I Am With You Always

Old Testament

The Lord will give strength to His people;
The Lord will bless His people with peace.

You shall go out with joy,
And be led out with peace.

The Lord lift up His countenance upon you
And give you peace.

It will be said in that day: "Behold, this is our God;
We have waited for Him, and He will save us.
This is the Lord; we have waited for Him;
We will be glad and rejoice in His salvation."

The New Testament

Now behold, two of them were traveling that same day to a village called Emmaus…. So it was, while they conversed and reasoned, that Jesus Himself drew near and went with them. But their eyes were restrained, so that they did not know Him…. And beginning at Moses and all the Prophets, He expounded to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself. Then they drew near to the village where they were going…. And He went in to stay with them. Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight. And they said to one another, "Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?"

Jesus Himself stood in the midst of them, and said to them, "Peace to you." But they were terrified and frightened, and supposed they had seen a spirit. And He said to them, "Why are you troubled? And why do doubts arise in your hearts? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself. Handle Me and see, for a spirit does not have flesh and bones as you see I have…." But while they still did not believe for joy, and marveled, He said to them, "Have you any food here?" So they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish and some honeycomb. And He took it and ate in their presence.

But Thomas was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord." So he said to them, "Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and put my hand into His side, I will not believe." And after eight days His disciples were again inside, and Thomas with them. Jesus came, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace to you!" Then He said to Thomas, "Reach your finger here, and look at My hands; and reach your hand here, and put it into My side. Do not be unbelieving, but believing." And Thomas answered and said to Him, "My Lord and my God!"

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age."

He led them [the disciples] out as far as Bethany, and He lifted up His hands and blessed them. Now it came to pass, while He blessed them, that He was parted from them and carried up into heaven. And they worshiped Him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy….

"I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger….
He who eats this bread will live forever"

Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you.

The Heavenly Doctrines

When He was in the world the Lord overcame the hells and restored the heavens to order, and acquired for Himself Divine Power over them.

A person acquires faith by going to the Lord, learning truths from the Word, and living according to them.

The Lord's Divine Power is the Divine Power of saving the human race…. By that power of the Lord's and by no other is a person saved

The Lord is present with every person, urging and pressing him to receive Him. A person receives Him when he acknowledges Him as his God, the Creator, Redeemer and Savior