I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:16-19 … “SANCTIFY THEM!”

January 21, 2023 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

"To sanctify" basically means "to make holy." To separate, to consecrate, to purify. Someone well said of us Christians ... "We live between the LOVE of God and the HATE of the world." And it seems like our Lord here in His "Upper Room" … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:12-15 … “KEEP THEM FROM THE EVIL!”

January 19, 2023 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Jesus' great Prayer continues in these four verses. Here we learn (again) that world will hate us Christians. This includes part of the "religious" world! In fact, the word "religion" is only found five times in the Bible, most of them in a bad … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:9-11 … “I PRAY NOT FOR THE WORLD.” (QUOTING JESUS)

January 17, 2023 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

I mentioned in class that the New Testament calls the Holy Ghost "the Spirit of Christ." It indeed does, twice! Romans 8:9 ... "But ye are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if so be that the Spirit of God dwell in you. Now if any man have not … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:4-8 … TEACHING WHILE PRAYING

January 15, 2023 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Jesus, in the Gospel of John chapters 14-16, has been teaching (preaching) nonstop! Then in John chapter 17 our Lord prays! Maybe we all would be more effective, more powerful, if we followed that pattern! I can only find two earlier times in … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:1-3 … JESUS’ DEFINITION OF ETERNAL LIFE!

January 13, 2023 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

A "creed" within a Prayer, Jesus's Prayer for His Church! I am speaking of verse 3 ... "And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent." Do you know Jesus? And thereby know God the … [Continue reading]