Alright, let's open our Bibles
to the book of Zechariah chapter 12. Zechariah chapter 12. I know that most of you, if not
all of you, who have been studying through the Minor Prophets with
us in our evening services, that I don't have to tell you that
the truth of the Old Testament as it is in Christ is as relevant
for us today as it was for them back then. But once in a while
you come upon a passage of scripture that is so glaringly convincing
of that fact, and this is one of them in Zechariah chapter
12 beginning at verse 9 and 10. I've entitled this message, The
Spirit of Grace and Supplications. the spirit of grace and supplications. Zechariah the prophet has been
delivering the message of God to the people of his day, but
it's a message of God for us too today. It's a message of
Christ, the glory of Christ, the glory of his person. Who
is Jesus Christ? Well, there's no doubt that it
was told plainly And clearly, and often in the Old Testament
as well as the New, that this One who is our Redeemer and our
Lord is God and man in one person. He's the God-man. He is Emmanuel,
God with us. And then also the glory of His
finished, effectual, powerful work of redemption on the cross. His name is Jesus, for he shall
save his people from their sins. Zechariah has been talking about
a day. In chapter 12 alone, this last
message of Zechariah called the burden of the word of the Lord
here, back up in verse one, extends on to the end of the book, chapter
14. But he's been talking about a
day throughout this chapter and he continues talking about that
day. In fact, chapter 13 and verse 1 starts out in that day.
What day is he talking about? The day of the Lord. He's talking
about the day of the coming of Christ, which would be the beginning
of the last days, the final era of time, segment of time that
God would be dealing with this earth before Christ would come
again. and gather his people unto himself
and change us in the twinkling of an eye that we would be like
him perfectly in every way. Before that time that he would
come and bring judgment on his enemies, all who are found without
Christ, nothing more terrible than that. In that day, as I
said in the first nine verses, it's a day of security in Christ. That's what it is. a day in which
we who are in him stand secure and without any, any fear from
the law. We fear the Lord, but that's
a fear of reverence. That's a fear of respect. But
we have no fear from the law because we stand in Christ. We
stand washed in his blood and clothed in his righteousness.
And then beginning in verses nine and 10, he speaks of a day
of repentance. This is the spirit of grace and
supplications, the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit was just as active
in the Old Testament as He is in the New Testament. He did
the same great work in the Old Testament of giving redeemed
sinners life, even though that redemption had not yet been accomplished
on earth, because that wasn't until the actual death of Christ
on Calvary. God sent the Spirit to give life
to His elect people. because it was always by promise
so sure and certain that Christ would come and fulfill that great
condition that great transaction of dying for the sins of his
people and so I contend that that our dear brother Abel was
a sinner saved by the grace of God chosen of God before the
foundation of the world, redeemed by the blood of Christ, even
though it was made effectual to him before it actually happened
in time. But that's the way God does things. Remember 1 Corinthians
1, God, he calls things that are not nothing as if they were. In other words, when God makes
a decree, when God makes a promise, it's a done deal. And that doesn't deny the fact
that Christ had to come in time. and actually fulfill that work.
He did. But God gave Abel life, justified
Abel and gave Abel, our dear brother Abel, life, spiritual
life in his day. But here we have a promise that's
a special promise. Let's read it. He says in verse
9, and it shall come to pass, Zechariah 12 verse 9, it shall
come to pass in that day that I will seek to destroy all the
nations that come against Jerusalem We saw the two applications of
that. Under the old covenant, it applied to national Israel
and the nations that stood against them, they are perished. But
as it's fulfilled eternally and spiritually in the heavenly Jerusalem,
the church of the Lord Jesus Christ, all who stand against
Christ and against his truth, against his gospel, against his
church shall be destroyed. The Bible teaches that. But he
says this, he makes a distinction. Now this is God's distinction.
This is God's sovereign electing grace, right here. He says in
verse 10, and I will pour upon the house of David and upon the
inhabitants of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications. And they shall look upon me whom
they have pierced. There's no doubt who that's talking
about. That's talking about the Lord Jesus Christ and him crucified. He was pierced through the side
on the cross. But this is emblematic here,
whom they pierced, whom we crucified. And they shall mourn for him
as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness
for him as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn. That's the
spirit of grace and supplications. And in that day, look at verse
11, in that day shall there be a great mourning in Jerusalem
as the morning of Hadad Rimmon in the valley of Megiddon. I'll
tell you about that in just a moment. So it's going to be a morning
of all of Jerusalem, all without exception. So whoever he's talking
about now, nobody's left out. What's he talking about? He's
talking about salvation coming to spiritual Israel, God's elect
out of every tribe, kindred, tongue, and nation, spiritual
Jews. Remember what Paul wrote in Romans 2, 28. He is not a
Jew which is one outwardly, but he is a Jew which is one inwardly.
And circumcision is not that which is of the flesh made with
hands, but that which is of the heart. What he's talking about
here is circumcision of the heart. He's talking about the work of
the Holy Spirit in that day in the new birth. giving sinners
life, bringing them to see the glory of Christ, bringing us
to faith in Christ and repentance of dead works and idolatry. That's
what he's talking about. You say, well, why does he say
in that day, hadn't he been sending the Holy Spirit to do that great
work all along in the Old Testament? The issue here is one of the
greatness of it and the fullness of it to all people. One old
writer said it's like a conduit. In the Old Testament, we see
very few of the, very little of this happening here and there.
But when Christ comes in that day and does his great work and
sends out his spirit in that great outpouring, it's gonna
be like, it's gonna break forth like a flood. And that's the
difference. That's the outpouring. He says
in verse 12, look at this. He says, in the land shall mourn
every family apart, the family of the house of David apart,
and their wives apart, the family of the house of Nathan apart,
and their wives apart, and the family of the house of Levi apart,
and their wives apart, the family of Shimei or Simeon apart, and
their wives apart. He uses these names here. as
emblems of the various ones whom God has chosen. And he says in
verse 14, all the families that remain, every family apart and
their wives apart. Now, what does that mean? Well,
what he's saying here is that this spirit of grace and supplications
is going to come to individuals. In other words, this is not God
dealing with a nation. This is God dealing with you
personally, individually. This is a matter that's between
you and the Lord. You husbands, your wives can't
do it for you. You wives, your husbands can't
do it for you. You see, under the old covenant,
and even before the old covenant in the patriarchal system, The
heads of the family represented the whole family and was the
leader of the whole family in the ways of the Lord under that
law. But this is not gonna be that
kind of covenant. This is something that you as
an individual are responsible and accountable for to deal with
God when it comes to seeing your sins and mourning over your sins
and seeing Christ. You see what I'm saying? So every
family apart. No, this is not going to be a
nation, a family, this is you and God. This is where you have
to come to. When you stand before God at
the judgment, you stand alone. But my friend, if you're in Christ,
you don't stand alone, do you? You stand in Him. And that's
what he's saying. Well, let's look at this. Now,
the spirit of grace and supplications, in contrast here to the ones
in verse 9 who are going to be destroyed, he says, the church,
the people of God, the elect of God will be recipients of
God's free, unmerited, unearned grace in Christ. The Holy Spirit
will come to them. And by His powerful, invincible
work, bring them under the preaching of the gospel, And he will bestow
and apply and reveal the grace of God to them. That's what he's
saying. And how does he do it? Under
the preaching of the gospel. James 1 and verse 18 talks about
being begotten again by the word of God. This is one of the most
remarkable prophecies in the Bible because there's no way
to explain it apart from the incarnation, death, and resurrection
of Christ, one who is both God and man. And the Holy Spirit
proceeds forth from the Father and the Son as the fruit and
effect and the result of Christ's work of redemption. All whom
God chose, all whom Christ redeemed, shall be recipients of this Spirit,
the Holy Spirit of grace and supplications. They shall be
born again. That's what the Scripture teaches. The finished work of Christ on
the cross, issued forth in His own resurrection, His own life,
and then in his ascension under glory. And what was his first
act as our exalted sovereign king? It was the outpouring of
his Holy Spirit as the spirit of grace and supplications. The
outpouring, see that's what he says here in verse 10. I will
pour upon the house of Israel. In other words, it's gonna be
a massive outpouring of the grace of, of the spirit of grace and
supplications. upon the house of Israel, the
house of David. And it's going to include both
Jew and Gentile. Now let me show you where this
prophecy is stated in the book of Joel. Look back at Joel chapter
2. We've read this before. This is the same prophecy in
Zechariah that Joel spoke of in Joel 2 and verse 28. And he's
speaking of a day that will come. In Joel 2, that's just back a
few pages, right before the book of Amos, and right after the
book of Hosea. In Joel 2 and verse 28, he says,
Now Joel is a little more specific. He
says, upon all flesh, that's all nations, not just one nation. And he says, I will pour out
my spirit upon all flesh and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young
men shall see visions. And this is all in accordance
with the word of God. And I'll show you how it's connected
here now. He says, and also upon the servants and upon the handmaids
in those days will I pour out my spirit. That's all classes
of people. Not just one class. And I will
show wonders in the heavens and in the earth, blood and fire
and pillars of smoke. You see, now this is all symbolic
language. The sun shall be turned into
darkness and the moon into blood before the great and terrible
day of the Lord come. What day is he talking about?
Well, hold on. He says, and it shall come to pass that whosoever
will call on the name of the Lord shall be delivered, shall
be saved. For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem
shall be deliverance as the Lord hath said, and in the remnant
whom the Lord shall call. That's the remnant according
to the election of grace. It's connected with one day. What day? Look back at Zechariah
12 and look at verse 10 again. Now listen to this, this is important.
everything about this prophecy and everything about this spirit
of grace and supplications. And the reason this is so important
is this shows us how we can determine and know the true work of the
Holy Spirit and not a lying spirit. You know, have you ever asked
yourself, could I be deceived? Could I be fooled? The feelings
that I have. You know, a lot of people, how
do they judge the presence and the power of the Holy Spirit?
You know, they'll say, well, I just feel the Spirit. Let me
tell you something, that's a dangerous thing. And I'm not opposed to
feelings now, don't get me wrong. But you don't judge the presence
and the power of the Holy Spirit by feelings. And if you do, you're
not being scriptural. You're not being Christ-like.
All right, look at it back in Zechariah 12 and verse 10. It
says, and I will pour upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants
of Jerusalem the spirit of grace and of supplications. And then
you see that colon there? In other words, he says, I'm
gonna explain what I mean. And he says, and they shall look
upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him.
Everything about this spirit of grace and supplication is
connected with, based upon, and built around Christ and Him crucified
and risen again. It's what the Spirit's all about.
The Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, His work in us,
is founded upon, grounded upon, issued forth from, centered around,
and has as his goal to bring us to a saving knowledge and
love and value for Christ and Him crucified. Everything he
does in us, faith, the gift of God, it's not what we have by
nature. Faith is not the result of a
preacher and an organist and a pianist singing a hymn that
fans a spark of emotion or goodness within us, that's not faith,
that's not the Holy Spirit. Everything he does in us, repentance,
that's the gift of God. That great change of mind and
heart that brings a sinner to Christ. Everything he does in
us, shedding abroad within our hearts, our minds, affections,
and will, the love of God in Christ. It's founded right here. They shall look upon me, Christ,
whom they have pierced and shall mourn. And let me tell you something,
any knowledge or any feeling or any activity that you attribute
to the Spirit that is not grounded right here is not the Holy Spirit
of God. Now we read that back in the
book of Joel, turn over to Acts chapter two with me. Peter, in
his sermon at Pentecost, And I believe that this is exactly
what Zechariah 12 is talking about in that day, beginning to be fulfilled here
in Acts chapter 2 at Pentecost, which is the fulfillment that
Peter, he quoted right here from the prophecy of Joel, and he
says in verse 14, now what happened there, Peter stood up, he and
the others had been preaching the gospel, And both Jews and
Gentiles were brought to a saving knowledge of Christ, and by the
power of the Holy Spirit, they began speaking the gospel in
other languages. That's what happened. They weren't
speaking gibberish. They weren't speaking some kind
of an unintelligible, not understandable heavenly language. They were
speaking in words which men of different nationalities, men
and women of different nationalities, could hear what they were saying.
And what they were saying and preaching was the gospel of God's
grace in Christ. They were pointing sinners to
Christ. And the people who were around there looked at them and
said, they said, well, these fellows are drunk. Listen to
them. They can't even talk. And Peter
stood up, look at verse 14, he says, but Peter standing up with
the 11 lifted up his voice and said unto them, you men of Judea
and all ye that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known unto you and hearken
to my words for these are not drunken as you suppose, seeing
it is but the third hour of the day. Some old smart aleck said,
well, Peter's saying it's not yet time to get drunk. No, that's
not what he's saying. He's saying that would be out
of character even for a drunk. But look at verse 16, he says,
but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Joel, and it shall
come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh. and your sons and your daughters
shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your
old men shall dream dreams. And all my servants and all my
handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my spirit, and
they shall prophesy, and I will show wonders in heaven above,
and signs in the earth beneath, blood and fire, and vapor of
smoke. The sun shall be turned to darkness, the moon to blood,
before the great and notable day of the Lord come, and it
shall come to pass that whosoever shall call on the name of the
Lord shall be saved. Now Zechariah reveals to us that
all of that is going to come in light of the Holy Spirit bringing
sinners to conviction. The spirit of grace and supplications
bringing sinners to conviction. How? By looking upon him whom
we have pierced and mourning for him as if we were mourning
over the death of our only son. Think about that. And what are
they going to do? He says they're going to call
upon the name of the Lord. How do sinners call upon the
name of the Lord and be saved? Well, that's said all the way
back in the Old Testament. Our brother Abel showed us how
to call upon the name of the Lord. What do you do? You bring
the blood of the Lamb. You come to Christ. Abraham,
when he was getting ready to call upon the name of the Lord,
what did he do? He built an altar and he sacrificed. That's how
you call upon the name of the Lord. And that's what Peter essentially
tells them. That's the spirit of grace and
supplications. And this is all the fruit and
the result of the redemptive work of Christ. Now turn to Galatians
chapter 3. Here's another fulfillment or
commentary on the fulfillment of this. In Galatians chapter
3. And here it's in the context
of unregenerate, unbelieving Jews who had crept into the churches
of Galatia and were trying to bring Gentiles under the law
for salvation, for righteousness, for holiness. And you remember
what Paul told them, he says, you foolish Galatians, who's
put, you know, there in Galatians 3.1, do you ever, you know this
in the original, do you know how this would read originally?
Old foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you? It would read
this way, oh, you fools from Galatia, who has put a spell
on you? That's what it would read literally.
It's like somebody's put a spell on you. And you remember he told
him, he says, you that desire to be under the law, don't you
hear it? What does the law say to a sinner? It says, guilty,
you deserve to die. But look in verse 13. He says,
Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law. How? Being
made or having been made a curse for us. He was made sin, Christ
who knew no sin. He came under the curse. Let
me tell you something. Christ was never in any way made
a sinner. Don't let anybody ever tell you
that. But he was made sin. And he was
actually guilty. He was really and actually guilty
under the law of God for our sins charged to him, accounted
to him. So that we could be actually
righteous under the law for his righteousness accounted to us.
He was made a curse. That's right. He went under the
curse of the law. Cursed is everyone. That continues
not in all things which are written in the book of the law. He kept
the law perfectly, but we didn't. and our sins were charged to
him. And it says, as it is written, cursed is everyone that hangeth
on a tree. Look at verse 14. Now look, that the blessing of
Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, that we
might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith. That's
the fulfillment of it. Now turn back to John chapter
16. This is what Brother Stan read. Now the work of the Holy
Spirit in us, as I've said, is necessary for salvation. Christ
said that to Nicodemus in John chapter 3. He said you must. He didn't say you might. He didn't
say maybe you will be. He says you must be born again. Or you can't see, which means
understand the kingdom of heaven. You cannot enter the kingdom
of heaven. Listen, listen. If you go through this whole
life without having experienced the second birth, the new birth,
the miraculous, invincible work of the Holy Spirit in the new
birth, you will perish. That's right. You must be born
again. Now, how that comes about, we know this from the scripture.
It comes about by sovereign work of God the Spirit through the
word of God. the word of life. That's how
it comes about. I don't try to analyze it too
much as far as the actual operations of the spirit. I say this, in
the Bible it teaches he gives us spiritual life. How do I know
spiritual life? I can't put my finger on it.
I can't bottle it up. I can't box it up. I can't give
you a real good definition of it to be honest with you because
the Bible doesn't. Some men do. But I know this,
he gives us a knowledge that we didn't have before. And that
knowledge comes in the form of conviction. You know, there are
things you know that you don't think about all the time. I've
often used the example of H2O, the air that we breathe, and
H2O, the water that we drink. And it's made up of hydrogen.
You know without hydrogen you couldn't live. You know that,
don't you? But you don't go around thinking about hydrogen all day.
I don't think you do unless you're some kind of a chemist or physicist
or something. So there are things you know
that you don't think about all the time. There are things you
know that you're really not that interested in. There are things
you know that you're not really passionate about. Isn't that
right? There are some things I know I'm not really passionate
about. But you see, when the Holy Spirit comes and gives you
this knowledge, there's a conviction now. And this conviction is such
that you can't get away from it. Something you didn't know
and didn't believe before, but you know it and believe it now
because you have ears to hear, that's spiritual life, eyes to
see, that's spiritual sight. You have a new heart, the scripture
says. It says that in the book of Ezekiel,
chapter 36, one time. We have a new heart. A new mind,
a new affections, a new will, that's spiritual life. And you're
convicted about something that you weren't convicted about before.
Now, what is that? Well, look at John 16. Now, the
first thing he says, look at verse 7, he's talking to his
disciples. And he says in verse 7 of John 16, he says, nevertheless,
I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I go away. Now what's
going on here? Well, he's going away. Where's
he going? Where is he going? Well, he's
going to Jerusalem. But he wasn't going there for
a vacation, was he? He wasn't going there for a respite.
He was going there to die on the cross. He's going away. Where's he going to? He's going
to the cross to die. He's going to be buried. He's
going to be resurrected the third day and then he's going to ascend
unto the Father. I'm going away. So what's he
talking about when he says, I must go away? He's talking about his
death, his burial, his resurrection. He's talking about his redemptive
work on the cross. Same thing Zechariah's talking
about. He whom we have pierced, all right? Now he says, it's
expedient for you that I go away. What's that expedient mean? It
means it's necessary that I do this. This is not an option. This is not, as some preachers
will tell you today, just one way that God could have done
it. He could have done it other ways, but he just chose it. No,
no, this is the only way of salvation. This is the only way of redemption
for a sinner like me and you. This is the only way that righteousness
could be established. He must do his work on the cross.
He must die in my stead. And he says this, now listen,
he says, for if I go not away, the comforter, now that word
comforter means advocate, Christ is our advocate before the Father,
that's his legal advocacy, pleading the merits of his blood and righteousness,
but he's talking about another comforter here. He says that
over in John 14, another comforter, one of the same kind, one of
the same nature, he is God. And he says, if I go not away,
the comforter will not come unto you. But if I depart, I will
send him unto you. Now what's he teaching? He's
teaching us that the work of the Holy Spirit as a comforter
is based upon and grounded upon the work of Christ as the Redeemer. One is the ground, the other
is the result. You see, the work of the Holy
Spirit in us is not the completion of what Christ started on the
cross and didn't finish. His work on the cross is a finished
work. Didn't he say that in John 19
and verse 30? What did he say? Anybody know? John 19 and verse
30. It is what? It's finished. It's completed. Christ is the end of the law. Romans 10 for that word end is
the same word as finished in John 19, 30. He's the finishing
of the law for righteousness to everyone that believe. So
the work of the Holy Spirit in us is not completing what Christ
started and didn't finish. The work of the Holy Spirit in
us is the fruit, the result of what Christ finished. And our
Lord said that in John chapter 12, the corn of wheat, the seed
of wheat found the ground and died, and then life sprung up. All right. So the work of the
Holy Spirit is the fruit and result of what Christ finished
on the cross. Now what does he do? Well, verse
eight, and when he has come, he will reprove. That word reprove
means to convince. convict. It means to settle in
your mind to where you can't get away from it. You'll see
there's no other way here. There's no other truth. There's
no rival to this. And he will uncover things that
you haven't seen before. He will reprove the world of
sin and of righteousness and of judgment. Three things there.
sin, righteousness, and judgment. And who's he going to reprove?
The world. Now, why does he say the world? Does that mean every
individual without exception? No. How do you know that? Because every individual without
exception is not convinced. I'm going to tell you something.
If God the Holy Spirit comes to convince you, you will be
convinced. Mark it down. You'll see no other
option. Now three things of sin, look
at verse 9. Of sin, because they believe not on me. Now some people
say, well that's talking about the sin of unbelief. Well it
is. But it's more than that. It's talking about the fact that
the Holy Spirit will come and show me what a sinner I am. My depravity. My inability. my deservedness of death and
hell based on my best efforts to keep the law. How's that? Because they believe not on me.
In other words, here's what he's saying. The Holy Spirit is gonna
convince his people that without Christ, we're nothing but sin. Now mark it down. My friend,
if I don't have Christ, All I have is sin and all I am is sin. Do you understand that? Because
they believe not on me. Without Christ, that which is
not of faith, what's the scripture say is what? Sin. Because they
believe not on me. Without Christ, I have no righteousness. I have no forgiveness. I have
nothing to recommend me unto God without Christ. So that's
how he's going, even the best of us now, understand that now,
even the most religious, the most new and the most improved,
the most reformed, without Christ, you're nothing but sin. I'm nothing
but sin and deserve nothing but death and will get nothing but
death, eternal death without Christ. That's what he convinced. I must have Christ. That's why
Paul wrote in Philippians chapter three, all that I may know him
and be found in him. Not having my own righteousness,
which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of
Christ. All right, secondly, verse 10 of John 60, of righteousness
because I go to my father and you see me no more. Now what
does that mean? Well, how did Christ go to his
father? Well, he came and he died on
the cross. What did he do? He was made sin. Our sins charged
to him. He put those sins away and he
established righteousness. He went unto his father. He died,
was buried, was resurrected, and he ascended unto the father
as the victorious redeemer who had redeemed all his people from
their sins, who had established righteousness for his people. If he hadn't finished the work,
he couldn't go to his father. Did you know that? But the fact
that he finished the work and redeemed his sheep and put our
sins away and established the one righteousness whereby God
could be just and justified, he went unto the Father as the
representative, as the mediator, as the high priest of his people
to appear before the Father for us. And so what he's saying here
is the Holy Spirit's going to convince me that I have no righteousness
but Christ. His righteousness imputed, charged,
accounted to me, is my only justification before God. It's all that he
did. And then verse 11, of judgment
because the prince of this world is judged. Now this judgment
here is connected with the prince of this world being judged. Who's
that? That's Satan. When was the prince of this world
judged, cast down? John chapter 12. Christ said,
now is the prince of this world cast out. What's he talking about? Talking about his death on the
cross. What happened on the cross? Christ took our sins, drank damnation
dry, paid the debt in full. And in that, the prince of this
world is judged. How is he judged? Well, what
does he do? What is he called? In Revelation
chapter 12 he's called the devil. What does the devil mean? It
means adversary. It means the accuser of the brethren. What does he do? He goes around
day and night accusing the brethren. He's judged though. His accusations
will not fall on us. Why? Because Christ died on the
cross. Our sins were judged in Christ
on the cross. Our sins were put away. Our hell
was exhausted on Calvary's cross. And therefore we can say, who
shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect? It's God that
justifies. Who can condemn us? Even the
prince of this world, the accuser of the brethren can't accuse
me. I have a righteousness that answers the demands of God's
law and justice. And I'm in Christ. I'm washed
in his blood. I'm clothed in his righteousness.
My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
And I dare not trust the sweetest frame but wholly lean on Jesus'
name. On Christ the solid rock I stand. All other ground is
sinking sand. You see, I don't have anything
to fear at judgment because I stand in Christ. And that's holy spirit
conviction. Now read on and I'll close. He
says in verse 12, he said, I have yet many things to say unto you,
but you cannot bear them now. How about, how be it when he,
the spirit of truth, Christ said, I am the way, the truth and the
life. No man cometh under the father, but by me. Spirit of
truth has come. He will guide you in all truth
for he shall not speak of himself. But whatsoever he shall hear,
that shall he speak, and he will show you things to come. And
here's the key. Look at verse 14. He shall glorify me. That's what he does. My friend,
if it's the spirit of grace and supplications, I'll tell you
who's going to get the glory. Christ is. Not you. Not me. He's
going to bring you as a sinner to appeal to God through Christ.
That's spirit of supplications there. He shall glorify me, for
he shall receive of mine and shall show it unto you. Look
back at Zechariah 12. Now all of this, all of this
is the result of what Christ accomplished on Calvary. In verse
11, he said, In that day there shall be a great morning in Jerusalem
as the morning of Hadad-rimmon in the valley of Megiddon. That
refers historically to two times that Israel as a nation was in
great mourning. One is recorded in the book of
Judges, chapter 20. You can read about it. It was
over the destruction of the Benjamites at the Rock of Rimen, and they
mourned. The whole nation mourned. The
second one was when King Josiah, who was a godly king, one of
the few godly kings of Judah, he was a beloved king. and he
was killed in the valley of Megiddo. It's recorded in 2 Kings chapter
23. And what he's talking about here,
that great mourning that Israel as a nation went through over
those two historical events will not even be compared to the mourning
of his people, the heavenly Israel, heavenly Jerusalem, when they
look upon him whom we have pierced. And it's not a general mourning.
It's not a national mourning, as I said. It's between you and
God. That's the issue, the spirit
of grace and supplications. All right.