April 19, 2017

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.

The peace God gives us goes much further than peace we can gain from earthly measures…

Having someone stand by you, give you hugs, comfort you with words and generally be there when others are deserting you makes a very big difference to your hope.

Christ wants to make sure we get all of the above and more so we can grow spiritually; so we can have hope where there is no earthly hope.

God’s love for you knows no ends – rest in it and grow in it!

April 18, 2017

John 20:21 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”

One of the first things Christ did on His resurrection was to set in place a way we should spread the Gospel.

Our commission is the same as Jesus laid out to the disciples; to take the truth of what has happened and to tell other people about it.

The Holy Spirit is the one who will work on their hearts to change their spirits; our job is to simply tell people the truth from our hearts.

People will be more willing to believe someone who knows they are telling the truth…

April 17, 2017

Matthew 28:18 And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.

Christ did not come out of the grave telling everyone He was higher than God because He had personally defeated death; instead Jesus declared God the Father had given Him all power.

Jesus is part of the God-Head and not God by Himself. God the Father, God the Son (Jesus) and God the Holy Spirit make up what we know as God.

It is difficult for us to understand and gets in our way of learning when we get bogged down in trying to understand.

Simply believe the words Christ told us and trust fully in Him!

April 16, 2017

Matthew 28:10 Then Jesus said to them, “Do not be afraid. Go and tell My brethren to go to Galilee, and there they will see Me.”

Jesus wanted to make sure people knew He had risen from the grave; not to show off but to make sure people understood He was keeping His promises!

From the initial sighting by Mary to the multitude who saw Him later, we have many witnesses who testified how Jesus came back to life; just as He had promised.

Trusting Christ is not really trusting the unseen because we do have witnesses and we have it all in writing – we just have a society which would rather hide their shame than face it in front of Christ!