42 - Bible Commentary | Karuna Sadan

“These things I have spoken to you, that you should not be made to stumble. (John 16:1)

The word prepares us so that we can keep from stumbling.

They will put you out of the synagogues; yes, the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service. (John 16:1-2)

Lord Jesus prophetically was preparing His disciples for what was coming. The words of Jesus are also applicable today.

‘They will put you out of the synagogues’

The true disciples of Jesus would be rejected by the religious establishment of the day. They would be ostracized and excommunicated.

the time is coming that whoever kills you will think that he offers God service

During the Dark Ages, the Crusaders killed untold numbers of Jews and Arabs in the name of God. Even today, there are people trying to help God by killing people in the name of their God.

This is precisely what the Lord spoke of. They think they are offering their God a service. Such are totally deceived by satan.

But when He, the Spirit of Truth (the Truth-giving Spirit) comes, He will guide you into all the Truth (the whole, full Truth). For He will not speak His own message [on His own authority]; but He will tell whatever He hears [from the Father; He will give the message that has been given to Him], and He will announce and declare to you the things that are to come [that will happen in the future]. (John 16:13 Amplified)

The Spirit would remind them of what Jesus had taught them; this gives us the four gospels. The Spirit would also “guide” them into all truth, and this would result in the Epistles. “He will show you things to come” refers to the prophetic Scriptures, especially the book of Revelation.

We do not study the Word of God in order to “argue religion” with people, or to show off our grasp of spiritual things. We study the Word to see Jesus Christ, to know God better, to glorify Him in our lives.

Chapter 16