The path toward troubles end

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John 14:2-3

The outline for our discussion tonight. Troubles anyone? No, I’ve got plenty of my own!

What to do with troubles? What troubles do we have and what are we to do with them? Retreat? Minimize? 

For us and for Jesus!

What troubled Jesus?

  • He was going away: 7:34; 8:21;12:8,35;13:33
  • Judas’ desertion 
  • Peter’s denial
  • Satan’s work against them:Luke  22:32-33
  • Disciples’desertion: after all, they all fled!

The answer: 

Let not your heart be troubled! Take yourself by the hand, think intentionally about your relationship with Christ, and meditate upon the promises of God.

Trust in God, trust also in me!

Not a soft pedaled casual approach but one which sees the real problems in our life and the value of biblical help for their solution. 

Why we should not be troubled?

  1. Trust Jesus. Why would we not want to trust him? Why is their trust of him so noteworthy? Hint: think resurrection!
  2. A prepared place: Phil.3:17,20; 1 John 3:2-3
  3. A preparer: why does this matter? 
  4. Never to be left behind
  5. Forever with Jesus!

Counsel received or rejected?

MJC 

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