{"id":359,"date":"2024-07-24T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/?p=359&2024"},"modified":"2024-07-22T18:00:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-23T00:00:17","slug":"god-given-peace-john-14-15-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/gospeladventure\/god-given-peace-john-14-15-31\/","title":{"rendered":"God-Given Peace: John 14:15-31"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"spoiler spoiler-style-2\"><div class=\"spoiler-title\">Focus Passage: John 14:15-31 (GW)<\/div><div class=\"spoiler-content\"><p><sup>15\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cIf you love me, you will obey my commandments. <sup>16\u00a0<\/sup>I will ask the Father, and he will give you another helper who will be with you forever. <sup>17\u00a0<\/sup>That helper is the Spirit of Truth. The world cannot accept him, because it doesn\u2019t see or know him. You know him, because he lives with you and will be in you.<\/p> <p><sup>18\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI will not leave you all alone. I will come back to you. <sup>19\u00a0<\/sup>In a little while the world will no longer see me, but you will see me. You will live because I live. <sup>20\u00a0<\/sup>On that day you will know that I am in my Father and that you are in me and that I am in you. <sup>21\u00a0<\/sup>Whoever knows and obeys my commandments is the person who loves me. Those who love me will have my Father\u2019s love, and I, too, will love them and show myself to them.\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>22\u00a0<\/sup>Judas (not Iscariot) asked Jesus, \u201cLord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?\u201d<\/p> <p><sup>23\u00a0<\/sup>Jesus answered him, \u201cThose who love me will do what I say. My Father will love them, and we will go to them and make our home with them. <sup>24\u00a0<\/sup>A person who doesn\u2019t love me doesn\u2019t do what I say. I don\u2019t make up what you hear me say. What I say comes from the Father who sent me.<\/p> <p><sup>25\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI have told you this while I\u2019m still with you. <sup>26\u00a0<\/sup>However, the helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything. He will remind you of everything that I have ever told you.<\/p> <p><sup>27\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI\u2019m leaving you peace. I\u2019m giving you my peace. I don\u2019t give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don\u2019t be troubled or cowardly. <sup>28\u00a0<\/sup>You heard me tell you, \u2018I\u2019m going away, but I\u2019m coming back to you.\u2019 If you loved me, you would be glad that I\u2019m going to the Father, because the Father is greater than I am.<\/p> <p><sup>29\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cI\u2019m telling you this now before it happens. When it does happen, you will believe. <sup>30\u00a0<\/sup>The ruler of this world has no power over me. But he\u2019s coming, so I won\u2019t talk with you much longer. <sup>31\u00a0<\/sup>However, I want the world to know that I love the Father and that I am doing exactly what the Father has commanded me to do. Get up! We have to leave.\u201d<\/p><p class=\"passage-read-more\">Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=John 14:15-31&amp;version=gw\" title=\"Read the passage on BibleGateway.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"hyperlink-underlined\">John 14:15-31<\/a> in context and\/or in other translations on BibleGateway.com!<\/p><\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Often when reading a passage from a different translation, I catch new words or ideas that I have never seen before. Perhaps this is the translation\u2019s or translator\u2019s fault, or maybe, the original language used a word that conveyed something more that this translation wants to draw out.<\/p>\r\n<p>Whatever the reason, this passage includes a word and an idea that I have not ever noticed before.<\/p>\r\n<p>In verse 27, we read Jesus\u2019 promise, and see this \u201cnew\u201d word\/idea: \u00a0\u201c<strong>I\u2019m leaving you peace. I\u2019m giving you my peace. I don\u2019t give you the kind of peace that the world gives. So don\u2019t be troubled or cowardly.<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Jesus tells us not to be cowardly?<\/p>\r\n<p>What does that have to do with the peace He promises?<\/p>\r\n<p>Some might believe that God gives us peace in situations where we have no power to change the circumstances. This is often the case. But where people go too far in their thinking is that God\u2019s peace excuses them from being engaged. Receiving God\u2019s peace is not a sign that we can now retreat. That would be \u201ccowardly\u201d.<\/p>\r\n<p>The peace God has promised comes on a deeper level. His peace fills your heart. His peace assures us that we are loved, forgiven, saved, and now empowered to act. His peace says that He will be with us as we face whatever the future holds.<\/p>\r\n<p>Peace that the world gives is different. This peace is bartered and temporary. It could be the lull in a storm of circumstances. The world\u2019s peace is nice, but it cannot fill our lives like God\u2019s peace. God\u2019s peace is present when things get out of control. God\u2019s peace remains when the world\u2019s peace has expired and left.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>God\u2019s peace is peace that I want. When life throws us doubts and uncertainties, with Jesus\u2019 peace, we can be empowered and freed to move forward \u2013 and moving forward with God is not cowardly!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<div id=\"aj-wrap-up--359\" class=\"aj-wrap-up\"><p><em>This thought was inspired by studying the <strong>Walking With Jesus<\/strong> \u201cReflective Bible Study\u201d package. To discover insights like this in your own study time, <a class=\"underline\" href=\"https:\/\/reflectivebiblestudy.com\/\" title=\"Check out Reflective Bible Study!\">click here<\/a> and give Reflective Bible Study a try today!<\/em><\/p><p><em><a class=\"underline\" href=\"javascript:void(0);\" onClick=\"rbs_aj_inline_subscribe(this, '359');\">Subscribe<\/a> to this blog and never miss an insight.<\/em><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Often when reading a passage from a different translation, I catch new words or ideas that I have never seen before. Perhaps this is the translation\u2019s or translator\u2019s fault, or maybe, the original language used a word that conveyed something more that this translation wants to draw out. 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