John 17:21 – 23 “…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be…

John 17:21 – 23 “…that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be…

John 17:20 – “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” As we come to v20 we move into a new section of Jesus’ prayer, and one which is immensely encouraging for us personally.  As we have noted previously, in the first 6 verses…

John 17:18-19  “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.  And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.” Last time, as we looked at this second main request in this, the Real Lord’s Prayer, we saw what Jesus meant when he prayed that…

John 17:15  “I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.” In our last study, when we looked at verses 14 and 16, we focused on Jesus’ statement that the disciples, like himself, were “not of the world”, and now Jesus explicitly states…

John 17:14-16  “I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.  I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one.  They are not of the…

John 17:13  “But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves.” We continue to slowly pick our way through this amazing chapter that records what is surely the greatest prayer ever prayed, the real Lord’s prayer.  I make no apologies…

John 17:12  “While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.” In our last study we focused on the security that is ours as believers…

John 17:11  “Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one”. I have pointed out to you previously that there are actually just two very specific requests made by Jesus in this prayer – “keep them” and “sanctify them”. As we saw…