1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:17,680 So we are still on this wonderful journey of prayer. 2 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:24,000 We got two more weeks left on this before Christmas Eve. 3 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:25,800 Are you guys excited about Christmas? 4 00:00:25,800 --> 00:00:26,800 Oh, really? 5 00:00:26,800 --> 00:00:29,920 Oh, let's shout for joy. 6 00:00:29,920 --> 00:00:31,680 Are you excited for Christmas? 7 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:32,680 Yeah. 8 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:33,680 Come on. 9 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:41,520 I mean, I don't, we've, listen, I was like almost completely, I know others have been, 10 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:49,000 are far more in advance when it comes to Christmas, for some people, start in October. 11 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,940 Mine starts Christmas, Thanksgiving Day, right? 12 00:00:52,940 --> 00:01:00,880 But all that being said, I've been, it's been nice just having family and to me I think 13 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:02,480 that's going to be the greatest gift. 14 00:01:02,480 --> 00:01:06,880 So we're going to be dealing with this issue of prayer and Jesus' prayer and I talked to 15 00:01:06,880 --> 00:01:10,040 you guys about the when and the whom. 16 00:01:10,040 --> 00:01:11,280 When should you pray, whom should you pray? 17 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:15,880 I think this answers this question, these two questions quite definitively. 18 00:01:15,880 --> 00:01:20,800 So we're going to be going through John 17 over the next several weeks. 19 00:01:20,800 --> 00:01:25,960 But I want you to hear Jesus' prayer and how he prays for his people. 20 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:31,280 Most people when they read John 17, they have no clue when this happens. 21 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,380 They just think it just happens. 22 00:01:33,380 --> 00:01:41,960 And in many cases, many preachers or teachers will avoid this particular prayer. 23 00:01:41,960 --> 00:01:47,320 In all the years that I've known Christ, I think I've heard the message, a message or 24 00:01:47,320 --> 00:01:55,920 a lesson taught on this one time in like my entire life in Christendom. 25 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,640 Why? 26 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:09,280 Because this prayer wrecks all kinds of theology, but they miss the glory of this amazing prayer 27 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:12,480 that Christ prays on behalf of his people. 28 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:13,720 Okay? 29 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:23,680 So just to give you some background, if you turn to chapter 13, okay? 30 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:33,920 Chapter 13, Jesus has his triumphal entry comes in and he then throughout that week 31 00:02:33,920 --> 00:02:37,720 comes to this point where it's time for Passover meal. 32 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:45,440 So as you guys know the story, they go out, they find all the things they need for the 33 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:46,440 dinner. 34 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:47,440 They sit down, they have dinner. 35 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,160 Jesus does all these amazing things. 36 00:02:49,160 --> 00:02:50,160 He washes their feet. 37 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,160 He breaks bread. 38 00:02:51,160 --> 00:02:53,440 He institutes the Lord's Supper there. 39 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:57,880 All those things happen in John 13. 40 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:04,200 And so during this time of John 13, this is the Lord's Supper, his last meal with his 41 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:06,600 people. 42 00:03:06,600 --> 00:03:13,080 And so during this time, Jesus literally goes through and he gives them a new commandment. 43 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:17,020 A new commandment I give you that you love one another as I have loved you. 44 00:03:17,020 --> 00:03:19,640 He then foretells Peter's denial. 45 00:03:19,640 --> 00:03:24,400 He then gives this amazing proclamation that I am the way, the truth, and the life and 46 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,440 no one comes to the Father except by me. 47 00:03:28,440 --> 00:03:34,200 He then gives the proclamation of the promise of the Holy Spirit that I will not leave you 48 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:35,760 as orphans. 49 00:03:35,760 --> 00:03:39,200 I will not leave you without a shepherd. 50 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:45,400 I will not leave you alone, but he promises the Holy Spirit and he promises that the Holy 51 00:03:45,400 --> 00:03:52,120 Spirit will guide them in all truth. 52 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,480 He also proclaims in chapter 15, I am the true vine and you are the branches. 53 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:58,680 If a man remains me and I in him. 54 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:07,080 All of this is happening at the Supper and on their way to the Garden of Gethsemane. 55 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:14,360 Can you imagine all of these truths are happening within a very few hours? 56 00:04:14,360 --> 00:04:16,080 And why does Jesus do this? 57 00:04:16,080 --> 00:04:18,640 Because he's been walking with them for three years. 58 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:20,580 He's at the end of his ministry. 59 00:04:20,580 --> 00:04:25,040 His hour is about to come and he wants to make sure that he gives them everything that 60 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:28,460 he has taught them and clarifies these things to them. 61 00:04:28,460 --> 00:04:35,040 So much to the point that they say that he prays for them and says they know me because 62 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:40,240 of the truth. 63 00:04:40,240 --> 00:04:52,160 He also lets them know that because the world hated him, they will hate us also. 64 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:59,440 Chapter 16 comes and he's letting them know that you're not alone. 65 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:04,680 He also encourages them after he says that the world hated me, it's going to hate you. 66 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:09,480 And he encourages them to stand in the truth. 67 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:15,680 In verse 26 of chapter 15 he says, but when the helper comes whom I will send to you from 68 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:22,600 the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about 69 00:05:22,600 --> 00:05:25,640 me. 70 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:34,240 He then explains to them that the Holy Spirit will guide them in all truth and that he has 71 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,960 overcome the world so fear not. 72 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:42,880 And that's where I want us to begin. 73 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:45,640 Before we go there, I want you to know a few things. 74 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:51,040 We talked about these last week, lastly for the last two weeks, but I want to reiterate 75 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:56,480 them and then I'm only give you a statement from Dr. Sinclair Ferguson. 76 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:57,480 Here it is, you ready? 77 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:04,040 The doctrine of prayer is a means of grace offered according to the will of God expressed 78 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:07,560 in accordance with his word. 79 00:06:07,560 --> 00:06:14,480 Prayer is the language of the soul and opening of our hearts before God, John Calvin. 80 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,400 Prayer reveals our heart. 81 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:23,920 Prayer is about aligning ourselves with God's will, Matthew 26. 82 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:32,000 Prayer is this word, pros ukami, pros meaning to be near or come before, ukami meaning to 83 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:34,520 pray or to will. 84 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:44,000 Dr. Sinclair Ferguson states it this way, praying is not an isolated spiritual exercise. 85 00:06:44,000 --> 00:06:54,840 We pray and we live are not two compartments, are not two compartments. 86 00:06:54,840 --> 00:07:01,680 The truth of the matter is we live as we pray and we pray as we live. 87 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:06,800 Dr. Sinclair Ferguson. 88 00:07:06,800 --> 00:07:12,360 What Jesus does is he prepares his people and what's interesting, I want you to imagine 89 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:19,760 this, he gets done eating and as he's walking with them and talking with them, he's teaching 90 00:07:19,760 --> 00:07:26,040 them these truths, he comes to the end of the lessons. 91 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:31,280 He has nothing more to teach, nothing more to say to them. 92 00:07:31,280 --> 00:07:36,520 And on his journey, Jesus does something quite remarkable. 93 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:44,600 Turn to chapter 16, John 16 verse 25. 94 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:48,440 So all the things that I've just mentioned to you, I'm divine and all those things, this 95 00:07:48,440 --> 00:07:53,880 is what he says, I have said these things to you in figures of speech. 96 00:07:53,880 --> 00:08:00,080 The hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell 97 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:03,280 you plainly about the Father. 98 00:08:03,280 --> 00:08:12,520 In that day you will ask in my name and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father 99 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:20,520 on your behalf for the Father himself loves you because you have loved me and have believed 100 00:08:20,520 --> 00:08:22,800 that I came from God. 101 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:29,160 I came from the Father and I've come into the world and now I am leaving the world and 102 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:30,160 going to the Father. 103 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:37,640 In other words, what he's saying is one day you're not going to need to come to me here 104 00:08:37,640 --> 00:08:41,320 on earth. 105 00:08:41,320 --> 00:08:50,200 His disciples said, ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech. 106 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,200 What? 107 00:08:51,200 --> 00:09:01,160 You mean three years and just all of a sudden you had a V8. 108 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:08,400 I understand everything you're saying to me. 109 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:09,480 Look what they say to him. 110 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:16,060 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you. 111 00:09:16,060 --> 00:09:19,840 This is why we believe that you came from God. 112 00:09:19,840 --> 00:09:27,160 Three years after watching him do all these miracles, now you know because of what Jesus 113 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,480 said to you. 114 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:31,120 Interesting. 115 00:09:31,120 --> 00:09:36,680 Jesus answered them, do you now believe? 116 00:09:36,680 --> 00:09:39,320 Like now? 117 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:40,600 You believe now. 118 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:46,080 Based on what I just said to you, we had dinner, broke bread, told you I'm the vine, you're 119 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:47,600 the branches, all these things. 120 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:53,040 I say I'm not going to be speaking to you in figurative language in this type of simple 121 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:59,120 speech and now you're turning around going, now I believe you. 122 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:03,480 Interesting. 123 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:08,560 But look what Jesus says, behold, verse 32, behold the hour is coming and indeed has come 124 00:10:08,560 --> 00:10:16,720 when you will be scattered each to his own home and will leave me alone, yet I am not 125 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:20,520 alone for the Father is with me. 126 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:26,160 I have said these things to you that in me you may have peace in the world. 127 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,880 You will have tribulation, but take heart I have overcome the world. 128 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:37,720 Do you remember previously in chapter 15, if they hated me they're going to hate you? 129 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:45,920 So Jesus says I'm not going to be talking to you in figures of speech anymore, in parables. 130 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:54,480 I'm going to talk plainly to you, I'm going away. 131 00:10:54,480 --> 00:11:00,280 It's interesting that Jesus says that you guys are all going to run and you're going 132 00:11:00,280 --> 00:11:04,440 to go home and you're going to leave me alone. 133 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:11,160 Because if you remember previously before this statement, Jesus predicted that Peter 134 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:13,860 would deny him. 135 00:11:13,860 --> 00:11:19,120 You notice this time Peter doesn't argue because now Jesus says all of you are going to leave 136 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,760 me. 137 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:27,480 I'll be left alone. 138 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:36,000 Look what else it says in the end of chapter 16, in the world you will have tribulation, 139 00:11:36,000 --> 00:11:39,720 but take heart I have overcome the world. 140 00:11:39,720 --> 00:11:42,480 The world is full of suffering. 141 00:11:42,480 --> 00:11:44,920 You cannot avoid it. 142 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,720 It's part of the deal. 143 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:50,860 So find joy in your suffering. 144 00:11:50,860 --> 00:11:53,080 Think about that. 145 00:11:53,080 --> 00:11:58,420 Jesus was joyful to suffer for you. 146 00:11:58,420 --> 00:12:02,760 Why would we not be joyful to suffer for him? 147 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:11,960 The scripture says that the father counted it joy to destroy his son. 148 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:19,240 So understanding all that as Jesus is walking and having conversation with his disciples, 149 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:22,200 he stops. 150 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:23,200 Just stops walking. 151 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:28,200 Look what it says, and when Jesus has spoken these words, what words? 152 00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:31,020 13 to 17. 153 00:12:31,020 --> 00:12:38,120 When Jesus had told him all these things from the supper to this moment, look what he says, 154 00:12:38,120 --> 00:12:44,320 when Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, Father, the 155 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:48,200 hour has come. 156 00:12:48,200 --> 00:12:51,360 My work is finished is what he's saying. 157 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,100 This is it. 158 00:12:54,100 --> 00:12:57,520 My purpose of coming is here. 159 00:12:57,520 --> 00:13:01,480 Father, the hour has come. 160 00:13:01,480 --> 00:13:10,360 Glorify your son that the son may glorify you. 161 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:18,600 Now what's interesting about this word glorify, many would think, hey, make him amazing. 162 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,480 No, it's more intimate than that. 163 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:29,620 This glorify, this word glorify here, it's dox azo. 164 00:13:29,620 --> 00:13:35,880 This word dox azo means to make renown or to render illustrious. 165 00:13:35,880 --> 00:13:42,880 Now there are many churches today who are always talking about making Jesus famous. 166 00:13:42,880 --> 00:13:44,960 We got to make him renown. 167 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:46,960 Jesus doesn't need your help to be famous. 168 00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:51,440 He is already the most famous person to ever live. 169 00:13:51,440 --> 00:13:55,720 He was famous before he even created anything. 170 00:13:55,720 --> 00:14:01,200 His creation will proclaim him if his people don't. 171 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,580 Jesus doesn't need anyone to make him renown. 172 00:14:03,580 --> 00:14:08,360 He already is. 173 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:17,440 So this word here to clarify means to cause the dignity or worth of some person or thing 174 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:22,120 to become manifest or acknowledged. 175 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:24,440 Think about glory from that perspective. 176 00:14:24,440 --> 00:14:34,240 In other words, Jesus is saying, Father, the hour has come for me, your son, to be manifest 177 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:40,480 and acknowledged as the worthy one. 178 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:46,960 In that your son may manifest and acknowledge you. 179 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:48,720 Think about that. 180 00:14:48,720 --> 00:14:57,200 When Jesus went to the cross, who is he acknowledging and manifesting that he is the one who has 181 00:14:57,200 --> 00:14:59,200 dignity and worth? 182 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,200 His father. 183 00:15:01,200 --> 00:15:08,400 And the father was pointing to the son saying, no, he has dignity and worth. 184 00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:12,880 And the Holy Spirit points to the son, he has dignity and worth. 185 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,880 He is the worthy one. 186 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:18,300 Revelation tells you who the worthy one is. 187 00:15:18,300 --> 00:15:26,560 So when we think of glory, it's recognizing that the creation is not glorified because 188 00:15:26,560 --> 00:15:27,840 of itself. 189 00:15:27,840 --> 00:15:34,360 The creation is glorified because Christ is made manifest or acknowledged as the God of 190 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,200 its creation. 191 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:42,960 So I make manifest and acknowledge the worth and dignity of my King and my Savior. 192 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:48,280 That's what glory means. 193 00:15:48,280 --> 00:15:55,400 Jesus' praise for the glorification of him and the Father. 194 00:15:55,400 --> 00:16:03,360 I want you to understand, pray that God will be glorified in your life so that he is manifest 195 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:10,480 and acknowledged in your life as the King of your life. 196 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:17,420 Verse two, since you have been given authority, since you have given him, meaning Jesus talking 197 00:16:17,420 --> 00:16:27,520 about himself, since you Father have given me, given him authority over all flesh. 198 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:30,880 You hear that? 199 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,320 Who's in charge of all flesh? 200 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:45,840 Who is the one in authority of all flesh? 201 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:49,920 God puts a monkey wrench in a whole must of stuff, doesn't it? 202 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:55,840 If he has authority over all flesh, that means Satan doesn't. 203 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:59,880 If he has authority over all flesh, it means he's the one in control. 204 00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,160 He's sovereign. 205 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:02,160 We aren't. 206 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:08,960 If he has authority over all flesh, then he determines who he has mercy on and who he's 207 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:09,960 compassionate to. 208 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:18,080 As a matter of fact, he clarifies this, he has authority over all flesh to do what? 209 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:29,200 To give eternal life to all whom you Father, you have given him. 210 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,080 Ouch. 211 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:37,240 Now you know why people don't teach this. 212 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:41,600 Because this whole prayer is about the sovereignty of God. 213 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,280 It's all about sovereign grace. 214 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:50,200 This puts a major monkey wrench in all kinds of issues. 215 00:17:50,200 --> 00:17:59,000 As a matter of fact, there's a gentleman on YouTube named Dr. Layton, and he uses John 216 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:06,120 17, and he calls it the un-Calvinism of John 17. 217 00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,120 Really? 218 00:18:08,120 --> 00:18:13,800 Have you even gotten to verse two yet? 219 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:18,720 How do you explain that away? 220 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:26,760 If he has all authority over all flesh, and he is the one who gives eternal life to whom 221 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:32,960 the Father has given him, that implies that the Father, that we belong to the Father before 222 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:34,880 the foundation of the world. 223 00:18:34,880 --> 00:18:36,800 Isn't that what the scripture says? 224 00:18:36,800 --> 00:18:44,040 That your name is written in the Lamb's Book of Life before the creation of all things? 225 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:50,680 And if that's true, Jesus continues to clarify what eternal life is. 226 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:51,900 So what is eternal life? 227 00:18:51,900 --> 00:18:56,000 Many would say eternal life is confessing with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe 228 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:57,520 in your heart that God raised him from the dead. 229 00:18:57,520 --> 00:19:00,560 No, that is not eternal life. 230 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,280 Eternal life is a person. 231 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:09,420 Look what it says, this is eternal life. 232 00:19:09,420 --> 00:19:11,320 What is eternal life? 233 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:12,320 This right here. 234 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:13,860 And what is eternal life? 235 00:19:13,860 --> 00:19:26,080 That they know you, the only true Elohim, and Yahshua ha-Mashiach, whom you have sent. 236 00:19:26,080 --> 00:19:27,960 That's what he says in his language. 237 00:19:27,960 --> 00:19:32,120 You are the only true God and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 238 00:19:32,120 --> 00:19:34,800 Who is eternal life? 239 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:37,600 God is eternal life. 240 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:43,200 You don't get eternal life, you are given eternal life. 241 00:19:43,200 --> 00:19:48,780 And you are given life because God is your life. 242 00:19:48,780 --> 00:19:50,320 That's what Jesus is saying. 243 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:56,680 You, to know you, the only true God in Jesus Christ whom you have sent, that's eternal 244 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:57,680 life. 245 00:19:57,680 --> 00:20:02,760 It's not a prayer. 246 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:04,240 So what's he say? 247 00:20:04,240 --> 00:20:12,360 I have made manifest and acknowledged the dignity and worth of you Father on earth. 248 00:20:12,360 --> 00:20:15,080 That's what he says, I have glorified you on earth. 249 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:21,960 He has obeyed the Father in every intimate detail, not a dot or a tittle. 250 00:20:21,960 --> 00:20:26,080 Was forsaken in the work of Christ on the earth. 251 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,360 Having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 252 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:35,440 In other words, Jesus did it perfectly and without any mistakes. 253 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:43,080 There is nothing undone. 254 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:52,120 Verse five, and now Father, and he's saying Abba, glorify me in your presence with the 255 00:20:52,120 --> 00:20:57,480 glory that I had with you before the world existed. 256 00:20:57,480 --> 00:21:05,640 In other words, I have veiled myself of the glory that I had with you. 257 00:21:05,640 --> 00:21:14,760 And now Father, I am coming back, going home to sit at the right hand of God the Father. 258 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:19,600 And this is what Jesus says, and this word glory means the most excellent state. 259 00:21:19,600 --> 00:21:20,860 Hear it in these terms. 260 00:21:20,860 --> 00:21:32,280 And now Father, glorify, manifest and acknowledge the worth and the dignity of the Son in your 261 00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:42,640 own presence with the most exalted state that I had with you before the world existed. 262 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:46,960 It's kind of amazing. 263 00:21:46,960 --> 00:21:52,400 Because here you see the God man who was fully God, truly God, like how R.C. 264 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:56,280 Sproul says, truly God and truly man. 265 00:21:56,280 --> 00:22:00,520 John MacArthur says it that way too. 266 00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:06,680 And you're seeing him come to the Father saying, bring me to my most exalted state. 267 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:10,200 In other words, I'm going back to where I was. 268 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,520 Why? 269 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:16,160 Because God had to become man to die for his creation. 270 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:24,040 As a matter of fact, let's clarify this in John 6 verse 37. 271 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,080 John 6, turn there. 272 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:32,240 Just so you see the context, you know it's important. 273 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:47,760 John 6, 37, all that the Father gives me will come to me. 274 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:57,400 I thought I had freedom of choice. 275 00:22:57,400 --> 00:23:03,160 President Ecclesiastes says it this way, love is as strong as death. 276 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,880 When death calls you, you've got to come. 277 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:09,620 Everyone, when it's time to die, will die. 278 00:23:09,620 --> 00:23:11,480 You can't say, no, it's not my choice right now. 279 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,600 I'd really rather not do that. 280 00:23:14,600 --> 00:23:16,600 No. 281 00:23:16,600 --> 00:23:18,020 Love is as strong as death. 282 00:23:18,020 --> 00:23:20,600 When the love of God calls you, you've got to come. 283 00:23:20,600 --> 00:23:27,360 Jesus says here, all that the Father gives me will come to me. 284 00:23:27,360 --> 00:23:32,760 And whoever comes to me, I will never cast out. 285 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:40,400 For I have come down from heaven not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent 286 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:41,400 me. 287 00:23:41,400 --> 00:23:48,440 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I should lose nothing of all that he has given 288 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,760 me, but raise him up in the last day. 289 00:23:52,760 --> 00:24:00,440 For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son believes in him and should 290 00:24:00,440 --> 00:24:08,980 have eternal life, and I will raise him up in the last day, except for one. 291 00:24:08,980 --> 00:24:19,800 And the reason why that one was lost is because prophecy must be fulfilled, and everybody 292 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:21,840 knows who that is. 293 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:37,120 Judas was brought in for the sole purpose to betray the Son. 294 00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:46,560 That being said, let's look at Jesus acknowledges the Father's will in prayer. 295 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:52,240 God's will for his people is to have eternal life. 296 00:24:52,240 --> 00:25:00,080 So when you pray, are you praying for his will? 297 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,080 Verse 6. 298 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:07,280 Verse 17, verse 6, I have manifested your name. 299 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:11,480 You might even be able to use the word glorified your name. 300 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:19,720 I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. 301 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:28,960 Ercomi, you gave me people out of the world. 302 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:34,240 He took you out of one place and placed you in another. 303 00:25:34,240 --> 00:25:40,520 Ercomi, my favorite word, one of my favorite words. 304 00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:48,120 I have made manifest your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world, yours they 305 00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:55,920 were and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 306 00:25:55,920 --> 00:26:01,080 Well, did we ever hear this? 307 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:06,760 Have you ever really listened to a message based on John 17? 308 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,000 Has this making you a little bit uncomfortable? 309 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:11,000 Not for me. 310 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:23,880 It gives me so much security. 311 00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:38,520 I enjoy lavishing in the amazing faithfulness and goodness of God to me. 312 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:42,480 Look what it says in verse 17. 313 00:26:42,480 --> 00:26:51,080 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 314 00:26:51,080 --> 00:26:53,840 Wait. 315 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,000 What are we learning here? 316 00:26:56,000 --> 00:27:00,320 What two doctrines is he proclaiming here? 317 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:01,880 There's actually three. 318 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:04,160 The doctrine of sovereign grace. 319 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,400 God is completely sovereign over all things. 320 00:27:06,400 --> 00:27:08,920 Second, the doctrine of election. 321 00:27:08,920 --> 00:27:10,320 God is the one who chooses. 322 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:11,800 God is the one who does the work. 323 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:14,920 God is the one who brings us out of the world and brings us into his family. 324 00:27:14,920 --> 00:27:16,080 It's God the Father. 325 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:19,840 We were his before the foundation of the world and we always were his. 326 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:25,080 We were then given to the son because of the goodness of the Father and the accomplishment 327 00:27:25,080 --> 00:27:29,280 of the work of Christ on the cross. 328 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:30,440 What's the second? 329 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:32,720 What's the third doctrine we're learning here? 330 00:27:32,720 --> 00:27:34,200 Eternal security. 331 00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:42,360 That whoever was the Father has always been the Father and he loses none. 332 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:50,920 So for all of our Arminian friends and charismatic friends who say you can lose your salvation, 333 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:56,760 here's a clear doctrinal proof in the prayer of Jesus that you cannot lose your salvation 334 00:27:56,760 --> 00:28:03,000 if you are truly his child. 335 00:28:03,000 --> 00:28:10,040 Stand in the security of our amazing God knowing that in his lavishing love toward you and 336 00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:17,080 in his promises that he keeps his word consistently all the time. 337 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,200 Has nothing to do with you. 338 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:24,160 That should make you feel happy that you have no part in the process of what God does, that 339 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:28,160 in God's goodness and kindness, he does the work. 340 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,040 Because if I did any part, I'd think I'd wreck it. 341 00:28:32,040 --> 00:28:35,800 Matter of fact, I would because I'm a sinful man. 342 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:58,000 I'm trying to avoid squirrels here. 343 00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:06,680 So Jesus here affirms the promises and the will of the Father. 344 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:12,120 We were his from all eternity and will always be his. 345 00:29:12,120 --> 00:29:13,120 Why? 346 00:29:13,120 --> 00:29:19,600 Because we are elected and are secure in Christ. 347 00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:26,680 What kind of comfort and surety do you have now? 348 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:33,960 Jesus says, for I have given them the words that you gave me. 349 00:29:33,960 --> 00:29:36,200 You hear that? 350 00:29:36,200 --> 00:29:42,200 For I have given them the words that you gave me and they have received them, meaning the 351 00:29:42,200 --> 00:29:47,560 words, and have come to know in truth that I came from you. 352 00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:49,520 They have believed that you sent me. 353 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:50,520 Why? 354 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,520 Do you remember what we read at the end of chapter 16? 355 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:59,240 Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative language. 356 00:29:59,240 --> 00:30:04,700 Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you. 357 00:30:04,700 --> 00:30:08,600 This is why we believe that you came from God. 358 00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,600 I want you to hear this. 359 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:18,560 Your experience means absolutely nothing to the reality of the work of Christ on the cross. 360 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:22,000 Do we get the benefit of experiencing a loving kindness from God? 361 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:23,000 Yes. 362 00:30:23,000 --> 00:30:25,480 That is not the determining factor of your salvation. 363 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:31,760 The determining factor of your salvation is solely on the truth of the word of God. 364 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:36,240 They lived for three years experiencing the miracles of the hand of the living God in 365 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:37,240 front of them. 366 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:42,840 They actually were sent out to go out and cast out demons and heal the sick. 367 00:30:42,840 --> 00:30:47,160 And they still did not understand and comprehend this reality of eternal life. 368 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,520 Then all of a sudden when the work is done and he is about to be arrested and taken to 369 00:30:51,520 --> 00:30:57,440 the cross, all of a sudden because now he is no longer talking in simple terms, he is 370 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,920 just talking plainly to them, they go, now we believe. 371 00:31:00,920 --> 00:31:02,720 Isn't that interesting? 372 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,080 It is not the experience that determines your eternity. 373 00:31:06,080 --> 00:31:09,960 It is the reality of the word of God being active in your life. 374 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,080 It is the word of God that brings you to salvation. 375 00:31:13,080 --> 00:31:18,160 It is the word of God, the gospel by which the gift of faith comes and is planted in 376 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:24,400 your life by which the Holy Spirit makes alive this faith, the seed of faith, and it produces 377 00:31:24,400 --> 00:31:28,560 in you fruit leading to eternal life. 378 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:31,400 That is the point. 379 00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,940 If it is dependent on the experience, you lost the point. 380 00:31:35,940 --> 00:31:41,400 But if it is dependent upon the truth of the word of God, you can absolutely bank on it. 381 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:42,400 That is what he means here. 382 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:49,320 Does that mean that I didn't enjoy seeing God at work in my life as an experience? 383 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:51,640 Yes, but that experience didn't determine my salvation. 384 00:31:51,640 --> 00:31:56,520 It is the word of God, the gospel, which determined my salvation, the work of the Holy Spirit 385 00:31:56,520 --> 00:32:01,680 in my life through that word. 386 00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:02,680 That is exactly what happens here. 387 00:32:02,680 --> 00:32:17,160 As a matter of fact, to prove that out, turn to chapter 16, verse 13. 388 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:21,600 Jesus' prayer confirms the truth in his people. 389 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:29,600 We are changed by the ministry of the truth, by the power of the Holy Spirit. 390 00:32:29,600 --> 00:32:32,880 Look what it says in chapter 16, verse 13. 391 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:44,880 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak 392 00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:52,080 on his own authority, but whatever he hears, he will speak and he will declare to you the 393 00:32:52,080 --> 00:32:54,200 things that are to come. 394 00:32:54,200 --> 00:33:01,800 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 395 00:33:01,800 --> 00:33:04,360 All that the Father has is mine. 396 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:09,480 Therefore, I have said that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 397 00:33:09,480 --> 00:33:13,520 The work of the Holy Spirit is the same work that Jesus did on behalf of the Father when 398 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,680 he was on the earth. 399 00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:17,820 What's that? 400 00:33:17,820 --> 00:33:19,920 What did Jesus declare? 401 00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:20,920 Truth. 402 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:28,680 I'm going to say this and I hope it doesn't offend you. 403 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:31,640 Well, sort of. 404 00:33:31,640 --> 00:33:35,740 The Charismatics would say that the point of the reality of the truth of God is the 405 00:33:35,740 --> 00:33:39,740 experience of God in the working of miracles. 406 00:33:39,740 --> 00:33:41,640 That is not true. 407 00:33:41,640 --> 00:33:44,800 That's a lie. 408 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:48,880 Because they want you to put your hope in man instead of putting your hope in the word 409 00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:52,560 of God. 410 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:58,760 As a matter of fact, Jesus even clarifies this truth to those on the left. 411 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:00,760 Didn't we cast out demons in your name? 412 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:02,120 Didn't we heal the sick in your name? 413 00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:05,000 Didn't we do all these workings of miracles in your name? 414 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:07,280 He's going to say, depart from me, you who doers of iniquity. 415 00:34:07,280 --> 00:34:10,800 I never knew you. 416 00:34:10,800 --> 00:34:14,440 That doesn't mean you're not going to see crazy stuff happen because it's obvious that 417 00:34:14,440 --> 00:34:16,440 you do. 418 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:18,120 Some of them is charlatans. 419 00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,840 All of it's fake. 420 00:34:22,840 --> 00:34:25,200 But what does he say to those on his right? 421 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,160 Those who practice the word of God. 422 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,040 When I was hungry, you fed me. 423 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:31,980 When I was thirsty, you gave me drink. 424 00:34:31,980 --> 00:34:33,620 When I was sick, you cared for me. 425 00:34:33,620 --> 00:34:35,320 When I was in prison, you visited me. 426 00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:37,120 When did we do that? 427 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,600 When you did it for the least of these, you did it for me. 428 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:47,880 That's the word of God active in the life of a believer. 429 00:34:47,880 --> 00:34:52,000 So the reality of conversion is based on the full truth of the gospel. 430 00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:55,440 The word of God being living and active in the life of an individual. 431 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,440 So when Paul says that the word of God is living and active, sharper than the double 432 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:06,200 edged sword, divides soul and spirit, bone and marrow, judges the intents of the heart, 433 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,440 it's literal. 434 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:12,080 Why do you think people avoid this? 435 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,480 Why do you think they don't teach the full counsel of it? 436 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:21,160 Because they don't want the secrets of the heart to be revealed. 437 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:32,000 John 17 verse 9, verse by verse, which we've been doing this whole time, but it's pretty 438 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:33,000 simple. 439 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:34,000 He starts off with this. 440 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:40,920 I am praying for them, meaning his people, specifically the disciples, and I am not praying 441 00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:42,960 for the world. 442 00:35:42,960 --> 00:35:44,440 Ouch. 443 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:52,960 I don't know if the world would like that today. 444 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:56,480 They would say, God is not tolerant. 445 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:59,480 He's intolerant. 446 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:01,680 Exactly. 447 00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:06,480 God is exclusively inclusive. 448 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:07,640 What's that mean? 449 00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:15,320 He's exclusive to those who are his people and only inclusive to his people. 450 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:20,200 He says, I am praying for them, but I'm not praying for the world. 451 00:36:20,200 --> 00:36:25,640 Ooh, world's in deep trouble. 452 00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:34,280 But for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 453 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:39,040 Are yours, have always been yours, will always be yours, will continue to be yours, and they 454 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,960 will never not be yours. 455 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:42,640 That's what this means. 456 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,520 Pretty clear. 457 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:53,240 All mine are yours and all yours are mine. 458 00:36:53,240 --> 00:36:55,200 I know, gentlemen. 459 00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,440 I wish we could say that in our marriage. 460 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:05,520 Because all mine is my wife's and all my wife's is my wife's. 461 00:37:05,520 --> 00:37:06,520 Winter, winter, chicken dinner. 462 00:37:06,520 --> 00:37:07,520 My wife's gone. 463 00:37:07,520 --> 00:37:08,520 That's my boy. 464 00:37:08,520 --> 00:37:09,520 It's just a joke. 465 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:13,120 I did that over in first service. 466 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:17,160 Nobody laughed. 467 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,480 At least you guys get it. 468 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,080 Millennials, I love it. 469 00:37:20,080 --> 00:37:21,080 Gen Zers. 470 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:22,080 All right. 471 00:37:22,080 --> 00:37:23,080 Here we go. 472 00:37:23,080 --> 00:37:28,600 Look what he says at the end of that verse, verse 10, and I am glorified in them. 473 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:37,720 In other words, I am made manifest and acknowledged with dignity and worth in their lives. 474 00:37:37,720 --> 00:37:41,600 And I am no longer in the world. 475 00:37:41,600 --> 00:37:45,000 In other words, I'm out. 476 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,020 My days are done. 477 00:37:47,020 --> 00:37:50,160 But they are in the world. 478 00:37:50,160 --> 00:37:54,160 We're still going to be here and I am coming to you. 479 00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:55,760 He said, I'm coming to you. 480 00:37:55,760 --> 00:38:03,320 Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one even 481 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:04,320 as we are one. 482 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:06,560 And this is what Jesus is saying. 483 00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,320 Jesus has been the shepherd of his sheep for three years. 484 00:38:10,320 --> 00:38:14,520 He has carefully guarded and protected them. 485 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,200 And he is leaving. 486 00:38:17,200 --> 00:38:22,600 And what he's saying to the Father is, they don't have a shepherd anymore. 487 00:38:22,600 --> 00:38:24,860 You are their shepherd. 488 00:38:24,860 --> 00:38:27,720 The Holy Spirit is our shepherd. 489 00:38:27,720 --> 00:38:29,800 He does not leave us nor forsake us. 490 00:38:29,800 --> 00:38:31,380 He does not leave us alone. 491 00:38:31,380 --> 00:38:32,860 He says, I am leaving you. 492 00:38:32,860 --> 00:38:36,040 I will not leave you as orphans. 493 00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:42,500 I will send you a comforter, a helper, who will come for you and care for you and guide 494 00:38:42,500 --> 00:38:43,940 you in all truth. 495 00:38:43,940 --> 00:38:48,120 What you're seeing, the ministry of the Holy Spirit, is the work of the shepherding of 496 00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,040 God in your life. 497 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,080 The Holy Spirit is more than just some force. 498 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:53,720 He's not a force at all. 499 00:38:53,720 --> 00:38:57,660 He's a person. 500 00:38:57,660 --> 00:39:00,360 He's not a genie who gives you everything you wish for. 501 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:06,920 He is a person who is active and living in your life, shepherding your soul. 502 00:39:06,920 --> 00:39:11,920 He is your spiritual shepherd. 503 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:20,240 And I am his under shepherd, along with all the other elders in our church. 504 00:39:20,240 --> 00:39:23,360 Isn't that interesting? 505 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:30,000 Look what he says, which you have given me, that they may be one even as we are one. 506 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:34,000 What did Jesus do that proved that he was one with the Father? 507 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:38,480 I only speak what my Father says I should speak. 508 00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:43,000 I only do the will of my Father. 509 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:49,080 You want to know who, this whole issue of all these churches being ecumenical that we 510 00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,220 should all be one. 511 00:39:51,220 --> 00:39:52,220 That's what he wants for us. 512 00:39:52,220 --> 00:39:53,920 That's what he says in his prayer. 513 00:39:53,920 --> 00:39:58,400 No, he wants you to be one according to his will and his word. 514 00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:03,680 I'm not going to be one with your church over there that's being pro this and pro that. 515 00:40:03,680 --> 00:40:04,880 Sorry. 516 00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,640 That's not a oneness because that's not according to the will and the word of God. 517 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,560 You have an issue with that, take it up with Jesus. 518 00:40:10,560 --> 00:40:15,520 Not my problem. 519 00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:20,960 Jesus is one with the Father because he came and accomplished exactly what the Father said 520 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:27,240 he should do and say and do what the Father said he should do. 521 00:40:27,240 --> 00:40:30,000 You want to know what oneness is? 522 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,080 Get in line with the will of God, his word. 523 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:35,080 That's oneness. 524 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:38,120 And the reason why churches have a hard time with that is because they don't want God to 525 00:40:38,120 --> 00:40:41,120 be the Lord, master in God or their life. 526 00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:42,460 They want to determine. 527 00:40:42,460 --> 00:40:43,960 They want to be self-determined. 528 00:40:43,960 --> 00:41:00,720 Lastly, look what he says, and I will no longer be in the world, but they will be in the world 529 00:41:00,720 --> 00:41:07,960 and I am coming to you, Holy Father, keep them in your name, that which you have given 530 00:41:07,960 --> 00:41:08,960 me. 531 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,160 And what is the name? 532 00:41:12,160 --> 00:41:18,040 Yeshua, the God who saves. 533 00:41:18,040 --> 00:41:23,160 We will pick up on verse 12 next week. 534 00:41:23,160 --> 00:41:26,400 While I was with them, I kept them in your name. 535 00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:33,280 What you're going to see is Jesus is praying the doctrine of shepherding concerning his 536 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:34,840 people. 537 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:39,440 So you've seen the doctrine of election, the doctrine of sovereign grace, the doctrine 538 00:41:39,440 --> 00:41:48,560 of eternal security, the doctrine of the shepherding of God. 539 00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:54,980 And we'll pick up and finish off next week on the rest of this amazing prayer. 540 00:41:54,980 --> 00:41:57,320 So here's what I want you to do for homework. 541 00:41:57,320 --> 00:42:05,600 I want you guys to listen and read this over and over and over again all week. 542 00:42:05,600 --> 00:42:11,680 Listen to what Jesus is saying to the Father on your behalf, because that's what this prayer 543 00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:13,000 is about. 544 00:42:13,000 --> 00:42:14,000 He's leaving. 545 00:42:14,000 --> 00:42:20,540 He has done the work and he says this prayer out loud for his disciples to hear as he is 546 00:42:20,540 --> 00:42:30,320 speaking to the Father so that they are left with these truths and how he prays. 547 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:33,880 When he prays, he prays instantly and immediately. 548 00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:35,000 To whom he prays? 549 00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,440 He prays to the Father. 550 00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:40,220 What does he pray? 551 00:42:40,220 --> 00:42:43,780 He prays that God would be glorified. 552 00:42:43,780 --> 00:42:45,600 How does he pray? 553 00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:49,200 He prays four things. 554 00:42:49,200 --> 00:43:00,320 Prayer, praise and exaltation of God, supplication, prayers on behalf of others, petition, prayers 555 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,160 of requests for others and yourself. 556 00:43:03,160 --> 00:43:07,240 And what's the last one? 557 00:43:07,240 --> 00:43:08,240 Thanksgiving. 558 00:43:08,240 --> 00:43:13,720 Give God glory and be thankful for he alone is God. 559 00:43:13,720 --> 00:43:22,800 The four components of prayer all follows the model of prayer, which Jesus is doing 560 00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:23,800 right here. 561 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:24,800 Yeah, I said cheer. 562 00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:25,800 Right here. 563 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:26,800 All right? 564 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:27,800 So, let's pray. 565 00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:33,560 Father, I want to thank you so much for your faithfulness and goodness. 566 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,520 Thank you for this amazing prayer. 567 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:40,200 I pray, Lord, that you would continue to guide us in all truth, that we would understand 568 00:43:40,200 --> 00:43:45,080 and know your will, that the full counsel of your word is proclaimed, that we would 569 00:43:45,080 --> 00:43:53,520 be clearer in understanding not only your word, but who you are, confident and sure 570 00:43:53,520 --> 00:43:54,520 of our God and our Savior. 571 00:43:54,520 --> 00:43:55,520 We thank you and praise you. 572 00:43:55,520 --> 00:44:10,520 In Jesus' name, amen.