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When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place
Children’s Sermon: Hi kids!
Do you know which animal they say is man’s best friend?
[Dog] Anyone know what kind of dog this is?
(St Bernard - 1091-1153?).
Big aren’t they?
Saint Bernard dogs indeed were strong enough to walk through deep snow drifts and had a good sense of smell to track travelers.
The Saint Bernard dogs were quite amazing in their work.
They were sent in packs of two or three.
There are reports of them digging to find buried bodies, but if the stranded travelers were found to be alive, one dog would provide warmth while the other went to get help.
That’s a pretty amazing dog, isn’t it?
It is said that the Saint Bernard dogs were quite amazing in their work.
They were sent in packs of two or three.
There are reports of them digging to find buried bodies, but if the stranded travelers were found to be alive, one dog would provide warmth while
Sometimes people say the dog is man’s best friend; they’re loyal, helpful, and they can even save lives, but in the Bible today we see that God is our best friend.
Jesus calls him the “Helper” today in the Bible.
Jesus said, “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name...will (remind you of everything) I’ve said to you.” ().
Without God the Holy Spirit’s help, we wouldn’t know anything about God’s love and about the way Jesus took our sins away.
Jesus died a long time ago in a faraway place.
The Holy Spirit is the one who brings us to Jesus so that we can have God’s love and forgiveness.
“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name...will bring to your remembrance (remind you of) all that I have said to you.” ().
Without God the Holy Spirit’s help, we wouldn’t know anything about God’s love and about the way Jesus took our sins away.
We wouldn’t know the story of Jesus.
Can you imagine that?
There are a lot of people out there who don’t know Jesus at all, but you do.
How about as you grow older?
Do you think you will need as much help doing things?
Without the Holy Spirit we wouldn’t know the story of Jesus.
Can you imagine that?
There are a lot of people out there who don’t know Jesus at all, but you do.
How about as you grow older?
Do you think you will need as much help doing things?
Like getting dressed, getting a ride to church, getting your supper tonight, cleaning your clothes.
Right now Mom & Dad help you with those things.
Some day you’ll be on your own.
Introduction
The older we grow the more we can do for ourselves.
Do you think you will still need the Holy Spirit to be your Helper when you get old?
Like a Saint Bernard God keeps our faith warm by his Word.
Without Him our faith would grow cold and die.
We need God and his Word to keep our faith growing strong and showing us the way to heaven.
Just like those travelers losing their way through the snowy mountains, we would lose our way to heaven.
Let’s pray to God and thank Him for sending us his Helper, the Holy Spirit.
[After prayer ask who’s man’s best friend?
(Dog) Ask: what’s dog spelled backwards?
(God!) God is our best friend!!]
Like a Saint Bernard God keeps our faith warm by his Word.
Without God and his Word our hearts would grow cold and our faith would freeze, just like those travelers through the snowy mountains.
Let’s pray and thank God for sending us his Helper.
“The Helper,” Based on
We’re talking about the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Trinity today.
Jesus calls him the “Helper” in our text for today.
The word Jesus uses for “Helper” is παράκλητος.
It’s actually is a compound word (it’s a word made up of two words together), one means “to call” and the other means “next to,” or “along side of.”
Put it together and it means “call along side of.”
Nice picture of God, isn’t it?
Someone who comes along side you, who calls you next to himself, and speaks to you.
He’s your Helper.
He’s your Helper.
The Holy Spirit actually goes by different names in Scripture…
The Holy Spirit actually goes by different names in Scripture…
“the Eternal Spirit” (, ie.
‘the unending spirit’ or ‘the spirit that never ceases’)
“the Spirit of Truth” (, ie.
‘the Spirit who communicates truth’ (sometimes rendered as ‘the Spirit that communicates the truth about God’)
“the Spirit of life” (, ie.
‘the Spirit who brings life’ or ‘the Spirit that causes people to live’)
“the Spirit of sonship”(, ie.
‘the Spirit who makes us sons of God’ or ‘the Spirit that causes us to become God’s sons’)
“Spirit of grace” (, ie.
‘the Spirit who bestows God’s grace in all its various forms upon us’)
“Spirit of wisdom & revelation” ( ,ie.
‘the Spirit who gives wisdom/reveals God’ or ‘causes us to become wise & shows us what God is like’ (or ‘… who God truly is’)
“Helper” ()
All the different names emphasize the fact that the Holy Spirit is a personal God that does things for us.
Just the Father and the Son who have many different names reminding us of all they do for us, the Holy Spirit is a personal God that does many things for us, too.
To make this a little more personal for you, I’d like to lay a theological term on you: [organon leptikon] or [organon receptivum].
Which is Latin for “receiving organ.”
When’s the last time you ever thought of your faith that way, like an organ of your body.
Just like you have a heart or a liver or kidney, you have something called faith, and it’s like this organ that allows you to receive blessings from God, forgiveness, life and salvation.
Like an umbilical chord is needed to bring nutrients and blood to the organs of an infant in the womb, we need a connection to God to bring us blessings from him.
All the different names emphasize the fact that the Holy Spirit is a personal God that does things for us.
Just the Father and the Son who have many different names reminding us of all they do for us, the Holy Spirit is a personal God that does many things for us, too.
To make this a little more personal for you, I’d like to ask you a question...
[organon leptikon] or [organon receptivum].
Which is Latin for “receiving organ.”
When’s the last time you ever thought of your faith that way, like an organ of your body.
Just like you have a heart or a liver or kidney, you have something called faith, and it’s like this organ that allows you to receive blessings from God, forgiveness, life and salvation.
Like an umbilical chord is needed to bring nutrients and blood to the organs of an infant in the womb, we need a connection to God to bring us blessings from him.
When’s the last time you ever thought of your faith as an
Like any other organ, you want your faith, this organ that receives life and blessings from God to be healthy, just like any other organ, don’t you?
You want to know when and if something’s wrong with it.
Years ago before the X-ray, CAT scans or exploratory surgery, people couldn’t see if there was a defect with a valve or muscle in your heart, things like a broken bone, or cancerous spot on their lungs.
Nowadays though, we can see these things, even in three dimensions if we want to.
Looking inside your spiritual life though, is a different matter.
How do you know how your faith, your spiritual life is doing?
That’s where the Holy Spirit comes in.
He’s the “Helper.”
He helps us see these invisible things by showing them to us in his Word and convincing us of these truths.
Jesus said the Spirit would help in this way: (v.26) “he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you.”
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