THE MANNER IN WHICH CHRIST LEAVES HIS PEACE WITH US.

 ANCHOR OF LIFE DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE for FRIDAY, 23RD DECEMBER, 2022.

Author: PASTOR DR. SAMUEL AYORINDE – General Overseer

Topic: THE MANNER IN WHICH CHRIST LEAVES HIS PEACE WITH US.

THE MANNER IN WHICH CHRIST LEAVES HIS PEACE WITH US.

MEMORIZE: “But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.”  John 14:26.

SCRIPTURE READING: John 14:26-29.

"“But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you. ²⁷ Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. ²⁸ You have heard Me say to you, 'I am going away and coming back to you.' If you loved Me, you would rejoice because I said, 'I am going to the Father,' for My Father is greater than I. ²⁹ And now I have told you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe."

EXPOSITION:

Not as the world giveth, give I unto you. That is, (1.) "I do not compliment you with Peace be unto you; no, it is not a mere formality, but a real blessing." 

(2.) "The peace I give is of such a nature that the smiles of the world cannot give it, nor the frowns of the world take it away." Or, 

(3.) "The gifts I give to you are not such as this world gives to its children and votaries, to whom it is kind." The world's gifts concern only the body and time; Christ's gifts enrich the soul for eternity: the world gives lying vanities, and that which will cheat us; Christ gives substantial blessings, which will never fail us: the world gives and takes; Christ gives a good part that shall never be taken away.  

(4.) The peace which Christ gives is infinitely more valuable than that which the world gives. The world's peace begins in ignorance, consists with sin, and ends in endless troubles; Christ's peace begins in grace, consists with no allowed sin, and ends at length in everlasting peace. As is the difference between a killing lethargy and a reviving refreshing sleep, such is the difference between Christ's peace and the world's. 

What use they should make of it? Let not your heart be troubled, for any evils past or present, neither let it be afraid of any evil to come. Note, Those that are interested in the covenant of grace, and entitled to the peace which Christ gives, ought not to yield to overwhelming griefs and fears. This comes in here as the conclusion of the whole matter; he had said John 14:1, Let not your heart be troubled, and here he repeats it as that for which he had now given sufficient reason.

PRAYER POINTS:

i. Thank You Lord for the peace beyond human understanding that You have freely given unto me in Jesus name.

ii. I receive the grace to continually live in this extraordinary peace of the Lord given to the believers in Jesus name.

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DAILY BIBLE READING IN A YEAR –  1 John 3-5.