John 14:27-31

John 14:27-31

1. We should observe Christ’s last legacy to His people.
2. We should observe Christ’s perfect holiness.

"Half our doubts and fears arise from dim perceptions of the real nature of Christ’s gospel."

"In ourselves and our doings we shall find everything imperfect, and if we had no other hope than our own goodness we might well despair. But in Christ we have a perfect, sinless Representative and Substitute."

Questions:

1. Jesus declares that he gives His own peace, a peace the world cannot give. Ryle declares that Christ's peace is not given unwillingly, sparingly, nor for a little time. He also says that he is more willing to give us his peace than we are to receive it. He closes this section by saying that half our doubts and fears arise from dim perceptions of the real nature of Christ's gospel. Consider your doubts and fears...have you applied the gospel of Grace and peace to those situations?
2. We hear Jesus declare that Satan has nothing in Him. Ryle points out that this speaks of Christ's perfections and compares this with everyone else. Satan came to Adam and Eve and found weakness. He came to Noah, Abraham, Moses, David, and all of us, and found imperfection. Yet, he came to Christ and found nothing at all. In ourselves we may well despair, but in Christ we have a perfect, sinless, blameless, spotless righteousness in whom God is well pleased. Take some time to worship King Jesus for these great truths!