Hope and Peace

Published: March 7, 2021, 4:45 p.m.

We are now in our 3d message of Easter. We have seen that what happened during Easter was not a reaction to man’s rejection of Jesus. Not a response, but a plan of God laid before the history of mankind. Last week we saw that the last great miracle (other than the Resurrection itself) was Jesus’ resuscitation of Lazarus. For many, specifically His believers, the raising of Lazarus caused great faith; but for his enemy’s, the same event became the “straw that broke the camel’s back” and led to the Jewish leadership to specifically, concretely plan for Jesus’ death. This Sunday we will learn that as Jesus prepared the disciples for his death, He will lead them from Uncertainty to Hope and Peace. God’s provision for the disciples will not be a knee-jerk reaction, but a carefully planned out program to provide for them AND FOR US!