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Part 1. Bible Talk with Sister Deb Unraveling Jesus' High Priestly Prayer: Understanding the Glory of the Cross and the Power of Personal Faith
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Unravel the depth of Jesus' most intimate prayer in John 17:1-5, as we explore its significance on the eve of His crucifixion. What does it mean for Jesus to acknowledge His hour has come, and how does this moment reveal His profound mission to glorify God on Earth? Join us for an insightful discussion on the high priestly prayer's unique place in the Bible, offering a glimpse into the burdens and purposes that shaped Jesus' journey to the cross.
The cross, once a symbol of guilt and shame, emerges as the ultimate emblem of divine love and victory. Discover how Jesus' sacrifice and resurrection redefined the cross as a testament to God's boundless love and Jesus' unwavering obedience. We'll reflect on how this pivotal moment in history fulfilled His mission on Earth, transforming a path of suffering into the promise of eternal life, a gift beyond human merit.
Beyond understanding, knowing Jesus personally is at the heart of salvation. With a powerful narrative involving a Jewish student, we illustrate how a personal relationship with Jesus transcends intellectual acknowledgment, offering a profound transformation. Embrace the importance of prayer in fostering this relationship, as we discuss its role in intimate communication with God. This episode invites you to engage with these themes, offering a fresh perspective on Jesus' life and sacrifice and the enduring hope it brings.
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Speaker 2:Praise the Lord. Praise the Lord. Welcome to Bible Talk. Today I am going to be in the 17th chapter of John. Then this is quite a long chapter and I've decided to break this down into three separate. We're going to do a little series here. It has 26 verses and I'm going to break it down a little bit. So this first part is about Jesus and his prayer to his father. It's John 17, 1 through 5. I'm going to start with that today and then next week I will go into Lord's Willing would be John 17, 6 through 9. And then I will finish out the week after Lord's Willing with John 17, 20 through 26. So today we're just going to be in John 17, 1-5.
Speaker 2:And so this is Jesus praying to his Father. And you know the Bible's filled with all kinds of great prayers. There's Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8. There's Abraham's prayer in Genesis 18. And there's Moses' prayer, of course, in Exodus 32. But this prayer of Jesus is by far the greatest prayer ever recorded in the Bible and to me I always thought there was something very awesome and holy to hear a true man or woman of God deep in prayer to the Father. And of course we know there's no voice that's ever been heard in heaven or on earth more holy than the prayer often offered up to the Father by the Son. So this general prayer, prayer often sometimes reveals a person's true innermost thoughts and feelings. So this is a unique opportunity to see into the heart of Jesus when he talks to his Father. You know what I mean, anyway.
Speaker 2:So I'm going to read John 17, 1-5 first, then we'll get into it. So, john 17, 1-5, and the Bible says these words, spake Jesus and lifted up his head to heaven, his eyes to heaven, and said and the Bible says to as many, as thou hast given him, and this is eternal life, that they might know thee, the one, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent, I have glorified thee on the earth, I have finished the work which thou hast gaveth me to do, and now, o Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. So. John 17, verses 1 through 5,.
Speaker 2:It's what's known as Jesus' high priestly prayer. Jesus had just gotten through with giving a few last lessons to his disciples, and now he prays at his hour. His time has come and he prays for himself. And this occurs just before, of course, him and the disciples enter into the Garden of Gethsemane and he will pray. He only prayed a couple of times after that, but this is Jesus praying and this is at his most vulnerable moment in his life. He's opening up a window for us to look through and into his heart and into the depths of his soul. It's a wide window into the most intimate, honest thoughts and passions of Jesus himself.
Speaker 2:And I know every verse in scripture is of the uttermost importance, of course, because we know every verse is breathed out by God. But there is just something very special about this prayer and in this message we're going to hear Jesus lay out his burdens before the Father. What was on his mind, what he was thinking about or what he was burdened about the night before he would be betrayed, what was on his mind just a few hours before he would be betrayed. You know what was on his mind just a few hours before he would be crucified. You know he had just finished, like I said, teaching his disciples and he was praying to the Father and he said His hour has come.
Speaker 2:There, in chapter 17, verse 1, he said the hour has come and he had said this throughout John, especially a couple different times other, but he said this throughout John that his hour has come and when he's praying this prayer, john is out, he's praying so John can hear, and then John would go on by the power of the Holy Spirit and he would write this prayer down so we would all know it. So John 1 said he lifted his eyes to heaven and praised, opened eyes or closed eyes. It didn't say say only that his head was up and he praised to his father and he says his hour has come. You know all through John, jesus, like I said, he would escape the ones wanting to to harm him and trying to get him because his hour had not yet come. And now, here, here he is. His hour has come and Jesus knows what's going to happen in the next three days. He knows he isn't surprised, he knows His hour has come for Jesus to die on the cross. He's going to execute the plan of salvation for man. You know time for Jesus to die on the cross and for the sins of the world, the entire ministry of Jesus Christ was to climax on the cross and for the sins of the world, the entire ministry of Jesus Christ was to climax on the cross and the Son would glorify the Father by means of the cross. And, like I said, this prayer was spoken out loud by Jesus in the presence of his disciples. He's telling them, you know he's preparing them. You know telling them, you know what's getting ready to happen. He's telling them farewell.
Speaker 2:But you know, my question is if you knew you were going to die tomorrow, what would you pray for? Would you pray for a longer life? Would you pray for more time with your loved ones? Would you pray to the Father about you know, your soul and stuff? What would you pray for? Well, you know Jesus Christ prayed for glory. For Jesus, life had an end and that was going to be its cross. And to him, the cross was the glory of his life and it's the way back to the glory of eternity.
Speaker 2:You know, the cross was the glory of Jesus. He was so majestic in his death on this cross. The cross was his glory because, you know it was like a magnet drawn me into him in a way that his life had never done. You know it was also the completion of his work. You know he said in John 17, 4,. You know he said I have completed the work which you had given me. And so for him to have stopped short of the cross, you know, would have left his work, his task, uncompleted. You know, jesus had come into the world to tell man about the love of God and to show it to him. And by going to the cross, jesus showed that there was nothing that the love of God was not prepared to do and suffer for man. There was no limit to it. And Jesus gave his life that the message would get out there, would get through. He completed his task. He brought God's love to man and for him that meant the cross, and the cross was his glory, because he finished the work on that cross God gave him and he made man forever certain of God's love. You know, jesus brought glory and honor to God by his obedience to him.
Speaker 2:Now you know it's made up in the Bible he could have, jesus could have escaped the cross. He could not have, haven't even went to Jerusalem. He could have went another way or something. But see, as we look at Jesus in the last days, we have to say, wow, you know what. See how he loved his father God. See to what length his obedience would go. He glorified God on the cross by his obedience, his perfect obedience, and Jesus prayed to God to glorify him and to glorify himself in John 7, 17 and 5.
Speaker 2:But see, the cross wasn't the end. The cross was the resurrection. There was the resurrection to come, there was, this was going to be the vindication of Jesus. This was proof that men could do their very worst to Jesus, but he was still triumphant, you know, and it was like God. You know. It was kind of like I'm paraphrasing God here. Of course, it was kind of like God, you know. He pointed to the cross and he said you know what? This is what you all think of my son. And then God pointed to the resurrection. He said, well, this is what I think of my son. And he brought his son back. You know, yeah, the cross was the very worst thing that men could do to Jesus, but it didn't conquer him. It didn't conquer him at all.
Speaker 2:I read somewhere this statement. I think I love this statement. It said the glory of the resurrection obliterated the shame of the cross. I think that's awesome Because, you see, people, the cross was the way back. The cross was his return to God and Jesus, if you look at it was kind of like a knight who left the king's court and he went out to do some stuff and he came back in victory. He went out to do a deed or something. He came back in victory to enjoy the glory. So Jesus came from God and he returned to God and the feet between his coming forward and his going back was the cross and that was his way to glory.
Speaker 2:Now we may ask you know what is you? Know what is glory? What does it mean? What was? What is he praying for? And I looked it up and it says glory means to honor or to praise to. To glorify something is to reveal its honor, it's recognizing the worth or character of something. So when Jesus prays glorify your son, that your son may glorify you. He's praying to reveal the honor of the son, so the son may reveal the honor to the father.
Speaker 2:John 17, 1. It was his plea that the father would grant him the power and the wisdom to win victory in the trials to come, to enable him to endure the worst trial and gruesome suffering as he went to the cross. And he was going to do this and he wanted the glory. He wanted to glorify his Father and the cross was a necessary path for him. There was no other path possible. And the cross was a necessary path for him. There was no other path possible, there was no other way. The cross was necessary because of the weight of sin and people, friends, the sinful weight of the entire human race, including your sin and my sin, all of our sins, converged at the cross on Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2:That day, see, the cross was necessary was a necessary path because the incredible love of God, you know, jesus turned the cross from a symbol of guilt into a symbol of glory. And it's not the, it's not the cross that was so wonderful, it's it's Christ on the cross that was so wonderful. You know, see Jesus, he knew his manner, he knew his manner of death, he knew why, he knew he was going to be crucified, he knew the moment, he knew the motive, he knew that he had come to die for the sins of the world and he knew the very moment he did not die until he said Father, into thy hands, I commend my spirit. See, he says in John 1 and 1, john 17 and 1, glorify the Son that the Son will glorify thee. See Jesus is praying. He's praying for his Father to reveal that honor. You know, jesus didn't pray for himself in a selfish way that day. That prayer was for the Father's will to be done. He didn't ask to be saved from the cross, but he asked to glorify the Father and the Son through the cross.
Speaker 2:You know, he said in John 17 too. He said, you know, he said, as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. See, eternal life's not something, people, that we can do by working. It's not good deeds, it's not a merit badge, it's not a certificate, it's not awards. It's a gift. It's a gift from Jesus Christ. You know, we can't have eternal life through our own works. Jesus said he'd give that gift to those the Father had given him right there. That's what he said. Give that gift to those the Father had given Him Right there. That's what he said. And see, this is the most valuable gift that he could have ever given any of us.
Speaker 2:And he said in John 17, 3,. He said this is eternal life. He said it's knowing the only true God. You know, do you want to experience that glory? Then, you know, you have to know the Father and you have to know Jesus. And do you really know Jesus? Ask yourself that Do you know him? Do you have intellectual knowledge of him? And one of the good questions is does he know us? Does he know you? Does he know your fears and your joys? Does he know what you love and what makes you laugh? People? This is our prayer life here that I'm talking about. Does he know us? You know, I've heard it been said that if we want to know Jesus, god, we need to read his word. But if we want him to know us, then we get down and we pray, we talk to him, we pray to him, and that's how he learns these things about us. He learns our fears, he learns our joys, he learns what we love, he learns what makes us laugh. That's our prayer life, people.
Speaker 2:In John 17, 4, jesus said he finished the work that his father had given him to do. See, his work was a life lived in obedience to the Father, teaching the Word of God, the healings, the miracles, the whole nine yards, everything that he'd done, the death and resurrection and accession of Jesus. That was his final work and he finished everything. And today, right here, in this prayer when we're reading this prayer, he is going to die the next day he will die. He will die. He'll raise again, he will ascend to heaven and sit in glory by his Father. So Jesus in John 17, 5, jesus asking the Father for glory, glorify to raise him up and give everlasting life, sitting on the right hand of God in heaven. He know before he was with God, before there was even the world existed. You know so the perfect son of man humbly prayed that the Father would restore him, you know, to his former grace and honor and power that he once had before. You see, people, without the cross I'm going back to the cross Now without the cross, we would never know what it would mean to be saved and free from the penalty of sin.
Speaker 2:Without the cross, we would not know what it would mean to be free from the power of sin. And then, people, one day Jesus Christ is going to come and he's going to deliver us from the very presence of sin. Because, see, when we go out here and we open the door and walk outside, sin is everywhere around us. Sin is in the streets and next door neighbors, the schools, the grocery stores. Sin is everywhere around us. And one of these days, through and by the cross of Jesus Christ, and Jesus is going to come again and he's going to deliver us from the very presence of sin. And I'm telling you now, my friends, all of the confession, repentance, faith, tears and remorse that we could humanly muster up would be absolutely nothing without the cross of Jesus Christ, people. I'm telling you there's no way out of hell and there's no way into heaven except through the cross of Jesus Christ and we are to glory in the purpose of the cross.
Speaker 2:Through the cross the love of God is exposed, expressed. Read John 3.16. He said For God so loved the world that he gave His only begotten Son. He so 3, 16. He said for God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son. He so loved the world, people. He's telling us right there In Romans 5, 8,.
Speaker 2:It says but God commanded his own love toward us in that while we were still sinners, christ died for us. And see, someone said it well one time, and I'm not quite sure who said this quote, but it said that it was at the cross the man. That man did his very worst to God, but God did his very best for man. See. Through the cross, people, not only did Jesus glorify his Father, but the law of God, the very law of God, is satisfied. Ezekiel 18 and 20 says the soul that sinneth shall die, and Romans 3.23 says the wages of sin is death. See, in other words, what it's telling me people.
Speaker 2:In other words, either all of us had to die for our sins or someone had to die for the sins of all, and that, my friends, is where Jesus Christ and the cross came in. He died for all of our sins. If he hadn't have died for all of our sins, we'd be up there dying for our sins ourselves. You know what I mean. When Jesus Christ died on that cross, he not only died for our sins, he died to fulfill the law of God. You know, and people, we need the glory and the power of the cross because Jesus died on the cross. Before he died, it was a symbol of shame, of weakness and defeat. Ever since our Lord and Savior, jesus Christ, died on that cross and came back victoriously from the grave, that cross has been a symbol of glory, of power and of victory. And, people, that's exactly why I wear one around my neck every day. Everywhere I go. I wear this cross as a sign, a symbol of glory, of power and of victory. I'm telling you now, people, the only hope for a lost and dying world that we live in right now is the cross of Jesus Christ. People go on and on and on and wonder what's so important about that.
Speaker 2:I read a story. I want to tell you a little story before I get ready to close here. I read a story about a Christian professor and he was lecturing in a Christian college. One day One of his students, a young Jewish man, stands up and he asked the professor. He said I have a question. The professor said okay, son, go ahead. And the young man said well, what was so special about Jesus Christ? What did he do that was so special? So the professor, you know, he kind of shifted his tie, I guess a little bit, and he said well, son. He said I take it that you know a lot about the history of the Jews, and the man said yes. The young man said yes, I know. And he said so you know that Herod and Pilate and a lot of the other Roman emperors, they crucified some 30,000 young Jews back in their days. The young man said yeah, that's correct.
Speaker 2:So the pastor said the professor said well, I'm going to name one of those men and after I name one, son, I want you to name another one. So the professor said well, son, I name Jesus Christ. And so he looked at the young man and the young man's just standing there you know, he's awestruck, I guess. And he didn't know one name. And he said, son, I don't know one name, and you know you, how can you? And he was like, how can you remember one name out of 30,000, you know. And so the pastor said the professor said well, son, you know what I named Jesus Christ. He was one out of the 30,000 that was crucified. And he's so special because Jesus Christ is the only one out of those 30,000 that died on the cross and was crucified for our sins and was raised back from the grave. That, son, is what's special about Jesus Christ.
Speaker 2:Praise the Lord. And I thought you know his hour has come now. His hour has come when you read this part. His hour is here. The king of glory is going to be nailed on the cross and he's going to be made sin for his people, the very people who are hanging him there. He's dying for their sins, to bear the wrath of God, to pay a debt that he didn't know. You know such a moment that it was. You know that the sun refused to shine. Such a moment that it was right then and there that he died on that cross, that the earth rocked and reeled. The rocks crawled out. Such a moment that it was that graves opened up and saints arose. There's never been a moment like it before and never will be until Jesus Christ opens that skies and comes back.
Speaker 2:See, people, a cross to some people was an instrument of shame, but to Christ it was glory, it was all glory. What the disciples thought was the most tragic outcome possible, it was in fact the most triumph outcome. What they thought was shame, the Lord knew was all glory. They saw tragedy. Jesus saw triumph. He saw triumph and Hebrews 12 and 2 tells us he did it for the joy set before him. That's why he endured the cross and he was glorified. He was glorified out of the grave. He was glorified in his accession, when the angels took him to the clouds, to his father's side. He was glorified then.
Speaker 2:But I tell you, people, he didn't wait until the cross to glorify his father. His entire life glorified God on the earth. He glorified God his whole life, earth. He glorified God his whole life, from his circumcision and dedication at the temple that day through his quiet years in Nazareth, he glorified his Father. Jesus glorified the Father through his faith, his obedience and work, through the early years of his ministry. It was a short ministry, but every single day of it he glorified his Father. Every sermon that he preached, every sick person or blind person that he healed, everybody he touched, every time he had a confrontation with the corrupt religious leaders of that time, every loving touch, they all glorified God. See, he didn't pray for himself that day. He didn't pray for himself in a selfish way. He prayed for the will of the Father to be done.
Speaker 2:And, people I'm going to close with this Just ask yourself how can you glorify God in our daily lives? And he calls us to glorify him, not in just Sundays or prayer time or worship time, every day. First Corinthians, 10 and 31 says whether, therefore, you eat or drink or whatever you do, do all for the glory of God. You see, people, we can glorify God when we praise him with our lips, when we obey his word, when we pray in Jesus' name, when we obey His Word, when we pray in Jesus' name, when we bear fruit People.
Speaker 2:Lastly and most importantly, we glorify God by our faith. See, our faith gives us that glory. It gives God that glory Because it honors Him. It honors Him that we know and we believe and have faith that he's trustworthy, that he's faithful, that he's just. If you think about Abraham, look at him and him and Sarah, how old they were when they told him they were going to bear a son. Romans 4 and 20 says hey, he staggered, not at the promise of God through unbelief, but was strong in faith, giving God the glory.
Speaker 2:People, our faith brings glory to God now and forever. You know, jesus prayed that he would glorify the Father and he lived to glorify the Father and he died to glorify the Father. In our faith we have to glorify the Father every day in everything that we do. But I'm going to close for now and I hope and pray this has blessed someone. Join me again next week on Bible Talk as I go into the prayer for Jesus and he prays for His disciples, and that's going to be the second part of John 17, 6-19. Thank you for being here today and listening. I hope this has blessed you as much as it's blessed me to bring it. Please feel free to contact me at OsborneDebraKay at gmailcom. You can call me on my phone at 606-909-0256. Thank you for listening. God bless everybody.
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