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1. The Advocate

John 15:1-17

Sermon

Ron Lavin

... the thought of the coming judgment of God where there will be a separation. Most people today live as if there is no Judgment Day, as if they will never have to answer to God for how they have lived. The job description of the Holy Spirit, our Advocate, and for us as God's witnesses, includes convincing the hostile world of judgment. We will die. We will face God. We will face judgment. Some will come crashing into Judgment Day because they don't believe it is there. A story is told about two ship captains ...

2. The Advocate and the Street Where You Live

John 15:26-27, 16:4-15

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Ron Lavin

... is the suffering and death of Jesus Christ on the cross to which the Holy Spirit points me and leads me. That I have an Advocate in the Holy Spirit means that God fulfills what God demands. Luther calls that the "joyous exchange." Because God made me in his image, ... . Thanks for your words. They didn't bring Mom back but they helped me get through her death. You are a real friend and advocate. Your words meant more to me than you can imagine." Hanna said, "I don't know where the words came from. I guess they ...

3. Advocating For Whom?

John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Sermon

David Coffin

... break the food program either. In this season of Pentecost or the mission of the church, we all need to be informed by the spirit or advocate based on our best senses of what it means to be a community of Christ. We are not to judge or condemn the world, but ... in a time of darkness and sin. In John, one is either with the light or darkness (John 1:1-14 RSV). Finally, the advocate’s teaching of judgment is a sober reminder that sin, evil, and forces of darkness do exist. In the opening illustration, it was ...

4. Advocate and Redeemer

John 14:23-29

Sermon

Frank Ramirez

... playing by kingdom rules? Sometimes we say we want to live the resurrection. Sometimes we want to stand tall in a world that has given itself over to doom and death. That's where it is important that we allow our redeemer, our goel, our advocate and comforter, to stand alongside us and give us the courage we need. Remember, even though it looks like nothing is happening, things are moving at a very swift speed toward something dark, then something very, very good. Bulbs planted last autumn are hidden all ...

5. Prayer Advocate

James 5:13-20

Bulletin Aid

Dallas A. Brauninger

... we summon at prayer in behalf of one who suffers. We come in trust to God, who hears us when we care enough to intercede. We come in wonder to God, whose ways of healing far surpass our understanding. Amen. Prayer of Confession When we need an advocate in prayer, O God, let us not refrain from asking. Help us understand that by taking others into our confidence, we show not weakness but strength. Keep us ready for change so we might fully participate in the mystery of praying for each other. In the spirit ...

6. The Advocate of Truth

John 16:5-16

Illustration

Maurice A. Fetty

... purpose in life. "Most ... hold on, without much reason or authority to the moral standards of what is commonly supposed to be the good life." Consequently, many of us become locked into a comfortable materialism and cozy agnosticism. But that is not the way of the Spirit. It is the advocate of truth, willing to do its work with men and women open to it.

7. You Have a Friend (Memorial Day)

John 14:15-31

Sermon

King Duncan

... . Jesus has washed the disciples’ feet. Judas has left them to do his dark deed. And Jesus is telling the disciples that he will be leaving them. Listen to his words: “If you love me, keep my commands. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate 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 be in you. I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to ...

8. This Spirit Is Not Spooky

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Robert Leslie Holmes

... porter was known in the Karre language as "the one who shares the load beside us." Suddenly, those translators had their word for parakletos. That is what the Holy Spirit does for us. It must also be said that the Holy Spirit can seem like a very discomforting Advocate. We remember that he wrestled Jacob and would not let go. In church history, we find him during a time when it seems that the days of the gospel are on the wane. He comes with a glorious fresh breeze of revival power and everything is renewed ...

9. Getting At The Truth

John 14:5-14

Sermon

Maurice A. Fetty

... with business or bureaucracies. And many of us belong to various kinds of advocacy groups which aid us in the presence of complex issues and powerful forces. The Holy Spirit of Christ is just such an advocate. Jesus has called him to our side to be our counselor and comforter. When we approach Almighty God, we have an advocate, because as Paul says, "The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with signs too deep for words. And ...

10. The Holy Spirit and You

John 14:15-27

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J. Howard Olds

... Holy Spirit start you on that journey today? God, in the person of the Holy Spirit, wants to lead you and guide you and stand with you toward that inner oneness that comes when he fills us with Himself. The Paraclete is a wise Counselor. The Paraclete is an Advocate for us. Jim Moore tells the story about a man accused of wrong doing brought before the judge. When the judge asked the man if he had an attorney, the man said, “No, I can't afford one." The judge replied “Well, don't worry about that, I'll ...

11. Getting at the Truth

John 14:16-17

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Maurice A. Fetty

... powerless with businesses or bureaucracies. Many of us belong to various kinds of advocacy groups which aid us in the presence of complex issues and powerful forces. The Holy Spirit of Christ is just such an advocate. Jesus has called him to our side to be our counselor and comforter. When we approach almighty God, we have an advocate, because as Paul says, "The Spirit helps us in our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we ought, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us with sighs too deep for words ...

12. Freedom In Christ

Galatians 5:1-15, Galatians 5:16-26

Understanding Series

L. Ann Jervis

... s own words. Even if the incident in Acts 16 did occur, it is to be noted that since he was the son of a Jewish mother, Timothy was effectively a Jew and not a Gentile. Donaldson suggests that Paul is speaking of his former life as an advocate for Judaism to the Gentiles; the sense is: “In my former life in Judaism I admit that I preached circumcision to the Gentiles; but then God called me to preach Christ crucified, and I preach circumcision no longer” (Paul and the Gentiles, pp. 282–83). Paul’s ...

13. She Waits

Acts 1:1-11, Luke 24:50-53, Luke 24:36-49

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... you, I will come back and welcome you into My presence, so that you also may be where I am.” John 14:2-3 “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have told you.” ... have told you these things. But I tell you the truth, it is for your benefit that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send Him to you. And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard ...

14. Learning to Listen

John 14:15-31

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Mike Ripski

... ’s not going to leave them desolate, when he dies. When he dies and returns to the Father, he’ll send them the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, the Helper, the Counselor, the Advocate. An Advocate in Jesus’ day was one who spoke on your behalf in court. They represented you. We’ve usually understood the Advocate who Jesus sends as our Advocate, the one who speaks on our behalf. Now Jesus does tell his followers not to worry about what to say when they are brought before the authorities. He says the Holy ...

15. Walking with God

Acts 2:1-21 · John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... With the Holy Spirit as their guide, they would go out and change the world as they knew it. We are called to keep that mission alive. The Holy Spirit, the Spirit of Christ, the Spirit of Truth, our advocate and guide, has been sent to each and every one of us to guide us and comfort us, advocate on our behalf, and lead us into the future, proclaiming Christ risen, calling for repentance, and granting forgiveness to all God’s people wherever they reside. To be an apostle of Christ is to be a traveler, not ...

16. Easter 6

Acts 8:9-25, 1 Peter 3:8-22, Acts 17:16-34, John 14:15-31

Sermon Aid

Russell F. Anderson

... for a public defender. No one has to face the judgment seat alone, unless he refuses legal representation. Before Jesus left his disciples, he promised that he would send the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. This term is variously translated as comforter, counselor or advocate. We have here a legal image merged with a personal image. Like an attorney, the Spirit is there to speak on our behalf, to represent us before the throne of grace, but the Spirit is more than a legal representative, he is our companion ...

17. The Shy Member of the Trinity

John 14:15-31

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Donald B. Strobe

... and purpose of the Holy Spirit. We read them in John 16:6-11: “....because I have said these things to you, sorrow has filled your hearts. Nevertheless I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you. And when he comes, he will prove the world wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment: about sin, because they do not believe in me; about righteousness, because I am going to the Father and ...

18. Job Feels under Attack by God

Job 16:1-17:16

Teach the Text

Daniel J. Estes

... (cf. 9:33; 19:25), as Abraham appeals to Yahweh for his nephew Lot in Genesis 18. Even though he has no idea that Yahweh has already spoken on his behalf against the adversary in the prologue, Job clings to the hope that he will have an advocate to testify for him in heaven. Later Christian interpretation reads the mediatorial work of Christ into this statement as well as into Job 19:25–27, but Job does not have the advantage of knowing that subsequent revelation. 16:20 my eyes pour out tears to God ...

19. Show Us the Father

John 14:8-17, 25-27

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Dave Zuchelli

... had said up to that point. He told them so many things in these waning moments; it must have been impossible to comprehend any of them. But the most important thing he told them was this: “And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another advocate to help you and be with you forever — the Spirit of truth.” I doubt they understood that at the time either. It was, in fact, the answer to their real need. They thought they needed to see the Father. What they needed, however, was to be indwelled by ...

20. Invincible

John 14:15-21

Sermon

Lori Wagner

... and within us, we can live not only in his truth, but in our own as well. As our primary truth teller, our powerful, invisible advocate, the Holy Spirit helps us discover our true identity as a child of God and a disciple of Jesus. He does not chastise us but ... be our best selves that we can possibly be. Jesus in the person of the Holy Spirit is the kind of protective, truth-telling ally or advocate that we must have in our corner if we are to be the kinds of people God created us to be. In him we are free ...

21. The Divine Advocacy

John 16:5-16

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Maurice A. Fetty

... his being in a man, to show for certain that God's attitude toward mankind is one of unremitting love. By the Incarnation, the "enfleshment," God has demonstrated his advocacy for the world of man. It is, says Dorothy Sayers, "God taking his own medicine," entering into humanity to advocate for its coming to the truth and love of God. So it is on this Sunday in Pentecost we pray to be open to the Spirit of God so as to be convicted of the sin which destroys us and to be led into the truth which would make ...

22. Water Boy

Exodus 2:11-25

Sermon

Justin Tull

... We must be willing to get our hands dirty. We must be willing to stoop and we must not expect in return either hospitality or the gift of a daughter. Moses has given us an example. Jesus has called us into servant ministry. Concern for justice makes of us advocates when we would rather be bystanders. Eyes that see human hurt ask that we play the part of servant, not master. And through it all we realize that justice knows no race or creed. We all are part of God’s family. We all should have access to the ...

23. John 14:15 21

John 14:15-31

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Leonard Sweet

... be accessible to all those who love him and keep his commandments through the continuing presence of this Spirit. But even as the world did not recognize and receive Jesus, this “world” will neither “see” nor “know” this new Spirit, this new Advocate given to Jesus’ disciples. “Not knowing” Jesus as the truth, “not knowing” the Spirit of truth, is what defines the world as “the world.” Conversely, it is “knowing” this Spirit that will create the new community of faith Jesus is ...

24. Pentecost

John 20:19-23, Acts 2:1-13, Acts 2:14-41, Genesis 11:1-9, John 14:5-14, Romans 8:1-17

Sermon Aid

John R. Brokhoff

... open our hearts to the power of the Spirit. Kindle in us the fire of your love and strengthen our lives for service in your kingdom. Hymn Of The Day: "Filled With The Spirit's Power, With One Accord" Theme Of The Day: A Language Event Gospel As Advocate the Holy Spirit will teach us what to say. Lesson 1 The Holy Spirit uses various languages to proclaim the Gospel. Lesson 2 The Holy Spirit enables us to cry "Abba, Father." On the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit gave the Disciples the power to preach in ...

25. God’s Safety Net

Matthew 25:31-46

Sermon

D. Wayne Burkette

... for all of these and others like them, Jesus was not only a religious high priest, but also a social advocate and defender. He did it time after time. The Lord of the least and little came to the defense of the defenseless. And so does his body the ... church. We are now the advocates, the defenders of the defenseless, the protectors of the vulnerable, the voice of those whom the powers of the world will not hear. Through ...

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