The Ministry of the Holy Spirit

Jesus's disciples are now beginning to have sorrow fill their hearts at the realization of His impending departure. He assures them it is to their benefit that He leaves because the Helper will expand the ministry of Christ from just Him to every corner of the earth. The ministry of the Spirit of Truth will go beyond just the Church and will impact the world. The Spirit convicts the world of sin showing it its condition and need for a Savior. The world was split with the coming of Christ and will continue in that division because some will be saved out of the world while some will remain in it, in unbelief. He convicts the world of its faux righteousness that really just stacks more condemnation on itself. The world needs a righteousness foreign to itself. And lastly, the Spirit convicts the world of a false judgment; one that that judges by appearances or the flesh rather than of righteousness and the Spirit. That false judgment has led them to follow the ruler of this world who is already judged. Nevertheless, the Spirit of Truth's ministry in the world is God's gracious extension of Jesus's work to humanity. And finally, the Spirit's ministry is fulfilled in His guiding and leading of the Church into the truth. And He simply won't bring us to truth but secure us there. All of this is because of the triune unity of our great God, the mutual glory the Father, the Son, and the Spirit gives one another and their love for us.