This
is/was inclusive of the great intercessory prayer of Christ Jesus over
believers (the Church of Christ/the body of Christ/the true sons and daughters
of The LORD):
When
Jesus Christ The Messiah was about to depart from the earth (by being arrested,
crucified, resurrected and then depart from the earth), He went before God The
Father in Prayer.
While
in prayer before God The Father, Christ Jesus prayed for Himself, His disciples
(servants), and also future believers (you and I).
Below
are some very key points that we can extract from the Prayer that Christ Jesus
made before God The Father:
1-The
LORD revealed in that prayer, that eternal life means knowing the only true God
and Jesus Christ the Messiah (Him who had come from The Father; sent by the
Father to redeem mankind through Salvation attained through His Blood).
That
the authority to grant (give) eternal life had/has now been bestowed upon Jesus
Christ The Messiah. For The Father glorified Him and placed upon Him the
authority to redeem souls for The Glorious Kingdom of The LORD God Almighty in
Heaven.
Christ
Jesus came to the earth (was sent to the earth) to glorify God The Father; to
bring glory to God The Father, by overcoming/defeating death and being
resurrected. Therefore, all who accept and believe in Jesus Christ also indeed glorify
God The Father; for even they (through Christ Jesus) will overcome/defeat death
and attain eternal Life by being resurrected into Heaven (Second death has got
no power over them).
John 17: 1-3
‘“Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said:
“Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify
You, as You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give
eternal life to as many as You have given Him. And this is eternal life, that
they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”’
2-Christ
Jesus also recommended the true and faithful believers before God The Father;
for their receiving of the word and for accepting Christ Jesus as their LORD,
Master and Saviour. They accepted Him to be the way to the Father; the only way
to God the Father in Heaven.
John 17:6-8
‘“I have manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of
the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You. For I
have given to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received
them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed
that You sent Me.”’
3-Christ
Jesus interceded and prayed for unity amongst the body of Christ (The faithful sons
and daughters of The LORD and the faithful servants of God). He also prayed to
The Father, to keep and to protect the body of Christ (The True and Holy
Church).
Christ
Jesus was essentially pointing out that the world will hate/persecute the body
of Christ (the faithful servants of God, sons and daughters of The LORD)
because they are not of the world. Jesus Christ thus prayed to God The Father
to keep (through His Mighty Name) the body of Christ, and to protect them
against the schemes of the enemy (the evil one).
John 17: 9-11
‘“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You
have given Me, for they are Yours. And all Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine,
and I am glorified in them. Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in
the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom
You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.”’
John 17:13-16
‘“But now I come to You, and these things I speak in the world, that they
may have My joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them Your word; and the
world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the
world. I do not pray that You should take them out of the world, but that You
should keep them from the evil one. They are not of the world, just as I am not
of the world.”’
4-Christ
Jesus prayed to God the Father to sanctify (consecrate, purify and approve) the
body of Christ (The faithful servants of God, sons and daughters of The LORD)
by His Word (The Truth of God).
That
as they execute the great commission of evangelism, the word of God be their
sanctification. That they may set themselves apart on the true word of God.
That the true word of God be their portion, in their coming and in their going.
That the lifestyle that they dwell on/partake on, be the lifestyle of the true
word of God.
John 17: 17-19
‘“Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth. As You sent Me into
the world, I also have sent them into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify
Myself, that they also may be sanctified by the truth.”’
5-Christ
Jesus prayed for the future believers in the word of God and in Christ Jesus as
their Messiah/Saviour. He prayed for their perfection through the word of God.
John 17: 20-23
‘“I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in
Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and
I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You
sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be
one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect
in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them
as You have loved Me.”’
6-Christ
Jesus prayed to God The Father, for entry into Heaven of the faithful sons and
daughters of The LORD (the true body of Christ). That they may dwell in eternal
glory in the presence of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit in
the Glorious Kingdom of Heaven.
That
having shared in His suffering while on the earth, that they may also share in
His glory in Heaven.
John 17: 24-26
‘“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I
am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me
before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known
You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have
declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You
loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”’
SHALOM!!!
REPENTANCE PRAYER:
Precious Jesus,
I acknowledge today that
you are LORD and Savior of all mankind,
and today I have
recognized my shortfall,
I Repent and turn away
from all Sin.
Please cover me with your
Precious Blood,
and establish your Word in
my life,
that I may be found in
Righteousness and Holiness
and write my name in your
Book of Life
and baptize me with the
power of the Holy Spirit
in the mighty name of
Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Your Brother in Christ
Jesus, and a Shepherd of The LORD,
Kevin Mirasi
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