Matthew 24:29-31

This generation will not pass away without seeing His return. 

We must guard ourselves from becoming complacent. God wants us to be full of zeal for His word that as many as possible will hear about and receive the salvation he provided in Jesus. If we become cold we are unable to be used by Him.

OUR ONLY HOPE IS IN JESUS. 

He was crucified in our place.

Revelation 7:13–17 (NKJV): Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, “Who are these arrayed in white robes, and where did they come from?”And I said to him, “Sir, you know.”So he said to me, “These are the ones who come out of the great tribulation, and washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore they are before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in His temple. And He who sits on the throne will dwell among them. They shall neither hunger anymore nor thirst anymore; the sun shall not strike them, nor any heat; for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Jesus presents brief parables to demonstrate how the disciples should discern the signs of the times. Faithlife Bible.

This verse moves chronologically to the close of the tribulation, a period that will be marked by monumental cosmic disturbances. The sign of the Son of Man probably refers to Christ Himself appearing in heaven. Gather refers to the gathering of the elect (God’s people, both Jews and Gentiles) that will gloriously begin Christ’s reign. NKJ Bible.

Matthew 24:29–31 (NKJV): “Immediately after the tribulation of those days the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; the stars will fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens will be shaken. Then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

Is 13:10

For the stars of heaven and their constellations Will not give their light;The sun will be darkened in its going forth,And the moon will not cause its light to shine.

Is 24:23

Then the moon will be disgraced And the sun ashamed;For the LORD of hosts will reign On Mount Zion and in JerusalemAnd before His elders, gloriously.

Eze 32:7

When I put out your light,I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark;I will cover the sun with a cloud,And the moon shall not give her light.

Da 7:13

“I was watching in the night visions,And behold, One like the Son of Man,Coming with the clouds of heaven!He came to the Ancient of Days,And they brought Him near before Him.

Mt 24:3

Now as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”

Luke 9:18-22

It is all about us repenting of our sins, humbling ourself and accepting God’s gift to us in Jesus...his birth, His death and His resurrection from the dead. 

Even while we were still sinners without hope  God gave His only begotten Son to die in our place. His life given up for us that we may live in His righteousness and through His sacrifice be reconciled with our Creator. 

No one will ever love you more than Him. 💜

Jesus asks His disciples what they have heard people saying. Then He asks for their opinion, and Peter responds correctly: Jesus is Yahweh’s Messiah. As in Matthew and Mark, Peter’s confession is followed immediately by Jesus’ first prediction of His death and resurrection. Faithlife Bible.

The emphasis here is on the messianic role of Jesus. He is the Promised One who was ushering in a new era. However, Jesus would soon reveal to the disciples that His messiahship would have elements of suffering that the disciples did not expect.

Jesus knew that the messianic role that the people and the disciples expected was much different from His actual role as the Messiah. The element of suffering that the Messiah would endure was not a part of popular expectation. Thus Jesus’ messiahship could not be openly proclaimed before the true nature of the Messiah was revealed. NKJ Bible.

Luke 9:18–22 (NKJV): And it happened, as He was alone praying, that His disciples joined Him, and He asked them, saying, “Who do the crowds say that I am?”So they answered and said, “John the Baptist, but some say Elijah; and others say that one of the old prophets has risen again.”He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”Peter answered and said, “The Christ of God.”And He strictly warned and commanded them to tell this to no one, saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”

Mt 16:13

When Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, He asked His disciples, saying, “Who do men say that I, the Son of Man, am?”

Mt 16:14

So they said, “Some say John the Baptist, some Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”

Mt 16:15

He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?”

John 14:8-21

Just B.E.L.I.E.V.E. And then our actions will show it!

I believe Lord help me with my unbelief.

In times like these when evil seems to exist in all parts of the world we can question the power of the Almighty. It is only His empathy for mere men that He delays judgement. Pray for a change of heart. Pray for us to be able to love and care for our enemies and all of His creation as much as we care about our own families, our own Church, our own city, state or country. Only when we are able to live out our daily life showing His love and obeying the commands that He gave...can we expect to call on His name in truth.

God the Father dwells in Jesus. They are one. Doing God’s work is the way believers demonstrate their love for Jesus. Believers will collectively (and perhaps individually) perform more miracles than Jesus. It is Jesus’ intention to extend the work of the Spirit beyond Himself to all believers, as He had already begun to do. Miracles must be performed for the purpose of leading others to believe. The Spirit dwelling in the believer—makes them, when they choose to follow God’s will, a testimony by which others can see and understand God. We are kept in Him by loving God and others, as Jesus has loved people. Faithlife Bible.

Jesus came to reveal the Father. To know Jesus is to know the Father. It is impossible to escape the claim Jesus was making. Clearly, He was claiming to be God. 

Jesus had accomplished the greatest works possible, including raising the dead. How could He say that believers would do greater works? The answer is seen in the extent of what the apostles did. Jesus’ work on earth was confined to Palestine; the apostles would preach everywhere and see the conversion of thousands. Peter’s message at Pentecost brought more followers to Jesus than did Jesus’ entire earthly ministry. The disciples were able to do this work because Christ would go to the Father and send the Holy Spirit to empower them. 

All three members of the Trinity are mentioned here. Jesus prayed to the Father who would give the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit is called the Spirit of truth because He is truth and guides us into all truth. The Spirit of God is active in the world, but His acts go unnoticed by the world. As the believer lovingly obeys Christ’s commandments, he or she will experience a more intimate knowledge of Him. NKJ Bible.

John 14:8–21 (NKJV): Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.“If you love Me, keep My commandments. And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you. I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.“A little while longer and the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you will live also. At that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you in Me, and I in you. He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.”

Jn 10:38

but if I do, though you do not believe Me, believe the works, that you may know and believe that the Father is in Me, and I in Him.”

Jn 14:23

Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him.

Jn 14:28

You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.

Jn 15:26

“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.

Jn 16:23

“And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you.

Psalm 104

God has provided everything that man and beast need to preserve physical life. The deeper things He has reserved for man and those who seek Him with their whole heart and soul! If we seek Him, we will find Him, in the still small voice of the Holy Spirit who draws us to Him.

If we know nothing else know this...everything that we need spiritually has been gifted to us in the birth, death and resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

All praise and honor belong to our triune Godhead...Father, Son and Holy Spirit💜

In this praise psalm, the psalmist explores Yahweh’s work in creating and sustaining the world. The psalmist intertwines these two emphases, indicating that Yahweh continues to support the world because He made it in the first place. The psalmist begins by praising Yahweh for His splendor and majesty. He then describes Yahweh’s work in creation. As he praises Yahweh for sustaining creation, he turns specifically to Yahweh’s work in providing water, fertility for crops, and dwelling places for animals. He describes Yahweh’s power over the sun and moon which were often worshiped as gods. He then praises Yahweh’s provision again. The psalmist concludes by praising Yahweh because He is sovereign over creation. 

This psalm shows that Yahweh is intimately connected to sustaining the created order—is powerful over all of it—and that His work at the creation is only the beginning. Faithlife Bible.

  

Psalm 104 is a wisdom psalm, is also a creation psalm. It is an exuberant poetic recasting of Genesis 1, a joyful celebration of the world as the creation of God. The poetry of the psalmists and the prophets often reflects upon God’s work in creation. The structure of the poem is: (1) praise for God’s great creation; (2) the creation of the heavens; (3) the creation of the earth; (4) the waters of blessing; (5) the fullness of the earth; (6) the patterns of life; (7) praise for God’s great creation; (8) an acknowledgment that all life is dependent upon the Lord; (9) a prayer for God’s glory; (10) a personal response to God.

Psalm 104:27–35 (NKJV): These all wait for You, That You may give them their food in due season. What You give them they gather in; You open Your hand, they are filled with good. You hide Your face, they are troubled; You take away their breath, they die and return to their dust. You send forth Your Spirit, they are created; And You renew the face of the earth. May the glory of the Lord endure forever; May the Lord rejoice in His works. He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the hills, and they smoke. I will sing to the Lord as long as I live; I will sing praise to my God while I have my being. May my meditation be sweet to Him; I will be glad in the Lord. May sinners be consumed from the earth, And the wicked be no more. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Praise the Lord!

Ps 65:9

You visit the earth and water it, You greatly enrich it; The river of God is full of water; You provide their grain, For so You have prepared it.

Ps 104:13

He waters the hills from His upper chambers; The earth is satisfied with the fruit of Your works.

Ps 145:15

The eyes of all look expectantly to You, And You give them their food in due season.

Ps 147:8

Who covers the heavens with clouds, Who prepares rain for the earth, Who makes grass to grow on the mountains.

John 3:4-21

If we hold up the Son of God and His righteousness others will be drawn to Him.

It is not about our righteousness but about His.

The flesh refers to the physical body in contrast to what is spiritual. This becomes the fundamental change in living for God’s kingdom versus a human kingdom (paralleled by light and darkness throughout John’s Gospel). People are transformed by the work of the Holy Spirit.  John uses the metaphor of the wind as a power that is felt but unseen to explain the power of the Spirit of God. Faithlife Bible.

Jesus used the wind as an illustration of the work of the Holy Spirit. The Greek word translated Spirit also means “wind.” As the wind seemingly blows where it wills, so the Holy Spirit sovereignly works. Likewise, no one knows the origin or destination of the wind, but everyone knows it is there. The same is true of the Holy Spirit. Jesus rebuked not only Nicodemus, but the other Pharisees as well. New birth is by the Son, by the Cross, and by faith.

God’s love is not restricted to any one nation or to any spiritual elite. World here may also include all of creation. 

At His first coming, Jesus came so that the world through Him might be saved. When Jesus comes again, He will come in judgment upon those who refused His offer of salvation.To believe is to receive life and avoid judgment. A person who does not believe not only misses life, but is condemned already.  A person who comes to the light not only believes, but also openly identifies with the light so that his or her works can be seen as things done in union with God. NKJ Bible

John 3:4–21 (NKJV): Nicodemus said to Him, “How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother’s womb and be born?”Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’ The wind blows where it wishes, and you hear the sound of it, but cannot tell where it comes from and where it goes. So is everyone who is born of the Spirit.”Nicodemus answered and said to Him, “How can these things be?”Jesus answered and said to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? Most assuredly, I say to you, We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, and you do not receive Our witness. If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? No one has ascended to heaven but He who came down from heaven, that is, the Son of Man who is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.“He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God.”

Nu 21:9

So Moses made a bronze serpent, and put it on a pole; and so it was, if a serpent had bitten anyone, when he looked at the bronze serpent, he lived.

Mk 16:16

He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Jn 1:18

No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

1 Jn 4:9

In this the love of God was manifested toward us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through Him.

Isaiah 37:1-7

When we put our total trust in the Lord nothing that befalls us has power over us. Greater is He than the ruler of this worldly realm. God will always protect His honor even when ours is tainted by sin.

In Christ we are safe, secure and fully protected in the armor of the Holy Spirit.

Isaiah 37:4 (JFB): remnant—the two tribes of the kingdom of Judah, Israel being already captive. Isaiah is entreated to act as intercessor with God.

 Hezekiah seeks Isaiah’s counsel, and then receives an intimidating letter from an Assyrian official.  Hezekiah realizes that Judah has no chance of resisting Assyrian power apart from God’s help. Hezekiah frames the conflict not as an appeal to rescue Judah for their sake or because of an automatic defense of Zion, but as a defense of God’s own honor. Yahweh may not be drawn into the conflict due to Judah’s sinfulness, but will perhaps arise to defend His reputation. Sennacherib is later assassinated. Faithlife Bible.

We have no reason to fear if our trust is in the all-powerful God! NKJ Bible.

Isaiah 37:1–7 (NKJV): And so it was, when King Hezekiah heard it, that he tore his clothes, covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord. Then he sent Eliakim, who was over the household, Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz. And they said to him, “Thus says Hezekiah: ‘This day is a day of trouble and rebuke and blasphemy; for the children have come to birth, but there is no strength to bring them forth. It may be that the Lord your God will hear the words of the Rabshakeh, whom his master the king of Assyria has sent to reproach the living God, and will rebuke the words which the Lord your God has heard. Therefore lift up your prayer for the remnant that is left.’ ”So the servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah. And Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Do not be afraid of the words which you have heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed Me. Surely I will send a spirit upon him, and he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land; and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land.” ’

Isaiah 22:5

For it is a day of trouble and treading down and perplexity by the Lord GOD of hosts in the Valley of Vision—Breaking down the walls and of crying to the mountain.

Isaiah 37:37

So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went away, returned home, and remained at Nineveh.

Isaiah 37:32

For out of Jerusalem shall go a remnant,And those who escape from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of hosts will do this.

1 Corinthians 8:1-3

All things are clean to those who understand that they were created by God for our good. That knowledge is not to be used to harm the beliefs of others. We need to lift others and encourage them in their walk.

In private live freely but in public...be a slave to love💜.

We know that we all have knowledge appears to have been a slogan used by certain Corinthian believers as an arrogant statement against weaker Christians. The weaker Christians believed that eating food offered to idols was a sin. Other Corinthian believers thought that such concerns were ridiculous. They argued that if the idols were worthless, then the meat offered to them was fine to eat. Paul agreed that food offered to idols was not contaminated, but he wanted the knowledgeable Christians not to flaunt their enlightened point of view. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies: This is one of Paul’s five attacks on the arrogance of some of the church members at Corinth. These people belittled their weaker brothers and sisters with their knowledge. They had missed the point. They should have been using their knowledge to help other believers in the church. NKJ Bible

1 Corinthians 8:1–3 (NKJV): Now concerning things offered to idols: We know that we all have knowledge. Knowledge puffs up, but love edifies. And if anyone thinks that he knows anything, he knows nothing yet as he ought to know. But if anyone loves God, this one is known by Him.

1 Corinthians 13:8

Love never fails. But whether there are prophecies, they will fail; whether there are tongues, they will cease; whether there is knowledge, it will vanish away.

Acts 26:1-18

In our zeal for our beliefs...we can be misguided. It takes a relationship with Christ to change us from the inside out. 

All things are for His glory.

Through the power of the Holy Spirit we become, precept by precept, a new man. No longer in bondage to sin but in the newness of the grace the Father gives in the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus.

Paul takes on the posture of an orator, which implies he had training in classical rhetoric and was well educated. Paul is on trial for claiming that the hope of Israel is fulfilled in Jesus. Paul proclaims that the promises made to the Jewish people have now been fulfilled.The source of controversy is Jesus’ death and resurrection. Paul understands it as the fulfillment of what Jews hoped for. Like a stubborn animal attempting to fight the sticks used as prods, Paul cannot succeed in fighting against God. Faithlife Bible

Roman Citizenship

Paul was born a Roman citizen, but how his family gained that citizenship is unknown. There were several ways to become a Roman citizen: being born to a Roman parent; retiring from the Roman army; having citizenship granted by an emperor or a Roman general to an individual or to an entire group; purchasing it. A Roman citizen was guaranteed a fair trial and was protected against certain forms of harsh punishment. A citizen could even appeal to Caesar in order to be tried in Rome.

Paul was intelligent enough to know all of his rights and savvy enough to know how to use them to his and especially God’s advantage. Not only did his rights as a Roman citizen often save his life in dangerous situations, they also allowed him to carry the gospel message to jailers, shipmates, kings, and to the emperor in Rome.

He had not turned against his own Jewish heritage. Instead he fervently believed in the promises God had made to the nation of Israel: the promise of a coming Messiah and the reestablishment of the kingdom of God. Paul did not reject the hope of salvation for Israel. Instead he saw that hope fulfilled in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. The fact that Jesus had been raised from the dead confirmed to Paul that all believers would be raised from the dead to enjoy the blessings of the promised kingdom of God. The imperfect tense of the verb compelled does not tell us whether or not Paul had actually been successful in causing believers to blaspheme their faith, only that he had tried to compel them to do so. 

A young ox, when it was first yoked, usually resented the burden and tried kicking its way out. If the ox was yoked to a single-handed plow, the plowman would hold a long staff with a sharpened end close to the heels of the ox. Every time the ox kicked, it struck the spike. If the ox was yoked to a wagon, a studded bar with wooden spikes served the same purpose. The point was that the ox had to learn submission to the yoke the hard way. Before his encounter with Jesus on the Damascus road, Paul was resisting God in a similar manner.

Acts 26:1–18 (NKJV): Then Agrippa said to Paul, “You are permitted to speak for yourself.”So Paul stretched out his hand and answered for himself: “I think myself happy, King Agrippa, because today I shall answer for myself before you concerning all the things of which I am accused by the Jews, especially because you are expert in all customs and questions which have to do with the Jews. Therefore I beg you to hear me patiently.“My manner of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation at Jerusalem, all the Jews know. They knew me from the first, if they were willing to testify, that according to the strictest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee. And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers. To this promise our twelve tribes, earnestly serving God night and day, hope to attain. For this hope’s sake, King Agrippa, I am accused by the Jews. Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead?“Indeed, I myself thought I must do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth. This I also did in Jerusalem, and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. And I punished them often in every synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly enraged against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.“While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ So I said, ‘Who are You, Lord?’ And He said, ‘I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in Me.’

Acts 8:3

As for Saul, he made havoc of the church, entering every house, and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.

Acts 9:15

But the Lord said to him, “Go, for he is a chosen vessel of Mine to bear My name before Gentiles, kings, and the children of Israel.

Acts 23:6

But when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brethren, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee; concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”

Philippians 3:5

circumcised the eighth day, of the stock of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of the Hebrews; concerning the law, a Pharisee;

Luke 9:23-27

The things that I desire to do...evil stands to destroy. The things that I do not want to do..the Holy Spirit stands beside me to enable me. What a truly grace filled God we serve.

The Holy Trinity has provided everything we need to succeed in Christ Jesus!

Although Jesus offered salvation as a free gift He also warned that following Him would entail suffering and hardship. It makes no sense to attempt to save our lives on earth only to lose everything when our lives quickly and inevitably pass away. The wise course is to invest our earthly resources—our time, talents, and wealth—in what is eternal. Even if we lose our lives for Jesus’ sake, that investment will produce returns for all eternity.

Since these disciples died before Jesus’ return, the reference here is no doubt to the Transfiguration. With this there is probably also a prediction of the descent of the Spirit at Pentecost.NKJ Bible.

Luke 9:23–27 (NKJV): Then He said to them all, “If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is himself destroyed or lost? For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory, and in His Father’s, and of the holy angels. But I tell you truly, there are some standing here who shall not taste death till they see the kingdom of God.”

Luke 17:23

Whoever seeks to save his life will lose it, and whoever loses his life will preserve it.

Matthew 10:33 

But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father

John 14:23-31

If we love God we obey His commands. Christ gave us two commands: Love God above anyone or anything and love others as much as ourselves. If our lives are directed by His love and if we pay close attention to the direction and teaching of the Holy Spirit we will be able to accomplish what we cannot without Him. 

Praise and glory to our Lord and King.

The Spirit, as God’s means of communication on earth, instructs believers and leads them to follow God’s will. The Spirit gives them access to God, His plans, and His wisdom. He can do so because of Jesus’ sacrifice for sins. They now have a way (the Spirit) to reach God—unencumbered by rituals, sacrifices, or laws—and atonement for their sins (Jesus’ death and resurrection), so that they are free to communicate with God and be in His presence. Jesus wants His disciples to know that His coming suffering and death is not the end of His ministry; it is the beginning of His ministry’s final purpose and the completion of God’s will for Jesus’ life.

Since all authority ultimately finds its source in God the Father, the rulers of this world do not have authority over Jesus. Faithlife Bible

Jesus explained that His manifestation to the disciples would be in response to their love and obedience. If a believer loves and obeys the Lord, he or she will experience fellowship with God. If a person does not love Jesus, he or she will not obey Him. Disobedience is a serious matter, for Jesus’ words are the words of God. 

Jesus told His disciples these things while He was with them, but when the Holy Spirit came, He would remind the disciples of all things that Jesus had said, and would teach … all things. This promise was primarily fulfilled through the lives of the apostles in the writing of the NT. Matthew and John wrote down Jesus’ words. Peter wrote about the gospel in his two letters and may have dictated some of his memories of Jesus to Mark.

 Jesus’ yielding to what was about to happen did not mean that Satan had any power over Him. Jesus would soon voluntarily yield to the death of the Cross, in loving obedience to the Father. NKJ Bible.

John 14:23–31 (NKJV): Jesus answered and said to him, “If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father’s who sent Me.“These things I have spoken to you while being present with you. But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. You have heard Me say to you, ‘I am going away and coming back to you.’ If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, ‘I am going to the Father,’ for My Father is greater than I.“And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe. I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming, and he has nothing in Me. But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave Me commandment, so I do. Arise, let us go from here.

Luke 24:49 (NKJV): “Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you; but tarry in the city of Jerusalem until you are endued with power from on high.”

John 15:26–27 (NKJV): “But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me. And you also will bear witness, because you have been with Me from the beginning.