JOHN 14:27-31
D. Our Source of Peace, Father: for my Father is ascension)
Joy, & Security, 14:27-31 greater than I. b. The Father’s greatness
29 And now I have told you c. A confirmed faith
before it come to pass, that,
1 The source of peace 27 Peace I leave with you, when it is come to pass, ye
a. The peace of the world my peace I give unto you: not might believe.
b. The peace of Christ as the world giveth, give I 30 Hereafter I will not talk 3 The source of security
c. The source: Jesus only unto you. Let not your heart much with you: for the prince a. Jesus’ victory over
be troubled, neither let it be of this world cometh, and the prince of the world
afraid. hath nothing in me.
2 The source of joy 28 Ye have heard how I 31 But that the world may b. Jesus’ obedience to
(rejoicing) said unto you, I go away, and know that I love the Father; the Father
a. The return of Jesus come again unto you. If ye and as the Father gave me
to the Father (His loved me, ye would rejoice, commandment, even so I do.
death, resurrection, & because I said, I go unto the Arise, let us go hence.

GOD THE FATHER: HIS PROMISES AND BLESSINGS

D.

Our Source of Peace, Joy, and Security, 14:27-31
(14:27-31) Introduction: this is a passage which speaks ever so warmly yet forcibly to the needs of men. It covers the source
of peace, joy, and security.
1. The source of peace (v.27).
2. The source of joy (v.28-29).
3. The source of security (v.30-31).

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(14:27) Peace: the source of peace. Peace (eirene) means to bind together, to join, to weave together. It means that a per-
son is bound, woven and joined together with himself and with God and others.
The Hebrew word is shalom. It means freedom from trouble and much more. It means experiencing the highest good, en-
joying the very best, possessing all the inner good possible. It means wholeness and soundness. It means prosperity in the
widest sense, especially prosperity in the spiritual sense of having a soul that blossoms and flourishes.
1. There is the peace of the world. This is a peace of escapism, of avoiding trouble, of refusing to face things, of un-
reality. It is a peace that is sought through pleasure, satisfaction, contentment, absence of trouble, positive thinking, or denial
of problems.
2. There is the peace of Christ and of God. This is, first, a bosom peace, a peace deep within. It is a tranquility of mind,
a composure, a peace that is calm in the face of bad circumstances and situations. It is more than feelings—even more than
attitude and thought.
This is, second, the peace of conquest (cp. Jn.16:33). It is the peace independent of conditions and environment; the peace
which no sorrow, no danger, no suffering, no experience can take away.

“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” (Jn.16:33).

This is, third, the peace of assurance (cp. Ro.8:28). It is the peace of unquestionable confidence; the peace with a sure
knowledge that one’s life is in the hands of God and that all things will work out for good to those who love God and are
called according to His purpose.

“And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the
called according to his purpose” (Ro.8:28).

This is, fourth, the peace of intimacy with God (cp. Ph.4:6-7). It is the peace of the highest good. It is the peace that settles
the mind, strengthens the will, and establishes the heart.
3. There is the source of peace. Peace is always born out of reconciliation. Its source is found only in the reconciliation
wrought by Jesus Christ. Peace always has to do with personal relationships: a man’s relationship to himself, to God, and to
his fellow men. A man must be bound, woven, and joined together with himself, with God, and with his fellow man.

“But now in Christ Jesus ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ.
For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition be-
tween us” (Eph.2:13-14).
“And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto him-
self; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven. And you, that were sometime
alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now hath he reconciled” (Col.1:20-21).

Man secures peace in the following manner.
1. By justification.

“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ” (Ro.5:1).
2. By loving God’s Word.

“Great peace have they which love thy law: and nothing shall offend them” (Ps.119:165).
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