John 17:4-6. Lesson 1 of each part can be downloaded below as Pdf. Mark the final perseverance of the saints, how they shall hold on and hold out for ever. These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; This is in a very special sense our Lord’s prayer. Christ does pray that we may be kept from the evil that is in the world; and we also may and must pray that the Lord will keep us from the evil by which we are surrounded, and especially from the evil one who seeks our destruction. For more thoughts on this prayer, listen to D. A. Carson’s talk on The Supremacy of Christ and Love in a Postmodern World, which will also be a chapter in the forthcoming book, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World. Those who will not glorify the Son will not glorify the Father. John applies this wonderful truth (1 John 4:11): “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” The logic of that is so simple, and yet it is often so difficult to obey! Adam Clarke Commentary. Each of us has heard it used to denounce everything from buttons to beer, from opera to operations, from the waltz to the watusi. The purpose of the shower is to water one particular field; but the rain falls everywhere, so plenteous is the bounty of God. John 17:13 NIV - “I am coming to you now, but I say - Bible Gateway. (vv. 14–15) John Calvin.01821.i03.indd 11 10/22/08 9:23:28 AM Do you know God? Sep 30, 2006. Solid Joys. Ask Pastor John. On the other hand, when we had Puritan teaching, we had also pure and holy living. Christ has received power over all flesh, but with this peculiar design, that he should give eternal life to as many as his Father has given him. Jesus regards his work as already done, although he had yet to die, to pay the ransom price for his people, yet by a leap of holy faith he says, “I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.”. Are they your friends? This is the description of Christ’s people; does it describe you? Questions and answers with John Piper. And when Christians, being one in Christ, and one in the truth, shall become more manifestly one in heart, and life, and faith, what glad days we may hope to see! New Teaching in Your Inbox. John 17:3. John 18. 13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. Do they need to be sanctified? Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe in me through their word; There is a great company of people who are not at present believers, but who shall yet believe on Christ through the testimony of those who are already believers on him. John 17:6. These words spake Jesus, and, lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; The hour to which he had so long looked forward, the hour which he had anticipated with ardent desire: “The hour is come.” On the very night that Jesus prayed this prayer, Luke’s record tells us, “When the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. Other books by John Piper The Dangerous Duty of Delight Desiring God Don’t Waste Your Life Fifty Reasons Why Jesus Came to Die God Is the Gospel A Hunger for God Let the Nations Be Glad! John 17:24-26. OTHER BOOKS BY JOHN PIPER SweetBitterProvidence.14371.i05.indd 4 11/17/09 12:12 PM In this verse you get the doctrines of general and particular redemption blended. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; They were only a handful of disciples, but you cannot tell what a multitude will believe on Christ through their word. I wonder whether there are any of them here tonight. John Piper Jan 12, 2016 1K Shares Sermon. … As thou hast given him power over all flesh— This answers to glorify thy Son. May 6, 2020. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. In ... and to My God, and your God. Christ did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of the world. I have given them thy word The Gospel, and a commission and abilities to preach it, and which is a reason of what follows, namely, the world's hatred of them; because this word is not of men, nor agreeably to carnal reason; it magnifies the grace of God, and destroys boasting in men; it is against the carnal interest, worldly views and lusts of men: John 17:5. Daily. Scripture: John 17:4, John 17:6, John 17:26. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou should keep them from the evil. I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. Before Jesus faced the cross, he prayed for his disciples, then and now. But after loving God, the second great commandment is that we love others even as … I pray far them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine. Includes Topical Study on the Feasts (Lessons 2-4) … “They are of another race: they are swayed by other motives, they have another life; they have another destiny; ‘They are not of the world.’” Is that true of you, dear hearer? In these words we have both the general and the special aspects of redemption. Jesus says here, “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.” Sin is the real evil of the world; the danger of our being entangled in worldly customs, or dropping into the evil ways of an ungodly generation. John 17:3. Bible Commentaries /. Oh, when shall this great prayer be answered? If you ever do pray such a prayer, utter it very softly, for the Master does not authorize it, and that is a matter that must be left to the Lord of life and death. We cannot read all this prayer of our Lord tonight; we must now go, in the language of the next chapter, with the Master into the garden of his grief. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. If that had been a proper prayer for us to offer, it would have been authorized by the Master. Justin Taylor is Executive Vice President for Book Publishing and Publisher for Books at Crossway. By his death, Christ obtained power over all flesh; his death had some relation to every man, but the special object of it was the salvation of the elect. Daily devotional with John Piper. No, he just repeated to his disciples the words he had received from the Father: “I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me.” If Jesus acted thus, how much more must the messengers of God receive the word from the Lord’s mouth, and speak it as they receive it! Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete) /. John 17:18-19. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 22:39). Follow John Piper on Facebook. Oct 11, 2012. And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. May the Lord fulfill it in all of us as well as in them, for his dear name’s sake! Christ always has kept his people, he still keeps his people, and he will keep his people for ever. John 17:22-23. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. Desiring God 2014 Conference for Pastors. Follow Desiring God on YouTube John Piper. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. This is a clear proof that Christ designed his sacrifice should avail for all: yea, that all flesh, every man, should partake of everlasting life. Rosscup comments: Though old, this work is almost exhaustive in dealing with interpretive problems and shows a wide acquaintance with commentators of all ages up to his day. We have our relationship to God through Him: He has His in a manner altogether peculiar to Himself and primarily. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word. That they also might be sanctified through the truth. Follow Desiring God on Instagram. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. Scripture: John 7:1–18. Scripture: John 17. What a sweet thing for the Lord Jesus to say of that poor, much-erring company of disciples, “They have kept thy word”! John 17:19. John 17:2 represent the glory sought for, as the completion of the Son’s mission and task. There never was an age in which the doctrines of grace were despised but, sooner or later, licentiousness prevailed. Sep 30, 2006. John 17:1-2. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. But after loving God, the second great commandment is that we love others even as we do in fact love ourselves (Matt. Luke 17 Commentary; FREDERIC GODET. The continuative δέ adduces, in keeping with the connection, a more precise definition[187] of ζωὴ αἰώνιος (not a transposition of its idea, as Weiss holds), and that with a retrospective glance to the glorification of the Father in John 17:1. John Trapp Complete Commentary. O God, call out many such through our word I pray. John 17:23-26. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. JOHN: PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT Precept Ministries International Inductive Study. And that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Jesus Is Alive to Serve Easter Sunday. What a word that is from the lips of Jesus, “Father”! Interactive Bible study with John Piper. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and them in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. ch. John 17:4. It was known and foretold that Judas would be lost; therefore, the Saviour, the great Keeper of the sheep, is not to be held responsible for the loss of “the son of perdition”, who was never committed to his charge. I have given them thy word - Or, thy doctrine - τον λογον σου.In this sense the word λογος is often used by St. John.. And the world hath hated them - The Jewish rulers, etc., have hated them. A Godward Life Pierced by the Word Seeing and Savoring Jesus Christ The Legacy of Sovereign Joy The Hidden Smile of God The Roots of Endurance The Misery of Job and the Mercy of God The Innkeeper The Prodigal’s Sister D.A. This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Christ’s prayer. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. John applies this wonderful truth (1 John 4:11): “Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another.” The logic of that is so simple, and yet it is often so difficult to obey! All who come to him by faith, even as he said, “All that the Father giveth me shall come to me.” To all of these Jesus gives eternal life. Chapter 17 This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Christ’s prayer. On ἐστίν, comp. What a word that is from the lips of Jesus, “Father”! This prayer is for you, and for me, as much as for the twelve apostles. 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