Hosanna Restoration Church

Good morning. Peace be with you. Jesus is the Prince of Peace! Jesus is Lord! Make Him your everything!

From the Cross Jesus made it clear that He had completed what He came to do. “It is finished.” After rising from the dead (He is the only one who rose and lives forever more!) He went out preparing the disciples for their future and ours.

First, He told Mary to let them know He was alive. Then, He came to them Himself. In the midst of their fear, He spoke Peace to them. Then He showed them His wounds and that brought them joy! Then He again spoke peace to them, adding, “As the Father has sent me, so I am sending you.” Then He breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit!)

It would seem that was the end of this meeting. He left them there to get ready. No doubt there was a good deal of discussion among the folks. We can only imagine what it was like. The first meeting did not give them much to go on. Think of the real magnitude of what Jesus said in this short meeting.

Peace! He told them to take His peace. Oh, that peace of God. It is the same peace that we can access at any time. We simply need to receive it. No doubt, there was some discussion over that command. Like, how can He expect us to have peace, doesn’t He know what we have been through! Isn’t that a bit like our response sometimes. Yes, we know He is alive, but how can we just have peace. Give us something more Lord.

Then after showing them His wounds, which brought them joy, (what is up with that) He told them again to have peace, and by the way, “Just as the father sent me, I am sending you!” Now, receive the Holy Spirit.

Perhaps, between meetings, someone remembered what Jesus said about how the Holy Spirit would lead them into all truth. Truly, THE HOLY SPIRIT, was and always will be our guide to life in Christ Jesus.  Jesus was putting a finishing touch on all the pieces! He had told them everything, but they only knew in part. Now they needed to learn how to grow into all truth. They needed to put together all that Jesus had taught through words and demonstrations.

Today as we hear His voice, we too must follow. As He sent them, He sends us. I was overwhelmed this week as I thought of all the people who do not know Jesus. There is a difference between knowing about Jesus and knowing Him. I was mostly overwhelmed with the feeling that I pass by a lot of people who need to know, and I assume they do know. Do you know His peace? Are you troubled? Receive His Peace. There is no trouble big or small that His peace cannot handle. Do you know that? There is nothing so good that His peace cannot improve it. Take it! Receive THE HOLY SPIRIT! He will lead you into all truth. Go and spread the word!