Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John 16:9
Of sin — Particularly of unbelief, which is the confluence of all sins, and binds them all down upon us.
Of sin — Particularly of unbelief, which is the confluence of all sins, and binds them all down upon us.
Verse John 16:9. _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 Isaiah 35:3. This was lite...
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 convinced is...
CHAPTER 16 1. Persecutions Predicted. (John 16:1 .) 2. The Comforter and His Demonstration. (John 16:7 .) 3. Sorrow and joy. (John 16:16 .) 4. The Father Himself Loveth You. ...
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 min...
OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME. In naming sin, the chief of all sins is singled out. All sin springs from unbelief. There was. lurking unbelief in the heart of Judas when he sold his Master; i...
"I did not tell you these things at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I am going away to him who sent me, and none of you asks me: 'Where are you going?' But grief has filled your hearts...
WARNING AND CHALLENGE (John 16:1-4)...
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). The J...
_Of sin_ Or, CONCERNING _sin_. This naturally comes first: the work of the Spirit begins with convincing man that he is a fallen, sinful creature in rebellion against God. _because they believe not on...
THE WORLD AND THE PARACLETE...
ἉΜΑΡΤΊΑΣ. This must come first: the work of the Spirit begins with convicting man of having rebelled against God. And the source of sin is unbelief; formerly, unbelief in God, now unbelief in His Amba...
Ver 5. But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you asks me, Where do you go? 6. But because I have said these things to you sorrow has filled your heart. 7. Nevertheless I tell you the tr...
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DISCOURSE: 1702 OFFICES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT John 16:8. _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 righteo...
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 me; who,...
TEACHING WHICH IS DARK AND FOREBODING _Text: John 16:1-11_ 1 These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be caused to stumble. 2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hou...
EXPOSITION OF THE GOSPEL OF JOHN John 16:1-11 The following is an Analysis of the passage which is to be before us:— The chapter division between John 15 and 16 is scarcely a happy one, though perha...
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 compar...
12 As the Lord had explained in His kingdom proclamation, the whole law was included in the one word, love. Love to God and love to man is far more than all the precepts of the law. So, in His final c...
16:9 on (e-8) _ Eis_ . see Note, 2 Timothy 1:12 ....
The work of the Comforter in the world and in the Church. 7. It was better for them that Christ's personal presence should be withdrawn, in order that His spiritual presence might be nearer to them th...
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 previous...
JOHN TELLS THE GOOD NEWS ABOUT JESUS GOSPEL OF JOHN _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 16 JESUS CONTINUES TO TEACH ABOUT THE *HOLY SPIRIT 16:1-15 V1 ‘I have told all this to you so that these troubles will...
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. Sin...
to John 16:11. _The conquest of the world by the Spirit_....
In detail, new convictions περὶ ἁμαρτίας are to be wrought, ὅτι οὐ πιστεύουσιν εἰς ἐμέ. Each of the three clauses introduced by ὅτι is in apposition with the foregoing substantive, and is explanatory...
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 needed t...
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 ne...
CHAPTER 23 THE VALEDICTORY SERMON John 14-16. Now that the Passover meal has been enjoyed, and that celebrated Mosaic institution totally eclipsed by bloody Calvary, normally verified and abolished f...
3. 16:5-15. Jesus now describes _the victory_ which the disciples will gain over the world which has risen up against Him. He first connects with His departure the coming of the divine _agent_ (alread...
“ _And when he shall have come, he will convince the world of sin, of righteousness and of judgment;_ 9, _of sin, because they believe not on me;_ 10, _of righteousness, because I go to my Father and...
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...
In John 15:1-27 our Lord substitutes Himself for Israel, as the plant of God, responsible to bear fruit for Him on earth (not merely for man, as such, openly sinful and lost). He takes the place of th...
_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 Saviour sh...
_THE REPROOF OF THE COMFORTER_ ‘And when He is come, He will reprove the world of sin … because they believe not on Me.’ John 16:8 How does the Comforter convict us of sin? It is written, ‘Of sin,...
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 I have alr...
In chapter 16 a further step is taken in the revelation of this grace. The Holy Ghost is looked upon as already here below. In this chapter the Lord declares that He has set forth all His instruction...
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 upon t...
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 all...
_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 un...
OF SIN; especially the sin of rejecting the Saviour....
The reproof of the world:...
OF SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME;...
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 st...
7-15 Christ's departure was necessary to the Comforter's coming. Sending the Spirit was to be the fruit of Christ's death, which was his going away. His bodily presence could be only in one place at...
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 se...
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“And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness and of judgment. Of sin because they believe not on me. Of righteousness because I am going to the Father and y...
THE COMING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT (JOHN 16:4)....
John 16:9-11. CONCERNING SIN, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT IN ME: AND CONCERNING RIGHTEOUSNESS, BECAUSE I GO AWAY TO THE FATHER, AND YE NO LONGER BEHOLD ME: AND CONCERNING JUDGMENT, BECAUSE THE PRINCE OF...
We have already considered the circumstances under which the two Chapter s upon which we now enter were spoken; and, if we have been correct in the view taken of them, we are not to imagine that the f...
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE NOT ON ME (οτ ου πιστευουσιν εις εμε). Without this conviction by the Paraclete such men actually have a pride of intellectual superiority in refusing to believe on Jesus....
John 16:8 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 revealing Ch...
John 16:9 Conviction of Sin by the Cross It is a fixed expectation of Christ Himself, that His mission to the world will have a considerable part of its value in raising a higher moral sense in mank...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ That you should not be scandalized when you are put to suffering on any account that you should not dread the offence...
John 16:1. _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 doeth God...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ Or, «made to stumble.» Christ would not have you who are his people caused to stumble by anything that happens to you...
This chapter contains some of the most precious words that the Lord Jesus uttered before he died upon the cross. John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ Or,...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ «That you should not be scandalized when you see me put to death, and when you miss my bodily presence from your mids...
John 16:1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ The temptation is, when Christ is despised and rejected, for our hearts to begin to sink, and for our faith to fail....
CONTENTS: Warning of persecutions. The promise of the Spirit and His three-fold work. Jesus talks of His death, resurrection and second coming. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Holy Spirit, God, disciples. CONCLUS...
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 dea...
BECAUSE THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN ME. This is the _sin of sins!_ This is the sin which leads to death (1 John 5:16-17; Matthew 12:31-32 and notes). _Degrees_ of sin are meaningless, when compared to this...
_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 of...
_Of sin, because they believe not on Me_ INEFFECTUAL REPROOF AND EFFECTUAL CONVICTION OF SIN We did not need that the Holy Spirit should come down from heaven to reprove the world of sin. The words...
1-33 CHAPTER 16 VER. 1. _These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended._ (1.) Some think that this refers to Matt. xxvi. 31, _All ye shall be offended because of Me this night._...
_Of sin, because they believed_ (_believe_, Greek and Syriac version) _not in Me._ He will convict My enemies, both Jewish and Gentile unbelievers, both of the great sin of unbelief (S. Chrysostom and...
_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 but a...
EXPOSITION JOHN 16:1 (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 hatred of the world, a...
Shall we turn to John's gospel, chapter 16. Now, these words in the sixteenth chapter have to be understood with the background as Jesus has been in the upper room with His disciples. He has told them...
1 Corinthians 1:30; 1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Timothy 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:21;...
THE HOLY SPIRIT CHAPTER John 16:1 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 disciples wer...
THE MINISTRY OF THE SPIRIT John 14:26; _John 16:7_ INTRODUCTORY WORDS Christ came to His own, and His own received Him not. The Holy Spirit came to His own, seeking to bring every possible spiritual...