Episode 57: I have overcome the world
Download MP3Jesus’ last words to his disciples in the Upper Room, before he turned to pray to his Father, were “Take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). He had already told them there would be trouble after he was gone, and said this to encourage them. John seems to echo that thought as he encourages his readers. Jesus lived a fully human life, he seems to say, and yet he overcame his trials. So guess what? You have overcome, because you have Jesus in you.
Jesus’ last words to his disciples in the Upper Room, before he turned to pray to his Father, were “Take heart! I have overcome the world” (John 16:33). He had already told them there would be trouble after he was gone, and said this to encourage them. John seems to echo that thought as he encourages his readers. Jesus lived a fully human life, he seems to say, and yet he overcame his trials. So guess what? You have overcome, because you have Jesus in you.
