Our Lord Prays for His Own: Thoughts on John 17Ravenio Books, 2014 M05 13 THIS chapter is emphatically the Lord’s prayer. That which we commonly call the Lord’s prayer He taught His disciples, but did not use Himself. The petition, “Forgive us our trespasses,” could never have been uttered by the Lord Jesus Christ. This prayer, on the other hand, is His own—His disciples were not invited to unite in it; it was a prayer they did not and could not utter. Evidently the Lord spake so as to be heard, and the disciples listened. The Holy Ghost has provided that not one petition should be lost to the church of God. We often find our Lord teaching His disciples to pray, and we read of Him spending even whole nights in prayer; but we never find Him praying with His disciples. Indeed, there would seem to be something incongruous in Christ kneeling down with His disciples for prayer; there must always have been something peculiar in His petitions. At this time His work on earth was well-nigh ended: nothing remained for Him but to die: “I have finished the work which Thou gavest Me to do.” (v. 4.) The Last Supper was over. The Lord had dispensed to His disciples the broken bread and poured-out wine, memorials of His dying love; He had expressed to them His desire, that in remembrance of Him, they should often gather together and thus show forth His death in this illustration and their union with Himself and with each other, until His return to them in glory. He had washed their feet; He had comforted them; He had opened His whole heart to them. He now opens it for them to Him before whom “all hearts are open, all desires known, and from whom no secrets are hid;” and having poured out His soul into the ear, and into the bosom of God, He went forth into Gethsemane. May God the Spirit be with us and give unction and understanding to our hearts, while we meditate on His most precious prayer. |
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... faith and confidence for the performance; and the prayer of faith is a testimony to the same. No other inducements are needed, the Saviour's prayer has taught us this. One cry is sufficient, “Father;” one fact, “The hour is come.” John ...
... faith! We sometimes question whether God accepts the blood of Jesus for our sins; the Lord Jesus never doubted Jehovah's acceptance of His blood for all the sins of His people. There are many petitions in this prayer for the people of ...
... faith and hope might be in God.” (1 Peter i. 21.) See the blessed connection between the glorifying of Christ and the faith and hope of believing sinners! Now observe THE ARGUMENTS with which He pleads; they are seven. (1) His ...
... glorified in undertaking, discharging, and accomplishing the blessed trust How it should cheer our hearts, establish our faith, and kindle our hope and love, to know that Christ's office of Mediator—which is our security for the possession.
... faith of the Son of God. Child of God, you have no reason to fear the flesh, that corrupt thing you carry about with you, and under the pressure of which you groan. It may be you cannot overcome it; it may be there are risings and ...
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Our Lord Prays for His Own: Thoughts on John 17 Marcus Rainford,Marcus Rainsford Vista de fragmentos - 1978 |