28 ¶ I came forth from the Father, and am come
into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the Father. 29 His disciples said unto him, Lo, now speakest
thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. 30
Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any
man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou camest forth from God.
31 Jesus answered them, Do ye now
believe? 32 Behold, the hour cometh,
yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall
leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. 33 These things I have spoken unto you, that in
me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good
cheer; I have overcome the world.
Christ came from God into the physical world of men and
women. He is leaving the world to return to the Father.
The disciples acknowledge that they believe that Christ came
from God. Christ then warns them that they will abandon Him to His fate, the
mission of dying for mankind’s sin and the resurrection from the dead.
Zechariah 13:7 ¶ Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and
against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd,
and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little
ones.
Mark 14:27 And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be
offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.…50
And they all forsook him, and fled.
One thing that Christians are taught in this passage is that
we are never alone in a trial because God is with us. We often do not draw
strength from that as we should.
Hebrews 13:5 Let your conversation be without
covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I
will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.
Christ told the Apostles of what was coming so that they
would have peace and not wonder why when events unfolded. He told them this so
that they would have peace and not be troubled.
John 14:1 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in
God, believe also in me.
Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose
mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Christ has overcome the world. We have the Spirit of God and
Christ, the Holy Ghost, inside of us if we are believers in Christ.
1John 4:4 Ye are of God, little children, and have
overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the
world.
What does it mean for the body of Christ, the church, when
Christ says that He will do certain things for them that overcome as in many
verses in Revelation such as 3:5 and 21:7?
Revelation 3:5 He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed
in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but
I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Revelation 21:7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things;
and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
And here, the Bible defines what it means to overcome the
world.
1John 5:4 For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the
world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith.5 Who is he that overcometh the world, but he
that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God?
The world cannot hurt you if you do not adopt its values and
follow its plans, letting it define what concepts like happiness, success, and
fulfillment mean in your life. The world cannot hurt you if you trust and
accept God’s will for your life on a moment by moment basis as being just and
good. The world, then, cannot do anything but kill your body and it cannot harm
your spirit. Your soul also, that part of you that is your self-identity united
with the Spirit of God that raised Christ from the dead, is safe with God for
eternity.
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