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That You May Believe and Have Life #44
John 17
You may have noticed my sermon title “The Lord’s Prayer” …
And perhaps you thought of Matthew 6, during the sermon on the mount discourse, early in Jesus’ public ministry.
Our Father … Who art in Heaven
Hallowed be they name
Thy Kingdom come
Thy Will be done, on earth as in Heaven
Give us this day our daily bread
And forgive our trespasses
As we forgive those who trespass against us
Lead us not into Temptation
But deliver us from Evil …
Now we know that prayer as “The Lord’s Prayer”
We pray that prayer often as part of worship times and public prayers.
But this was not so much the Lord praying, but it was the Lord TEACHING us How to Pray.
It was a response to the disciples asking him for instruction in how to pray.
But now, at the end of the public ministry of Christ, Jesus is truly praying …
This chapter, John 17 IS the “Lord’s Prayer”
Jesus Christ is our High Priest.
The High Priest had two primary duties 1) to offer up sacrifices for the sins of the people 2) to offer continual intercession, prayers for God’s People
This prayer has also been referred to by many, rightly so, as the High Priestly Prayer of Jesus
As our High Priest, before the Father, Jesus fulfills those duties
1) he has offered up himself as a sacrifice once and for all for our sins and
2) he is ever interceding before the Father for us.
Romans 8:31-34 (NIV) \\ /31 //What, then, shall we say in response to this?
If God is for us, who can be against us?
32 //He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?
33 //Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen?
It is God who justifies.
34 //Who is he that condemns?
Christ Jesus, who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us./
How are we going to make in this world?
How are we going to survive the attacks of the Evil one?
We can survive, because Jesus Christ is interceding for us before the Father.
I have often wondered about the way, the pattern, the type of prayer that Christ is offering.
I know that he knows when a sparrow falls.
I know that he knows the number of hairs we have on our head.
However, I don’t think he loses sleep over the things that we lose sleep over.
I don’t think he is concerned about some of the trivial things we get worked up over.
But how does he pray for us?
I think if we want an idea of the type of prayer Christ prays when he is interceding for us.
I believe John 17 gives us a peek, an idea.
We are going to paint a broad stroke in studying this prayer.
I believe that we find ourselves in a situation very similar to Jesus’ disciples.
We live in a world that is hostile to the gospel.
This world has a disdain for the name of Chris.
Here in John 17 Jesus is at the end of his public ministry and he is about to complete this mission he has been given.
Listen as we read for Words of Victory and Intercession from a Savior.
Hear his concern for his disciples and the world.
Notice that the “world” is referred to 19x.
Listen to the Lord’s Prayer to the Father, for his people present and future
READ John 17
Now, I want to do something I don’t normally do, that is Read our Text Again
But this time
Listen now as he prays for you
No matter where you are right now Jesus is praying for you
If you are struggling he is praying a prayer of victory for you
If you are a follower he is interceding in prayer for you
If you do not know him he is praying a savior's prayer for you
Because you are in the church he is praying a savior's prayer for you
So listen to him pray for you
READ
So, what can we learn
What strength can we gain …
In a sense offers three prayers in One.
But it is the “hat” he wears, it is the TYPE of prayer he offers
First of all … this Prayer is …
1.
A Victor's Prayer (vv1-5)
Why is it important for you and for Me that the prayer is a Victor’s Prayer?
Because if he is praying for you, don’t you want to know that a winner is praying for you?
Don’t you want to know that the one who is praying for you …
A.
Finishes the Work Given
1.
All through the life and ministry of Christ there is a clear understanding of his purpose and plan
2.
He told his Mother “my time has not yet come”
3.
and Jesus says in verse 1 here “the time has come” …
4.
Jesus was not yet on the cross, but the dye was cast, the decision was made and he could faithfully say “I have completed the work you gave me to do”
5.
What work did God give him to do? Phil. 2 says he emptied himself of Heaven and became obedient to death, even death on the cross.
The Father sent him … it was FOR THIS PURPOSE … that he came
6.
Jesus Christ came as a perfect sacrifice to offer himself to the Father as a “propitiation” that is a big theological word meaning substitute, I say it just because I like it.
Jesus Christ offered himself on our behalf so that all who believe, turn from their selfish life of sin and embrace the sacrifice of God can be redeemed, forgiven, imputed with righteousness.
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Jesus said “I have completed the work you gave me to do … and in doing so … the one who prays for us
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Glorifies the One Giving
1.
The Father gave this task to the Son and the Son completed it to bring GLORY to the son.
2.
The word Glory is used 8 times.
You think Jesus is trying to teach us something?
The Glory of God is a chief aim of the life committed to him
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the Only Glory that Jesus asked for was Glory for the purpose of bringing glory to the Father.
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Then he said “reinstate” my glory, in your presence, what I laid down, return to me
5.
Jesus said all those who have given up houses and lands, possessions, anything would be restored by the Father.
Jesus had his Glory returned in God’s presence.
Jesus Christ knew the Cross was coming and he didn’t avoid it any more than a runner avoids the finish line or a football player avoids the endzone or a baseball player skips home plate.
It didn’t matter what he had to go through.
The cross was the finish line and he was NOT a Victim at the Cross, he was a Victor.
If he had stopped short he would have been a victim.
If he stopped when they taunted him, a victim
If he stopped when they wanted to stone him, he would have been a victim
If he stopped when his own family didn’t believe in him, he would have been a victim but he was a VICTOR.
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