"How Christ Gives Us His Peace"
Read John 14:1-31 and make observations
about the text.
(THE KEY VERSE IS VERSE 27!)
John 14:27
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.
What is God teaching us in the passage?
What does this reveal about who God is, what
God has done, and how I should respond?
Which part of the text was most meaningful to
you and why?
What do you need help understanding about
this passage?
SERMON RECAP
Whether you realize it or not, you
desperately need peace in your life because the natural state of things in a
broken world is strife, chaos, panic, and problems.
The world is not capable of delivering peace,
only Jesus Christ can do that.
Being connected to Christ and the peace that He
gives produces a confidence in the life of Christians. Christ COMMANDS
confidence in a world of uncertainty.
The peace that Christ offers is a sure bet
because He conquered sin, death, and the grave, and rose with a greeting of
peace (John 20:19) “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the
disciples were together, with the doors locked for fear of the Jewish leaders,
Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you!”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
John 14:1-3: Jesus tells His disciples,
"Do not let your hearts be troubled." How does His promise of
preparing a place for us in His Father’s house provide peace in times of
uncertainty?
John 14:6: Jesus declares, "I am the
way, the truth, and the life." How does understanding Christ as the only
way to God offer peace in a world with competing truths?
John 14:16-17: Jesus promises to send the
Helper, the Holy Spirit. How does the Holy Spirit bring peace to believers
today, and how can we rely on His presence in our lives?
John 14:27: Jesus says, "Peace I leave
with you; My peace I give to you." How is the peace Jesus offers different
from the peace the world gives, and how can we experience this peace in daily
life?
John 14:30-31: Jesus acknowledges the coming
of the ruler of this world but declares His obedience to the Father. How does
Christ’s victory over the world and His example of obedience bring us peace
amidst spiritual battles?
How is God leading you to respond to His Word
this week?
Christmas is a reminder not simply that
Christ has come, but that Christ has not come empty-handed. Jesus Christ comes
bearing gifts. In the Christmas season, we typically get so focused on
gift-giving that we do not take adequate time to focus on receiving the gifts
that Christ has delivered to us. John 14 is a reminder that Christ intends to
give us peace!
What do you need to change in your life to
more intentionally walk in the peace that Jesus Christ offers His people?
How can you spread the peace of Christ in the
world to people who so desperately need it?
END
Teacher Notes:
23 Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves Me will
obey My teaching. My Father will love them, and We will come to them and make Our home with them. 24 Anyone who does not love Me will not obey My teaching.
These words you hear are not my own; they belong to the Father who sent Me.
25 “All this I have spoken while still with
you. 26 But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My
name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said
to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; My peace I give you. I do not give to you as
the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.
28 “You heard Me say, ‘I am going away and I
am coming back to you.’ If you loved me, you would be glad that I am going to
the Father, for the Father is greater than I. 29 I have told you now before it
happens, so that when it does happen you will believe. 30 I will not say much
more to you, for the prince of this world is coming. He has no hold over Me, 31
but he comes so that the world may learn that I love the Father and do exactly
what my Father has commanded Me.
“Come now; let us leave.
