WEBVTT 00:00:00.110 --> 00:00:05.750 These words that Jesus spake and lifted up his 00:00:05.750 --> 00:00:12.449 eyes to heaven and said, Father, the hour is 00:00:12.449 --> 00:00:16.370 come. And you know immediately that I'm reading 00:00:16.370 --> 00:00:22.089 from the 17th chapter of John, the prayer that 00:00:22.089 --> 00:00:27.949 Jesus prayed, his communion with the Father. 00:00:29.899 --> 00:00:32.079 To me, this is something that's very sacred. 00:00:32.140 --> 00:00:37.619 Whenever I talk about this wonderful communion 00:00:37.619 --> 00:00:41.259 that Jesus was having with the Father, somehow 00:00:41.259 --> 00:00:43.500 I feel like I'm talking about something that's 00:00:43.500 --> 00:00:48.700 extremely sacred. And to think that he permitted 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:57.200 human beings to get a glimpse into that communion, 00:00:57.380 --> 00:01:01.890 to... Hear the words, the audible words. Do you 00:01:01.890 --> 00:01:06.010 know that those were with him that day? Literally 00:01:06.010 --> 00:01:13.849 were hearing the audible words spoken from the 00:01:13.849 --> 00:01:20.349 lips of Jesus to God the Father. That's mighty 00:01:20.349 --> 00:01:25.329 sacred. It's a great privilege for you and I 00:01:25.329 --> 00:01:34.170 to read. those words again to know what the words 00:01:34.170 --> 00:01:38.769 were that Jesus spoke when he spoke to the Father. 00:01:39.209 --> 00:01:43.390 In the first five verses, two desires were expressed. 00:01:43.930 --> 00:01:48.709 And this is what they were. Father, the hour 00:01:48.709 --> 00:01:52.709 is come. Now, all through John, we have found 00:01:52.709 --> 00:01:58.099 references to that hour. It began way back. there 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:03.159 when he said at the married supper at Cana, mine 00:02:03.159 --> 00:02:08.080 hour is not yet come. Now finally he's saying, 00:02:08.159 --> 00:02:14.599 this is it. The hour is come. And to this hour 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:16.819 he had been looking forward to from the very 00:02:16.819 --> 00:02:20.900 beginning. He had been preparing in all of his 00:02:20.900 --> 00:02:23.860 teaching, in all of his deeds, everything that 00:02:23.860 --> 00:02:28.590 he did, underlying every action. all of his passion, 00:02:28.729 --> 00:02:34.129 everything, was leading up to that all -important 00:02:34.129 --> 00:02:37.810 hour. And now he says, Father, that hour is come. 00:02:37.949 --> 00:02:48.349 The hour is now here. Glorify thy son. He didn't 00:02:48.349 --> 00:02:59.620 say glorify me. Glorify thy son. that the Son 00:02:59.620 --> 00:03:05.780 may glorify thee, even as thou gavest him authority 00:03:05.780 --> 00:03:09.520 over all flesh, that whatsoever thou hast given 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:13.919 him, to them he should give eternal life. And 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:18.039 this is eternal life, that they should know thee 00:03:18.039 --> 00:03:23.020 the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, 00:03:23.219 --> 00:03:30.319 even Jesus Christ, through all... This. He used 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:37.240 a very impersonal attitude. Always. Mm -hmm. 00:03:39.000 --> 00:03:47.360 The sun. That the sun might glorify you. To me, 00:03:47.379 --> 00:03:54.219 that's vitally important. Continues. I glorified 00:03:54.219 --> 00:04:00.319 thee on earth. Now comes the personal part. He 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:04.300 did not say, the Son of God glorified thee on 00:04:04.300 --> 00:04:09.639 earth. He said, I glorified thee on earth. Having 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:13.379 accomplished the work which thou hast given me 00:04:13.379 --> 00:04:18.259 to do, I hope someday I can stand in the wonderful 00:04:18.259 --> 00:04:25.079 presence of Jesus. I long for that day when, 00:04:25.079 --> 00:04:30.399 after I will have preached my last sermon, my 00:04:30.399 --> 00:04:35.839 last day's working. I hope I can say when I see 00:04:35.839 --> 00:04:41.300 him face to face, I have glorified thee on the 00:04:41.300 --> 00:04:46.660 earth. It's been my whole life's work. It has 00:04:46.660 --> 00:04:50.560 been the purpose for my living, the ambition 00:04:50.560 --> 00:04:59.199 of my life. to glorify thee on earth, having 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:04.379 accomplished the work which thou hast given me 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:13.019 to do. Jesus, before he ever left the presence 00:05:13.019 --> 00:05:18.259 of the Father, knew that he had come to fulfill 00:05:18.259 --> 00:05:22.000 a definite work. He had a job to do, in other 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:27.379 words. He had a work to do. He had a mission 00:05:27.379 --> 00:05:31.360 to carry out. And he came in the form of man 00:05:31.360 --> 00:05:33.879 because that was the only way he could carry 00:05:33.879 --> 00:05:36.199 out that mission, the only way he could carry 00:05:36.199 --> 00:05:39.319 out that work. There was a perfect plan to the 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:41.560 whole thing. And remember something, I still 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:44.699 want to remind you that God has a perfect will 00:05:44.699 --> 00:05:47.240 and a perfect plan for every human being. I don't 00:05:47.240 --> 00:05:51.339 care who that one is. When that baby takes his 00:05:51.339 --> 00:05:55.610 first breath, and makes his first cry. There's 00:05:55.610 --> 00:05:58.009 more than just a little body. There's more than 00:05:58.009 --> 00:06:01.750 just two little eyes, two little legs. There's 00:06:01.750 --> 00:06:04.250 a soul, there's a life, and there's nothing more 00:06:04.250 --> 00:06:07.389 important in the whole world than human life. 00:06:09.889 --> 00:06:12.689 Oh, we've gotten to the place where human life 00:06:12.689 --> 00:06:16.649 is so cheap. There never was a time when human 00:06:16.649 --> 00:06:22.319 life was as cheap as it is this hour. But remember, 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.620 in the sight of God, a human life is the most 00:06:25.620 --> 00:06:29.399 important thing there is in the world. In that 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:34.240 body is a soul. And along with that soul, a soul 00:06:34.240 --> 00:06:36.639 that will live throughout all of eternity forever 00:06:36.639 --> 00:06:43.360 and ever. Death never destroys that soul. And 00:06:43.360 --> 00:06:48.519 with that light, there comes a plan, a perfect 00:06:48.519 --> 00:06:57.360 plan. and each human being must decide whether 00:06:57.360 --> 00:07:01.160 or not they'll accept or reject that plan we 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:04.439 talk about it in terms of living in the perfect 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.689 will of god along with that soul along with that 00:07:08.689 --> 00:07:12.449 breath of light that has been given a will, separate 00:07:12.449 --> 00:07:14.470 and apart from the will of God. And we use that 00:07:14.470 --> 00:07:19.290 will to either accept that plan, to either live 00:07:19.290 --> 00:07:22.189 in that plan, to either accept the things of 00:07:22.189 --> 00:07:29.250 God or reject God's word, God's plan, and God 00:07:29.250 --> 00:07:37.800 as a person. It's just that simple. Jesus Christ 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:41.879 knew that he came and with his coming there was 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:51.620 a plan. The will of God. And in that plan was 00:07:51.620 --> 00:07:57.420 man's salvation, man's redemption. And now he 00:07:57.420 --> 00:07:59.699 was coming face to face with his crucifixion. 00:07:59.740 --> 00:08:09.360 The hour is come. That great hour when he would 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:15.879 lay down his own life, he would dismiss his own 00:08:15.879 --> 00:08:25.779 spirit. And he looks up and said, I glorified 00:08:25.779 --> 00:08:30.819 thee on earth. Never once did he glorify himself. 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:36.919 Read the pages of the word. Read it. You and 00:08:36.919 --> 00:08:39.580 I talk about the great miracles. You and I talk 00:08:39.580 --> 00:08:43.399 about the power of the Christ. But read it very 00:08:43.399 --> 00:08:47.919 carefully. Never once did Jesus ever glorify 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:53.759 himself. He did say of the Holy Spirit that when 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:55.960 the Holy Spirit would come, that the Holy Spirit 00:08:55.960 --> 00:08:58.559 would glorify him. And wherever you find the 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:00.019 Holy Spirit, you'll always find the Holy Spirit 00:09:00.019 --> 00:09:05.519 glorifying Jesus. But Jesus... himself, never 00:09:05.519 --> 00:09:09.600 glorified himself once. And that's the reason 00:09:09.600 --> 00:09:12.480 he could look up. Had in communion with the fathers, 00:09:12.539 --> 00:09:21.120 he said, I glorified thee on the earth. He will 00:09:21.120 --> 00:09:26.419 not even glorify himself in this position of 00:09:26.419 --> 00:09:30.600 great high priest or in this great position that 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:35.000 he has this very moment. He is there not glorifying 00:09:35.000 --> 00:09:42.919 himself. He's there making intercession for you 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:50.480 and for me. I glorified thee on the earth, having 00:09:50.480 --> 00:09:55.879 accomplished the work which thou hast given me 00:09:55.879 --> 00:10:03.990 to do. I came. I had a job to do. there was a 00:10:03.990 --> 00:10:11.190 purpose, I have fulfilled that purpose. What 00:10:11.190 --> 00:10:15.149 if he had yielded to temptation? What way back 00:10:15.149 --> 00:10:18.210 there when Satan came to him and offered him 00:10:18.210 --> 00:10:22.509 the title deed to this planet if he'd only bow 00:10:22.509 --> 00:10:26.929 down and serve him? Go back again and read those 00:10:26.929 --> 00:10:31.879 temptations. What if Jesus... As much man as 00:10:31.879 --> 00:10:34.720 though he were not God had yielded even for an 00:10:34.720 --> 00:10:39.480 instant to one of those temptations. He could 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:47.700 not now have said, I have accomplished the work 00:10:47.700 --> 00:10:54.980 which thou hast given me to do. This is deep. 00:10:55.919 --> 00:11:05.309 This is thrilling. What is the desire? Glorify 00:11:05.309 --> 00:11:11.990 thy sun, that the sun may glorify thee. It's 00:11:11.990 --> 00:11:20.690 still that the sun may glorify thee. That's a 00:11:20.690 --> 00:11:24.450 reason to be very careful when men glorify themselves. 00:11:26.190 --> 00:11:29.830 Be very careful when you see one of God's children 00:11:29.830 --> 00:11:35.750 trying to glorify themselves. Even the Son of 00:11:35.750 --> 00:11:44.690 God did not seek to glorify himself. He sought 00:11:44.690 --> 00:11:51.350 only to glorify God. He did not say, glorify 00:11:51.350 --> 00:11:56.850 me that I may glorify thee. He didn't say that. 00:11:59.710 --> 00:12:02.570 Of course, that is what it meant, but the very 00:12:02.570 --> 00:12:07.590 method of statement is significant. It was not 00:12:07.590 --> 00:12:11.049 personal, but relative. He was thinking of his 00:12:11.049 --> 00:12:15.269 self in his intimate relationship with his father. 00:12:16.350 --> 00:12:23.950 Thy son. The son. Whereas the prayer is personal. 00:12:24.620 --> 00:12:28.480 As we've said before, the first expressed desire 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:35.259 maintains his sense of relationship and all which 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:40.980 that meant at that hour. The hour is come. Glorify 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:47.159 thy son that the sun may glorify me. The only 00:12:47.159 --> 00:12:52.059 reason, Jesus said. that I want any glory whatsoever 00:12:52.059 --> 00:12:56.700 is that I might use that glory to glorify thee. 00:12:59.159 --> 00:13:04.200 He was expressing his desire that the Son might 00:13:04.200 --> 00:13:09.000 be glorified for only one purpose, that the Son 00:13:09.000 --> 00:13:13.019 may glorify the Father. The deepest passion of 00:13:13.019 --> 00:13:18.799 his heart was the glory of God. The deepest passion 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:22.299 of the heart of Jesus was not the saving of men, 00:13:22.500 --> 00:13:28.539 but the glory of God. And then the saving of 00:13:28.539 --> 00:13:34.600 men, because that is for the glory of God. Uh 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:41.039 -huh. We talk about willing souls. And that's 00:13:41.039 --> 00:13:44.200 marvelous. You've heard me say it a thousand 00:13:44.200 --> 00:13:46.159 times that the greatest miracle in the world 00:13:46.679 --> 00:13:50.220 is the transformation of a life. There is no 00:13:50.220 --> 00:13:53.559 greater miracle than that. And when we talk about 00:13:53.559 --> 00:13:57.720 the burden for souls, and there is no greater 00:13:57.720 --> 00:14:01.419 success in the life of any human being than the 00:14:01.419 --> 00:14:04.600 success of winning somebody, the Lord Jesus Christ. 00:14:05.980 --> 00:14:08.980 But please understand exactly the way I'm saying 00:14:08.980 --> 00:14:14.299 it to you. The winning of souls is marvelous. 00:14:15.389 --> 00:14:21.309 The saving of men and women is glorious. But 00:14:21.309 --> 00:14:27.549 why? Because it's for the glory of God. And every 00:14:27.549 --> 00:14:31.330 time a man is snatched from the pit of hell, 00:14:31.470 --> 00:14:36.210 every time an individual is snatched from Satan, 00:14:36.409 --> 00:14:43.070 every time, there has been an experience of regeneration, 00:14:43.230 --> 00:14:52.330 of salvation. God gets the glory. It's for the 00:14:52.330 --> 00:14:56.509 glory of God. Every time there's a miracle of 00:14:56.509 --> 00:14:59.769 healing. Oh, we thrill to these wonderful miracles 00:14:59.769 --> 00:15:02.389 of healing of the sick body. That's marvelous. 00:15:02.570 --> 00:15:06.230 I, too. And we say, isn't it wonderful? And we 00:15:06.230 --> 00:15:08.570 think of those who are relieved of their suffering. 00:15:10.370 --> 00:15:13.870 That someone has been healed of cancer. And we 00:15:13.870 --> 00:15:16.769 think of the individual. And I, too, have said, 00:15:17.470 --> 00:15:22.730 I'm so grateful to God because I appreciate it 00:15:22.730 --> 00:15:26.649 too. I'm so thankful for you. And I stand there 00:15:26.649 --> 00:15:32.210 so filled with emotion because I think that one 00:15:32.210 --> 00:15:34.570 no longer has to suffer. And I think of that 00:15:34.570 --> 00:15:36.509 one and I place myself in that one's position. 00:15:37.289 --> 00:15:43.409 But there's more than just that. Every time there's 00:15:43.409 --> 00:15:46.389 a... Physical healing, every time there's a cancer 00:15:46.389 --> 00:15:49.470 that's healed, every time that a body is released 00:15:49.470 --> 00:15:53.929 from pain and suffering, it's for the glory of 00:15:53.929 --> 00:16:03.330 God. Do you understand? What are you doing with 00:16:03.330 --> 00:16:07.610 that with which God has blessed you? Are you 00:16:07.610 --> 00:16:14.350 using it for His glory? Is my life as an individual 00:16:14.350 --> 00:16:18.649 being used for his glory? Is this ministry that 00:16:18.649 --> 00:16:24.710 he's given to us being used for his glory? It 00:16:24.710 --> 00:16:27.169 dare not be used for the glory of Catherine Kuhlman. 00:16:27.309 --> 00:16:31.970 It dare not, God forbid, that any part of this 00:16:31.970 --> 00:16:33.870 ministry should be used for the glory of Catherine 00:16:33.870 --> 00:16:38.769 Kuhlman. All but anything that I might do or 00:16:38.769 --> 00:16:42.129 anything that happens. in an individual's life 00:16:42.129 --> 00:16:44.070 or in a service should be used for the glory 00:16:44.070 --> 00:16:53.509 of Katharine Kuhlman. For the glory of God. For 00:16:53.509 --> 00:16:59.610 his glory. How that applied to himself is discovered 00:16:59.610 --> 00:17:06.869 as we read on. Two little words, even as. That 00:17:06.869 --> 00:17:11.309 phrase introduces us to interpretation. even 00:17:11.309 --> 00:17:16.250 as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, 00:17:16.410 --> 00:17:20.049 that whatsoever thou hast given him, to them 00:17:20.049 --> 00:17:22.589 he should give eternal life. In other words, 00:17:22.609 --> 00:17:26.869 glorify thy son, that he may glorify thee, even 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:30.670 as thou hast given him authority to give eternal 00:17:30.670 --> 00:17:36.269 life. How had God given him that authority? What 00:17:36.269 --> 00:17:40.539 does he mean by that as, that little word? In 00:17:40.539 --> 00:17:43.059 the 10th chapter, we hear him say, Therefore 00:17:43.059 --> 00:17:46.119 doth the Father love me, because I lay down my 00:17:46.119 --> 00:17:50.500 life, that I may take it again. No one taketh 00:17:50.500 --> 00:17:55.220 it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. 00:17:56.259 --> 00:18:00.160 I have authority to lay it down. I have authority 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:05.079 to take it again. This commandment received I 00:18:05.079 --> 00:18:09.390 from my Father. He's saying the... authority 00:18:09.390 --> 00:18:12.730 to lay down his life, that he might take it again, 00:18:12.869 --> 00:18:15.769 was in order to place it at the disposal of the 00:18:15.769 --> 00:18:19.730 men. Now, he said, Father, the hour is come. 00:18:19.869 --> 00:18:22.829 Glorify thy Son, that the Son may glorify thee, 00:18:22.990 --> 00:18:28.190 even as thou gavest him authority to give eternal 00:18:28.190 --> 00:18:30.950 life. He was praying for the cross, the glory 00:18:30.950 --> 00:18:33.710 of the cross. Here we miss the whole thinking 00:18:33.710 --> 00:18:36.990 in the heart of Jesus. If we imagine that at 00:18:36.990 --> 00:18:39.089 that moment he was first of all desiring the 00:18:39.089 --> 00:18:44.789 glory of which he had invested himself when he 00:18:44.789 --> 00:18:51.490 came into time and human condition. He was desiring 00:18:51.490 --> 00:18:55.170 the cross because by the cross and by the way 00:18:55.170 --> 00:18:58.069 of the cross alone he would put life at the disposal. 00:18:58.670 --> 00:19:02.609 humanity according to the purpose of his father. 00:19:03.230 --> 00:19:10.289 And that was the desire of a great consent. Going 00:19:10.289 --> 00:19:14.910 to the cross that the father might be glorified.