Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.Father, 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.Father, I desire 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.
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… Verse 24, Jesus is praying. He says, Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given to me, may be with me where I am. To see my glory that you've given me. Why? Because you loved me before the foundation of the world. Father, love the Son. You love me before the foundation of the world. Fully God, eternally Son, and he's eternally and perfectly loved. Why is he called God's only begotten Son? Because Christ alone is the eternal, natural Son of God. And it's one more thing of importance for us to note tonight before we move on, that all of this is who Jesus is, who the Son is in himself, above and before and beyond and separate from any other created thing, including us, which reminds us tonight that the eternal Son did not need anything else. God did not create out of need. Jesus did not take on flesh to redeem us out of some deficit. If there are other children of God tonight, and praise God, there are millions of them. We'll come to that in just a moment. But that there are tonight here in this room, around the world, already with God in glory. This is not the result of any need or deficit or deficiency in the Godhead. He is the only begotten son. He is not a lonely begotten son. …
… John 17, 24, Father, I desire that they also, he's praying this for you according to verse 20 I desire that they also whom you have given me may be with me where I am to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world so no longer through a mirror dimly but face to face I want them to see my glory. He could have just said that. I think we would all just bow down and reverence him if that's all he said. And he didn't just say that. He said, I want them to be with me. You can see glory from a distance. That's a glorious mountain 10 miles away. or you can see glory personal and up close and Jesus said I want that for you I want them to be with me Father where I am to see my glory so I preached here in this pulpit Sunday before last and the main point of my message was a close personal enjoyment of Jesus is the ultimate hope of Christians. …
… and have loved them even as you loved me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. righteous father though the world does not know you i know you and they know that you have sent me i have made you known to them and will continue to make you known in order the love you have for me may be in them and that i myself may be in them here's the climax jesus in his disciples what he has done in their life now reproduced in the lives of others and what i want you to notice is in those verses we read over and over again, you see, well, you see a couple different phrases repeated, but there's one word I want us to focus on, and it's the word world. When you look at this chapter as a whole, nearly 20 times Jesus mentions the world, almost 20 times. …
… i in them and you and me may they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved me loved them even as you have loved me father I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world righteous father though the world does not know you I know you and they know that you have sent me I've made you known to them and will continue to make you known in order to in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them Do you get the point? Over and over and over again, Jesus says at the beginning, I have finished the work you've given me to do. And then 40 plus times, he references the small group of men that he had poured his life into. …