In spite of our sinful rejections of God, God does not reject us. Rather, our entire lives of wickedness, rebellion, and sin only earn for us eternal punishment. God sent his Son, Jesus to this world for us. The forgiveness of God is given to them to reassure the penitent sinner.ĭ. Breath and Spirit are the same Greek words. Again the power of Jesus’ words is what the disciples truly needed to hear and believe.ġ. Jesus reassures his disciples with his words. Jesus appears on that Sunday to his disciples with divine comfort, “Peace be with you!”ī. Jesus’ disciples were still trying to understand all of the events that had just happened.ģ. The disciples did not know if they would be in trouble for following Jesus.Ģ. Jesus’ disciples are locked behind closed doors on that Sunday of Jesus’ resurrection.ġ. May each of us take to heart these precious words of our Savior Jesus Christ.Ī. In what seemed the worst of times, at least in the lives of the disciples, becomes the best of times by the peace of Jesus.
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry' ( PSALM 34:14, 15).
'Turn from evil and do good seek peace and pursue it. Our loving Lord finds it necessary to encourage believers to pursue peace. Will it ever end? With such bad news always filling our lives we might forget the goodness and greatness of our almighty God. We are living in times that are filled with wars and troubles.