{"id":15028,"date":"2021-03-31T22:00:41","date_gmt":"2021-04-01T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_16_23-33-copy\/"},"modified":"2021-03-28T00:32:35","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T07:32:35","slug":"john_17_1-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/john_17_1-12\/","title":{"rendered":"The Way Jesus Feels about You and Speaks about You"},"content":{"rendered":"

John 17:1-12 Click here for Bible Verses<\/a><\/p>\n

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Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 17:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 17:1-2 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n1\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.
\n2\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 1-2:\u00a0\u00a0Here John quotes Jesus as praying to the Father.\u00a0\u00a0Chapter 17 of John is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus in Scripture.\u00a0\u00a0Verse 2 says that the Father granted authority to Jesus over all people so that Jesus might\u00a0give\u00a0<\/em>eternal life to people.\u00a0\u00a0When the Father gives you authority, it\u2019s not so that you can personally be famous, wealthy or powerful.\u00a0\u00a0God gives you authority so that you can give, help and be a blessing to others.<\/p>\n

John 17:3 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n3\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 3:\u00a0\u00a0Eternal life is not about our performance, our hard work, or our merit.\u00a0\u00a0Eternal life is about knowing the Father and knowing Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n

John 17:4 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n4\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 4:\u00a0\u00a0Likewise, we give God glory here on earth when we do and complete the work He give us to do.\u00a0\u00a0May you give God glory by completing the task He gave you to do on earth.<\/p>\n

John 17:5 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n5\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 5:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus had a certain glory in heaven that he relinquished when he came down to earth.\u00a0\u00a0But upon ascending back to heaven, as we see in the book of Revelation, Jesus takes up again the glory he had before.<\/p>\n

John 17:6-9 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n6\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0“I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word.
\n7\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you.
\n8\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me.
\n9\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 6-9:\u00a0\u00a0Here Jesus prays for his disciples.\u00a0\u00a0When he speaks to the Father about his disciples, notice that he speaks about them to the Father\u2019s in the most positive light.\u00a0\u00a0He makes them look like a million bucks, even though the Gospels show how silly, self-centered and unreliable the disciples could be.\u00a0\u00a0Was Jesus lying to his Father about his disciples?\u00a0\u00a0Of course not.\u00a0\u00a0Rather, Jesus was focusing on the good that he saw in his disciples and was covering their sins and failures with his love.\u00a0\u00a0As 1 Peter 4:8 says, \u201cAbove all, love each other deeply, because love covers over a multitude of sins.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0It is amazing to think that that is how Jesus treats us before the Father, presenting us \u201cas a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless\u201d (Ephesians 5:27).\u00a0\u00a0What an amazing friend we have in Jesus.<\/p>\n

John 17:10a (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0All I have is yours, and all you have is mine\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 10a:\u00a0\u00a0Here we see how secure Jesus is in his relationship with the Father: he acknowledges that all he has belongs to the Father, and also declares that all that the Father has belongs to him.\u00a0\u00a0No one Jesus never felt the need to be praised or approved by anyone else; he was so secure in his Father\u2019s love.\u00a0\u00a0I want to be that way too.<\/p>\n

John 17:10b (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n10\u00a0<\/sup>\u2026And glory has come to me through them.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verse 10b:\u00a0\u00a0Somehow the disciples made Jesus proud and brought him glory.\u00a0\u00a0It amazes me to think that we make Jesus proud and that he experienced not shame and embarrassment by looking at us, but rather pride and joy.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 heart, you are his pride and joy.<\/p>\n

John 17:11-12 (NIV)\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>
\n11\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name–the name you gave me–so that they may be one as we are one.
\n12\u00a0<\/sup>\u00a0While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.<\/em><\/p>\n

On verses 11-12:\u00a0\u00a0Jesus\u2019 protecting, shepherd\u2019s heart for his disciples is so evident here.\u00a0\u00a0He wants none of them to be harmed, thus he asks the Father to protect them.\u00a0\u00a0Now if Jesus\u2019 first disciples were martyred for their faith, as church history tells us, does that mean the Father did not answer Jesus\u2019 request to protect them?\u00a0\u00a0No.\u00a0\u00a0I think it just goes to show that Jesus\u2019 idea of protection is not always the same as ours.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus\u2019 focus when it came to protection was always in respect of eternity because eternity was what mattered most to Jesus, not the temporary trouble, pain and grief we experience on earth.\u00a0\u00a0Jesus saw our lives through the lens of eternity, and we would be wise to do the same.<\/p>\n

Lord Jesus, thank You for presenting me before the Father as blameless, radiant and holy.\u00a0\u00a0You more than anyone know all the ways I have fallen short of God\u2019s glory, and yet You cover my sins with Your love, You speak about me with pride, and You protect me with Your power.\u00a0\u00a0Thank You for being such an amazing friend.\u00a0\u00a0I pray I would live like You and see things from Your eternal lens more and more.\u00a0\u00a0In Jesus\u2019 name, AMEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi GAMErs,<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s passage is John 17:1-12.\u00a0\u00a0Let\u2019s go!<\/p>\n

John 17:1-2 (NIV)\u00a0
\n1\u00a0\u00a0After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.\u00a0
\n2\u00a0\u00a0For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.<\/p>\n

On verses 1-2:\u00a0\u00a0Here John quotes Jesus as praying to the Father.\u00a0\u00a0Chapter 17 of John is the longest recorded prayer of Jesus in Scripture.\u00a0\u00a0Verse 2 says that the Father granted authority to Jesus over all people so that Jesus might\u00a0give\u00a0eternal life to people.\u00a0\u00a0When the Father gives you authority, it\u2019s not so that you can personally be famous, wealthy or powerful.\u00a0\u00a0God gives you authority so that you can give, help and be a blessing to others.<\/p>\n

John 17:3 (NIV)\u00a0
\n3\u00a0\u00a0Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.<\/p>\n

On verse 3:\u00a0\u00a0Eternal life is not about our performance, our hard work, or our merit.\u00a0\u00a0Eternal life is about knowing the Father and knowing Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15031,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gametime-sharing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15028"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15029,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15028\/revisions\/15029"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15031"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ocbf.ca\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}