Summary Of The Key Points In The World Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen
TROUBLES IN THIS WORLD
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John 16:33 NIV
Jesus spoke these words in conclusion to all the things He taught His disciples following the Last Supper. He knew how badly their lives would be shaken when He, their Messiah, would be unjustly arrested, humiliated, beaten, and nailed to a cross. Chaos would challenge everything the disciples hoped and believed, even though Jesus tried to prepare them for it. Anticipating this, and also the persecution to come, Jesus looked to put their minds at ease with these words of comfort.
Jesus told not only His disciples – but all of us -- that choosing to live our lives for Him would be troublesome and at times chaotic. …show more content…
It was about one of his church leaders that continued to serve in the war zone despite knowing the risks of persecution and possible death. He had just been abducted by the Separatists. Pastor Alexander told me who it was. My heart ached upon hearing it was a young preacher I had worked with on my previous trip. This was not someone I had read about in a book or newspaper; it was someone I knew and with whom I spent time. He was the leader from the first service I had in Donetsk only a couple months ago.
The Separatists had pulled up and forced him into a van. They placed a tire around the young man’s body and then tied him to a tree. The Separatists beat him severely. They burned him with cigarettes all over his bleeding body. He suffered all this simply because he was a church leader trying to help the hurting people in his city. Despite his beating, he did not break. God empowered him to stand in his time of trouble and chaos. A couple of days later the young minister was found alive and taken to safety. He was fortunate to make it out
TROUBLES IN THIS WORLD
"I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace.
In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world."
John 16:33 NIV
Jesus spoke these words in conclusion to all the things He taught His disciples following the Last Supper. He knew how badly their lives would be shaken when He, their Messiah, would be unjustly arrested, humiliated, beaten, and nailed to a cross. Chaos would challenge everything the disciples hoped and believed, even though Jesus tried to prepare them for it. Anticipating this, and also the persecution to come, Jesus looked to put their minds at ease with these words of comfort.
Jesus told not only His disciples – but all of us -- that choosing to live our lives for Him would be troublesome and at times chaotic. …show more content…
It was about one of his church leaders that continued to serve in the war zone despite knowing the risks of persecution and possible death. He had just been abducted by the Separatists. Pastor Alexander told me who it was. My heart ached upon hearing it was a young preacher I had worked with on my previous trip. This was not someone I had read about in a book or newspaper; it was someone I knew and with whom I spent time. He was the leader from the first service I had in Donetsk only a couple months ago.
The Separatists had pulled up and forced him into a van. They placed a tire around the young man’s body and then tied him to a tree. The Separatists beat him severely. They burned him with cigarettes all over his bleeding body. He suffered all this simply because he was a church leader trying to help the hurting people in his city. Despite his beating, he did not break. God empowered him to stand in his time of trouble and chaos. A couple of days later the young minister was found alive and taken to safety. He was fortunate to make it out