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(John 17:6-10)
I. Introduction.
A. Orientation.
Having prayed for strength to carry out His work,
And in light of the Fathers sure answer to that prayer
Having requested that the Father
Grant Him the reward of the glory
He has possessed with the Father
From all eternity,
Jesus turns His attention
More particularly now to His church.
B. Preview.
We do need to remember
That this is a prayer for the church
For those that belong to Jesus.
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And the Gospel
He has given to us
To declare to the world
Its addressed to the church.
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II. Sermon.
A. First, Jesus prays only for those who are His, not for the world.
That much is clear in verse 9, I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the
world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours.
When He says
That He asks on their behalf,
Hes talking about those
He just gave us a picture of in verses 6-8
Those who are clearly believers.
Well come back to this in our second point.
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And that they might be with Him to see His glory (v. 24).
B. How can we know that Jesus has done this work for us?
He tells us in verses 6-8.
He says in verse 6
That those He prays for belong to the Father:
He says, They were Yours.
They are the ones the Father chose.
John writes in 1:18, No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who
is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.
Jesus told Philip, that to see Him is to see the Father
That is, if youve seen Jesus, youve seen God.
Have you seen God in Jesus Christ?
Do you believe He is God in our nature?
And do you love that God that you see?
This is something Hes only revealed
To those that belong to Him.
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who practices sin is of the devil; for the devil has sinned from the beginning.
The Son of God appeared for this purpose, to destroy the works of the devil. No
one who is born of God practices sin, because His seed abides in him; and he
cannot sin, because he is born of God. By this the children of God and the
children of the devil are obvious: anyone who does not practice righteousness is
not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother.
If you are one of Gods elect,
You wont be perfect,
But you will consistently bear good fruit,
Because you love the Lord,
And want to honor Him.
C. Finally, does the fact that Jesus prayed and died only for the elect
Make any difference with regard to evangelism?
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