![]() ![]() ![]() Specifically, the solution was that Jesus would always be with them. He provides the real solution to anxiety, worry, loneliness, and other things that would make us insecure and disturb us. Jesus, unlike the world, is able to provide His disciples with certain and trustworthy peace. The world offers no hope and no real peace. The world offers false security and can't keep us from having anxious hearts or being worried. He explains that this is different from the kind of peace the world provides. In John 14:27 Jesus repeats the encouragement He had voiced earlier (verse 1) not to be worried and not to let their hearts be troubled, because He was leaving them with His peace. He would return, and while He was away His Spirit (the Holy Spirit) would be with them and in them. They did not need to feel as if they had been left alone like orphans (John 14:18). While He would physically depart to go to heaven until it was time for Him to return, Jesus would be with them through His Spirit, so they did not need to be worried or anxious. Later, Jesus would say to them that He would be with the disciples even until the end of the age (Matthew 28:20). In fact, Jesus explains that the Holy Spirit would abide with them and even in them. Jesus explains that "the Helper" would come-the Holy Spirit-so that they would not be left alone (John 14:16, 26). But perhaps more comforting than even these things, Jesus says, "Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you" (John 14:27). He would empower them for great things, as He later explains they would be His witnesses all over the world (see Acts 1:8). Jesus helps them understand that He is giving them incredible power and they can ask the Father anything in His name and He would do it for them (verses 12–13). In this context He is giving them the difficult news that He has to leave them, but with that news He explains that He will return one day (verses 1–3) and that He will provide for them in the meantime. For quite some time prior, Jesus had been telling His disciples that He would die and be raised again, but that message didn't seem to get through to them. In the Upper Room Discourse (John 13-17), Jesus encourages the disciples, preparing them for coming hardships so they wouldn't be sorrowful and so their hearts wouldn't be troubled (John 14:1). What did Jesus mean when He said, 'Peace I leave with you my peace I give to you' (John 14:27)? ![]()
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