Jesus Provides Peace
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INTRODUCTION.
26 And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors having been shut, and stood in their midst and said, “Peace be with you.”
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
29 Jesus said to him, “Because you have seen Me, have you believed? Blessed are those who did not see, and yet believed.”
30 Therefore many other signs Jesus also did in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book;
31 but these have been written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing you may have life in His name.
MESSAGE.
Jesus SPEAKS Peace.
Jesus SPEAKS Peace.
Jesus is Peace.
isaiah 9:6.
6 For a child will be born to us, a son will be given to us; And the government will rest on His shoulders; And His name will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
Jesus spoke and calmed the storm.
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
Jesus may not calm the storm but will see you through it.
Peter walks on water. - matthew 14:22-36.
Peter had peace in the middle of the Storm while his eyes where on Jesus.
Jesus BRINGS us to Peace.
Jesus BRINGS us to Peace.
27 Then He said to Thomas, “Bring your finger here, and see My hands; and bring your hand here and put it into My side; and do not be unbelieving, but believing.”
Jesus is omniscient (all knowing).
Jesus knew where Thomas was in his walk.
Thomas would not believe unless he saw.
25 So the other disciples were saying to him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the imprint of the nails, and put my finger into the place of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe.”
Used his senses.
Sight = “see my hands”
Touch = “put it into my side”
Thomas’s declaration.
28 Thomas answered and said to Him, “My Lord and my God!”
Lord =
One who is in a position of authority.
God =
Thomas was affirming what jesus had been teaching, He is more than a teacher and a master - He is God.
Peace through our belief.
Jesus IS Peace.
Jesus IS Peace.
Signs =
attesting miracles
an even that is an indication or confirmation of intervention by transcendent powers.
Believe =
to consider something to be true and therefore worthy on one’s trust.
be convinced of something.
Christ =
the Messiah
the fulfiller of Israelite expectation of a deliver.
the Anointed One.
Life =
Transcendent life.
Life even in this world.
Peace = life with in Christ.
CONCLUSION.