Episode 245: John 16

Today's meditation is on John Chapter 16

Jesus warned about the difficult times that would come so that I would not surrender to confusion or doubt and abandon my faith. He warned that I may be expelled from church and that there will be those who think they are doing a holy service for God by killing believers like me. But that's because they do not truly know Father God or Jesus. When these things happen, I will remember his warnings. 

I can only imagine how difficult it must have been for his disciples to believe that it was better for Jesus to go away. They walked with him during his ministry. They sat at his feet while he taught them. They personally witnessed many miracles of healings, demons being cast out, the dead being raised. 

But he had to leave so the Divine Encourager, Holy Spirit, could be released. Holy Spirit convicts the world of its sin, by exposing sin and proving God's righteousness and his judgment. The greatest sin of the world, is it's refusal to believe in Jesus. But he made righteousness available to me because he returned to Father God. Judgment has come because satan, the ruler of this world, has already been judged.

The Spirit of truth guides me into all truth, unveiling the reality of every truth within me. He doesn't speak on his own but tells me what he has heard. He reveals prophetically to me what is to come. He brings Jesus glory by telling me whatever he receives from Jesus. All that belongs to the Father belongs to Jesus. 

I can hardly bear what happened to him. When I read the scriptures of his torture, his crucifixion, and his death, my heart aches and it brings me to tears. He suffered all of that for me. And yet, the world rejoiced. 

But although I grieve the manner of his death, my grief turns to wonderful joy because that wasn't the end. Like suffering labor pains, once the child is born, the mother's anguish gives way to joy because she has brought a new life into the world. But I will see Jesus and spend eternity with him. So I rejoice, and no one can rob me of that joy. 

I don't need to ask Jesus for anything. He has removed the separation and restored me to right standing with God.  Now I can go directly to the Father and ask him for anything I desire and he will give it to me, because of my relationship with Jesus. I ask, using his name, and I receive, and I have abundant joy with no limits.

During his earthly ministry, Jesus spoke of these matters in figures of speech, but now he has told us plainly all about the Father. When I pray, I ask in Jesus' name. He doesn't ask the Father on my behalf, because Father God himself loves me dearly because I love Jesus and believe that he came from God. Jesus came from the Father into the world, and when his work was finished, he left the world and returned to the Father.

I am never alone because God is always with me. Everything Jesus taught was so that the peace which is in him will be in me and will give me great confidence as I rest in him. Even though I live in a cursed earth and have trials and sorrows, I am courageous, for Jesus has conquered the world.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing. 

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