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Grace Fellowship Church

Pastor/Teacher Jim Rickard. Grace Fellowship Church. Thursday, May 24, 2012. www.GraceDoctrine.org. 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.

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Grace Fellowship Church

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  1. Pastor/TeacherJim Rickard Grace Fellowship Church Thursday,May 24, 2012 www.GraceDoctrine.org

  2. DoxologyPraise 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 17The Great High Priestly Prayer of our Lord!

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

  5. John 17:23Two results of Christ indwelling the Church Age Believer.

  6. 1. Faith based understanding of Christ by the unbeliever.

  7. 1. Faith based understanding of Christ by the unbeliever.2. The demonstration of the Father’s love for the believer.

  8. John 17:23b, “So that the world would know that You (God the Father) sent Me (God the Son).”

  9. Principles:1. One of the main reasons for the indwelling of the Shekinah Glory in every Church Age believer is to bring the gospel message to those who remain in unbelief.

  10. 2. God the Father sent His Son (in hypostatic union) to earth, with the expressed purpose of going to the Cross and paying the penalty for every sin of mankind.

  11. 3. Jesus began the URD with the acknowledgement that the Father commissioned Him for the Cross. John 13:16; cf. John 14:31; 15:21; 16:5.

  12. John 13:16,“Truly, truly, I say to you, a slave is not greater than his master, nor is one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.”

  13. He now reiterates that fact in the closing portion of the GHPP.John 17:8, 18, 21, 23, 25

  14. 4. The knowledge and belief of the fact that God the Father sent His Son into the world, is a key component to bringing the unbeliever to a point of salvation knowledge.

  15. 5. John 17:21 “may believe”, vs. 23s, “may know”. Both are in the Subjunctive Mood indicating the result desired by Christ, as well as allowing for the free will of man to believe.

  16. Jesus demonstrates that His thinking is aligned to the righteousness and justice of God in the expression of Divine Love.

  17. Rom 10:17,“So faith comes from hearing (perception through the ear gate), and hearing by the word of Christ.”

  18. Faith comes by perception and both occur only as a result of the free will of man.

  19. Our Lord is doubly emphasizing His desire that all of mankind come to the saving knowledge of Christ Crucified.

  20. 6. This demonstrates the impersonal / unconditional love of Christ for all of mankind, which aligns with the justice and righteousness of God. John 3:16-21; 1 John 4:9-10

  21. 1 John 4:9, “By this the love of God was manifested in us, that God has sent His only begotten Son into the world so that we might live through Him.”

  22. 1 John 4:10,“In this is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”

  23. John 17:23,“I (Jesus Christ) in the sphere of them (Indwelling of Church Age believers), and You (God the Father) in the sphere of Me, in order that they may be perfected in unity (with God), so that the world (unbelievers) would know that You sent Me and You loved them even as You loved Me.”

  24. Principles:1. The goal of the unity of believers with Jesus Christ and with God is twofold:

  25. a. That the world will believe in the Son’s divine mission, “know that You sent Me”.

  26. b. That the world will sense that God’s love for believers is deep, intimate, and lasting as is His love for His unique Son, cf. vs 26.

  27. 2. The complete unity that Jesus prays for is not an organizational union of churches, but rather a spiritual union of individual believers with the Father and the Son.

  28. a. A union in which we submit to, and do the Father’s will.

  29. a. A union in which we submit to, and do the Father’s will. b. A union which enables Christ to act through us, and thus evangelize the world.

  30. 3. John 17 picks up the theme of John 15.

  31. There Christ stressed the importance of remaining in Him by choosing to express our love for Him by an ever-obedient response to His teachings.

  32. Here He prays to the Father, asking that what is potential in the union which faith creates between the believer and the Lord, might be actual in our experience.

  33. 4. How can the world know that the Father loves the believer? The ECS reflects the glory of God while we are in Satan’s cosmic system, and makes the world aware of the Father’s love.

  34. Grace Fellowship ChurchThursday, May 24, 2012Tape # 12-058 The Results of Christ Indwelling the BelieverGreat High Priestly Prayer, Part 106John 17:23; 3:16-21; 1 John 4:9-10James H. Rickard Bible Ministries 2012

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