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Introduction
Opening Illustration - We discourage our kids from saying things like “Me first!” Right?
Nobody likes it when kids (or adults) act in a snotty, selfish way!
Neil Whitwam - A Barber that went to the mission field…As a result to following God’s call, he and his wife were missionaries in Zambia.
Zambia is a very poor country with many diseases and high unemployment.
They started a church that grew to over 700 members in one year!
They were truly used by God!
Neil Whitwam and his wife were missionaries in Zambia.
Zambia is a very poor country with many diseases and high unemployment.
They started a church that grew to over 700 members in one year!
They were truely used by God!
I remember Neil preaching a sermon on the Power of Prayer and in that sermon he challenged us on something I’ll never forget.
He said when you pray, pray for yourself first.
Let me clarify.
What He meant was after you spend time Praising and glorifying God, and you are moving into a time of intercession (praying for others), the first other you should pray for is yourself!
Why?
He gave the illustration of flying on an airplane…We must first care for ourselves if we will have the wherewithal to care for others.
This works in the spiritual world just as much (if not more) than the spiritual world.
In , we are entering into what is commonly referred to as the “High Priestly Prayer.”
This prayer is at the end of Jesus’ farewell discourse and just before His time in Gethsemane.
It is a beautiful prayer that we can learn much from.
It is broken down into three main sections.
Jesus’ Prayer for Himself
Jesus’ Prayer for His Disciples
Jesus’ Prayer for Us!
Our focus today is Jesus’ Prayer for Himself.
And as my friend, Neil Whitwam taught me years ago, this is a very wise way to pray...
Main Idea - Wise Prayer Warriors Pray First for Themselves!
Transition - There are three interesting components to Jesus’ Prayer for himself...
1. Wise Prayer Warriors Pray They Will Bring God Glory (vs.
1-2)
This, of course, is the chief end of man according to the Westminster Shorter Catechism which says,
Q. 1.
What is the chief end of man?
A. Man’s chief end is to glorify God, and to enjoy him forever.
And so, when we pray, we should have this in our thinking!
Jesus did! Look at the text with me...
John
This must have been quite a sight for the apostles to witness!
He finished talking with the Disciples.
The farewell discourse is complete and now, He looks up to heaven and started talking to His Father.
Did they even realize this at first?
Just a side note, isn’t this a wonderful example?
Jesus isn’t afraid or ashamed to talk to His Father in front of His friends…follow His example.
You might be surprised how it will encourage and disciples those around you.
But look what He says...
“Father, the hour has come...” What hour?
The hour that was the purpose for His incarnation.
His sacrificial death on the cross that will satisfy the wrath of God for the sins of humanity!
For you!!!
His specific prayer is that in light of the reality that the hour has come, He asks the Father to glorify the His Son and He asks it for a reason.
“So that the Son may glorify you...” The Son wants to be glorified so that the Father, in turn will be glorified!? It’s like a glory fest!
What is going on here?
What does this mean?
Well, first we must ask the question, who is qualified to be glorified?
The scriptures are clear on this.
Glory goes to God and God alone!
Only God can legitimately receive glory!
Isa
So if God will not give His glory to another, and yet the Father can glorifies the Son, it stands to reason that Jesus is God and therefore the only one qualified to receive the Glory of God!
Okay, that makes sense, but HOW does God the Father glorify God the Son?
He glorifies the Son...
By sustaining the Son through the coming relentless physical suffering He would endure then next day
By accepting the sacrifice of the Son
By Resurrecting the Son from the dead
By restore the Son back to His glorious position in Heaven at the right Hand of the Father.
Now think about this.
If the Father does these things for the Son through all of this, how much glory has Christ received in the intervening 2000 years?
How much will He continue to receive from this time forward and for all eternity?
Beyond comprehension.
He conquered death for us and we glorify Him because of it!
Now notice that Jesus’ motive wasn’t simply for His own glory but actually for the glory of the Father!
vfNow notice that Jesus’ motive wasn’t simply for His own glory but actually for the glory of the Father!
Again, how does the Son give glory to the Father?
Because the Son publically recognizes (and the Scriptures teach) that the Gospel, the death, burial and resurrection of the Christ, the exceptionally wise and powerful plan, motivated by love, was from the Father!
This was the Father’s plan and so the Son wanted the Father to receive the credit!
He wanted Him to get the glory!
This is what Jesus means when He says what He says in verse 2...
The Father’s glory and the Son’s glory is wrapped up in the Gospel!
Let me explain.
First...
The Father gave the Son the authority - He ordained that the Son rule over all the earth!
This is what reveals...
As a result, the Son has the authority to judge...
John 5
He has the authority to lay down and take up His life...
He has the authority to lay down and take up His life...
John
And He has the authority to give eternal life...
Explain what is going on here...
I do not believe this to be a proof text passage for the doctrines of predestination and election...
And the reason I believe this is not is by one simple things that we should all be diligent in when it comes to good bible study.
Ask good questions of the text and be careful not to put into the text something that is not there.
That is called eisegesis (putting into the text instead of pulling out of the text.
That is call exegesis.
I’m not arguing against the doctrines of predestination and election.
They are biblical and there is a biblical way to understand them.
And that is for another sermon or two.
My point is this text isn’t teaching these things.
One simple thing we can do to get a right interpretation of a bible text is to ask questions of the text.
Who, What, Where, When, Why and how…
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