Peace Be With You!

(Jn20:19-23)



God is the God of peace (Php4:9).

In Him is peace and peace comes from Him, and

He rules with peace.



Faith is longing for His peace, and

The life of this faith is overcoming the world with the peace of God.



Men put effort to find peace in their hearts by

Seeking religion, psychological therapy or even alcohol, drugs, smoke etc.

This is because life itself is filled with anxieties, worries, and fear.



The peace that the Christian has, however, flows out from his soul and

It is his great power to surpass his circumstances and conditions.



While the Garden where Adam lived was a peaceful environment,

Everything changed in one moment, however,

When he was deceived by the devil and sinned (Ge3:4-5).

The human life thereafter became a continuation of wars:

Wars against poverty, sickness, societies, nations, and even family members.



God brought the Israelites out of their slavery and into the desert,

With the promise of a land of peace (Dt12:10-11).

He gave them commandments and

They were to pray for peace

At the Temple of Jerusalem (Ge22:2, 8, 14; 2Ch3:1).



There were also prophecies about a child born with the name Prince of Peace (Is9:6), and

God's plan to prosper them and not harm them, to give them hope and a future (Jer29:11),

As well as His promise of life and peace (Mal2:5), for all of which they longed.



Yet Jesus said, "Destroy this temple and I will raise it again in three days (Jn2:19), because

Through the death and the resurrection of the temple of His body,

He would give the perfect and eternal peace to all souls for

He is the incarnate Word, the king of Salem, king of peace (He7:2).

But since He was under no physical circumstance to wish peace on any,

He was despised and rejected by men (Is53:2-4).



However, as He died, Jesus said, "It is finished (Jn19:30), declaring that He:

1)     Confessed that peace comes from the Father alone and gave glory to Him (Php2:11);

2)     Condemned the devil, the destroyer (1Jn3:8); and

3)     Paid the price of sickness, sadness and sin in place of men, and gave them peace (Is53:5).



He endured the cross

For the joy set before Him, His resurrection (He12:2).



The Holy Spirit came in the name Yeshua and

Gives to the believer peace like flowing rivers of living water (Jn7:38-39).



The man of the Spirit is

He who possesses the peace of Yeshua (Jn20:19-22), and thus

Endures fear, anxiety and sorrow for the joy set before him (He12:1-3).

He prays for peace for whomever he meets

By preaching the good news of the forgiveness of sin (Jn20:23).



O Lord,

We do not fear death

For we possess this perfect and eternal peace inside our souls!

Let us go out as messengers of Your peace and

Bring this good news of the forgiveness of sin to others! Amen.