WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:05.020 Can you still hear me okay? Good stuff. If you'd like to open your Bibles to John chapter 17. 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:06.960 John chapter 17. 00:00:25.179 --> 00:00:26.800 I'll just pray quickly if you don't mind again. 00:00:26.800 --> 00:00:33.579 Father, we thank you that we can gather here as your people, open your word. 00:00:34.780 --> 00:00:40.200 And we pray, Father, that there will be none among us, Lord, who has a hard heart, a heart that resists you. 00:00:41.659 --> 00:00:44.859 But, Lord, that we would be sensitive and tender to what you have to say. 00:00:45.359 --> 00:00:50.820 And, Lord, that we would not be those who just hear your word, but that we be those who obey and do your word. 00:00:50.820 --> 00:01:00.859 Lest we deceive ourselves, Lord, into thinking that by just hearing it will bless us, Lord, but that we must obey and receive it, Lord, by faith. 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:06.540 I ask for your help and for the blessing of your Holy Spirit, Lord. In Jesus' name. Amen. 00:01:06.540 --> 00:01:06.660 Amen. 00:01:09.600 --> 00:01:12.219 I'd like to begin this morning by asking you a question. 00:01:13.020 --> 00:01:24.240 If you could go back to any one event in the Bible to be there firsthand in the flesh and see something in the Bible, one event, what event would you choose? 00:01:25.140 --> 00:01:28.280 Any event in the whole Bible, New Testament, Old Testament, whatever you want it. 00:01:28.280 --> 00:01:31.579 This is a question that a friend of mine asked me. 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:35.120 And so he asked me, what would you choose? 00:01:36.420 --> 00:01:37.460 Maybe have a think about it. 00:01:37.460 --> 00:01:42.400 Would you go see Moses parting the Red Sea and bringing the Israelites out of Egypt? 00:01:43.620 --> 00:01:48.740 Or would you see the walls of Jericho come crashing down, maybe? 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.960 Or David killing Goliath, walloping him in the head with a stone and then hacking off his head? 00:01:54.960 --> 00:01:57.400 Or Jesus preaching the Sermon on the Mount, maybe? 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:04.320 So my friend who asked me this question, I think, actually had the best answer. 00:02:04.320 --> 00:02:11.039 He said, of all the events, of all the things that I could go see in the Bible, go back in time and see, 00:02:11.680 --> 00:02:15.780 the one thing I would like to see would be Jesus praying. 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:19.360 And some very flashy. 00:02:20.259 --> 00:02:25.000 But wouldn't it have been amazing to be there and hear Jesus pray to his Father in heaven? 00:02:25.000 --> 00:02:30.360 Well, the text that we have this morning in John chapter 17 is exactly that. 00:02:31.159 --> 00:02:36.800 It is a candid insight into the prayer life of Jesus Christ himself. 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:46.400 Consider this, of all the things that the disciples could have asked Jesus to teach them, 00:02:46.840 --> 00:02:52.100 in the New Testament, we only have record of them asking him to teach them one thing. 00:02:53.100 --> 00:02:56.140 Jesus, teach us how to pray. 00:02:57.140 --> 00:03:02.580 Not Jesus, teach us how to cast out miracles, teach us how to preach better, teach us how to pray. 00:03:02.580 --> 00:03:05.000 I think that's very significant. 00:03:05.820 --> 00:03:12.960 Because surely they saw that at the heart of Christ's ministry was his dependence upon God, 00:03:13.360 --> 00:03:16.220 borne out in prayer to him constantly. 00:03:17.620 --> 00:03:24.580 We read in Hebrews chapter 5 that Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with loud cries and tears 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:32.640 to him who was able to save him from death and he was heard because of his reverence. 00:03:33.340 --> 00:03:39.400 If you picture Christ praying in your mind, do you see him crying with tears and shouting out loudly? 00:03:41.660 --> 00:03:43.300 Because he was full of passion. 00:03:45.500 --> 00:03:48.700 Imagine how incredible it would be to hear that. 00:03:48.699 --> 00:03:53.639 And so here, as I said, we have in John chapter 17, not that we can hear with our ears, 00:03:53.819 --> 00:03:56.879 but that we can read with our eyes the very words of Christ. 00:03:56.979 --> 00:04:01.439 This is God incarnate in the flesh, praying to God in heaven. 00:04:04.199 --> 00:04:06.419 This is the longest prayer that we have of Jesus, 00:04:06.780 --> 00:04:10.399 and it is made even more special and precious to us 00:04:10.399 --> 00:04:16.060 because it is the prayer that he prays before he goes to the cross. 00:04:16.060 --> 00:04:21.180 Judas says that they're in the upper room, chapters 13 to 17, 00:04:21.339 --> 00:04:23.060 is Jesus' final teaching to his disciples. 00:04:23.199 --> 00:04:25.000 He's preparing them for his departure, 00:04:25.519 --> 00:04:28.560 and he's telling them all about what is going to happen, 00:04:29.019 --> 00:04:31.720 and there's much that they don't understand. 00:04:32.379 --> 00:04:36.720 Judas, at this point, has left them to betray Jesus. 00:04:37.819 --> 00:04:40.019 They've just finished eating their Passover meal, 00:04:40.019 --> 00:04:45.740 and this is just before they walk, as it were, 00:04:45.799 --> 00:04:47.839 across the valley near the Garden of Gethsemane, 00:04:48.579 --> 00:04:51.079 where Christ will then be arrested, 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:55.180 falsely tried, beaten and mocked, 00:04:55.699 --> 00:04:58.719 and then executed by crucifixion at Calvary. 00:04:58.939 --> 00:05:02.139 All of Jesus' life, all of his earthly ministry, 00:05:02.259 --> 00:05:04.680 all of his miracles, all of his work, 00:05:04.680 --> 00:05:06.780 has led up to this hour, 00:05:07.780 --> 00:05:11.600 and this is what he prays. 00:05:11.759 --> 00:05:12.519 So read with me. 00:05:12.579 --> 00:05:13.920 We'll read through this chapter together. 00:05:14.340 --> 00:05:15.660 You can either listen or follow along. 00:05:16.259 --> 00:05:17.939 The whole of John chapter 17. 00:05:17.939 --> 00:05:29.120 When Jesus had spoken these words, 00:05:29.660 --> 00:05:32.139 he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, 00:05:32.579 --> 00:05:35.220 Father, the hour has come. 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.300 Glorify your Son, that the Son may glorify you, 00:05:39.399 --> 00:05:42.139 since you have given him authority over all flesh 00:05:42.139 --> 00:05:45.720 to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:49.140 And this is eternal life, 00:05:49.880 --> 00:05:53.140 that they know you, the only true God, 00:05:53.820 --> 00:05:56.080 and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 00:05:57.100 --> 00:05:59.440 I glorified you on earth, 00:05:59.540 --> 00:06:01.880 having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 00:06:02.660 --> 00:06:06.600 And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence 00:06:06.600 --> 00:06:08.940 with the glory that I had with you 00:06:08.940 --> 00:06:11.740 before the world existed. 00:06:11.740 --> 00:06:15.680 I have manifested your name to the people 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.300 whom you gave me out of the world. 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:20.120 Yours they were, and you gave them to me, 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:22.840 and they have kept your word. 00:06:23.920 --> 00:06:27.500 Now they know that everything that you have given me 00:06:27.500 --> 00:06:28.660 is from you. 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.500 For I have given them the words that you gave me, 00:06:32.660 --> 00:06:33.939 and they have received them, 00:06:33.980 --> 00:06:36.819 and have come to know in truth that I came from you, 00:06:37.040 --> 00:06:39.340 and they have believed that you sent me. 00:06:39.339 --> 00:06:41.379 I am praying for them. 00:06:42.439 --> 00:06:43.979 I am not praying for the world, 00:06:44.139 --> 00:06:46.019 but for those whom you have given me, 00:06:46.679 --> 00:06:47.619 for they are yours. 00:06:49.039 --> 00:06:50.579 All mine are yours, 00:06:50.679 --> 00:06:52.000 and yours are mine, 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:54.079 and I am glorified in them. 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:57.000 And I am no longer in the world, 00:06:57.279 --> 00:06:58.519 but they are in the world. 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:00.539 And I am coming to you. 00:07:00.659 --> 00:07:01.620 Holy Father, 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.139 keep them in your name, 00:07:04.479 --> 00:07:05.659 which you have given me, 00:07:05.660 --> 00:07:07.480 that they may be one, 00:07:08.000 --> 00:07:09.320 even as we are one. 00:07:10.840 --> 00:07:11.860 While I was with them, 00:07:11.900 --> 00:07:12.920 I kept them in your name, 00:07:12.960 --> 00:07:13.760 which you have given me. 00:07:13.820 --> 00:07:14.840 I have guarded them, 00:07:14.880 --> 00:07:16.880 and not one of them has been lost, 00:07:16.980 --> 00:07:18.940 except the son of destruction, 00:07:19.320 --> 00:07:20.980 that the scripture might be fulfilled. 00:07:22.980 --> 00:07:24.500 But now I am coming to you, 00:07:25.060 --> 00:07:27.360 and these things I speak in the world, 00:07:27.780 --> 00:07:30.600 that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:33.240 I have given them your word, 00:07:33.480 --> 00:07:36.120 and the world has hated them, 00:07:36.180 --> 00:07:37.760 because they are not of the world, 00:07:38.200 --> 00:07:40.080 just as I am not of the world. 00:07:41.620 --> 00:07:43.840 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, 00:07:43.939 --> 00:07:46.000 but that you keep them from the evil one. 00:07:46.180 --> 00:07:47.560 They are not of the world, 00:07:47.760 --> 00:07:49.820 just as I am not of the world. 00:07:52.140 --> 00:07:53.600 Sanctify them in the truth. 00:07:54.000 --> 00:07:55.900 Your word is truth. 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:59.319 As you sent me into the world, 00:07:59.560 --> 00:08:01.560 so have I sent them into the world. 00:08:02.359 --> 00:08:03.579 And for their sake, 00:08:03.879 --> 00:08:05.759 I consecrate myself, 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.219 that they also may be sanctified in truth. 00:08:09.379 --> 00:08:10.739 I do not ask for these only, 00:08:10.859 --> 00:08:13.419 but also for those who will believe in me 00:08:13.419 --> 00:08:14.319 through their word, 00:08:14.699 --> 00:08:16.219 that they may all be one, 00:08:16.299 --> 00:08:18.039 just as you, Father, are in me, 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:19.620 and I in you. 00:08:20.419 --> 00:08:22.159 That they also may be in us, 00:08:22.199 --> 00:08:23.699 so that the world may believe 00:08:23.699 --> 00:08:25.459 that you have sent me. 00:08:26.639 --> 00:08:29.319 The glory that you have given me, 00:08:29.699 --> 00:08:31.199 I have given to them, 00:08:31.979 --> 00:08:33.399 that they may be one, 00:08:33.840 --> 00:08:34.959 even as we are one. 00:08:36.159 --> 00:08:37.039 I in them, 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:38.559 and you in me, 00:08:39.299 --> 00:08:41.240 that they may become perfectly one, 00:08:42.019 --> 00:08:43.699 so that the world may know 00:08:43.699 --> 00:08:44.740 that you have sent me, 00:08:45.279 --> 00:08:46.299 and love them, 00:08:47.019 --> 00:08:48.360 even as you loved me. 00:08:49.659 --> 00:08:51.759 Father, I desire that they also, 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:53.299 whom you have given me, 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:55.319 may be with me where I am, 00:08:55.899 --> 00:08:57.740 to see my glory, 00:08:57.959 --> 00:08:58.980 that you have given me, 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:01.120 because you loved me, 00:09:01.399 --> 00:09:02.740 before the foundation, 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:04.179 of the world. 00:09:04.299 --> 00:09:05.340 O righteous Father, 00:09:05.459 --> 00:09:06.939 even though the world does not know you, 00:09:07.039 --> 00:09:07.679 I know you, 00:09:08.899 --> 00:09:10.419 and these know that you have sent me. 00:09:12.120 --> 00:09:13.819 I made known to them your name, 00:09:14.340 --> 00:09:16.139 and I will continue to make it known, 00:09:16.639 --> 00:09:18.919 that the love with which you have loved me, 00:09:19.659 --> 00:09:20.519 may be in them, 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.399 and I in them. 00:09:24.980 --> 00:09:25.759 What a prayer. 00:09:28.579 --> 00:09:29.720 I think in all your life, 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:31.100 you'll never read a better prayer than that. 00:09:33.079 --> 00:09:34.519 If you imagine for a moment, 00:09:34.659 --> 00:09:35.340 that our prayers, 00:09:35.460 --> 00:09:36.600 your prayers and my prayers, 00:09:37.419 --> 00:09:39.379 are like pouring out water, 00:09:39.679 --> 00:09:41.240 the Lord pouring out our hearts to Him, 00:09:41.299 --> 00:09:43.620 this is a waterfall of a prayer. 00:09:43.620 --> 00:09:45.560 This is the Niagara Falls of prayers. 00:09:46.759 --> 00:09:48.700 Just a rush, 00:09:48.820 --> 00:09:50.179 a torrent of glory. 00:09:51.480 --> 00:09:52.460 Hearing God, 00:09:52.919 --> 00:09:53.440 the Son, 00:09:53.600 --> 00:09:54.620 pray to God the Father. 00:09:56.200 --> 00:09:57.639 I don't know if you've ever been to a, 00:09:57.639 --> 00:09:59.639 a kind of a famous city, 00:09:59.779 --> 00:10:00.840 or a beautiful city. 00:10:00.919 --> 00:10:02.480 I remember being a few years ago in Milan, 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:04.220 with Roxy on holidays, 00:10:04.799 --> 00:10:05.879 and I weren't there for like, 00:10:06.060 --> 00:10:06.740 a few days, 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:08.759 and there's just so much to take in. 00:10:09.840 --> 00:10:10.659 You walk around, 00:10:10.759 --> 00:10:11.500 you look at all the nice, 00:10:11.700 --> 00:10:12.440 ancient buildings, 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:13.740 that are just so old, 00:10:13.860 --> 00:10:15.560 and all the nice places to go visit, 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:16.419 and all the things to do, 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:16.840 and it's just, 00:10:16.899 --> 00:10:17.399 you said to yourself, 00:10:17.539 --> 00:10:18.620 we've got to come back here, 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:19.940 because there's just so much to take in. 00:10:21.060 --> 00:10:22.159 And I would put it to you, 00:10:22.180 --> 00:10:23.259 that this prayer is like that. 00:10:23.340 --> 00:10:25.639 There's no way we're going to be able to cover everything that's in this prayer. 00:10:26.159 --> 00:10:27.720 But I would invite you to go back, 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:28.659 and visit it, 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:30.299 and read through it yourself. 00:10:31.980 --> 00:10:33.840 Because it is just absolutely wonderful. 00:10:33.980 --> 00:10:34.480 So this morning, 00:10:34.539 --> 00:10:35.139 it's not my aim, 00:10:35.139 --> 00:10:35.440 as I said, 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:37.060 to unpack this entire chapter, 00:10:37.180 --> 00:10:38.360 because there's so much here. 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:39.880 Instead, 00:10:39.980 --> 00:10:43.060 it is my aim for us to walk through this prayer, 00:10:43.680 --> 00:10:47.700 and see how Jesus prayed right before he went to the cross. 00:10:47.800 --> 00:10:48.360 In particular, 00:10:48.880 --> 00:10:50.440 I want to look at the petitions. 00:10:51.000 --> 00:10:52.180 There are five petitions. 00:10:53.320 --> 00:10:55.320 Five things that Jesus asked, 00:10:55.440 --> 00:10:56.060 or requested, 00:10:56.200 --> 00:10:57.220 of his Father in Heaven, 00:10:57.620 --> 00:10:58.240 in this prayer. 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:02.460 And so I want to use that as a framework for us to go through this prayer. 00:11:04.120 --> 00:11:05.200 There's more to this prayer, 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:05.960 than just the petitions, 00:11:06.100 --> 00:11:07.560 but it's just a way for us to move through it. 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:12.520 So let's start with Jesus' first praise for himself. 00:11:14.560 --> 00:11:15.620 Look at verse one. 00:11:18.100 --> 00:11:19.660 One petition that he prays for himself. 00:11:19.820 --> 00:11:20.160 Father, 00:11:20.520 --> 00:11:21.900 the hour has come. 00:11:22.660 --> 00:11:24.180 Glorify your Son, 00:11:25.480 --> 00:11:27.140 so that the Son may glorify you. 00:11:27.140 --> 00:11:28.580 What does the word glorify mean? 00:11:28.580 --> 00:11:32.220 We don't really use that anywhere outside of church, 00:11:32.300 --> 00:11:32.420 really. 00:11:32.520 --> 00:11:32.960 Glorify. 00:11:36.200 --> 00:11:39.200 To glorify someone means to lift them up on high. 00:11:39.280 --> 00:11:40.540 It means to exalt them, 00:11:40.620 --> 00:11:41.440 and honor them. 00:11:42.000 --> 00:11:43.160 In the most basic sense, 00:11:43.240 --> 00:11:46.060 it means to show how good someone, 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:47.240 or something is. 00:11:47.980 --> 00:11:49.080 To glorify someone. 00:11:49.220 --> 00:11:49.920 To exalt, 00:11:50.200 --> 00:11:51.139 and to honor someone. 00:11:51.220 --> 00:11:53.080 Put them in a higher place. 00:11:53.480 --> 00:11:53.640 Say, 00:11:53.639 --> 00:11:55.559 this is the man. 00:11:56.220 --> 00:11:57.279 This person here. 00:11:58.340 --> 00:11:58.860 Father, 00:11:59.059 --> 00:11:59.960 Jesus prays, 00:12:00.139 --> 00:12:01.399 glorify me, 00:12:02.220 --> 00:12:03.639 that I may glorify you. 00:12:03.779 --> 00:12:05.039 Exalt and honor me, 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:05.559 Father, 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:08.919 so that I may exalt and honor you. 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:11.439 And you'll notice, 00:12:11.519 --> 00:12:12.699 just before Jesus asks this, 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:14.240 right at the start of verse 1, 00:12:14.779 --> 00:12:15.740 he says what? 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:17.139 The hour has come. 00:12:19.939 --> 00:12:20.959 As I said earlier, 00:12:21.159 --> 00:12:23.879 Christ's ministry has been building up to this time. 00:12:24.539 --> 00:12:26.079 Earlier in the Gospels, 00:12:26.179 --> 00:12:27.399 we hear Jesus repeat this phrase, 00:12:27.479 --> 00:12:28.719 my hour has not yet come, 00:12:28.779 --> 00:12:29.959 my hour has not yet come. 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:32.299 This is the pinnacle of his ministry, 00:12:32.459 --> 00:12:34.360 which is going to the cross, 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:36.240 dying for our sins, 00:12:37.139 --> 00:12:38.139 rising from the dead, 00:12:38.139 --> 00:12:39.620 and ascending to the right hand of the Father. 00:12:39.860 --> 00:12:40.639 This hour, 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:41.620 the time for that, 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:42.439 has now come, 00:12:42.519 --> 00:12:43.360 and Jesus knows it. 00:12:45.100 --> 00:12:47.080 He knows he is about to go 00:12:47.080 --> 00:12:48.960 to the cross, 00:12:49.960 --> 00:12:52.439 and on top of the physical agony 00:12:52.439 --> 00:12:53.419 of being nailed 00:12:53.419 --> 00:12:55.500 to wood 00:12:55.500 --> 00:12:56.519 and suspended 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.319 only by those nails, 00:12:59.080 --> 00:13:00.819 he knows that on top of that, 00:13:01.179 --> 00:13:03.059 he will suffer the wrath of God, 00:13:03.179 --> 00:13:04.819 God's righteous anger 00:13:04.819 --> 00:13:06.500 for my sin 00:13:06.500 --> 00:13:07.539 and for your sin. 00:13:08.139 --> 00:13:12.860 It is not Jesus' physical pain 00:13:12.860 --> 00:13:14.519 that wipes away our sins. 00:13:14.740 --> 00:13:16.039 It is his blood 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:17.319 shed for us 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:18.860 as a sacrifice 00:13:18.860 --> 00:13:20.600 that he absorbed 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:22.639 and swallowed up, 00:13:22.720 --> 00:13:23.539 as we said earlier, 00:13:24.319 --> 00:13:25.159 God's anger, 00:13:26.419 --> 00:13:27.319 righteous, 00:13:27.600 --> 00:13:28.199 good anger 00:13:28.199 --> 00:13:30.059 against our sins. 00:13:30.059 --> 00:13:34.059 Jesus knew that on that cross, 00:13:34.459 --> 00:13:35.479 he would be forsaken. 00:13:35.599 --> 00:13:36.779 Do you know the only time 00:13:36.779 --> 00:13:39.379 Jesus doesn't refer to God 00:13:39.379 --> 00:13:40.199 as his Father 00:13:40.199 --> 00:13:40.939 is on the cross? 00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:43.659 He always refers to him as his Father, 00:13:43.779 --> 00:13:44.659 except on the cross. 00:13:44.779 --> 00:13:45.559 My God, 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:46.459 my God, 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:47.559 why have you forsaken me? 00:13:48.659 --> 00:13:50.239 Jesus did not cease to be God, 00:13:51.239 --> 00:13:52.479 but as a man, 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:53.799 Jesus was fully man, 00:13:53.839 --> 00:13:54.619 was forsaken 00:13:54.619 --> 00:13:56.059 by God. 00:13:56.059 --> 00:13:58.199 So how is it then 00:13:58.199 --> 00:13:59.019 that Jesus can say, 00:13:59.459 --> 00:14:00.500 I am going to go to the cross, 00:14:00.599 --> 00:14:01.159 I am going to suffer 00:14:01.159 --> 00:14:02.119 physical agony, 00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:02.899 I am going to 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:05.239 be the sole target 00:14:05.239 --> 00:14:06.439 of the wrath of God. 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.159 How can Jesus pray 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:11.319 that he will be glorified 00:14:11.319 --> 00:14:12.259 in that? 00:14:13.859 --> 00:14:14.519 Sounds funny, 00:14:14.579 --> 00:14:14.919 doesn't it? 00:14:14.919 --> 00:14:16.399 the worst thing 00:14:16.399 --> 00:14:17.539 that could possibly happen. 00:14:18.519 --> 00:14:19.459 Being betrayed 00:14:19.459 --> 00:14:20.199 by your friend, 00:14:20.319 --> 00:14:21.379 being wrongfully accused, 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.159 being murdered, 00:14:22.500 --> 00:14:23.439 and then God's wrath 00:14:23.439 --> 00:14:24.199 being poured out on you 00:14:24.199 --> 00:14:25.339 saying glorify me 00:14:25.339 --> 00:14:26.319 in this. 00:14:28.079 --> 00:14:28.939 The answer 00:14:28.939 --> 00:14:30.459 to that 00:14:30.459 --> 00:14:31.599 apparent contradiction 00:14:31.599 --> 00:14:32.779 is in verse 5. 00:14:35.479 --> 00:14:35.979 Father, 00:14:36.139 --> 00:14:37.000 glorify me 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:38.559 in your own presence 00:14:38.559 --> 00:14:40.219 with the glory 00:14:40.219 --> 00:14:41.099 that I had with you 00:14:41.099 --> 00:14:42.399 before the world 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:43.079 existed. 00:14:43.080 --> 00:14:44.600 Jesus is looking 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:45.500 beyond the cross. 00:14:46.660 --> 00:14:47.740 He is looking 00:14:47.740 --> 00:14:48.520 beyond 00:14:48.520 --> 00:14:49.759 his death. 00:14:50.900 --> 00:14:51.420 He is looking 00:14:51.420 --> 00:14:52.259 to the resurrection 00:14:52.259 --> 00:14:53.500 and not just 00:14:53.500 --> 00:14:54.180 to his resurrection 00:14:54.180 --> 00:14:54.660 to life 00:14:54.660 --> 00:14:55.660 but his ascension 00:14:55.660 --> 00:14:57.280 into heaven. 00:15:00.720 --> 00:15:01.240 Father, 00:15:01.440 --> 00:15:02.120 bring me back 00:15:02.120 --> 00:15:03.120 into your presence. 00:15:03.580 --> 00:15:04.540 Glorify me 00:15:04.540 --> 00:15:05.800 by bringing me 00:15:05.800 --> 00:15:06.180 back 00:15:06.180 --> 00:15:07.220 to heaven 00:15:07.220 --> 00:15:09.140 from where I came. 00:15:11.980 --> 00:15:12.720 Glorify me 00:15:12.720 --> 00:15:13.180 as it were 00:15:13.180 --> 00:15:14.660 into your presence. 00:15:14.779 --> 00:15:15.320 This is exactly 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:16.180 what Paul refers to 00:15:16.180 --> 00:15:17.100 in Philippians 2 00:15:17.100 --> 00:15:17.860 as you might think of 00:15:17.860 --> 00:15:18.940 that Jesus 00:15:18.940 --> 00:15:20.620 humbled himself 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:21.220 by becoming 00:15:21.220 --> 00:15:21.759 obedient 00:15:21.759 --> 00:15:23.759 to the point 00:15:23.759 --> 00:15:24.519 of death, 00:15:24.580 --> 00:15:25.100 even death 00:15:25.100 --> 00:15:25.800 on a cross. 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:26.879 Therefore, 00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:29.200 God has 00:15:29.200 --> 00:15:30.580 highly exalted 00:15:30.580 --> 00:15:31.019 him 00:15:31.019 --> 00:15:32.220 and bestowed 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:32.620 on him 00:15:32.620 --> 00:15:33.240 the name 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.980 that is 00:15:33.980 --> 00:15:34.779 above every name. 00:15:34.879 --> 00:15:35.440 That is why 00:15:35.440 --> 00:15:36.580 Jesus could pray 00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:37.399 at this time 00:15:37.399 --> 00:15:38.420 before it is all 00:15:38.420 --> 00:15:39.180 about to go down. 00:15:39.179 --> 00:15:39.919 God, 00:15:40.039 --> 00:15:40.719 glorify me. 00:15:41.719 --> 00:15:42.199 Bring me 00:15:42.199 --> 00:15:42.699 through 00:15:42.699 --> 00:15:44.899 this fire. 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:46.239 Bring me 00:15:46.239 --> 00:15:46.639 through 00:15:46.639 --> 00:15:47.299 what I have 00:15:47.299 --> 00:15:47.639 to do. 00:15:50.039 --> 00:15:51.120 Jesus knows 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:51.919 that the final 00:15:51.919 --> 00:15:52.599 destination, 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:53.620 his final destination 00:15:53.620 --> 00:15:54.559 is not the cross. 00:15:55.120 --> 00:15:55.899 It is not 00:15:55.899 --> 00:15:56.439 the grave. 00:15:57.199 --> 00:15:58.120 It is heaven 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:58.639 itself. 00:15:59.479 --> 00:16:00.239 Hebrews 12 00:16:00.239 --> 00:16:00.659 says, 00:16:00.779 --> 00:16:01.399 for the joy 00:16:01.399 --> 00:16:02.439 set before him, 00:16:02.859 --> 00:16:03.799 Jesus endured 00:16:03.799 --> 00:16:04.339 the cross 00:16:04.340 --> 00:16:05.620 despising its 00:16:05.620 --> 00:16:06.019 shame 00:16:06.019 --> 00:16:06.780 and is seated 00:16:06.780 --> 00:16:07.920 at the right 00:16:07.920 --> 00:16:08.680 hand of God 00:16:08.680 --> 00:16:09.680 in heaven. 00:16:11.540 --> 00:16:12.300 That is where 00:16:12.300 --> 00:16:13.080 Jesus is right 00:16:13.080 --> 00:16:13.340 now, 00:16:14.040 --> 00:16:14.759 at God's 00:16:14.759 --> 00:16:15.280 right hand. 00:16:16.120 --> 00:16:16.379 Friends, 00:16:16.420 --> 00:16:16.960 if God, 00:16:17.080 --> 00:16:17.780 the Father, 00:16:18.139 --> 00:16:18.740 brought Jesus 00:16:18.740 --> 00:16:19.940 through the pain 00:16:19.940 --> 00:16:20.780 and the suffering 00:16:20.780 --> 00:16:22.200 and the spiritual 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:23.480 agony of the cross 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:24.759 and if he 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:26.080 raised him 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:26.700 from the dead 00:16:26.700 --> 00:16:28.460 and brought him 00:16:28.460 --> 00:16:29.040 all the way 00:16:29.040 --> 00:16:29.820 back to heaven, 00:16:30.860 --> 00:16:31.759 how will he not 00:16:31.759 --> 00:16:32.940 also care for you 00:16:32.940 --> 00:16:33.440 this week? 00:16:34.340 --> 00:16:35.120 Is there anything 00:16:35.120 --> 00:16:35.899 in your life 00:16:35.899 --> 00:16:37.060 that God will not 00:16:37.060 --> 00:16:37.720 be able to bring 00:16:37.720 --> 00:16:38.100 you through? 00:16:38.620 --> 00:16:39.480 Our boast as 00:16:39.480 --> 00:16:40.160 Christians is not 00:16:40.160 --> 00:16:40.980 in our own strength 00:16:40.980 --> 00:16:42.040 as we've sung 00:16:42.040 --> 00:16:42.540 this morning. 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:44.840 It's not saying 00:16:44.840 --> 00:16:45.879 that we get better 00:16:45.879 --> 00:16:46.480 as it were 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:47.840 at being Christians 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.220 but that we realize 00:16:49.220 --> 00:16:50.000 more and more 00:16:50.000 --> 00:16:50.620 our complete 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.340 dependence upon 00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:51.720 the Lord. 00:16:55.700 --> 00:16:56.740 He who did not 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.780 spare his own son 00:16:57.780 --> 00:16:58.440 but gave him up 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.040 for us all, 00:16:59.420 --> 00:17:00.639 how will he not 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:01.920 also with him, 00:17:02.019 --> 00:17:02.680 with Jesus, 00:17:03.019 --> 00:17:04.240 graciously give us 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:05.180 all things. 00:17:05.259 --> 00:17:05.960 There is nothing 00:17:05.960 --> 00:17:07.259 God will withhold 00:17:07.259 --> 00:17:08.259 from you as his child. 00:17:08.839 --> 00:17:10.059 Absolutely nothing 00:17:10.059 --> 00:17:12.039 if you need it 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:13.380 at the right time. 00:17:17.420 --> 00:17:18.440 That is what Jesus 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:18.799 prays, 00:17:18.859 --> 00:17:19.680 glorify me 00:17:19.680 --> 00:17:21.779 that I may glorify you 00:17:21.779 --> 00:17:22.460 and he goes on now 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:23.000 to pray 00:17:23.000 --> 00:17:24.460 for his disciples. 00:17:25.120 --> 00:17:25.900 So having prayed 00:17:25.900 --> 00:17:26.500 for himself, 00:17:26.660 --> 00:17:27.559 Jesus now goes on 00:17:27.559 --> 00:17:28.380 praying 00:17:28.380 --> 00:17:29.559 for his disciples 00:17:29.559 --> 00:17:30.259 who were there. 00:17:31.079 --> 00:17:31.680 Let's read verses 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:32.580 6 to 9 again. 00:17:32.660 --> 00:17:32.940 He says, 00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.220 I have manifested 00:17:34.220 --> 00:17:35.019 your name 00:17:35.019 --> 00:17:36.600 to those whom 00:17:36.600 --> 00:17:37.279 you have given me 00:17:37.279 --> 00:17:38.180 out of the world. 00:17:38.920 --> 00:17:39.880 They were yours, 00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:41.039 you gave them to me 00:17:41.039 --> 00:17:42.400 and they have kept 00:17:42.400 --> 00:17:43.060 your word. 00:17:44.920 --> 00:17:45.519 And skip down 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:46.100 to verse 9, 00:17:46.200 --> 00:17:47.120 I pray for them, 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:47.840 I do not pray 00:17:47.840 --> 00:17:48.299 for the world 00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:48.860 but those whom 00:17:48.860 --> 00:17:49.620 you have given me 00:17:49.620 --> 00:17:50.880 for they are yours. 00:17:52.360 --> 00:17:53.320 Jesus is praying 00:17:53.320 --> 00:17:54.180 for those people 00:17:54.180 --> 00:17:54.920 that the Father 00:17:54.920 --> 00:17:56.740 has given to him. 00:17:56.740 --> 00:17:59.680 He is not praying 00:17:59.680 --> 00:18:00.120 for everyone 00:18:00.120 --> 00:18:00.460 in the world, 00:18:00.539 --> 00:18:01.680 that is what he says, 00:18:02.240 --> 00:18:03.720 but rather 00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.259 for those 00:18:04.259 --> 00:18:05.220 who belong to him. 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:09.160 Now don't let that 00:18:09.160 --> 00:18:10.400 get twisted in your mind 00:18:10.400 --> 00:18:10.620 if you go, 00:18:10.680 --> 00:18:11.440 I wonder do I belong 00:18:11.440 --> 00:18:11.740 to God, 00:18:11.779 --> 00:18:12.519 I wonder do I belong 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.000 to God. 00:18:13.640 --> 00:18:14.660 Do you have faith 00:18:14.660 --> 00:18:15.759 in the Son of God? 00:18:16.299 --> 00:18:17.299 Do you trust in him? 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:20.099 You belong to the Lord. 00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:22.900 But the Lord 00:18:22.900 --> 00:18:23.759 in his love 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:24.920 made sure 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:26.599 that we would be saved. 00:18:26.740 --> 00:18:28.000 By handing us over 00:18:28.000 --> 00:18:28.579 to the Son 00:18:28.579 --> 00:18:30.259 that he might lay down 00:18:30.259 --> 00:18:30.759 his life 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.599 for his sheep. 00:18:32.740 --> 00:18:33.759 Notice what he says 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.680 about his people, 00:18:34.799 --> 00:18:35.339 his disciples. 00:18:35.539 --> 00:18:36.200 In verse 6, 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.160 he says they have what? 00:18:37.240 --> 00:18:37.920 They have kept 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:38.680 your word. 00:18:39.220 --> 00:18:40.339 And again in verse 8, 00:18:40.339 --> 00:18:41.519 I have given them 00:18:41.519 --> 00:18:42.339 the words 00:18:42.339 --> 00:18:43.720 that you have given me. 00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.940 Jesus passes on 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:45.460 the message, 00:18:45.579 --> 00:18:46.720 the word of God 00:18:46.720 --> 00:18:48.700 to his people 00:18:48.700 --> 00:18:50.759 and they have 00:18:50.759 --> 00:18:51.799 received them. 00:18:51.960 --> 00:18:53.579 This is the hallmark 00:18:53.579 --> 00:18:54.359 of God's people 00:18:54.359 --> 00:18:55.980 that they receive 00:18:55.980 --> 00:18:56.920 the word of God. 00:18:58.299 --> 00:18:59.599 That they believe it, 00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.420 accept it. 00:19:01.700 --> 00:19:02.700 Jesus criticized 00:19:02.700 --> 00:19:03.339 the Pharisees, 00:19:03.380 --> 00:19:03.779 he said, 00:19:04.360 --> 00:19:05.279 who rejected Jesus, 00:19:05.360 --> 00:19:05.660 he said, 00:19:05.759 --> 00:19:07.180 my word finds 00:19:07.180 --> 00:19:08.740 no place in you. 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:11.120 So that when the word 00:19:11.120 --> 00:19:11.579 was preached, 00:19:11.620 --> 00:19:12.539 when Jesus was preaching, 00:19:12.880 --> 00:19:13.480 they rejected 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:14.319 what he had to say. 00:19:14.960 --> 00:19:15.799 Thereby rejecting 00:19:15.799 --> 00:19:16.680 Christ himself. 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:18.839 But Jesus says 00:19:18.839 --> 00:19:21.059 this is a hallmark, 00:19:21.140 --> 00:19:22.039 this is what the people 00:19:22.039 --> 00:19:23.000 of God do. 00:19:23.639 --> 00:19:24.599 That we receive 00:19:24.599 --> 00:19:25.480 the word of God 00:19:25.480 --> 00:19:26.420 and we obey it. 00:19:26.420 --> 00:19:27.240 It's not just to believe 00:19:27.240 --> 00:19:28.079 it or accept it 00:19:28.079 --> 00:19:28.779 in some sort of 00:19:28.779 --> 00:19:29.740 theoretical sense. 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:31.480 I think there are a lot, 00:19:31.579 --> 00:19:32.899 there are a lot of people 00:19:32.899 --> 00:19:33.480 in the world 00:19:33.480 --> 00:19:34.519 who think that Jesus 00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.420 is a good teacher 00:19:35.420 --> 00:19:39.200 and they agree with him 00:19:39.200 --> 00:19:40.599 and they don't mind 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:41.619 being associated with him 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.559 in some loose sense 00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:44.759 and they're a fan. 00:19:46.599 --> 00:19:47.799 There are theologians 00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.619 who would absolutely 00:19:48.619 --> 00:19:49.599 wipe the floor 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.200 with any of us 00:19:50.200 --> 00:19:50.720 in this room 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:52.740 about the ins and outs 00:19:52.740 --> 00:19:53.299 of the Bible, 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:54.340 theology, 00:19:55.019 --> 00:19:56.259 what Jesus taught 00:19:56.259 --> 00:19:57.360 and yet they don't 00:19:57.360 --> 00:19:58.299 believe what he thought. 00:19:59.960 --> 00:20:01.080 So to receive 00:20:01.080 --> 00:20:01.980 the word of God 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:03.019 means that you 00:20:03.019 --> 00:20:04.559 personally take it 00:20:04.559 --> 00:20:06.640 and live your life 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:07.559 according to it. 00:20:08.580 --> 00:20:09.500 Jesus isn't looking 00:20:09.500 --> 00:20:10.400 for fans, 00:20:11.340 --> 00:20:12.400 he's looking for disciples. 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:15.600 He doesn't call us 00:20:15.600 --> 00:20:16.799 simply to give 00:20:16.799 --> 00:20:17.799 a mental assent 00:20:17.799 --> 00:20:18.080 and say, 00:20:18.180 --> 00:20:19.059 yes, that sounds good, 00:20:19.059 --> 00:20:20.379 but rather to say 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:21.679 that is true 00:20:21.679 --> 00:20:22.599 and I believe it. 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:31.039 The word of God 00:20:31.039 --> 00:20:32.039 and the people of God 00:20:32.039 --> 00:20:33.519 are inseparably linked 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:35.159 and Jesus said, 00:20:35.240 --> 00:20:36.200 this is who I'm praying for, 00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.659 those whom you have given me 00:20:37.659 --> 00:20:39.059 who have received your word 00:20:39.059 --> 00:20:40.039 and he goes on to pray 00:20:40.039 --> 00:20:41.740 three things 00:20:41.740 --> 00:20:42.839 for his disciples. 00:20:43.299 --> 00:20:44.480 As Alex has mentioned earlier, 00:20:44.799 --> 00:20:45.440 he prays, 00:20:45.440 --> 00:20:46.400 keep them, 00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.580 Father, 00:20:47.779 --> 00:20:48.920 keep my people 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:49.580 in your name, 00:20:50.900 --> 00:20:51.360 secondly, 00:20:51.500 --> 00:20:52.140 protect them, 00:20:52.680 --> 00:20:52.940 thirdly, 00:20:53.059 --> 00:20:53.820 sanctify them. 00:20:54.559 --> 00:20:55.420 So keep them, 00:20:55.799 --> 00:20:56.519 protect them, 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.080 sanctify them. 00:20:58.079 --> 00:21:01.059 Now, 00:21:01.199 --> 00:21:01.859 these petitions 00:21:01.859 --> 00:21:02.439 or requests 00:21:02.439 --> 00:21:03.259 that he is praying, 00:21:03.359 --> 00:21:03.939 he is praying 00:21:03.939 --> 00:21:05.720 in the first instance 00:21:05.720 --> 00:21:07.220 about the disciples 00:21:07.220 --> 00:21:08.000 that are with him, 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:09.319 his disciples at that time. 00:21:09.439 --> 00:21:10.220 But as you go on 00:21:10.220 --> 00:21:11.159 into verse 20, 00:21:11.399 --> 00:21:11.779 he says, 00:21:11.859 --> 00:21:13.139 I do not ask for these only, 00:21:13.500 --> 00:21:14.299 referring to the disciples 00:21:14.299 --> 00:21:14.919 who are with him, 00:21:15.019 --> 00:21:16.240 but also for those 00:21:16.240 --> 00:21:17.339 who will believe in me 00:21:17.339 --> 00:21:18.240 through their word. 00:21:18.500 --> 00:21:19.279 That's you and me. 00:21:20.240 --> 00:21:21.119 So we don't read this 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:21.439 and kind of go, 00:21:21.500 --> 00:21:22.079 oh, this is a prayer 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:23.119 about the disciples 00:21:23.119 --> 00:21:24.119 who died long ago 00:21:24.119 --> 00:21:25.059 and who were in heaven. 00:21:25.059 --> 00:21:26.259 Yes, it is, 00:21:26.639 --> 00:21:27.259 but it is also 00:21:27.259 --> 00:21:27.980 about you and I. 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:28.799 He said, 00:21:28.819 --> 00:21:29.379 I'm not asking 00:21:29.379 --> 00:21:30.079 just for them, 00:21:30.179 --> 00:21:31.480 I'm asking for all 00:21:31.480 --> 00:21:32.240 of those people 00:21:32.240 --> 00:21:32.819 who will come. 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:34.000 Isn't that cool? 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:36.019 That Christ prayed 00:21:36.019 --> 00:21:37.200 for you 00:21:37.200 --> 00:21:37.960 and for me 00:21:37.960 --> 00:21:39.679 before he went 00:21:39.679 --> 00:21:40.259 to the cross 00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.500 for us. 00:21:45.179 --> 00:21:45.919 Let's look again 00:21:45.919 --> 00:21:47.220 at verses 11 and 12. 00:21:48.799 --> 00:21:49.799 I am no longer 00:21:49.799 --> 00:21:50.440 in the world, 00:21:50.819 --> 00:21:51.700 they are in the world, 00:21:51.799 --> 00:21:52.839 and I am coming to you. 00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.539 Holy Father, 00:21:53.539 --> 00:21:55.240 keep them in your name, 00:21:55.839 --> 00:21:57.200 which you have given me, 00:21:57.519 --> 00:21:58.599 that they may be one, 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.039 even as we are one. 00:22:01.000 --> 00:22:02.079 While I was with them, 00:22:02.159 --> 00:22:03.180 I kept them in your name, 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:04.119 which you have given me. 00:22:04.879 --> 00:22:06.159 And skip down to verse 15. 00:22:08.599 --> 00:22:09.720 I do not ask 00:22:09.720 --> 00:22:10.359 that you take them 00:22:10.359 --> 00:22:11.000 out of the world, 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:12.659 but that you keep them, 00:22:12.659 --> 00:22:13.379 protect them 00:22:13.379 --> 00:22:15.359 from the evil one. 00:22:16.119 --> 00:22:17.859 They are not of the world, 00:22:18.480 --> 00:22:20.139 just as I am not of the world. 00:22:20.420 --> 00:22:21.220 Sanctify them 00:22:21.220 --> 00:22:22.220 in the truth. 00:22:22.220 --> 00:22:24.140 Your word is truth. 00:22:26.299 --> 00:22:27.220 So he's praying, 00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.860 keep them, 00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:28.700 protect them, 00:22:28.880 --> 00:22:29.559 sanctify them. 00:22:29.940 --> 00:22:30.680 When Jesus was 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:31.779 with his disciples, 00:22:32.100 --> 00:22:33.059 he protected them. 00:22:34.039 --> 00:22:35.200 He guarded them 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.339 and he kept them safe. 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:39.279 And clearly the disciples 00:22:39.279 --> 00:22:40.460 needed his protection 00:22:40.460 --> 00:22:41.380 because of all 00:22:41.380 --> 00:22:42.519 the spiritual opposition 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:44.420 from a non-believing world 00:22:44.420 --> 00:22:46.059 and from the devil himself 00:22:46.059 --> 00:22:47.160 that he would experience. 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:50.700 but he's not just praying 00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.320 for their protection 00:22:51.320 --> 00:22:51.960 from the devil. 00:22:52.900 --> 00:22:54.400 He is also praying 00:22:54.400 --> 00:22:55.100 that the Father 00:22:55.100 --> 00:22:56.460 keeps them 00:22:56.460 --> 00:22:57.779 in his name. 00:22:58.140 --> 00:22:58.980 Now what does that mean? 00:23:03.180 --> 00:23:04.040 What does that mean 00:23:04.040 --> 00:23:04.720 to keep them 00:23:04.720 --> 00:23:05.440 in his name? 00:23:06.320 --> 00:23:06.620 If you really, 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:07.920 if someone was a Christian 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:08.100 and said, 00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:08.640 what does it mean 00:23:08.640 --> 00:23:09.720 that you believe 00:23:09.720 --> 00:23:10.660 in Jesus' name? 00:23:10.980 --> 00:23:11.259 Why don't you just 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.860 believe in Jesus? 00:23:11.859 --> 00:23:15.019 It kind of sounds odd 00:23:15.019 --> 00:23:15.879 when you kind of look at it. 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:18.299 The idea is that 00:23:18.299 --> 00:23:20.359 we are kept, 00:23:20.599 --> 00:23:21.199 Jesus is asking 00:23:21.199 --> 00:23:21.839 that we be kept 00:23:21.839 --> 00:23:23.819 faithful to who God is. 00:23:24.979 --> 00:23:26.619 God's name being 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:28.859 his expression of who he is. 00:23:29.899 --> 00:23:30.699 This is my name. 00:23:30.779 --> 00:23:31.959 This is who I am. 00:23:32.819 --> 00:23:33.839 That we would be kept 00:23:33.839 --> 00:23:36.639 faithful to the Father. 00:23:36.640 --> 00:23:41.900 Jesus knows 00:23:41.900 --> 00:23:42.460 that he is about 00:23:42.460 --> 00:23:43.440 to be publicly executed, 00:23:43.600 --> 00:23:44.520 that his disciples 00:23:44.520 --> 00:23:45.720 will be scattered 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:46.340 like sheep, 00:23:46.400 --> 00:23:46.820 as he says, 00:23:46.860 --> 00:23:47.940 that they will abandon him, 00:23:48.620 --> 00:23:50.100 that they will be scared 00:23:50.100 --> 00:23:51.000 and confused. 00:23:52.240 --> 00:23:54.000 He knows how weak they are, 00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.720 just like you and I, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.980 and he prays 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.360 that the Father 00:23:57.360 --> 00:23:58.040 would protect them. 00:23:58.120 --> 00:23:58.259 I mean, 00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.000 ask yourself, 00:23:59.400 --> 00:24:00.580 why didn't, 00:24:01.759 --> 00:24:02.759 why didn't the disciples 00:24:02.759 --> 00:24:03.340 just give up 00:24:03.340 --> 00:24:04.120 on their faith completely 00:24:04.120 --> 00:24:04.880 when Jesus died 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.300 and go, 00:24:05.600 --> 00:24:05.940 well, 00:24:05.960 --> 00:24:06.400 he's dead. 00:24:07.120 --> 00:24:07.660 That's it. 00:24:08.500 --> 00:24:09.360 I feel a fool. 00:24:11.420 --> 00:24:12.780 Why did they persevere? 00:24:13.600 --> 00:24:14.200 Why is it that 00:24:14.200 --> 00:24:15.020 the early church 00:24:15.020 --> 00:24:15.980 was not completely 00:24:15.980 --> 00:24:16.680 wiped out 00:24:16.680 --> 00:24:17.560 by the Roman Empire? 00:24:19.700 --> 00:24:21.060 Why did it, 00:24:21.060 --> 00:24:21.340 like, 00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.880 last? 00:24:22.200 --> 00:24:22.820 Think of it. 00:24:24.920 --> 00:24:25.340 I was trying to 00:24:25.340 --> 00:24:25.740 someone there 00:24:25.740 --> 00:24:26.420 whose daughter 00:24:26.420 --> 00:24:27.180 is studying marketing. 00:24:27.320 --> 00:24:28.200 It wasn't marketing 00:24:28.200 --> 00:24:29.500 that kept the early church 00:24:29.500 --> 00:24:29.860 going. 00:24:31.800 --> 00:24:32.900 It was the truth 00:24:32.900 --> 00:24:33.520 of God 00:24:33.520 --> 00:24:34.520 and God 00:24:34.520 --> 00:24:35.600 protecting his people. 00:24:35.599 --> 00:24:36.839 you and I 00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.379 are in this building 00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.899 this morning 00:24:37.899 --> 00:24:38.559 because God 00:24:38.559 --> 00:24:39.319 has kept his people 00:24:39.319 --> 00:24:40.059 down through the ages. 00:24:45.379 --> 00:24:46.339 It wasn't because 00:24:46.339 --> 00:24:46.759 the disciples 00:24:46.759 --> 00:24:47.519 were smart 00:24:47.519 --> 00:24:49.839 or because 00:24:49.839 --> 00:24:51.179 they were good 00:24:51.179 --> 00:24:51.919 at strategy, 00:24:52.879 --> 00:24:53.539 anything but. 00:24:53.539 --> 00:24:54.559 it was because 00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:54.980 they were led 00:24:54.980 --> 00:24:55.460 by the Lord 00:24:55.460 --> 00:24:56.000 and protected. 00:24:56.759 --> 00:24:57.559 God answered 00:24:57.559 --> 00:24:58.559 this prayer 00:24:58.559 --> 00:24:59.119 of Jesus 00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:00.779 and he keeps 00:25:00.779 --> 00:25:01.339 his people 00:25:01.339 --> 00:25:02.539 faithful to himself. 00:25:03.180 --> 00:25:03.839 He gives us 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.440 the strength 00:25:04.440 --> 00:25:05.480 each day 00:25:05.480 --> 00:25:06.940 to carry on. 00:25:06.940 --> 00:25:11.000 it was just 00:25:11.000 --> 00:25:11.799 a wonderful 00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.980 assurance 00:25:12.980 --> 00:25:13.640 and comfort 00:25:13.640 --> 00:25:14.140 as a Christian 00:25:14.140 --> 00:25:14.620 to know 00:25:14.620 --> 00:25:15.360 that nothing 00:25:15.360 --> 00:25:17.059 in all existence 00:25:17.059 --> 00:25:17.900 can separate us 00:25:17.900 --> 00:25:18.720 from the love of God 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:19.320 in Christ Jesus. 00:25:19.500 --> 00:25:19.820 Nothing. 00:25:20.860 --> 00:25:21.519 That God 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:22.539 keeps his people. 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:25.220 If you think 00:25:25.220 --> 00:25:26.100 of what Christ said, 00:25:26.759 --> 00:25:27.559 my sheep hear 00:25:27.559 --> 00:25:28.220 my voice 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.120 and I know them 00:25:29.120 --> 00:25:29.920 they follow me 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.180 I give them 00:25:31.180 --> 00:25:32.059 eternal life 00:25:32.059 --> 00:25:34.339 and they will 00:25:34.339 --> 00:25:35.460 never perish 00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:37.480 and no one 00:25:37.480 --> 00:25:38.419 will snatch them 00:25:38.419 --> 00:25:39.220 out of my hand. 00:25:40.740 --> 00:25:41.399 That's Jesus 00:25:41.399 --> 00:25:42.079 talking about you 00:25:42.079 --> 00:25:42.339 and me. 00:25:42.500 --> 00:25:43.460 No one will snatch 00:25:43.460 --> 00:25:44.319 them out of my hand. 00:25:45.179 --> 00:25:45.740 My Father 00:25:45.740 --> 00:25:46.480 who has given them 00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.139 to me again 00:25:47.139 --> 00:25:48.480 is greater than all 00:25:48.480 --> 00:25:49.339 and no one is able 00:25:49.339 --> 00:25:49.960 to snatch them 00:25:49.960 --> 00:25:51.099 out of the Father's hand. 00:25:51.960 --> 00:25:52.579 It's almost as if 00:25:52.579 --> 00:25:53.220 Christ's hand 00:25:53.220 --> 00:25:54.000 and the Father's hand 00:25:54.000 --> 00:25:55.339 holding us secure 00:25:55.339 --> 00:25:57.319 never letting us go. 00:25:59.559 --> 00:26:00.839 So Jesus prays 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:01.240 that the Father 00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:02.039 would keep them 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:03.379 and protect them 00:26:03.379 --> 00:26:04.720 and then in verse 17 00:26:04.720 --> 00:26:05.700 he prays that the Father 00:26:05.700 --> 00:26:06.940 would sanctify them. 00:26:07.779 --> 00:26:08.539 Sanctify them 00:26:08.539 --> 00:26:09.500 in the truth 00:26:09.500 --> 00:26:11.079 your word is truth 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:12.180 as you sent me 00:26:12.180 --> 00:26:12.720 into the world 00:26:12.720 --> 00:26:13.680 so have I sent them 00:26:13.680 --> 00:26:14.259 into the world 00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:15.859 and for their sake 00:26:15.859 --> 00:26:17.059 I consecrate 00:26:17.059 --> 00:26:17.980 or sanctify 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:18.299 is another way 00:26:18.299 --> 00:26:19.119 of translating that 00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:21.859 I sanctify myself 00:26:21.859 --> 00:26:23.980 so that they 00:26:23.980 --> 00:26:25.279 would be sanctified 00:26:25.279 --> 00:26:26.579 in the truth. 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.259 Jesus is praying 00:26:29.259 --> 00:26:29.799 that we would be 00:26:29.799 --> 00:26:30.359 made holy. 00:26:30.359 --> 00:26:32.179 That's another word 00:26:32.179 --> 00:26:33.000 we should define 00:26:33.000 --> 00:26:33.339 regularly 00:26:33.339 --> 00:26:33.859 and remind ourselves 00:26:33.859 --> 00:26:34.359 what it means. 00:26:34.419 --> 00:26:34.779 What does it mean 00:26:34.779 --> 00:26:35.339 to be holy? 00:26:36.759 --> 00:26:37.539 It means 00:26:37.539 --> 00:26:38.619 to be set apart 00:26:38.619 --> 00:26:39.699 for God 00:26:39.699 --> 00:26:40.419 and his purposes 00:26:40.419 --> 00:26:42.179 and to be 00:26:42.179 --> 00:26:42.779 like God. 00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:44.319 So something is holy 00:26:44.319 --> 00:26:45.899 as much as 00:26:45.899 --> 00:26:46.740 it is set aside 00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.319 for God 00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:48.899 and reflects 00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:49.659 who he is. 00:26:49.660 --> 00:26:55.240 that is what 00:26:55.240 --> 00:26:55.779 Jesus says 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:56.300 I am about 00:26:56.300 --> 00:26:57.380 to set myself 00:26:57.380 --> 00:26:58.340 apart 00:26:58.340 --> 00:27:00.820 at the cross 00:27:00.820 --> 00:27:02.980 for this one 00:27:02.980 --> 00:27:03.380 purpose 00:27:03.380 --> 00:27:04.140 to do the will 00:27:04.140 --> 00:27:04.600 of God 00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:06.560 I am going 00:27:06.560 --> 00:27:07.220 to do this 00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.500 so that my people 00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:09.080 will be holy 00:27:09.080 --> 00:27:10.180 that they will be 00:27:10.180 --> 00:27:10.740 saved 00:27:10.740 --> 00:27:11.720 and sanctified. 00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:13.140 We talk 00:27:13.140 --> 00:27:13.740 a lot 00:27:13.740 --> 00:27:14.620 thankfully 00:27:14.620 --> 00:27:15.460 about Jesus 00:27:15.460 --> 00:27:16.740 dying for our sins 00:27:16.740 --> 00:27:17.599 Jesus died 00:27:17.599 --> 00:27:18.200 so that you 00:27:18.200 --> 00:27:18.500 could be 00:27:18.500 --> 00:27:19.079 completely 00:27:19.079 --> 00:27:19.799 forgiven 00:27:19.799 --> 00:27:21.299 of all your sins 00:27:21.299 --> 00:27:22.059 and he died 00:27:22.059 --> 00:27:22.900 to make you 00:27:22.900 --> 00:27:23.200 holy 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:25.319 to make you 00:27:25.319 --> 00:27:25.799 like him 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.380 because when we 00:27:27.380 --> 00:27:27.920 get to heaven 00:27:27.920 --> 00:27:28.599 we will be 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:29.140 perfectly 00:27:29.140 --> 00:27:30.259 sanctified 00:27:30.259 --> 00:27:33.720 and that is 00:27:33.720 --> 00:27:34.240 the process 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:34.680 that we are 00:27:34.680 --> 00:27:35.160 going through 00:27:35.160 --> 00:27:35.660 that Jesus 00:27:35.660 --> 00:27:37.279 sanctifies us 00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.980 and you will 00:27:38.980 --> 00:27:39.839 notice the means 00:27:39.839 --> 00:27:40.440 by which 00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:41.680 he sanctifies us 00:27:41.680 --> 00:27:42.440 that he sanctifies 00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:43.639 us through 00:27:43.639 --> 00:27:45.379 his word 00:27:45.379 --> 00:27:46.859 God's word 00:27:46.859 --> 00:27:47.799 is his primary 00:27:47.799 --> 00:27:48.700 way of making 00:27:48.700 --> 00:27:49.200 us holy 00:27:49.200 --> 00:27:49.960 he uses other 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:51.079 things like 00:27:51.079 --> 00:27:51.619 baptism 00:27:51.619 --> 00:27:52.440 and the Lord's 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:52.660 supper 00:27:52.660 --> 00:27:53.299 and fellowship 00:27:53.299 --> 00:27:53.680 with other 00:27:53.680 --> 00:27:54.119 believers 00:27:54.119 --> 00:27:55.720 and prayer 00:27:55.720 --> 00:27:57.299 and our 00:27:57.299 --> 00:27:58.039 circumstances 00:27:58.039 --> 00:27:58.859 he uses all 00:27:58.859 --> 00:27:59.359 things for the 00:27:59.359 --> 00:27:59.859 good of those 00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.740 who belong 00:28:00.740 --> 00:28:01.139 to him 00:28:01.139 --> 00:28:02.039 but God's 00:28:02.039 --> 00:28:02.879 word is how 00:28:02.879 --> 00:28:03.960 he shapes us 00:28:03.960 --> 00:28:05.539 by the renewal 00:28:05.539 --> 00:28:06.279 of our mind 00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:09.619 we can't 00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:10.139 mature as 00:28:10.139 --> 00:28:10.519 Christians 00:28:10.519 --> 00:28:11.039 apart from 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.259 the word 00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:11.639 of God 00:28:11.639 --> 00:28:13.500 do you kind 00:28:13.500 --> 00:28:13.839 of feel 00:28:13.839 --> 00:28:14.440 like lately 00:28:14.440 --> 00:28:15.000 you've just 00:28:15.000 --> 00:28:16.039 kind of been 00:28:16.039 --> 00:28:16.579 you know 00:28:16.579 --> 00:28:17.279 put it into 00:28:17.279 --> 00:28:17.639 neutral 00:28:17.639 --> 00:28:18.019 and kind of 00:28:18.019 --> 00:28:18.539 freewheeling 00:28:18.539 --> 00:28:19.200 in your faith 00:28:19.200 --> 00:28:20.700 and it's 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:20.899 kind of 00:28:20.899 --> 00:28:21.639 gotten boring 00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:22.279 even 00:28:22.279 --> 00:28:25.220 do you feel 00:28:25.220 --> 00:28:25.460 that 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.059 I've felt 00:28:26.059 --> 00:28:26.379 that 00:28:26.379 --> 00:28:28.420 where you 00:28:28.420 --> 00:28:29.019 feel a bit 00:28:29.019 --> 00:28:29.920 sort of like 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:30.539 a half boiled 00:28:30.539 --> 00:28:31.240 kettle you know 00:28:31.240 --> 00:28:31.819 there's nothing 00:28:31.819 --> 00:28:32.539 going on 00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:34.160 you're not 00:28:34.160 --> 00:28:35.059 fired up 00:28:35.059 --> 00:28:37.679 are you 00:28:37.679 --> 00:28:38.099 in the 00:28:38.099 --> 00:28:38.299 word 00:28:38.299 --> 00:28:38.759 regularly 00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:40.099 I'm not 00:28:40.099 --> 00:28:40.539 saying like 00:28:40.539 --> 00:28:40.879 you need 00:28:40.879 --> 00:28:41.159 to read 00:28:41.159 --> 00:28:41.799 six chapters 00:28:41.799 --> 00:28:42.000 of the 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.200 bible 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:42.720 every day 00:28:42.720 --> 00:28:43.679 you need 00:28:43.679 --> 00:28:44.000 to know 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:44.779 we need 00:28:44.779 --> 00:28:45.059 to know 00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.579 who God 00:28:45.579 --> 00:28:45.899 is 00:28:45.899 --> 00:28:46.779 and to be 00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:47.220 reminded 00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:47.659 of who he 00:28:47.659 --> 00:28:47.899 is and 00:28:47.899 --> 00:28:48.179 what he 00:28:48.179 --> 00:28:48.539 has done 00:28:48.539 --> 00:28:49.319 and the 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:49.679 best way 00:28:49.679 --> 00:28:49.940 to do 00:28:49.940 --> 00:28:50.319 that is 00:28:50.319 --> 00:28:50.720 through his 00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:51.039 word 00:28:51.039 --> 00:28:52.679 that God 00:28:52.679 --> 00:28:53.079 will renew 00:28:53.079 --> 00:28:53.460 us 00:28:53.460 --> 00:28:54.200 and help 00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:54.519 us 00:28:54.519 --> 00:28:55.000 it's like 00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:55.399 that cliche 00:28:55.399 --> 00:28:55.599 you know 00:28:55.599 --> 00:28:55.980 if you call 00:28:55.980 --> 00:28:56.679 tech support 00:28:56.679 --> 00:28:57.720 my laptop 00:28:57.720 --> 00:28:58.059 is not 00:28:58.059 --> 00:28:58.440 working 00:28:58.440 --> 00:28:59.299 the first 00:28:59.299 --> 00:28:59.599 thing they 00:28:59.599 --> 00:29:00.159 always ask 00:29:00.159 --> 00:29:00.419 or my 00:29:00.419 --> 00:29:00.720 computer's 00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.099 not working 00:29:01.099 --> 00:29:01.779 is it 00:29:01.779 --> 00:29:02.240 plugged in 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:03.620 so there's 00:29:03.620 --> 00:29:04.039 no point 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.519 in hyper 00:29:04.519 --> 00:29:05.200 spiritualizing 00:29:05.200 --> 00:29:05.519 or problem 00:29:05.519 --> 00:29:05.759 saying 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.339 I just 00:29:06.339 --> 00:29:07.059 feel strange 00:29:07.059 --> 00:29:07.339 in my 00:29:07.339 --> 00:29:07.720 faith 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:08.319 or I 00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:08.700 feel really 00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:09.160 distant 00:29:09.160 --> 00:29:09.539 from the 00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:09.819 Lord 00:29:09.819 --> 00:29:10.920 well that's 00:29:10.920 --> 00:29:11.519 maybe because 00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:11.819 the Lord 00:29:11.819 --> 00:29:12.380 hasn't moved 00:29:12.380 --> 00:29:12.779 maybe you 00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.059 have 00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:14.799 you know 00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.559 it's like 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:16.000 saying like 00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.940 I feel like 00:29:16.940 --> 00:29:17.380 no one can 00:29:17.380 --> 00:29:17.799 hear me on 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.160 the mic 00:29:18.160 --> 00:29:19.980 because you're 00:29:19.980 --> 00:29:20.359 far from 00:29:20.359 --> 00:29:20.700 the mic 00:29:20.700 --> 00:29:22.700 there's nothing 00:29:22.700 --> 00:29:23.359 that mystical 00:29:23.359 --> 00:29:23.920 about it 00:29:23.920 --> 00:29:26.339 I've done 00:29:26.339 --> 00:29:26.700 that where I 00:29:26.700 --> 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--> 00:29:43.500 I definitely 00:29:43.500 --> 00:29:44.160 wouldn't 00:29:44.160 --> 00:29:44.660 I love 00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.920 eating 00:29:44.920 --> 00:29:46.619 but if you 00:29:46.619 --> 00:29:46.900 came into 00:29:46.900 --> 00:29:47.299 church next 00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.740 Sunday and 00:29:47.740 --> 00:29:48.099 you were just 00:29:48.099 --> 00:29:48.900 like ashen 00:29:48.900 --> 00:29:49.500 faced and 00:29:49.500 --> 00:29:50.960 just worn 00:29:50.960 --> 00:29:51.500 out and no 00:29:51.500 --> 00:29:51.839 energy 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:52.639 what's wrong 00:29:52.639 --> 00:29:52.940 with you 00:29:52.940 --> 00:29:53.180 and you go 00:29:53.180 --> 00:29:53.359 I've been 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.759 getting plenty 00:29:53.759 --> 00:29:54.160 sleep 00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:55.680 and then we 00:29:55.680 --> 00:29:55.859 eventually 00:29:55.859 --> 00:29:56.259 discover you're 00:29:56.259 --> 00:29:56.539 just not 00:29:56.539 --> 00:29:56.819 eating 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:59.839 it's a pretty 00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.400 easy fix 00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.980 anyway I've 00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.359 labored the 00:30:01.359 --> 00:30:02.679 point but 00:30:02.679 --> 00:30:03.139 it cannot 00:30:03.139 --> 00:30:03.939 be emphasized 00:30:03.939 --> 00:30:04.939 too much 00:30:04.939 --> 00:30:05.879 that we 00:30:05.879 --> 00:30:06.679 need the 00:30:06.679 --> 00:30:07.099 word of 00:30:07.099 --> 00:30:07.439 the Lord 00:30:07.439 --> 00:30:08.439 so he 00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.959 prays we 00:30:08.959 --> 00:30:09.719 be sanctified 00:30:09.719 --> 00:30:10.679 in the 00:30:10.679 --> 00:30:11.719 truth and 00:30:11.719 --> 00:30:12.039 we have 00:30:12.039 --> 00:30:12.539 the truth 00:30:12.539 --> 00:30:13.559 in the 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:13.899 Bible 00:30:13.899 --> 00:30:15.799 we read 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:16.099 then in 00:30:16.099 --> 00:30:16.559 his fifth 00:30:16.559 --> 00:30:17.139 and final 00:30:17.139 --> 00:30:18.259 petition of 00:30:18.259 --> 00:30:18.639 Christ in 00:30:18.639 --> 00:30:18.979 this prayer 00:30:18.979 --> 00:30:19.439 he prays 00:30:19.439 --> 00:30:20.039 that all 00:30:20.039 --> 00:30:20.299 of his 00:30:20.299 --> 00:30:20.839 people would 00:30:20.839 --> 00:30:21.519 be unified 00:30:21.519 --> 00:30:21.959 look at 00:30:21.959 --> 00:30:22.619 verse 20 00:30:22.619 --> 00:30:23.059 I do 00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.579 not ask 00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:23.939 for these 00:30:23.939 --> 00:30:25.319 only but 00:30:25.319 --> 00:30:25.740 also for 00:30:25.740 --> 00:30:26.179 those who 00:30:26.179 --> 00:30:26.799 will believe 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:27.139 in me 00:30:27.139 --> 00:30:27.579 through their 00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:28.059 word that 00:30:28.059 --> 00:30:28.740 they may 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.720 all be 00:30:29.720 --> 00:30:30.319 one 00:30:30.319 --> 00:30:31.740 just as 00:30:31.740 --> 00:30:32.179 father 00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.559 you 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00:31:24.819 the father 00:31:24.819 --> 00:31:25.440 sent me 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:25.880 the son 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:27.799 so that 00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.519 non-Christians 00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:28.980 would look 00:31:28.980 --> 00:31:29.380 at us 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:29.840 and say 00:31:29.840 --> 00:31:30.860 those people 00:31:30.860 --> 00:31:31.960 really love 00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.400 each other 00:31:32.400 --> 00:31:35.779 Jesus 00:31:35.779 --> 00:31:36.340 must be 00:31:36.340 --> 00:31:36.799 there's 00:31:36.799 --> 00:31:37.200 something 00:31:37.200 --> 00:31:37.700 there's 00:31:37.700 --> 00:31:38.039 something 00:31:38.039 --> 00:31:38.960 legit 00:31:38.960 --> 00:31:39.480 about that 00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:40.640 Jesus 00:31:40.640 --> 00:31:41.000 is the 00:31:41.000 --> 00:31:41.420 real deal 00:31:41.420 --> 00:31:42.620 because 00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:43.240 those people 00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.740 seem to 00:31:43.740 --> 00:31:44.120 have 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00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:22.160 Church 00:32:22.160 --> 00:32:24.019 and she 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:24.559 looked across 00:32:24.559 --> 00:32:25.019 the road 00:32:25.019 --> 00:32:25.539 and she 00:32:25.539 --> 00:32:25.759 was with 00:32:25.759 --> 00:32:26.380 a lot of 00:32:26.380 --> 00:32:26.660 her friends 00:32:26.660 --> 00:32:27.039 having a good 00:32:27.039 --> 00:32:27.299 time 00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:27.519 and she 00:32:27.519 --> 00:32:27.860 looked across 00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.279 the road 00:32:28.279 --> 00:32:29.299 and she 00:32:29.299 --> 00:32:29.700 looked at 00:32:29.700 --> 00:32:30.059 them and she 00:32:30.059 --> 00:32:30.460 said I 00:32:30.460 --> 00:32:30.880 could just 00:32:30.880 --> 00:32:31.960 see there 00:32:31.960 --> 00:32:32.360 was something 00:32:32.360 --> 00:32:32.880 different about 00:32:32.880 --> 00:32:33.099 them 00:32:33.099 --> 00:32:34.959 they 00:32:34.959 --> 00:32:34.980 they 00:32:34.980 --> 00:32:35.000 they 00:32:35.000 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00:32:52.539 who come 00:32:52.539 --> 00:32:52.779 in and 00:32:52.779 --> 00:32:52.980 see 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:56.519 the fact 00:32:56.519 --> 00:32:57.099 that God's 00:32:57.099 --> 00:32:57.940 people today 00:32:57.940 --> 00:32:58.980 you and 00:32:58.980 --> 00:32:59.259 me 00:32:59.259 --> 00:33:00.000 grow in 00:33:00.000 --> 00:33:00.480 maturity 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:01.860 and that 00:33:01.860 --> 00:33:02.200 we love 00:33:02.200 --> 00:33:02.559 one another 00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:02.860 is the 00:33:02.860 --> 00:33:03.140 fact 00:33:03.140 --> 00:33:04.019 is proof 00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:04.339 that the 00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:04.759 Lord is 00:33:04.759 --> 00:33:05.120 answering 00:33:05.120 --> 00:33:05.360 his 00:33:05.360 --> 00:33:05.660 prayer 00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.140 and it's 00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:06.740 not an 00:33:06.740 --> 00:33:07.380 artificial 00:33:07.380 --> 00:33:08.099 unity 00:33:08.099 --> 00:33:10.500 it's a 00:33:10.500 --> 00:33:11.200 unity around 00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.740 the truth 00:33:11.740 --> 00:33:12.019 of who 00:33:12.019 --> 00:33:13.299 Jesus is 00:33:13.299 --> 00:33:16.700 a unity 00:33:16.700 --> 00:33:17.460 in his 00:33:17.460 --> 00:33:17.839 word 00:33:17.839 --> 00:33:19.380 that we 00:33:19.380 --> 00:33:20.039 must seek 00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:20.579 to actively 00:33:20.579 --> 00:33:21.559 live out 00:33:21.559 --> 00:33:23.139 and exemplify 00:33:23.139 --> 00:33:23.440 for the 00:33:23.440 --> 00:33:23.919 world around 00:33:23.919 --> 00:33:24.119 us 00:33:24.119 --> 00:33:24.679 Colossians 00:33:24.679 --> 00:33:25.440 3 says 00:33:25.440 --> 00:33:25.819 this 00:33:25.819 --> 00:33:26.919 as a 00:33:26.919 --> 00:33:27.359 picture of 00:33:27.359 --> 00:33:27.779 this unity 00:33:27.779 --> 00:33:28.399 bear with 00:33:28.399 --> 00:33:28.940 one another 00:33:28.940 --> 00:33:30.179 and forgive 00:33:30.179 --> 00:33:30.720 one another 00:33:30.720 --> 00:33:31.299 if 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00:33:53.359 eyes 00:33:53.359 --> 00:33:53.939 on Christ 00:33:53.939 --> 00:33:54.599 before we 00:33:54.599 --> 00:33:55.659 draw to 00:33:55.659 --> 00:33:56.199 a close 00:33:56.199 --> 00:33:58.019 Philippians 00:33:58.019 --> 00:33:58.619 chapter 2 00:33:58.619 --> 00:33:59.139 verses 2 00:33:59.139 --> 00:33:59.599 to 11 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.240 Paul says 00:34:01.240 --> 00:34:01.599 this 00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:02.599 complete 00:34:02.599 --> 00:34:03.839 my joy 00:34:03.839 --> 00:34:04.339 by being 00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:04.619 of the 00:34:04.619 --> 00:34:04.980 same 00:34:04.980 --> 00:34:05.480 mind 00:34:05.480 --> 00:34:06.419 having 00:34:06.419 --> 00:34:06.919 the same 00:34:06.919 --> 00:34:07.359 love 00:34:07.359 --> 00:34:08.079 being in 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:08.860 full accord 00:34:08.860 --> 00:34:09.219 and of 00:34:09.219 --> 00:34:09.839 one mind 00:34:09.839 --> 00:34:11.839 do nothing 00:34:11.839 --> 00:34:12.699 from selfish 00:34:12.699 --> 00:34:13.259 ambition 00:34:13.259 --> 00:34:13.819 or vain 00:34:13.819 --> 00:34:14.380 conceit 00:34:14.380 --> 00:34:14.699 but in 00:34:14.699 --> 00:34:15.179 humility 00:34:15.179 --> 00:34:16.500 count others 00:34:16.500 --> 00:34:17.159 as more 00:34:17.159 --> 00:34:17.739 significant 00:34:17.739 --> 00:34:19.019 than yourselves 00:34:19.019 --> 00:34:20.880 let each 00:34:20.880 --> 00:34:21.159 of you 00:34:21.159 --> 00:34:21.679 look not 00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:22.259 only to 00:34:22.259 --> 00:34:22.619 your own 00:34:22.619 --> 00:34:23.059 interests 00:34:23.059 --> 00:34:23.440 but to 00:34:23.440 --> 00:34:24.059 the interests 00:34:24.059 --> 00:34:24.780 of others 00:34:24.780 --> 00:34:25.719 having this 00:34:25.719 --> 00:34:26.380 mind among 00:34:26.380 --> 00:34:26.759 yourselves 00:34:26.759 --> 00:34:27.320 which is 00:34:27.320 --> 00:34:27.780 yours 00:34:27.780 --> 00:34:28.519 in Christ 00:34:28.519 --> 00:34:28.960 Jesus 00:34:28.960 --> 00:34:29.880 who 00:34:29.880 --> 00:34:30.920 though he 00:34:30.920 --> 00:34:31.460 was in 00:34:31.460 --> 00:34:31.960 the form 00:34:31.960 --> 00:34:32.539 of God 00:34:32.539 --> 00:34:33.940 did not 00:34:33.940 --> 00:34:34.320 count 00:34:34.320 --> 00:34:34.980 equality 00:34:34.980 --> 00:34:35.639 with God 00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:36.179 a thing 00:34:36.179 --> 00:34:36.579 to be 00:34:36.579 --> 00:34:37.360 grasped 00:34:37.360 --> 00:34:39.019 but 00:34:39.019 --> 00:34:39.440 emptied 00:34:39.440 --> 00:34:39.880 himself 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:41.219 by taking 00:34:41.219 --> 00:34:41.639 the form 00:34:41.639 --> 00:34:41.880 of a 00:34:41.880 --> 00:34:42.259 servant 00:34:42.259 --> 00:34:43.719 being born 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:43.980 in the 00:34:43.980 --> 00:34:44.360 likeness 00:34:44.360 --> 00:34:44.820 of man 00:34:44.820 --> 00:34:45.199 and being 00:34:45.199 --> 00:34:45.619 found 00:34:45.619 --> 00:34:46.199 in human 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:46.639 form 00:34:46.639 --> 00:34:48.000 he humbled 00:34:48.000 --> 00:34:48.739 himself 00:34:48.739 --> 00:34:51.219 by becoming 00:34:51.219 --> 00:34:51.879 obedient 00:34:51.879 --> 00:34:53.179 to the point 00:34:53.179 --> 00:34:53.699 of death 00:34:53.699 --> 00:34:55.679 even death 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.879 on a cross 00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:57.739 therefore 00:34:57.739 --> 00:34:59.420 God has 00:34:59.420 --> 00:35:00.019 exalted 00:35:00.019 --> 00:35:00.400 him 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:00.879 highly 00:35:00.879 --> 00:35:03.219 and bestowed 00:35:03.219 --> 00:35:03.759 on him 00:35:03.759 --> 00:35:04.420 the name 00:35:04.420 --> 00:35:05.319 that is above 00:35:05.319 --> 00:35:06.420 every name 00:35:06.420 --> 00:35:08.059 so that at 00:35:08.059 --> 00:35:08.339 the name 00:35:08.339 --> 00:35:08.819 of Jesus 00:35:08.819 --> 00:35:09.839 every knee 00:35:09.839 --> 00:35:10.440 should bow 00:35:10.440 --> 00:35:11.500 in heaven 00:35:11.500 --> 00:35:13.099 and on earth 00:35:13.099 --> 00:35:13.900 and under 00:35:13.900 --> 00:35:14.420 the earth 00:35:14.420 --> 00:35:15.799 and every tongue 00:35:15.799 --> 00:35:16.420 confess 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:17.579 that Christ 00:35:17.579 --> 00:35:17.920 Jesus 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:18.559 is Lord 00:35:18.559 --> 00:35:19.559 to the 00:35:19.559 --> 00:35:20.000 glory 00:35:20.000 --> 00:35:21.500 of God 00:35:21.500 --> 00:35:22.480 the Father 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:23.659 and all 00:35:23.659 --> 00:35:24.099 God's people 00:35:24.099 --> 00:35:24.480 said 00:35:24.480 --> 00:35:25.460 Amen 00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:42.740 thank you 00:35:42.740 --> 00:35:43.019 Kevin 00:35:43.019 --> 00:35:44.400 we're going to 00:35:44.400 --> 00:35:44.960 stand together 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:45.659 and sing in 00:35:45.659 --> 00:35:46.220 response to 00:35:46.220 --> 00:35:46.440 that 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:46.900 go 00:35:46.900 --> 00:35:50.179 to the 00:35:50.179 --> 00:35:51.240 man 00:35:51.240 --> 00:35:52.440 das 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