[Discoveries] 02-02-07 It means peace

[Inspiration in Your Inbox]

/*"Peace be with you!" -- John 20:19*/

These are the first words of Jesus to His gathered disiciples after His 
resurrection.

Here they are -- gathered together in secret for fear that the 
authorities will find them and crucify them, bewildered and overcome 
with sorrow that their Messiah had been killed, alarmed at reports that 
His body was no longer in the grave. They had given their lives to 
Jesus, and now Jesus was gone and they had no idea how to pick up the 
threads of a life that no longer existed.

And now, the last thing they expected. Jesus Himself was standing among 
them. The laws of the universe had been turned upside down. The 
inconceivable had happened. Jesus was alive. How do you take this in? 
What does it mean?

Jesus interprets this startling event for us: It means peace.

It means that Jesus is greater and stronger than those who put men to 
death. He is the author of life. No weapon forged against us can 
prosper. It means the life Jesus gives is much greater than the life we 
lost. It means that all our bad news now has a happy ending. God's wrath 
is turned away. It means peace.

Be encouraged!
Dwight


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