9-12-2025
Peace Be Still
In the scripture we read that Jesus was on the earth approximately 33 years and the last 3 years he gathered his disciples, whom he called by name. Jesus spoke to them what his Father in heaven told him and said that he was going away to prepare a place for them. He said he would return again one day to take them to the place he had prepared for them.
The world they had come to know was falling apart. They had seen John the Baptist beheaded for speaking truth to darkness.
Jesus did not mount an army to remove the Romans from ruling over the Jews and now Jesus himself had been crucified. For three days the disciples huddled in the upper room afraid that they would be hunted down next because they had believed in and followed Jesus.
When Jesus first revealed himself to his disciples he began with “Peace Be Still” and “Be Not Afraid”.
The world was in turmoil. Sin was rampant. It seemed that Satan had the upper hand.
Jesus said not to worry because he had taken the keys to hell and the grave. He had conquered sin. Jesus said he was coming back again.
Not much has changed. Today the world is still spinning out of control. Sin is still rampant. It appears that Satan has the upper hand.
Hell is real.
Heaven is real.
Bad things happen to good people.
Bad people seem to go unpunished.
God will not be mocked.
God is in control.
Everything happens for a reason and that reason is to bring sinful man back into right standing with the God who created them.
The day is coming when Jesus will come back to retrieve his own to reign with him in heaven. Those who choose to accept God’s forgiveness of sin, believing that Jesus Christ, was born of a virgin, crucified for the sins of mankind and raised again on the third day have a future that extends far beyond life on this failed and sinful planet, for eternity.
Those who do not accept God’s saving grace are destined to spend eternity with Satan and his demons where there is no good thing. Think of it this way, you choosing to live in a world spinning out of control without hope or relief. A place where after your last breath, all of the bad things throughout human history are collectively and compoundedly far worse than anything you can imagine. It is a place where you get exactly what you wish for and totally deserve with no way out.
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He sent His only begotten son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life”. – RTM
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