1. Grace Fellowship Church Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard www.GraceDoctrine.org Tuesday, May 15, 2012

2. Doxology Praise God, from whom all blessings flow; Praise Him, all creatures here below; Praise Him above, ye heavenly host; Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.— Amen.

3. John 17 The Great High Priestly Prayer of our Lord!

4. John 17:20-26 Jesus Prays for the Church!

5. John 17:23 The Indwelling of Christ Provides the Church a Perfect Unity.

6. Doctrine of the Indwelling of the Jesus Christ

7. C. God the Son indwells us for a number of reasons:

8. 1. As a sign or badge of the Royal Family, John 14:20. It is both the sign of the Royal Family and another expression of the uniqueness of the Church Age.

9. 2. As a guarantee of the availability of Divine power (GPS) in time. 2 Cor 13:4-6; Rom 8:10

10. 3. As a guarantee of our Portfolio of Invisible Assets, along with the sealing ministry of the Holy Spirit. Eph 1:3, 13 ‑ 14

11. 4. As a guarantee of life after death in the presence of God forever. Col 1:27

12. 5. As a guarantee of eternal security. You cannot lose your salvation, John 10:28-30, no matter how you foul up your life, no matter how you fail!

13. Psa 23:4, “Even, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil because You are with me.”

14. 6. As a guarantee of your escrow blessings. Jesus Christ is both the depositary and escrow officer of our escrow blessings.

15. The fulfillment of the escrow conditions is the execution of the Plan of God for your life. 1 Cor 3:10-14; 2 Cor 5:10

16. 7. As the motivation for momentum in spiritual adulthood. Gal 2:20

17. This becomes the motivational virtue for the advance through each stage of spiritual adulthood, and their accompanying categories of Suffering for Blessing. Heb 12:3

18. Heb 12:3, “For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.”

19. 8. As the basis for assigning highest priority to relationship with God over relationships with people, and to the use of Divine power over the exercise of human power. 1 John 2:24

20. 1 John 2:24, “As for you, let that abide in you which you heard from the beginning. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, you also will abide in the Son and in the Father.”

21. 9. As the basis for the glorification of Christ, the Shekinah Glory, in the unique life of the Church Age believer. John 17:22-23, 26

22. Glory is used to describe the strategic victory of Christ in the angelic conflict. Luke 24:26; John 12:20-24, 28; 13:31-32; Heb 2:10; 1 Peter 1:10-11

23. Luke 24:26, “Was it not necessary for the Christ to suffer these things and to enter into His glory?”

24. a. God the Father is the source of our Lord’s glorification and the Father is glorified as a result of the Son’s glorification, and vice versa.

25. b. The Humanity of Jesus Christ is glorified because He fulfilled the Father’s Plan of Salvation.

26. John 13:31-32, “Therefore when he had gone out, Jesus said, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him; 32 if God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself, and will glorify Him immediately.”

27. His glorification coupled with His indwelling of you provides great motivation to advance inside GPS in the unique spiritual life of the Church Age believer, to the glory of the Father.

28. Grace Fellowship Church Tuesday, May 15, 2012 Tape # 12-054 Perfected by the Indwelling of Christ Great High Priestly Prayer, Part 102 John 17:23, 2 Cor 13:5-6; Gal 2:20; Col 1:27 James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012