The Father’s Love and Christ’s Victory: Divine Peace for Those Who Obey
John 16:26–28 and John 16:32–33 are deeply connected teachings of Jesus that reveal the heart of the Gospel—divine love, victorious peace, and the intimate relationship between the Father, the Son, and the true believer.
“In that day you will ask in my name. I am not saying that I will ask the Father on your behalf. No, the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed that I came from God. I came from the Father and entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.” (John 16:26–28)
“A time is coming and in fact has come when you will be scattered, each to your own home. You will leave me all alone. Yet I am not alone, for my Father is with me. I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.” (John 16:32–33)
These verses show that the Father Himself desires fellowship with those who love and believe in Jesus. Christ’s mission—to come from the Father, enter the world, and return to Him—secures our direct access to the Father.
This is confirmed in Hebrews 4:16, where believers are encouraged to “approach God’s throne of grace with confidence,” and in Romans 5:1–2, which says we have peace with God through Christ.
Despite knowing His disciples would scatter and abandon Him, Jesus declares, “I am not alone, for my Father is with me.” This reveals His unshakable trust in God, echoing Psalm 23:4: “Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.”
Jesus offers peace not from the absence of trouble, but through His triumph over it. “In this world you will have trouble,” He says, “but take heart! I have overcome the world.”
Isaiah 26:3 assures, “You will keep in perfect peace those whose minds are steadfast, because they trust in you,” and Philippians 4:6–7 teaches that the peace of God guards those who dwell in Christ.
This divine peace and intimacy with the Father are reserved for those who truly love God, obey His commands, and do His will. John 14:21 affirms, “Whoever has my commands and keeps them is the one who loves me,” and Deuteronomy 6:5 commands us to “love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.”
Likewise, Matthew 7:21 warns, “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father.”
Only those who love God with all their heart and soul, keep the commands of Jesus, and do the will of the Father can truly and deeply understand the truths of John 16:26–28 and John 16:32–33.
They alone experience the Father’s love, the victory of Christ, and the supernatural peace that overcomes the trials of this world.
