{"id":6802,"date":"2015-08-09T00:05:39","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T07:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2015-08-08T14:41:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-08T21:41:09","slug":"simple-truths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2015\/08\/09\/simple-truths\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Truths"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAh!\u201d his disciples said. \u201cNow You\u2019re speaking plainly and not using any figurative language. Now we know that You know everything and don\u2019t need anyone to question You. By this we believe that You came from God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus responded to them, \u201cDo you now believe? Look: An hour is coming, and has come, when each of you will be scattered to his own home, and you will leave Me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You will have suffering in this world. Be courageous! I have conquered the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesus spoke these things, looked up to heaven, and said:<\/p>\n

Father,
\nthe hour has come.
\nGlorify Your Son
\nso that the Son may glorify You,
\nfor You gave Him authority
\nover all flesh;
\nso He may give eternal life
\nto all You have given Him.
\nThis is eternal life:
\nthat they may know You, the only true God,
\nand the One You have sent\u2014Jesus Christ.
\nI have glorified You on the earth
\nby completing the work You gave Me to do.
\nNow, Father, glorify Me in Your presence
\nwith that glory I had with You
\nbefore the world existed. (John 16:29-17:5)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

God can overcome our failures. He stays with us, even when we make the wrong choices. Jesus gave his disciples his reassurance even as he told them that they would fail him. He promised them peace and victory through suffering, even as he promised they would abandon him in his hour of greatest need. Knowing their coming betrayal, Jesus prayed for them nevertheless. <\/p>\n

Jesus did not come into existence in Bethlehem. He always was and always will be. He is the creator of heaven and earth. He is God Almighty. He had become human for but a brief eye blink in the never-ending span of eternity. Remembering how it had been and how it would be was what gave Jesus the strength to face the cross. Nevertheless, he was a human being. He had the same human revulsion and fear of death, the same distaste for the physical pain he would have to experience.<\/p>\n

But in the same way he could endure his cross, so can we endure ours. We too, have been granted eternal life. We too, will live with God in glory forever. For us as well, all our suffering and all our problems are but eye blinks in the never-ending story of eternity. Just as tears fade with the passing of time, so will all our pains in the never-ending passage of eternity.<\/p>\n

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