Category: John 17
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Wondrous unity
John 17:20-21 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent […]
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Those who will believe
John 17:20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.” Do you realize that until the Lord returns there will continue to be people who will believe in Him, i.e., with certainty, there are people who don’t believe right now who will believe in the future? […]
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The language of love
John 17:18 “As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world.” 1 Corinthians 13:1-3 “If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, […]
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But is it true?
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” So, where do you go to keep yourself informed these days? Who are you listening to? Do you find it frustrating that if you switch from Fox News to CNN it seems that there are two completely different accounts of reality? We hear the […]
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He told us the truth!
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; Your word is truth.” One of the helps that I’ve used in my prayer life over the years is a prayer calendar that is put out by the organization “The Voice of the Martyrs.” This calendar is filled with suggestions on how we can be praying for our brothers and […]
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Sanctified by truth
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” “Sanctify.” The word means “to separate from profane (or common) things and dedicate to God.” Jesus wants this word to characterize the lives of His followers. He wants them to be different from this world, not conformed to it (Romans 12:2). But in what […]
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The sword that divides
John 17:17 “Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” Psalm 119:104 “Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.” In John 17 Jesus prays that His followers would be sanctified, i.e., set apart to God and separated from the world and all the sin that so characterizes it. This is the concept […]
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Defining Christian unity
John 17:11 “And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” When you look at the church today, do you see unity or division? At first glance the word […]
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Of another world
John 17:11 “Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one.” John 17:14 “they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.” If someone were asked to categorize you, would they say that you are “one with the world” or “one with […]
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Christians: Are there more than one kind?
John 17:9-10 “I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them.” I read a commentary in the newspaper last Saturday. It was written by a self-described “Christian” but it was about […]
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