But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.But now I come to you, and I say these things in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.But now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in themselves.
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… Look in verse 13. It says, I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I'm still in the what? In the world. Look in verse 14. Three different times. I have given them your word, and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. Then in verse 15. My prayer is not that you take them out of the world, but that you protect them. You get down to verse 16. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. And that it at the end of verse 16 is the world. In the original language of the New Testament, in the Greek, it's mentioned there. So you've got twice there in verse 16. And you get to 18, which was just read. As I have sent them into the world. As you have sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. And you get down to verse 21. …
… And glory has come to me through them. I 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. While 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. Now, disciple-making. We talked last week about how Jesus has given us the people. He has invested people into our lives. We are surrounded by people in our spheres of influence who we have the opportunity to impact for the glory of Christ. He's given us the words. He's given us the authority to share the word with them. Now I want you to see how part of sharing the word with them involves showing the word to them. And I want us to think about people that God has entrusted in our lives to show the word to. And what that means, first of all, I think it means that we display his character to them. I want you to see how this unfolds in this prayer that Jesus is praying. From the very beginning in verse 6, you go back up there and it says, I have revealed you to those whom you gave me. I revealed you to those whom you gave me. Now, …
… Verse 13, John 17, this is Christ's intercession. Now I come to you, and these things I speak in the world, so that they may have My joy made full in themselves. I have given them Your Word. This is Christ in His intercessory work. I have given them Your Word, and the world has hated them, because they're not of the world even as I am not of the world. I do not ask You to take them out of the world, but to keep them from the evil one. They're not of the world even as I am not of the world. them in the truth, Your Word is truth. As You sent Me into the world, I also have sent them into the world. For their sakes I sanctify Myself, that they themselves also may be sanctified. I do not ask on behalf of those alone, but for those also who believe in Me through their Word, those who come in generations after the apostles, that they may all be one, even as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You, that they also may be in us, and the world may believe that You sent Me. …