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Sermon Outline:
“The Lord’s Prayer” Pt. 1 (John 17:1-5)
1. The Decree of God (v.1)
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,
2. The Authority of God (v.2)
since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
3. The Gospel of God (v.3)
And this is eternal life that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.
4. The Covenant of God (v.4)
I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do.
5. The Cross of God (v.5)
And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Sermon Text:
John 17:1-5
When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.
Sermon Notes:
Thinking Biblically to Live Holy
Reformation: The act of correcting a wrong.
Decree: The eternal purposes of God by which events are foreordained.
John 11:41; John 7:39; John 2:4; John 12:23; Acts 2: 22-23; Luke 22:22
John 10:14-18, 26-30; John 6: 39-40, 44; Romans 5:1-2
Romans 3:21-31; 1 Cor. 15:1-4; Gal. 1:6-9; 1 Tim 6:3-5; Titus 3:4-7; John 3:17; 1 Thess. 1:9; Jer. 1:10
2 Timothy 1:9; Titus 1:1-3; 1 Peter 1:1-3; Exodus 24:3-8; John 19:30
John 1:1-2; Rev. 3:21; Col. 2:9-15; 2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 2:17; 1 John 4:9-10; Rom. 3:24-25
