John 17:23-26. ( Jhn 17:4-5 ) The request is again stated, full of faith: Glorify Me . Follow Desiring God on YouTube John Piper. Desiring God 2006 National Conference. What a word that is from the lips of Jesus, “Father”! John 17:20. John 17:15. 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! 4 I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do. It is indeed marvellous that God should have loved his people even as he loved Christ his Son, yet that is what the Lord Jesus here says: “Thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.”. 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.” John 17… John 17:18. Follow John Piper on Facebook. Oh, when shall this great prayer be answered? O God, call out many such through our word I pray. Follow Desiring God on Instagram. The more they dispute about lesser things, … But after loving God, the second great commandment is that we love others even as we do in fact love ourselves (Matt. Now they have known that all things to whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. And will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them. “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. If our lives are not dominated by God and the spiritual environment, we have the same life as animals, and are dead to God and His environment. Then, you have eternal life; for “this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”. This was the night of his deepest sorrow and his heaviest woe, but he begins his prayer with this tender expression, “Father, the hour is come;” the hour of darkness, the hour of his passion and death, had … 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 thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; Christ is the incarnation of God, and the Church should be the incarnation of Christ. 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! 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. See how the Lord Jesus himself takes all his teaching from the Father. And now come I to thee, and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. The purpose of the shower is to water one particular field; but the rain falls everywhere, so plenteous is the bounty of God. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine: and I am glorified in them. John 17:9-10. 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. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. There is such a wonderful mixing of the two natures, without any confusion of ideas, so manifestly does he plead as man, and yet so clearly does he also pray as none but the Son of God could pray, that he must be the God-man, the one mediator between God and man. Includes Topical Study on the Feasts (Lessons 2-4) and Topical Study on … He is regarded by Greek authorities as weak on textual criticism but strong on exegesis. That they also might be sanctified through the truth. 17:25: Righteous Father - The admission of believers to God through Christ, flows even from the justice of God. Verses 12-14 provide the John 18. He hath planted, and watered, and gives the increase; for we are God’s husbandry, 1 Co. 3:9. O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. (1 John 2:15-17 RSV) Surely this is a much abused passage. And that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John 17:4. Follow Desiring God on Instagram. 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. 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. What view of ultimate reality can bear the weight of the reality you live with every day? And for their sakes I sanctify myself, “I set myself apart, as one who is consecrated, dedicated, devoted to a grand design.”. The Saviour doubtless linked his little band of disciples with the ancient promise, “There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains, the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon.” What great events from little causes spring! on Romans 14:17; John 3:19. 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. Our Lord especially prayed, that all believers might be as one body under one head, animated by one soul, by their union with Christ and the Father in him, through the Holy Spirit dwelling in them. Look at the Book. If anybody, possessing the greatest possible inventive faculty, were asked to produce a prayer which could be fitly prayed by a person who was both God and man, it would be an impossible task. 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. D.A. Are you carrying out your mission, O ye people of God? Do we seek to obey it? 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. 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. John 17. God’s people belong to him, he gives them to his Son, Christ gives them his word, and they keep it: “They have kept thy word.” Do we keep God’s word? Notice what our Saviour asked of his Father for them and for us: —. John 20:17(KJV) Verse Thoughts. David Mathis May 6, 2020 2.5K Shares Article. Ver. 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. “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? He does not merely pray, “Sustain thy Son,” but, “Glorify thy Son.” In truth, our Lord’s lowest stoop was his highest glory. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible. There never was an age in which the doctrines of grace were despised but, sooner or later, licentiousness prevailed. OTHER BOOKS BY JOHN PIPER SweetBitterProvidence.14371.i05.indd 4 11/17/09 12:12 PM John 17:17. This is the description of Christ’s people; does it describe you? This is the original Missionary Society, and the model for all others; Christ sent, missioned, of the Father, and every saint missioned of Christ. They are not of the world, &c.] Here indeed they have their commoration, but their conversation is in heaven, πολιτευμα, Philippians 2:21: they are clothed with the Sun of righteousness, and have the moon (all earthly things) under their feet, Revelation 12:1. Who are they who have been given to him by his Father? Includes Topical Study on the Feasts (Lessons 2-4) … Chapter 17 This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Christ’s prayer. Questions and answers with John Piper. Follow John Piper on Twitter. What a word that is from the lips of Jesus, “Father”! 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. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. John 17:4-6. Scripture: John 17. John 17:1-26 (John 17:1) When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, After Jesus spoke words of encouragement and peace to His disciples about the future and their need to keep trusting that He came from God, Jesus began a prayer to His This chapter has about it all the air of truthfulness, it ought to be sufficient to convince any man that Christ was God and man. This is a wonderful expression, where will you find anything like it! John 17:7-8. Oct 11, 2012. He had an eye upon Christ, the root, and upheld him, and made him to flourish out of a dry ground. Follow John Piper on Twitter. John 17:2 represent the glory sought for, as the completion of the Son’s mission and task. I pray for them: I pray not for the world but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine. In this verse you get the doctrines of general and particular redemption blended. John 17:21. Are you on speaking terms, on loving terms, with them? Jesus’ “high priestly prayer” (John 17) is only about 650 words. But it still may be instructive to see this illustrated: Jesus’ high priestly prayer is worthy of our greatest study, as we seek to learn from and imitate our great co-heir as he approaches our Father. 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. New Teaching in Your Inbox. Desiring God 2006 National Conference. Follow John … This prayer is for you, and for me, as much as for the twelve apostles. We are reading out of God’s Book, remember. Here, too, the saying holds good: God is the God (and Father), not of the dead, but of the living; comp. But it will take all eternity for us to fully understand it I recently found… Those who will not glorify the Son will not glorify the Father. However, on closer inspection these verses complement each other beautifully. Ask Pastor John. It is very seldom that we ought to present such a petition. We will read this evening a portion of two prayers offered by our Divine Lord and Master on that night in which he was betrayed. But it will take all eternity for us to fully understand it! May 6, 2020. And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. D.A. ch. John 17:19. All his prayers are for them, that they may be made holy, and that so God may be glorified in them. I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. Truth was the sphere in which their sanctification was to take place. 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. This exposition consisted of readings from John 17:1-12; John 18:1-14. But after loving God, the second great commandment is that we love others even as … 17… While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. 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! 27:3. Scripture: John 18:36–37, 1 Peter 2:13–17. Scripture: John 7:1–18. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. All of our resources exist to guide you toward everlasting joy in Jesus Christ. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled. Glory-Finding in the Gospel of John The War in Our Social Media Feeds (Part 2) May 7, 2020. 5:2 Isa. 4. That they also might be sanctified through the truth. John 17:22-23. John 20:17(KJV) Verse Thoughts. Most people in the world have no experience of lasting joy in their lives. He opens the way for us to come to Him, He brings us to Himself in and through Christ, and He rejoices in us in Christ for all eternity. John 17:1–3. Each of us has heard it used to denounce everything from buttons to beer, from opera to operations, from the waltz to the watusi. Luke 17 Commentary; JOHN GILL. me--As before He said "Holy Father," when desiring the display of that perfection on His disciples ( John 17:11), so here He styles Him "Righteous Father," because He is appealing to His righteousness or justice, to make a distinction between those two diametrically opposite classes--"the world," on the one hand, which would not "know the Father, though brought so nigh to it in the Son of His love, and, on the other, … God has not only a propriety in, but a care of, the vine and all the branches. John Trapp Complete Commentary. Every day we need the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit to lead us unto holiness. He blogs at. The Pleasures of God Desiring God The Dangerous Duty of Delight Future Grace A Hunger for God Let the Nations Be Glad! John 17:26. As thou hast given him power over all flesh— This answers to glorify thy Son. John 17:14. Now our Lord Jesus prays for those who are to be his people. Daily devotional with John Piper Never before had the Lord Jesus called His followers: My brothers. - Why? There are times when, in great pain of body, or in deep depression of spirit, the believer, like Elijah under the juniper tree, requests for himself that he may die. 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. And the world passes away, and the lust of it; but he who does the will of God abides forever. John 17:24-26. 17:24: Here he returns to the apostles. 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. Lord, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and thus I am to be remembered throughout all generations. Follow Desiring God on Instagram. To all whom thou hast given him— To all believers. Solid Joys. Christ would have all his people joined in communion with himself, and with his Father; and when that is the case, then will men know that Christ came into the world for a definite purpose: “that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.”. The structure of the prayer … Before Jesus faced the cross, he prayed for his disciples, then and now. Look at the Book. Follow John Piper on Facebook. There was one Lord’s prayer which he taught us to pray, and did not pray himself, for he needed not to pray for the forgiveness of sin; but this was properly and peculiarly his, and suited him only as a … On ἐστίν, comp. Find a Purpose as Big as God’s Learning from the Life of Christ. And I have declared unto them thy name. He was never more resplendent than when he hung upon the cross, that was his true spiritual throne, so he prayed, “Glorify thy Son,” — Enable him to bear the agony, and to pass through it to the glory.” “That thy Son also may glorify thee.” The death of Christ was a great glorifying of God. Feb 3, 2014. 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: The Supremacy of Christ and Love in a Postmodern World, The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World, their unity with each other and union with God may cause the world to believe that the Father sent the Son, Believers are in the Father and the Son (v. 21). Adam Clarke Commentary. Do they need to be sanctified? John Part 1 10 lessons covering John 1-6 with Lesson Six a study on Being Born Again and Lesson Ten a Topical Study on Jesus' Disciples; John Part 2 8 lessons covering John 7-11. John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God Rethinking Retirement This Momentary Marriage: A Parable of Permanence Velvet Steel For a complete list of books by John Piper, see page 159. Bible Commentaries /. 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. The sheep shall be delivered into the hand of the Father in full number, there shall not be one of them missing in that day when they shall pass under the rod of the great Shepherd. 5:1, Isa. Scripture: John 17. John Piper Sep 17, 2011 480 Shares Sermon. Christ always has kept his people, he still keeps his people, and he will keep his people for ever. 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. Christ did not pray that his disciples should be taken out of the world. Lesson 1 of each part can be downloaded below as Pdf. John 17:7-12. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. 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.”. Jesus had laid aside his glory for our sakes, now he asks that, his work being regarded as done, his glory may be given to him again. 1 John 2:12-17 teaches us not to love the world for if one does, “the love of the Father is not in him” (2:15). Solid Joys. Weekly. You never hear from him any boast about being the originator of profound thoughts. Dr. R.C. As thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. Interactive Bible study with John Piper. If that had been a proper prayer for us to offer, it would have been authorized by the Master. John 17:1. Jesus Is Alive to Serve Easter Sunday. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. 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. (vv. Scripture: John 17. 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. Follow John Piper on Facebook. 3. There were but twelve apostles; yet John beheld a hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel, and after that he beheld a great multitude which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, standing before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and with palms in their hands. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. JOHN: PRECEPT UPON PRECEPT Precept Ministries International Inductive Study. Luke 17 Commentary; FREDERIC GODET. Her joy in the Lord was not to be clung to selfishly, but was to be shared abroad, so that others could participate in the overflowing joy - that comes in the morning. Jesus’ “high priestly prayer” (John 17) is only about 650 words. The object of Christ’s atonement is to purchase eternal life for those who were given to him by his Father; but he has also obtained power over all flesh. In ... and to My God, and your God. Carson Sep 30, 2006 18 Shares ... May 7, 2020 842 Shares Article. Daily. Feb 14, 1982. 22:39). Do we hold to it? What a sweet thing for the Lord Jesus to say of that poor, much-erring company of disciples, “They have kept thy word”! the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. Glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: Did Jesus look upon his suffering as his glory? John 17:3. Do you know God? This chapter is a prayer, it is the Lord’s prayer, the Lord Christ’s prayer. John 17:11-12. 16. If our lives are not dominated by God and the spiritual environment, we have the same life as animals, and are dead to God and His environment. Carson Sep 30, 2006 18 Shares Conference Message. 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