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John 16:33 - Genuine Peace is Found in a Relationship with Jesus Christ!

John 16:33 (NIV) I have told you these 
things, so that in me you may have peace. In this 
world you will have trouble. But take heart! I 
have overcome the world.  

INTRODUCTION

Courage grows from the presence of Christ. 
Jesus summed up all he had told them this night, 
tying together themes from 14:27-29; 16:1-4; and 
16:9-11. With these words he told his disciples to 
take courage. In spite of the inevitable 
struggles they would face, they would not be alone. 
Jesus does not abandon us to our struggles either. 
If we remember that the ultimate victory has 
already been won, we can claim the peace of Christ 
in the most troublesome times. [Life 
Application SB] 

COMMENTARY PEARL

   With the baby spoon, I scooped another 
bite of mashed carrots and offered it to my 
ten-month-old granddaughter. I knew Chloe Grace was 
getting full, but like a baby bird, she opened her 
tiny mouth to accept it anyway. She smiled, put 
her lips together, and happily blew orange 
specks in my face, on my shirt, and across my 
pants. I giggled, wiped off the mess, and tickled 
her chubby chin. 
   The little girl with strawberry-blond 
hair and deep blue eyes holds the first spot on 
my "Be of Good Cheer" list. I started the list 
after her birth to help me focus on the positives 
in my life rather than on the negatives 
swirling in the world around me. "Be of good cheer," 
of course, is not an original phrase - Jesus 
said it first. 
   Jesus spoke the phrase to a man with 
paralysis and then healed him (Matthew 9:2). He gave 
the same encouragement to a woman who had been 
sick for twelve years, just before He restored 
her health (Matthew 9:22). And in John 16, He 
used the four words to comfort the disciples who 
felt afraid and confused. I treasure everything 
Jesus said, but "be of good cheer" uplifts me most 
of all. 
   Adding items to my "Be of Good Cheer" 
list redirects my thoughts from the worries of 
the day to the peace of Jesus. As I reread the 
past entries, I celebrate each one anew, 
beginning with the carrot bath from sweet Chloe Grace. 
Becky Alexander 
   Faith Step: Create your own "Be of Good 
Cheer" list. Thank Jesus for every blessing. 
[Mornings With Jesus 2020 Devotional by Guideposts and 
Zondervan] 

COMMENTARY

Christ's humanity was united with divinity; 
He was fitted for the conflict by the 
indwelling of the Holy Spirit. And He came to make us 
partakers of the divine nature. So long as we are 
united to Him by faith, sin has no more dominion 
over us. God reaches for the hand of faith in us 
to direct it to lay fast hold upon the divinity 
of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of 
character. And how this is accomplished, Christ has 
shown us. By what means did He overcome in the 
conflict with Satan? By the word of God. Only by the 
word could He resist temptation. "It is written," 
He said. And unto us are given "exceeding great 
and precious promises: that by these ye might be 
partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the 
corruption that is in the world through lust." 2 Peter 
1:4. Every promise in God's word is ours. "By 
every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of 
God" are we to live. When assailed by temptation, 
look not to circumstances or to the weakness of 
self, but to the power of the word. All its 
strength is yours. DA123  

EXCELLENT ARTICLE ON THIS TEXT THAT IS A 
MUST READ 

Why Did Jesus Tell Us to Be of Good Cheer?

https://www.christianity.com/wiki/bible/why-did-jesus-tell-us-to-be-of-good-cheer.html 

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John 16:33 - Genuine Peace is Found in a 
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