KEY SCRIPTURE: John 16:1 KJV “These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended.”

God our Father is always favourably disposed towards His children. In our key scripture, He reveals His reason for saying all that He had said to them. He said, I have said all these words to you, so you would not be offended. Offense stirs up very negative emotions that almost always put the individual down. According to the Greek meaning of the word offense; is to step on a trap, an example is to step on a light stick, placed across a big gutter. You would surely fall into it If you step on it. The Lord says that He does not want His people to enter into such a gutter as a result of a fall. The word of God, according to James 1:25, is called the perfect law of liberty. It always comes to liberate men from whatever power, holds men down.

Although the Lord desires the peace, comfort, and blessing of all men, many people are hurting, offended, and very hopeless. Let’s listen to the angels who sang to welcome the birth of Jesus. They said glory be to God in the highest, and on earth, peace goodwill towards all men (Luke 2:14). If God is so favourably disposed towards all men, why are most people, offended, hurting, fearful and hopeless? The answer is simple; many men have not responded to His love and so have rejected His words. If any man, no matter your intellectual abilities, if you refuse the truth, you can’t avoid believing a lie.

It is only the truth that sets us free. Jesus is still the Prince of peace, and He is ready to pour His peace into the hearts of all who would receive Him. He is the ever-present deliverer, who would save you from both real and imaginary dangers.

What is that condition that has placed you in that almost hopeless situation? Like a little child turn your heart from whatever you have depended on, and place every confidence in Him. He says whosoever shall believe in Him, would never be put to shame. Rom 10: 11.

THOUGHT: ANXIETY MEANS BELIEVING IN THE PROBLEM, PEACE ALSO MEANS BELIEVING IN JESUS.

FURTHER STUDIES

Phi 4:6 KJV “Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.”

Rom 10:13 KJV” For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”