Gospel & Letters of John

Jesus’ Prayer

John 17:1-26

Lesson 18

The Importance of Prayer

John 11:41b-42: “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”

Hebrews 7:25: Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

He died so we may live. He lives, so we may love.

The Real Lord’s Prayer

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

Jesus Prays for All Believers

The Real Lord’s Prayer

Jesus Prays to Be Glorified

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

Jesus Prays for All Believers

Let’s Get Started

John 17:1: After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.”

John 17:2: as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. (NKJV)

Let’s Get Started

John 17:1: After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the hour has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.”

John 17:2: as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him. (NKJV)

Jesus may allow the flesh to be afflicted or suffer if it will bring glory to God, or, for unbelievers, if it will lead that person to salvation.

What’s Eternal Always EternalJohn 17:3: Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 17:4: I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.

It’s not what we do that gets us saved, it’s what He’s done that saves us.

What’s Eternal Always EternalJohn 17:3: Now this is eternal life: that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

John 17:4: I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.

It’s not what we do that gets us saved, it’s what He’s done that saves us.

Romans 10:9: that if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.

Now to the Disciples

John 17:6: I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.

“Lord, I Want To Know You” – Kay Arthur

Who and What Does Jesus Pray For?

John 17:9: I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.

John 17:11b: Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.

Luke 21:17: Everyone will hate you because of me.

Who and What Does Jesus Pray For?

John 17:9: I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.

John 17:11b: Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one.

Luke 21:17: Everyone will hate you because of me.

John 17:15: My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

John 17:17: Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

John 17:20: My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

John 17:21-23: that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one - I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

John 17:17: Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

John 17:20: My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,

John 17:21-23: that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one - I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

The Final PointJohn 17:26: I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.

John 14:26: But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you.

“It’s not that love is blind. It’s that love sees more. And because love sees more, it is willing to see less.” – Jon Courson

Sent

1. If you are being sent somewhere, then that implies you’re coming from somewhere else

John 8:42: Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on my own; God sent me.

Sent2. If we are being sent somewhere, the sender has authority over us

John 5:19: Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.

John 12:50b: So whatever I say is just what the Father has told me to say.”

Sent3. If we are being sent somewhere, the Sender has a purpose for the one being sent.

“to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28

“to seek and to save the lost.” Luke 19:10

“he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21b

“I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them [the Law or Prophets]” Matthew 5:17b

“the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth.” John 18:37b

The World

John 16:33: “I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”

“The system of things you and I used to belong to before we were saved. A world that is dangerous and defiled seeking to ensnare the believer with every kind of temptation.” – Carol Martin

Am I of This World?

What is my attitude toward the world?

Am I being deceived by worldly attitudes that rob me of the joy and reality of Christ in my daily living?

Am I putting myself into a place of danger that could ruin my testimony, my work, my home?

Am I secretly being defiled by the world?

Am I creating unbiblical divisions instead of encouraging spiritual unity?

Faith in Action

Serve

Give

Seek

Save

Fulfill

Testify

John 20:21: “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.”

Luke 8:13: Those on the rocky ground are the ones who receive the word with joy when they hear it, but they have no root. They believe for a while, but in the time of testing they fall away.

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