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Have any trials going on in your life?
Have you been in a battle recently?
Let’s all stand
Turn to John 16:33
In chapters 14 – 16 we have…
Jesus’ last discourse given to the apostles
Just prior to the awful events leading up to Calvary
A discourse given partly in the upper room
Where the Passover has been celebrated and the Lord’s Supper instituted.
Partly on the way to the Garden of Gethsemane
Recorded only by John
Let’s read in…
(John 16:33 KJV) 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.
Let’s pray
You may be seated
Evangelist Jamie Ragle’s daughter, Holly is very sick.
She is bedridden, unable to communicate in any way and can do nothing to care for herself.
That is why when Jamie announced at a conference in Atlanta two years ago that Holly was going to walk again the audience of 3,000 sat in stunned silence.
Because
Most of the people there knew the seriousness of Holly’s condition.
Then he went on to say, “*It may not be in this life*, but I know that one day, Holly will walk again.”
Jamie loves the Lord
Jamie is a man who sees victory even as a terrible battle rages on.
So,
Tonight I want to speak to you on the subject of:
*“Seeing victory in the war even as the battle rages on.”*
This is an appropriate message for the time of the season
Because as we come to this portion of scripture
Jesus is within just a few hours of going to the cross
But
This message is also appropriate for the time of our lives
Have you noticed how long the prayer request lists are?
Do you know anyone who is not under pressure?
Many of your brothers and sisters are carrying heavy burdens.
Anyone who has lived very long knows this to be true -
That…
We are not going to go through this world without sufferings
Maybe it’s serious illness
Maybe it’s unexpected death
Maybe it’s a marriage in trouble
Maybe it’s a wayward child
Maybe it’s a financial loss
Maybe it is difficulty at work
That was a pretty serious list
You know where I got that list from?
Those are but a few of the things that people have asked me to pray about in the *last two weeks*.
Read it again.
We are not going to go through this world without sufferings and tribulations
(Job 14:1 NIV) "Man born of woman is of few days and full of trouble.
Well, in the light of that depressing news…
“What kind of hope can I possibly have in the middle of these trials?”
That is exactly what John 14-16 deals with.
“What kind of hope can I possibly have in the middle of these trials?”
Christians, lean in close so I may convey a truth Jesus told His disciples in these three chapters.
This is not our home!
I am just passing through.
I am content to be here for a while and work for Jesus until Jesus comes or until I go to see Him, but this is not my home.
And
Jesus told His disciples that, at the beginning of this teaching in *14:1-3 *and in *15:19*
He told them that, for encouragement in light of their coming tribulation.
Some would say to me…
“Surely you don’t believe that there is *actually a place* waiting for you?”
You better believe I do
And I believe the streets are gold and the walls are jasper and the front gate is made of pearl.
Having hope for that life enables me to deal with this life.
Because
If this life was the only hope we had we would be miserable
(1 Cor 15:19 KJV) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
See, I know what you know about this life…
That is…
Our battles, our trials, our tribulations present us with *human* needs
“Lord, I have problems!”
“Lord, I am going to lose this fight.”
“I don’t want that loved one to be ill.”
“Lord, are you even there?”
“God, I want out of this marriage.”
*Human* needs.
But Jesus’ statement provides us with a *divine* solution
*Here*, He gives a promise of victory in the war
And then…
In Joshua he gives a promise to never leave us or forsake us in our battles.
(Josh 1:5 NIV) No one will be able to stand up against you all the days of your life.
As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
In Romans we have the assurance that He will be with us in our battles and that we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
(Rom 8:35 NIV) *Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?
Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?*
(Rom 8:36 NIV) As it is written: "For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."
(Rom 8:37 NIV) *No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us*.
*We have the victory*
How can it be?
* Because Christ has /overcome/ the world.*
Jesus was speaking to the *apostles* that day but we have something in common with them.
Very soon after these words were spoken they would need the grace of God.
Just as we in our trials need the grace of God.
Let’s look at our verse in John
(John 16:33 KJV) 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.
What things had been spoken?
Jesus has been trying to prepare His disciples for the time after He would leave them.
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