John 14-16 "Do not let your hearts be troubled"
"Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid." (John 14:27) "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) This is what Jesus told his disciples the night before he was crucified. He's trying to explain to them what he is about to do and why they can't follow him now. It's impossible for them to understand! But this is one of my favourite parts in the bible ... all the things that Jesus says to them between the last supper and his arrest. There is such intimacy and urgency and love in his words. He is about to leave them and he wants them to be ready for trouble they are about to experience. He even warns them that "a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God." Reading these chapters again remin...