John 16
I've always liked John 16:33. My first ever sermon that I preached included this verse. I was living in Paraguay, and the sermon was in spanish. In Spanish, "overcome" and "expired" can be translated using the same verb, vencer. My point was that we could think of "the world" as expired. When something is expired, we treat it differently. We don't drink expired milk (or we make sure we smell it a few times first). We wouldn't use expired medication. An expired licence is no longer valid. Jesus has overcome the world, so we can treat it as expired. We will have troubles, Jesus fully expects us to, but our response to those troubles needs to be tempered in light of what He has accomplished. In my troubles, I can take heart knowing that He works all things for our good (romans 8:28) and that our momentary troubles are achieving much more (2 corinthians 2:17). I don't always react that way, but I know that in the end things will be OK, whether in this world or the next.
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