meaning. Hence the apostolic testimony and the testimony of the Spirit form bu...
John 16:8-10 I. The first point of thought suggested here, is the ground on which the charge is founded "of sin, because they believe not on Me." II. Note the way in which the Comforter, by revea...
John 16:1-3 . These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doet...
John 16:1 . These things have I spoken, that ye should not be offended, so as to stumble and shrink back from the cause in which you are engaged. Expulsion from the synagogue was to a jew next to...
And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment The mission of the Comforter This is the only passage in which the Saviour has expressed the process...
EXPOSITION John 16:1-43 (c) The bitter issues of the hostility of the world . John 16:1 These things . What things? Primarily the explanation he had given of the opposition and hat...
The reproof of the world:
1 Corinthians 1:30 ; 1 Corinthians 15:14-20 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:21 ; Acts 2:32 ; Daniel 9:24 ; Galatians 5:5 ; Hebrews 10:5-13 ; Isaiah 42:21 ; Isaiah 45:24 ; Isaiah 45:25 ;...
The Holy Spirit Chapter John 16:1-22 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The sixteenth chapter of John contains a part of our Lord's last message before He went out to Gethsemane and on to the Cross. The disci...
Of sin — Particularly of unbelief, which is the confluence of all sins, and binds them all down upon us.