August 27th Sermon & update

I am real excited. Wednesday night we have dinner plans with our possible new small group leaders in Cortland. I'm going over a little early to spend time with the wife, Laura. Aaron is coming over after work. We are beginning to connect with people and this last Sunday was only our third Sunday.

Tomorrow, Genoa Animal Hospital is having a Job Fair that I plan on going to from 1-3pm. They will be giving tours, talking with people, and conducting interviews. They have a part-time position for a receptionist open. It would be cool to get this job, I think. We will see how it goes.

I am only commenting on the first part of the sermon. The pastor covered John 17:6-19:

What Jesus did?

• vs. 6 - "I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world."
• vs. 8 - "For I have given to them the words which You have given Me;"
• vs. 9 - "I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours."
• vs. 11 - "Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You."
• vs. 12 - "While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name. Those whom You gave me I have kept; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scriptures might be fulfilled."
• vs. 13 - "But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world"
• vs. 14 - "I have given them Your word"
• vs. 15 - "I do not pray that You should take them out of the world; but that You should keep them from the evil one."
• vs. 18 - "I also have sent them into the world"
• vs. 19 - "And for their sakes I sanctify Myself"

What disciples did?

• vs. 6 - "they have kept Your word"
• vs. 7 - "Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You."
• vs. 8 - "and they have received them (the words given to Jesus from God), and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me."

What Jesus asked for them?

• vs. 11 - "that they may be one as We are."
• vs. 13 - "that they may have My joy fulfilled in themselves."
• vs. 15 - "that You should keep them from the evil one."
• vs. 17 - "Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is Truth."

Jesus is speaking to God the Father as the God-man and being accepted.

Prayer is our response to the self-revelation of God.

My thoughts:

Within these verses you see relationship going on. God has revealed Himself to Christ as Christ has revealed Himself to man. Without the revelation, there would be no relationship. In response to Christ's revelation to us, there should be a response of prayer.