Being left alone. And yet I am not alone.

[SANTOSO]

Beloved ones, this is what we have heard:

“Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be SCATTERED, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me.”
‭‭John‬ ‭16:32‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

When we will be scattered?

For we heard:
“Now Saul was consenting to his death. At that time a great persecution arose against the church which was AT JERUSALEM; and they were all SCATTERED throughout the regions of JUDEA and Samaria, except the apostles.”
‭‭Acts‬ ‭8:1‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So the church or the called out ones scattered because prosecution that arose against them.

Were not the apostles also being prosecuted? Yes. Why they were not scattered ? Because the apostles were with the Father in Christ.

The apostles were left alone when a great prosecution arose against the church. And yet they were not alone because they were with the Father in Christ.

For we also heard:
“Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.”
‭‭John‬ ‭15:20‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

we should remember that our Lord said to us, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.”

Beloved ones, we are left alone because they didn’t keep the Lord’s word and prosecuted us. And yet we are not alone because we are with the Father in Christ.

So beloved ones, let us keep the Lord’s word, that we may not be alone when they prosecuted us because the Father is with us in Christ.

To God the Father be all glory and thanksgiving through Christ. Amen

 

[SANTOSO]

Then we heard our Lord said:

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.””
‭‭John‬ ‭16:33‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

So these things our Lord have spoken to us, that in Him we may have peace — or in union with Him we may have peace.

We can understand though they were those who didn’t hear us because they didn’t keep the Lord’s word. And that we were prosecuted, and were left alone. The Lord say to us these things, that in Him we may have peace.

So in prosecution, we can have peace if we are union with Him.

That is awesome.

For we heard in the world you will have tribulation.

What is tribulation?
a cause of great trouble or suffering or a state of great trouble or suffering.

Since we are in the world, we will have a cause of great trouble or suffering or a state of great trouble or suffering.

Yet the Lord said:
“But be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”

How we can be of good cheer in tribulation?
Beloved ones, let us be encouraged by the Lord’s word, that we can be in union with Christ who has overcome the world.

So the perception of the heart that we have overcome the world or tribulation — we can only perceive if we are union with Him.

In Him, we have peace, the peace that we have overcome tribulation.

If we have the peace of Christ, our hearts will not be troubled but rather encouraged to be joyful in union with Him, that we can be of a good cheer. We are of good cheer because we are not alone because we are with the Father in Christ.

‭‭To God the Father be thanksgiving through Christ. Amen

 

[SANTOSO]

Also, this we heard:
“For you did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.””
Romans‬ ‭8:15‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, we did not receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but we received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father.

For we are not alone, that we should not put to bondage again to fear that we are left alone. Though those prosecuted us and leave us alone. And yet we are not alone, for we received the Spirit of adoption by whom we cry out, “Abba, Father”. So the Father i s with us in Christ.Let us not fear but let us perceive in the Spirit, that we are with the Father in Christ.

Beloved ones, for we heard :

“Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.

Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.

And everyone who has this hope in Him purifies himself, just as He is pure.”
‭‭I John‬ ‭3:1-3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

Beloved ones, we should not fear that we were prosecuted and were left alone. For yet we are not alone because we are with the Father in Christ,for the manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! Beloved, now we are children of God; though it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is. So let us hope in Him, that we hope in Christ, that we purify ourselves, just as He is pure.

To God the Father be thanksgiving through Christ, for we are with Him in Christ. Hallelujah. Amen.