WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.379 I can only pray that the portion of word of God 00:00:05.379 --> 00:00:07.360 that I have been bringing to you in these heart 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:12.820 -to -heart talks mean as much to you as they 00:00:12.820 --> 00:00:20.280 mean to me. Even as I speak with you regarding 00:00:20.280 --> 00:00:27.559 this prayer that Jesus prayed. His conversation 00:00:27.559 --> 00:00:32.250 with the Father. I feel like speaking softly 00:00:32.250 --> 00:00:39.070 because it's something very sacred. We are really 00:00:39.070 --> 00:00:44.109 on a holy ground. May I please read several verses 00:00:44.109 --> 00:00:48.229 now from the 17th chapter of John as we go into 00:00:48.229 --> 00:00:54.450 the next phase of this prayer. These words spake 00:00:54.450 --> 00:00:58.350 Jesus and lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 00:01:00.039 --> 00:01:06.200 Father, the hour is come. Glorify thy Son, that 00:01:06.200 --> 00:01:11.480 thy Son may also glorify thee. As thou hast given 00:01:11.480 --> 00:01:14.299 him power over all flesh, that he should give 00:01:14.299 --> 00:01:18.799 eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. 00:01:20.579 --> 00:01:24.319 And this is life eternal, that they might know 00:01:24.319 --> 00:01:28.079 thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom 00:01:28.079 --> 00:01:32.519 thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:37.120 earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest 00:01:37.120 --> 00:01:44.060 me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me 00:01:44.060 --> 00:01:48.159 with thine own self, with the glory which I had 00:01:48.159 --> 00:01:55.989 with thee before the world was. I have manifested 00:01:55.989 --> 00:02:00.269 thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out 00:02:00.269 --> 00:02:04.650 of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest 00:02:04.650 --> 00:02:10.530 them me, and they have kept thy word. Now they 00:02:10.530 --> 00:02:12.909 have known that all things whatsoever thou hast 00:02:12.909 --> 00:02:17.870 given me are of thee. For I have given unto them 00:02:17.870 --> 00:02:20.590 the words which thou gavest me, and they have 00:02:20.590 --> 00:02:24.340 received them. and have known surely that i came 00:02:24.340 --> 00:02:28.680 out from thee and they have believed that thou 00:02:28.680 --> 00:02:37.139 didst send me i pray for them i pray not for 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:40.560 the world but for them which thou hast given 00:02:40.560 --> 00:02:51.439 me for they are thine the next few minutes I 00:02:51.439 --> 00:02:53.259 want you to see there's something that's vitally 00:02:53.259 --> 00:02:55.939 important because this is the part of the prayer 00:02:55.939 --> 00:03:02.219 that Jesus prayed for us. First of all, remember, 00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:07.599 he began this conversation with the Father, reminding 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:11.319 the Father that in all the things he had glorified 00:03:11.319 --> 00:03:15.340 to the Father, that everything that he had done, 00:03:17.069 --> 00:03:19.930 He had but one purpose, one motive. That was 00:03:19.930 --> 00:03:25.370 to glorify the Father. Then he reminded the Father 00:03:25.370 --> 00:03:31.530 that he'd carried out the perfect trust that 00:03:31.530 --> 00:03:39.009 the Father had in him. I just love those words. 00:03:39.610 --> 00:03:44.909 I have glorified thee on earth. I have finished 00:03:44.909 --> 00:03:53.000 the work. which thou gavest me to do. He was 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.240 talking about that confidence that the father 00:03:57.240 --> 00:04:04.419 had placed in him. And now he comes to that part 00:04:04.419 --> 00:04:09.800 where he's talking about you and he's talking 00:04:09.800 --> 00:04:14.900 about me. Read, if you will, please, now. In 00:04:14.900 --> 00:04:21.360 the next verse, I have manifested thy name unto 00:04:21.360 --> 00:04:25.939 the men which thou gavest me out of the world. 00:04:27.500 --> 00:04:34.379 Thine they were, and thou gavest them me. See, 00:04:34.480 --> 00:04:39.259 something is vitally important. In the beginning, 00:04:39.439 --> 00:04:44.560 God the mighty Creator. He was the one who said, 00:04:44.699 --> 00:04:49.139 let us make man in our own image and after our 00:04:49.139 --> 00:04:53.480 likeness. God the great, the mighty creator, 00:04:53.680 --> 00:05:01.240 God almighty. I always like to think of him being 00:05:01.240 --> 00:05:06.420 the big boss. There's something about it. Even 00:05:06.420 --> 00:05:10.360 though the Holy Spirit may be equal in power 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:14.100 with the sun, And the son equal in power with 00:05:14.100 --> 00:05:20.360 the father. There's something about God the father 00:05:20.360 --> 00:05:24.339 being the big boss. And I think that Jesus kept 00:05:24.339 --> 00:05:26.879 that in mind too. Even while he was talking to 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:31.139 the father. That was the reason he addressed 00:05:31.139 --> 00:05:41.060 him as father. Wasn't it amazing? that Jesus 00:05:41.060 --> 00:05:48.579 addressed him as Father and always kept that 00:05:48.579 --> 00:05:53.519 status, always. And even while he was here on 00:05:53.519 --> 00:05:58.139 Earth, he kept reminding us of the status of 00:05:58.139 --> 00:06:04.800 the Father. He still is, he always will be, God 00:06:04.800 --> 00:06:10.980 Almighty, the Big Boss. All men created in his 00:06:10.980 --> 00:06:13.680 image and after his likeness. But there is something 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:19.139 that changes here. And Jesus is talking, referring 00:06:19.139 --> 00:06:30.139 to those that thou hast given me. This is something 00:06:30.139 --> 00:06:33.740 that's vitally important to every born -again 00:06:33.740 --> 00:06:38.660 man, every born -again woman. Love is something 00:06:38.660 --> 00:06:46.620 that you do. God gave. God gave his son. After 00:06:46.620 --> 00:06:51.300 the same time, remember, Jesus gave to his church 00:06:51.300 --> 00:06:54.540 the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit, the greatest 00:06:54.540 --> 00:06:58.899 gift that is possible for him to give. After 00:06:58.899 --> 00:07:04.920 the same time, the Father gave to his son a gift. 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:10.480 for having carried out his perfect will. Because 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.839 Jesus could say, I have finished the work which 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:19.620 thou gavest me to do, the Father turns and says, 00:07:19.660 --> 00:07:24.220 in essence, all right, son, this wonderful body 00:07:24.220 --> 00:07:28.899 of believers, every Christian, this bride of 00:07:28.899 --> 00:07:32.490 Christ, Every redeemed man and every redeemed 00:07:32.490 --> 00:07:38.209 woman, I give to you because you've carried out 00:07:38.209 --> 00:07:43.649 the plan of redemption perfectly. It's like that. 00:07:44.189 --> 00:07:47.990 It's like that. Again, you see, we're defying 00:07:47.990 --> 00:07:52.029 the laws of God by not giving. Again, the whole 00:07:52.029 --> 00:07:58.740 world is defying the laws of God. There's something 00:07:58.740 --> 00:08:00.980 in the very nature of God. There's got to be 00:08:00.980 --> 00:08:03.779 trust. There's got to be confidence. That's lacking 00:08:03.779 --> 00:08:05.740 in the world today. There's no trust. There's 00:08:05.740 --> 00:08:11.019 no confidence. Defying the very laws of God, 00:08:11.100 --> 00:08:13.259 everything is built on trust and confidence. 00:08:16.079 --> 00:08:18.920 We're defying the very laws of God by not giving. 00:08:19.019 --> 00:08:22.740 Who gives anymore? Let me ask you. Who gives 00:08:22.740 --> 00:08:27.810 anymore? back in the mind of every man and every 00:08:27.810 --> 00:08:32.889 woman is, okay, what am I going to get out of 00:08:32.889 --> 00:08:38.210 it? Until you almost feel like, almost without 00:08:38.210 --> 00:08:42.590 exception, every time something is given, you 00:08:42.590 --> 00:08:45.549 wonder what strings are to be attached to it. 00:08:46.230 --> 00:08:50.590 What price you're going to have to pay for the 00:08:50.590 --> 00:08:55.350 gift that was given to you. See, we define the 00:08:55.350 --> 00:09:01.490 laws of God, the very principles of God. Giving, 00:09:01.649 --> 00:09:08.029 giving, giving is the very nature of God. We 00:09:08.029 --> 00:09:13.610 have ceased to give unselfishly. We have ceased 00:09:13.610 --> 00:09:17.909 to give just because we love, just because we 00:09:17.909 --> 00:09:21.250 want to. That's when the world doesn't understand 00:09:21.250 --> 00:09:24.289 anymore. Don't you comprehend what I'm trying 00:09:24.289 --> 00:09:30.110 to say to you? We've got to get back to it. What 00:09:30.110 --> 00:09:33.210 I am saying about individuals, I'm saying about 00:09:33.210 --> 00:09:37.629 nations. And after all, nations are made up of 00:09:37.629 --> 00:09:41.049 individuals. We can't expect anything better 00:09:41.049 --> 00:09:45.240 in the world until man changes. Until the nature 00:09:45.240 --> 00:09:48.759 of man is changed. And only one can change the 00:09:48.759 --> 00:09:51.399 nature of man. Only one can change the heart 00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:55.120 of man. Only one can change the thinking of men. 00:09:55.440 --> 00:09:58.279 That's the power of God. That's the reason we 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.279 need to come back again to God's laws and God's 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:10.179 principles. It's giving. Giving. Because Jesus 00:10:10.179 --> 00:10:20.600 had carried out God's plan. God in turn gave 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:27.059 to Jesus every human being who's been born again. 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:33.799 These that thou has given unto me. Son, he's 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:39.039 saying, they're your gift. I present them as 00:10:39.039 --> 00:10:42.480 your gift. That's the reason of the church. is 00:10:42.480 --> 00:10:45.580 so important, and we speak of these things that 00:10:45.580 --> 00:10:49.000 are so important so lightly. And when I talk 00:10:49.000 --> 00:10:52.379 about the church, I'm not talking about great 00:10:52.379 --> 00:10:58.000 religious institutions. I'm talking about the 00:10:58.000 --> 00:11:04.159 church, His church, the property of the Lord 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.679 Jesus Christ, the gift that God the Father gave 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:12.679 to His Son, men and women. who'd been born into 00:11:12.679 --> 00:11:17.139 this glorious body of believers. You know, we 00:11:17.139 --> 00:11:27.179 separate religion by saying he's a Jew. There's 00:11:27.179 --> 00:11:32.779 the temple. There's the rabbi. We speak of Catholicism. 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:39.460 There's the pope. There's the Vatican. He's a 00:11:39.460 --> 00:11:44.009 Catholic. There's a great religious institution. 00:11:44.490 --> 00:11:49.330 We talk about Protestants. He's a Protestant. 00:11:50.889 --> 00:11:57.250 And he's Presbyterian. He's Baptist. And there 00:11:57.250 --> 00:12:05.889 is another religious institution. Take all of 00:12:05.889 --> 00:12:10.090 your religions. I'm not talking about religion 00:12:10.090 --> 00:12:15.759 now. I'm talking about individuals, whether they 00:12:15.759 --> 00:12:21.419 be Jew, Gentile, whether they be Roman Catholic, 00:12:21.620 --> 00:12:26.539 Greek Orthodox, Protestant. I'm talking about 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:30.879 individuals who've had this spiritual new birth, 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:38.440 this regeneration. And if you have had that spiritual 00:12:38.440 --> 00:12:42.679 experience, If you have accepted the Christ in 00:12:42.679 --> 00:12:47.940 the forgiveness of your sins, if you can look 00:12:47.940 --> 00:12:51.679 up and say, my heavenly father, and no man, no 00:12:51.679 --> 00:12:55.440 woman can say it honestly until after they have 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.480 accepted his only begotten son, the very son 00:12:58.480 --> 00:13:02.360 of living God. as their great high priest in 00:13:02.360 --> 00:13:05.360 the forgiveness of their sins. If you can say 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:08.639 that, I don't care who you are, your race, your 00:13:08.639 --> 00:13:12.000 nationality, I don't care what. You're my brother. 00:13:12.139 --> 00:13:16.440 You're my sister. And you've been born into this 00:13:16.440 --> 00:13:21.059 wonderful body of Christ. This body of believers 00:13:21.059 --> 00:13:26.519 that God the Father gave to Jesus as a gift. 00:13:30.190 --> 00:13:34.269 Don't you understand? If you don't feel anything, 00:13:34.549 --> 00:13:38.429 if you're not thrilled by this, then, my friend, 00:13:38.610 --> 00:13:44.850 there's not that relationship. You know? Sure. 00:13:46.570 --> 00:13:51.110 Oh, this is glorious. This is what it's all about. 00:13:51.370 --> 00:13:56.769 This is what it all means. So now Jesus, knowing 00:13:56.769 --> 00:14:00.320 that he has done his part, as the Son of God, 00:14:00.460 --> 00:14:04.279 that he has glorified the Father. He knows that 00:14:04.279 --> 00:14:09.039 he has done his part as one who's come to flesh, 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:11.960 that he's carried out the perfect will of God. 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:18.860 Knowing he has stayed true, he's still spotless. 00:14:19.340 --> 00:14:24.600 That'll still be holy blood. That'll be spotless 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:27.600 blood that'll be shed on that cross in just a 00:14:27.600 --> 00:14:32.820 few hours. He goes to that cross with absolute 00:14:32.820 --> 00:14:39.379 confidence. He knows that when he dismisses his 00:14:39.379 --> 00:14:45.240 own spirit on that cross, he has carried out 00:14:45.240 --> 00:14:51.080 the plan in the most minute detail he knows. 00:14:51.960 --> 00:14:55.779 So between the father and the son, it's all right. 00:14:56.220 --> 00:15:02.970 It's all settled. Now he turns and he talks about 00:15:02.970 --> 00:15:08.370 those that thou hast given me. I have manifested 00:15:08.370 --> 00:15:14.070 thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out 00:15:14.070 --> 00:15:20.090 of the world. Thine they were, and thou gavest 00:15:20.090 --> 00:15:26.350 them me, and they have kept the word. Oh, this 00:15:26.350 --> 00:15:29.659 sixth verse. When he begins to pray for the men 00:15:29.659 --> 00:15:34.519 about him. This is what's marvelous. And he said, 00:15:34.580 --> 00:15:39.519 I have manifested thy name to them. What name? 00:15:41.460 --> 00:15:43.639 God has only one name according to the biblical 00:15:43.639 --> 00:15:49.720 revelation. God is not a name. It's a designation. 00:15:51.399 --> 00:15:57.000 The Lord is not a name. It's a title. His name 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:04.480 is Jehovah. Jehovah God. Jesus had borne that 00:16:04.480 --> 00:16:07.200 name, linked it with the thought of salvation. 00:16:07.639 --> 00:16:13.879 I have manifested thy name. Moses understood. 00:16:14.159 --> 00:16:20.220 Abraham understood. Elijah understood. The prophets 00:16:20.220 --> 00:16:24.409 understood. Understood perfectly. And he's saying 00:16:24.409 --> 00:16:30.370 to the Father, I have manifested thy name. That 00:16:30.370 --> 00:16:34.029 first group of men is Hebrews, knew that God 00:16:34.029 --> 00:16:40.710 had one name. God had said, this is my name. 00:16:42.470 --> 00:16:50.049 My name to all generations. Now Jesus said, I 00:16:50.049 --> 00:16:54.539 have manifested thy name to them. I have interpreted 00:16:54.539 --> 00:16:59.399 the meaning of the prophetic name that thou didst 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:05.200 take for thyself in the long ago. Bede meant 00:17:05.200 --> 00:17:08.359 it by no means understood all that he had said 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:12.559 to them or that he had revealed to them. I do 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:16.059 not believe that John, as close as he was to 00:17:16.059 --> 00:17:19.700 Master, really understood everything that Jesus 00:17:19.700 --> 00:17:25.690 had told him. And there's Peter. Oh, dear, wonderful 00:17:25.690 --> 00:17:30.950 Peter. Even while Jesus was speaking many times, 00:17:31.029 --> 00:17:37.650 Peter's thoughts were miles away. Peter thought 00:17:37.650 --> 00:17:39.769 he understood, but I'll tell you something, Peter 00:17:39.769 --> 00:17:43.509 learned an awful lot in a very short time, just 00:17:43.509 --> 00:17:47.980 like many of us, you know. We can spend a lifetime 00:17:47.980 --> 00:17:51.819 learning, but suddenly something happens to us. 00:17:52.359 --> 00:17:56.079 Suddenly in sickness. Suddenly in an hour of 00:17:56.079 --> 00:18:01.319 disappointment. We can learn more in a few days 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.599 than we've learned in our entire lifetime. It's 00:18:04.599 --> 00:18:10.720 amazing. I like that. Ever coming to the knowledge, 00:18:10.779 --> 00:18:16.740 but suddenly we learn. suddenly there's a revelation 00:18:16.740 --> 00:18:24.640 and we know. We sense the real values of life. 00:18:26.960 --> 00:18:31.599 It's marvelous. It's beautiful. No. The disciples, 00:18:31.839 --> 00:18:36.180 me thinks, didn't fully understand everything 00:18:36.180 --> 00:18:42.940 that Jesus was saying to them. Not always. But 00:18:42.940 --> 00:18:48.380 they did know. as jesus said what he said was 00:18:48.380 --> 00:18:54.339 that the word of god and that he was with god 00:18:54.339 --> 00:19:04.380 they understood that now for these men he expressed 00:19:04.380 --> 00:19:09.240 three desires and watch what these three desires 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:15.430 are now you see if I had been in that same position, 00:19:15.630 --> 00:19:23.630 I would have said, please, wonderful father, 00:19:23.950 --> 00:19:29.730 don't let them suffer. These are mine. You've 00:19:29.730 --> 00:19:34.690 given them to me. Because when there's someone 00:19:34.690 --> 00:19:39.710 that we love, we don't want them hurt. We don't 00:19:39.710 --> 00:19:42.549 want them to suffer. You take a parent with a 00:19:42.549 --> 00:19:44.900 child. I don't believe that there's anything 00:19:44.900 --> 00:19:50.059 that hurts a parent more deeply than to see their 00:19:50.059 --> 00:19:53.359 youngsters suffer. To know that that child is 00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:58.039 in pain. I often wonder what kind of a mother 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:04.759 I would have been. Because I want so very much 00:20:04.759 --> 00:20:08.460 to keep people from suffering. I can't stand 00:20:08.460 --> 00:20:12.390 to see people suffer. If I had had a child of 00:20:12.390 --> 00:20:15.250 my own, I don't think I could have stood it to 00:20:15.250 --> 00:20:19.869 have seen that child suffer. And perhaps if I 00:20:19.869 --> 00:20:22.569 had been in the position that Jesus was, I would 00:20:22.569 --> 00:20:26.309 have said, Don't let it be that thou hast given 00:20:26.309 --> 00:20:32.930 to me supper. Please and prosper them. Bless 00:20:32.930 --> 00:20:36.549 them. May they never want. May they have everything 00:20:36.549 --> 00:20:41.799 they want. Give them everything. No matter what 00:20:41.799 --> 00:20:47.059 it is, give them everything. May they never be 00:20:47.059 --> 00:20:52.660 hungry. May they never be cold. May they never 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:58.819 want. They're my property. Did he pray that for 00:20:58.819 --> 00:21:07.700 them? Not once. You're going to be amazed when 00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:11.319 you and I go deep into this prayer. and see what 00:21:11.319 --> 00:21:18.440 he really asked of the father for you and for 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:18.619 me.