"The seventeenth chapter of the Gospel by John, is, without doubt, the most remarkable portion of the most remarkable book in the world.
The Scripture of truth, given by inspiration of God, contains many wonderful passages, but none more wonderful than this—none so wonderful. It is the utterance of the mind and heart of the Godman, in the very crisis of His great undertaking, in the immediate prospect of completing, by the sacrifice of Himself ... (John Knox).
Join us as Dominic Steele helps us to delight in these words of Jesus over three weeks.
Jesus prays for himself | John 17:1-5
1 Jesus great prayer
2 Jesus prayed 1
a looking up to heaven 1
b Father 1
c The hour has come 1, cf 2:4, 8:20, 12:23, 13:1, Genesis 3:14-15
3 Jesus prays to be glorified so that the Father might be glorified
a Jesus prays to be glorified
b So that the Father might be glorified
c By the Son giving eternal life to those the Father gives him
i The Son gives eternal life to those the father gives him 2
ii Eternal life is to know the only true God and the one he sent, Jesus 3
e And then the Son joining the Father in his presence 5
4 Pray like Jesus"