WARMING UP: Have we ever had a concern about going off & leaving someone behind?

TREASURES OLD & NEW: Identify God at work in anything this week?

ENTERING INTO THE STORY:
26-27    Is Holy Spirit more our advocate, Jesus' continuing advocate, or both? Is Blake's view (N.4) a help in seeing 'how God works' & the way Holy Spirit continues Jesus' own presence among us? Do we ever send God an SOS for an Advocate, Comforter, etc. when the going gets tough? Only then? What does it mean that the Spirit is the 'Spirit of truth'?

4b-7     How good are we at remembering what Jesus teaches us? If Jesus were to answer that unasked question, 'Where are you going?' what might his answer have been? Do we feel any regret that Jesus left the earth? Wouldn't he be a great  embarrassment to us if he hadn't? Would we rather have a Saviour we could see than an Advocate we can't?

8-11     How was (is) the world wrong about a) sin? b) righteousness? c) judgment? (or alternative words that appear in our translation)? Can we explain what Jesus meant in language we & others can get a handle on today?

12-16   Are there things Jesus still needs to say to us? Are there things we still can't bear to hear? What lies at the heart of truth? Why is truth so important to Jesus? How come it isn't important to many people, including many who govern us, today? What does that say about them, about us, about truth? What on earth has 'glorifying' Jesus got to do with truth?

Given that what Jesus says would happen did happen, do we have a close enough relationship with Jesus for it not to matter whether we see him or not? Are we looking forward to seeing Jesus / God one day? What about now? Does what Jesus says here throw any light on the way we can best think about & experience Holy Spirit?