The Essential Role of the Holy Spirit as Our Helper
Devotional
Sermon Summary
Bible Study Guide
Sermon Clips
If you have struggled to understand the role and the purpose of the Holy Spirit, if it seems mysterious to you and you don't understand all the gifts and all this stuff, can I ask you to do one thing? Can I ask you to suspend all the things that you don't understand? Can I ask you to suspend all the ways maybe you've had questions about this just for now and just listen to the words of Jesus, right? Forget everything everybody else says on the internet about the Holy Spirit and let's listen to what Jesus has to say about the Holy Spirit because Jesus says that the Holy Spirit is the helper we need to live this life the way God desires us to. [00:14:53] (47 seconds)
And without him, we can't. Understand? I'm going to say that again. The Holy Spirit, this is what Jesus is saying. The Holy Spirit is the helper that we need to live this life that God calls us to. And guys, without him, we cannot. Because like, again, building the crib or those very important things in life, guys, it's too important to try to do it without the help that Jesus is offering. We all need help. [00:15:39] (30 seconds)
The helper speaks for us and speaks to us. I'm going to say that again. The helper speaks for us and he speaks to us. He's like in this cosmic courtroom, our translator that's going to work in between. But the truth is, this is what our faith walk looks like sometimes, right? Right? This is what it feels like. Like we know that God is for us, right? We know we've heard the Bible songs. We sing the worship. songs, right? But sometimes it feels like we're losing the battle. We're losing the trials. We're honest. Every day we're trying to fight this battle. We don't understand what God is doing. We don't understand what Jesus is doing. We know we feel the struggle, right? And we're trying to apply all these principles to our day -to -day life, but we don't understand it. We're trying to pray. We don't know what we should pray or how to pray. Guys, we need help, but thank God. The helper speaks for us, and he speaks to us in these situations, in these moments of life when we seem confused. We seem like the battle is losing, is not on our favor. We don't know what Jesus is doing. [00:19:47] (76 seconds)
Well, what this verse shows us is that our advocate, the helper, the Holy Spirit can take the cares of our heart, bypass our mouth, and bring them right to the throne of God. Guys, when you don't know if God is hearing your prayer, you need to know that you have a helper that is doing the translation, that is doing the groundwork to take your words right to the thrones of God. Guys, this is the help that we need. This is the assurance that we need, that you need to know that God understands you when you don't know what the words you want to say are. He understands you when you can't articulate what's on your heart, what's on your mind. He can hear, he can bottle up your tears, and it can be an eloquent letter to him through the help of the Holy Spirit. Guys, that's the help we need. [00:22:33] (52 seconds)
He speaks to us, right? He helps us to represent Christ in our lives and present us with the chance to change directions, present us with the opportunities to grow. You know, what this is called is the conviction of the Holy Spirit. He convicts us of sin. Like Jesus says, he proves what's right and wrong. This is what the Spirit does. I can tell you, he... does it with love, and he does it with grace. And I can tell you, this is so important to know the voice of God, to know the helper in these moments, because while the helper will convict us, he will never condemn us. And it's so important to know the difference. I believe so many of us don't, right? It's so important to know the voice of the helper, because many of us fall in this trap of condemnation. Yes, conviction may say, yes, you did that thing, but it'll say, here's an opportunity to grow from it. But condemnation says, oh, you did that thing, and you were guilty, and you deserve the punishment that you should get from it, right? And unless we learn to hear the voice of the helper, we fall into this trap, and we can get lost into the condemnation of it all. [00:26:21] (81 seconds)
And so many of us do get lost. Even us as Christians, we get burdened by the guilt and the shame of our actions, and we get buried under the feeling of we should get what we deserve. Again, even as Christians, we struggle with this. And I can tell you the hardest place, guys, to seek help is when we are burdened under this guilt, when we're burdened under the condemnation. Why? Because we first have to admit that we need the help, right? We have to be okay with being vulnerable, being honest about what the things we might have done in order to put ourselves in the place of receiving that help. Because here's the truth. The only prerequisite to receiving help is to first recognize that you are indeed helpless. [00:27:15] (50 seconds)
The Holy Spirit comforts us. You want the peace of Jesus? You need the help of the Holy Spirit. You want to know the peace that Jesus gives, not like the world gives? You need to understand that we have a Helper who's there to comfort us. That's what the Holy Spirit comes to do when the enemy, when the prosecutor tries to condemn us, tries to just lay on our shoulders the burden of everything we've done. We need to understand that we have a comfort through the Holy Spirit. [00:29:45] (33 seconds)
And it was in that moment through the help of the Holy Spirit that I grabbed him. I just kind of wrapped my arms around him. I begin to read Romans 8. That tells us that nothing, no height, no depth, no angel, no demon can separate him from the love of God, I began to comfort my son. And I seen him, he started to cry, and I started to cry, we began to hug, and I could see that it was the comfort of the Holy Spirit that began to restore him. And guys, this is what we need in our moments when we're lost in our condemnation, when we're lost in the guilt. We need the help of the Holy Spirit. [00:32:07] (45 seconds)
You need to understand that he's done this before. You need to trust Jesus, that in this moment, yes, he's standing up, and he's agreeing with the prosecutor about all the things that you've done, and he's agreeing with the prosecutor about the punishment you deserve. But you need to also know that Jesus is saying in this moment, he's standing up in this moment to show that he already took that punishment for you. He already stood up and took all of the condemnation that you deserve. He took it upon your shoulders, so you don't have to worry about that. He begins to comfort us in this way. He says, look, look, watch Jesus right now. Jesus is about to quote Romans 8 that says that therefore there is no condemnation. for those who are in Christ Jesus. So you don't have to worry about that. This is what the advocate does. This is how he comforts us when life seems like we are so lost in it. When we seem confused, he lets us know that we are okay. He allows us to see what's happening. See, it's the helper that allows us to see what Jesus is doing in our life. [00:33:46] (64 seconds)
Because maybe you've been like me, right? Maybe you live your whole Christian walk like me where, you know, like that Ikea furniture, you skip the instructions, right? You are confident that we can walk through this Christian life by ourselves. But now as a result, you find yourself wobbling, right? There's missing pieces. I just want to encourage you guys. Jesus is offering the help that we need. And this help, guys, is not an instruction manual. It's not some distant force, but it's a very present indwelling that's there to walk us through when we're lost. They're there to advocate for us when we don't know what words to say, to speak for us, to speak to us. Guys, the Holy Spirit is the help we need. Jesus is saying, hey, just receive the help I'm giving you. [00:36:55] (52 seconds)
Ask a question about this sermon
And without him, we can't. Understand? I'm going to say that again. The Holy Spirit, this is what Jesus is saying. The Holy Spirit is the helper that we need to live this life that God calls us to. And guys, without him, we cannot. Because like, again, building the crib or those very important things in life, guys, it's too important to try to do it without the help that Jesus is offering. We all need help. [00:15:39] (30 seconds)
The helper speaks for us and speaks to us. I'm going to say that again. The helper speaks for us and he speaks to us. He's like in this cosmic courtroom, our translator that's going to work in between. But the truth is, this is what our faith walk looks like sometimes, right? Right? This is what it feels like. Like we know that God is for us, right? We know we've heard the Bible songs. We sing the worship. songs, right? But sometimes it feels like we're losing the battle. We're losing the trials. We're honest. Every day we're trying to fight this battle. We don't understand what God is doing. We don't understand what Jesus is doing. We know we feel the struggle, right? And we're trying to apply all these principles to our day -to -day life, but we don't understand it. We're trying to pray. We don't know what we should pray or how to pray. Guys, we need help, but thank God. The helper speaks for us, and he speaks to us in these situations, in these moments of life when we seem confused. We seem like the battle is losing, is not on our favor. We don't know what Jesus is doing. [00:19:47] (76 seconds)
Well, what this verse shows us is that our advocate, the helper, the Holy Spirit can take the cares of our heart, bypass our mouth, and bring them right to the throne of God. Guys, when you don't know if God is hearing your prayer, you need to know that you have a helper that is doing the translation, that is doing the groundwork to take your words right to the thrones of God. Guys, this is the help that we need. This is the assurance that we need, that you need to know that God understands you when you don't know what the words you want to say are. He understands you when you can't articulate what's on your heart, what's on your mind. He can hear, he can bottle up your tears, and it can be an eloquent letter to him through the help of the Holy Spirit. Guys, that's the help we need. [00:22:33] (52 seconds)
He speaks to us, right? He helps us to represent Christ in our lives and present us with the chance to change directions, present us with the opportunities to grow. You know, what this is called is the conviction of the Holy Spirit. He convicts us of sin. Like Jesus says, he proves what's right and wrong. This is what the Spirit does. I can tell you, he... does it with love, and he does it with grace. And I can tell you, this is so important to know the voice of God, to know the helper in these moments, because while the helper will convict us, he will never condemn us. And it's so important to know the difference. I believe so many of us don't, right? It's so important to know the voice of the helper, because many of us fall in this trap of condemnation. Yes, conviction may say, yes, you did that thing, but it'll say, here's an opportunity to grow from it. But condemnation says, oh, you did that thing, and you were guilty, and you deserve the punishment that you should get from it, right? And unless we learn to hear the voice of the helper, we fall into this trap, and we can get lost into the condemnation of it all. [00:26:21] (81 seconds)
And so many of us do get lost. Even us as Christians, we get burdened by the guilt and the shame of our actions, and we get buried under the feeling of we should get what we deserve. Again, even as Christians, we struggle with this. And I can tell you the hardest place, guys, to seek help is when we are burdened under this guilt, when we're burdened under the condemnation. Why? Because we first have to admit that we need the help, right? We have to be okay with being vulnerable, being honest about what the things we might have done in order to put ourselves in the place of receiving that help. Because here's the truth. The only prerequisite to receiving help is to first recognize that you are indeed helpless. [00:27:15] (50 seconds)
The Holy Spirit comforts us. You want the peace of Jesus? You need the help of the Holy Spirit. You want to know the peace that Jesus gives, not like the world gives? You need to understand that we have a Helper who's there to comfort us. That's what the Holy Spirit comes to do when the enemy, when the prosecutor tries to condemn us, tries to just lay on our shoulders the burden of everything we've done. We need to understand that we have a comfort through the Holy Spirit. [00:29:45] (33 seconds)
And it was in that moment through the help of the Holy Spirit that I grabbed him. I just kind of wrapped my arms around him. I begin to read Romans 8. That tells us that nothing, no height, no depth, no angel, no demon can separate him from the love of God, I began to comfort my son. And I seen him, he started to cry, and I started to cry, we began to hug, and I could see that it was the comfort of the Holy Spirit that began to restore him. And guys, this is what we need in our moments when we're lost in our condemnation, when we're lost in the guilt. We need the help of the Holy Spirit. [00:32:07] (45 seconds)
You need to understand that he's done this before. You need to trust Jesus, that in this moment, yes, he's standing up, and he's agreeing with the prosecutor about all the things that you've done, and he's agreeing with the prosecutor about the punishment you deserve. But you need to also know that Jesus is saying in this moment, he's standing up in this moment to show that he already took that punishment for you. He already stood up and took all of the condemnation that you deserve. He took it upon your shoulders, so you don't have to worry about that. He begins to comfort us in this way. He says, look, look, watch Jesus right now. Jesus is about to quote Romans 8 that says that therefore there is no condemnation. for those who are in Christ Jesus. So you don't have to worry about that. This is what the advocate does. This is how he comforts us when life seems like we are so lost in it. When we seem confused, he lets us know that we are okay. He allows us to see what's happening. See, it's the helper that allows us to see what Jesus is doing in our life. [00:33:46] (64 seconds)
Because maybe you've been like me, right? Maybe you live your whole Christian walk like me where, you know, like that Ikea furniture, you skip the instructions, right? You are confident that we can walk through this Christian life by ourselves. But now as a result, you find yourself wobbling, right? There's missing pieces. I just want to encourage you guys. Jesus is offering the help that we need. And this help, guys, is not an instruction manual. It's not some distant force, but it's a very present indwelling that's there to walk us through when we're lost. They're there to advocate for us when we don't know what words to say, to speak for us, to speak to us. Guys, the Holy Spirit is the help we need. Jesus is saying, hey, just receive the help I'm giving you. [00:36:55] (52 seconds)
Chatbot
-
I'm an AI bot trained specifically on the sermon from Apr 27, 2025. Do you have any questions about it?