1. Jesus’ prayer for the church
Jesus’ Final Words
Jesus’ prayer for the church
John 17

2. John 17:4–5 (NLT)
4 I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 Now, Father, bring me into the glory we shared before the world began.

3. John 17:22 (NLT)
I have given them the glory you gave me, so they may be one as we are one.

4. Revelation 5:9 (NIV84)
And they sang a new song: “You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals, because you were slain, and with your blood you purchased men for God from every tribe and language and people and nation.

5. Revelation 5:12 (NIV84)
In a loud voice they sang: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!”

6. John 17:1 (NIV84)
After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.

7. John 17:4–5a (NIV84)
4 I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. 5 And now, Father, glorify me in your presence …

8. Psalm 18:35 (NIV84)
You give me your shield of victory, and your right hand sustains me; you stoop down to make me great.

9. 2 Timothy 4:6–8 (NIV84)
6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time has come for my departure. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.

10. John 16:33 (NLT)
I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But take heart, because I have overcome the world.

11. 1. Jesus expresses his appreciation and joy in his disciples.

12. John 17:6–10 (NLT)
6 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me. 9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory.

13. 1. Jesus expresses his appreciation and joy in his disciples.
Reasons:
They are God’s gift to him.

14. 1. Jesus expresses his appreciation and joy in his disciples.
Reasons:
They are God’s gift to him.
They have been obedient to the word of God.

15. 1. Jesus expresses his appreciation and joy in his disciples.
Reasons:
They are God’s gift to him.
They have been obedient to the word of God.
They have faith in him.

16. 1. Jesus expresses his appreciation and joy in his disciples.
Reasons:
They are God’s gift to him.
They have been obedient to the word of God.
They have faith in him.
They have brought glory to Jesus.

17. Hebrews 7:25 (NLT)
Therefore he is able, once and forever, to save those who come to God through him. He lives forever to intercede with God on their behalf.

18. 2. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the devil.

19. John 17:11–12 (NIV84)
11 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. 12 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.

20. John 17:15 (NIV84)
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

21. John 17:11b
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.

22. 2. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the devil.
By the power of the name of Jesus:
His name is ‘I AM’

23. Exodus 3:14 (NIV84)
God said to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: ‘I AM has sent me to you.’ ”

24. Psalm 23:4 (NIV84)
Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me.

25. John 10:11 (NIV84)
I AM the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

26. 2. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the devil.
The name of Jesus:
His name is ‘I AM’
His name is Jesus

27. Luke 1:31–32 (NIV84)
31 You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus. 32 He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,

28. Philippians 2:9–10 (NIV84)
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, 10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

29. Acts 19:13–17 (NIV84)
13 Some Jews who went around driving out evil spirits tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those who were demon-possessed. They would say, “In the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, I command you to come out.” 14 Seven sons of Sceva, a Jewish chief priest, were doing this. 15 One day the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and I know about Paul, but who are you?” 16 Then the man who had the evil spirit jumped on them and overpowered them all. He gave them such a beating that they ran out of the house naked and bleeding. 17 When this became known to the Jews and Greeks living in Ephesus, they were all seized with fear, and the name of the Lord Jesus was held in high honor.

30. 2. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the devil.
The name of Jesus:
His name is ‘I AM’
His name is Jesus
His name is Might God

31. Isaiah 9:6 (NIV84)
For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.

32. 3. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the world.

33. John 17:13–17 (NIV84)
13 “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. 14 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. 15 My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. 16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. 17 Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

34. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
John 17:18 (NIV84)
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

35. John 17:14
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.

36. 3. Jesus prays for the church to overcome the world.
What can we do to overcome the world’s ungodly influence?
- we let the Holy Spirit sanctify us by the word.

37. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.
John 17:17 (NIV84)
Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth.

38. Matthew 5:13 (NIV84)
You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.

39. 4. Jesus prays for the church to be dedicated to his mission.

40. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.
John 17:18 (NIV84)
As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world.

41. John 17:15 (NIV84)
My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.

42. 5. Jesus prays that the church will succeed in their mission for the gospel.

43. John 17:20–21 (NIV84)
20 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

44. 6. Jesus prays that his followers will spend eternity with him

45. John 17:24 (NIV84)
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.

46. John 14:3 (NIV84)
And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am.

47. Psalm 73:24 (NIV84)
You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory.

48. 1 Corinthians 2:9 (NIV84)
However, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no mind has conceived what God has prepared for those who love him”—

49. 2 Corinthians 12:2–4 (NIV84)
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise. He heard inexpressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell.

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