“Do you now believe? 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. 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: 31-33)
Jesus is explaining to His disciples that He is about to leave. Just before He would go to the cross, He gives a great example of the loneliness a follower of our Lord would face. He was about to be abandoned, even by His closest followers, yet He would not be alone . . . He had the Spirit of God with Him the entire way until He gave up that Spirit!
We are not alone either! That very Spirit that enabled Christ to go through the torture of the Cross is the same Spirit that raised Him from the grave. That very same Spirit now lives in side every born-again follower of Christ! He enables us to face adversity . . . yes even abandonment of friends, family and the world in general!
Remember, as we go through various trials and temptations that we are not alone . . . He is with us!
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