I am captivated by the thought of Jesus praying, not only for His contemporary disciples, but also for believers to come! Our Lord certainly had faith in the growth of His Church! If you recall, Jesus in Matthew 16:18 resolutely said "I WILL BUILD … [Continue reading]
I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 17:16-19 … “SANCTIFY THEM!”
"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!”
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)
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
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]
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