SCRIPTURES:
John 10:27 (NIV)
27 My sheep listen to my voice; I know them,s and they follow me.
Luke 4:18-19 (NIV)
18 “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good newsp to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19 to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
Acts 1:4-8;
4 On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but waiti for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about.j 5 For John baptized witha water,k but in a few days you will be baptized withb the Holy Spirit.” 6 Then they gathered around him and asked him, “Lord, are you at this time going to restorem the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by his own authority.n 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you;o and you will be my witnessesp in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
1 Cor 12:7 (NIV)
7 Now to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good.
John 13:34-36 (NIV)
34 “A new command I give you: Love one another.m As I have loved you, so you must love one another.n 35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 36 Simon Peter asked him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus replied, “Where I am going, you cannot follow now, but you will follow later.”
John 14:1-6 (NIV)
Jesus Comforts His Disciples
14 “Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believeu in Goda; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am going therew to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come backx and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.y 4 You know the way to the place where I am going.” Jesus the Way to the Father 5 Thomasz said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” 6 Jesus answered, “I am the wayb and the truthc and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:12-17 (NIV)
12 Very truly I tell you, whoever believesl in me will do the works I have been doing,m and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father. 13 And I will do whatever you askn in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocatep to help you and be with you forever the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him,r because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will bec in you.
John 14:23-17 (NIV)
13 And I will do whatever you askn in my name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. 14 You may ask me for anything in my name, and I will do it.
Jesus Promises the Holy Spirit
15 “If you love me, keep my commands. 16 And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocatep to help you and be with you forever the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will bec in you.