11-18-2018 – Jesus’ Concluding Words to the Eleven about Love and Peace

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11-18-2018

Jesus’ Concluding Words to the Eleven about Love and Peace

John 16:25-33

Read John 16:25-27... Jesus reiterated what He had told these guys (cf John 14:25, 28-29; 15:20; 16:1).
Jesus used metaphors and enigmatic language that appeared confusing to these guys (cf John 16:17-18).
See Mark 9:9-10, 31-32... See John 2:19, 22...
Jesus reminds them (John 16:25b-27) of John 16:23-24, adding that the Father loves them as His own children, because they love Jesus.
God’s children can pray directly to the Father; we can (cf Hebrews 4:16; 10:19) come before the throne of God and receive mercy, because of Jesus Christ.
When Jesus cried out “it is finished,” all were able to come into God’s presence through Jesus (cf John 14:6).
Through Jesus Christ the Father loves you as parent loves their child., with unconditional love.
Read John 16:28-32... Jesus came from the Father and He is going back to the Father (see John 1:1-3, 14).
Jesus died for the sins of the world, all who repent and believe in Him are saved (cf John 1:29; 3:16; 6:38-39).
Jesus showed us the Father (cf John 1:18; 14:7). Jesus came to save sinners (Mark 10:45; 1Timothy
1:15; 1John 4:9, 14).
It seems (John 16:29-30) these guys are beginning to understand, that Jesus came from God, why He came, and why He must go back.
Jesus asks, “Do you now believe?” Then tells them how they will scatter, when He is arrested and taken away; but the Father will be with Jesus, through it all, except when sin’s punishment is poured out on Him.
Matthew 27:46, “About the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice, saying, ‘Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani?’ that is, ‘My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?’”
Habakkuk 1:13, “Your eyes are too pure to approve evil, And You can not look on wickedness with favor.”
2Corinthians 5:21, “He made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.”
Galatians 3:13, “Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us—for it is written, ‘Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree’”
1Peter 2:24, “He Himself bore our sins in His body on the cross, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness; for by His wounds you were healed.”
1Peter 3:18, “Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.”
Read John 16:33... Earlier (cf John 14:25-29) Jesus told them He would give them His peace.
Colossians 3:15, “Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.”
Philippians 4:7, “the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
They will have hard times in this world, but Jesus has overcome the world - defeating sin, death, and judgment.
Jesus tells His disciples (John 16:27) they are dearly loved by the Father because they love the Son; they will have the God’s peace to rule in their hearts and to guard their minds, and through Christ the Lord, they overcome sin, death, judgment, and the world.
1John 4:4, “You are from God, little children, and have overcome them; because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.”
1John 5:4-5, "For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?”