My Peace I Give to You

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Peace, I give to you, and peace you will have if you will receive it.  I have much peace in My heart to give you, My loves, for peace from the stress of living in the fallen earth is a rare commodity since Adam sinned in the Garden.  Since that fateful moment in Eden, peace was taken from the earth, and your lives became whirlwinds of constant change – both good and bad.  But I have always had a good plan to bring peace back into your world, but it can only be accessed by surrendering it all to Jesus Christ, My only begotten Son, who walked among man, lived as a man, and died as a man, but was perfection and sinless as He walked the earth as a man.  For He was not just a man, but My perfect representation in the earth, as an example of what I require of every person to enter into My presence in Heaven at their earthly death.  But since there was no man or woman who was able to meet My standard, I sent Jesus to die as a propitiation for the sin of mankind.  This simply means that when you accept this free gift of salvation – or meeting My standard for Heavenly entry – you are then judged by His actions and not by your sins.  In other words, when I see you, I see the Blood He shed on the Cross and thus opened the way for you into My presence, so I see His righteousness instead of your sin.  This is the Great Exchange – His life for yours.  And it is at that moment that peace is available to you.  So, from your perspective this is a simple thing – surrender your lives to Jesus the Christ and receive His salvation.  But from My perspective, this was scandalous – the righteousness of Jesus given to sinners, that they may live.  This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ, My loves. This is the peace I want you to have.

 

John 14:15-31 (ESV) “If you love me, you will keep my commandments. 16  And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, 17  even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you. 18  “I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19  Yet a little while and the world will see me no more, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20  In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. 21  Whoever has my commandments and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.” 22  Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, how is it that you will manifest yourself to us, and not to the world?” 23  Jesus answered him, “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him. 24  Whoever does not love me does not keep my words. And the word that you hear is not mine but the Father's who sent me. 25  “These things I have spoken to you while I am still with you. 26  But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27  Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. 28  You heard me say to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29  And now I have told you before it takes place, so that when it does take place you may believe. 30  I will no longer talk much with you, for the ruler of this world is coming. He has no claim on me, 31  but I do as the Father has commanded me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Rise, let us go from here. 

(Gen 3:6-7, 15; Rom 8:20-22, 12:1-2; Acts 16:31; Rom 10:9; John 1:1-5; Col 1:15, 2:9; Heb 1:3; John 10:30; 1 John 4:9-10; 2 Cor 5:17-21)

True Worship

The Lord is saying: I Am here, and I Am with you. Love is what sets you apart from the world, My children.  When you display love, you show the world who I Am. In the world, true love only has one source, and that source is Me, your Creator.  I created everything out of love, and My masterpiece was a true reflection of that love, Adam, and then from his side, I created a helper, Eve, so they could manifest this love for all to see.  They were to live and love each other as they loved Me and I loved them.  I walked with them and everything was bliss, until that moment of gross disobedience that led to the fall of all creation.  From that point everything became more difficult, and loving each other would have to be more intentional, as sin causes self to be more important.  Fast-forward to today, where love was on display at Calvary’s Cross and Jesus, My begotten Son, again showed the world what love truly is.  Now, everyone who surrenders their lives to Jesus has restored the capacity to love that puts others ahead of self.  This is what I truly want for everyone, for without love, there is no relationship that flourishes, but that is a works-based love – you do something and then I will love you.  No!  This is not the way.  Love that is not ashamed to take self out of the equation and truly give that very self to another, for this is a true act of worship of Me.  When you love freely, you are worshiping Me, for you are loving without hindrance.  So today, do not view love as a chore, but instead view it as true worship of the source of Love.

 

Heb 13:1-16 (ESV) Let brotherly love continue. 2  Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3  Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body. 4  Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous. 5  Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.” 6  So we can confidently say, “The Lord is my helper; I will not fear; what can man do to me?” 7  Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. 8  Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. 9  Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them. 10  We have an altar from which those who serve the tent have no right to eat.  11  For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp. 12  So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. 13  Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. 14  For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come. 15  Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name. 16  Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God. 

(1 Cor 13:1-13; 1 John 3:16-19; John 15:13; Rom 5:7-8; Eph 5:2; 1 John 4:10; Gal 2:20; Heb 9:14; Rev 1:5)