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Sermon Outline:
“The Lord’s Prayer” (pt 4) John 17:20-26
Outline:
1. Sovereignty (v.20)
“I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through
their word,
2. Unity (v.21)
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 me.
3. Glory (v.22)
The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one,
4. Charity (v. 23-25, 26b)
I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world
may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I
desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to
see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the
foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not
know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me… that the love
with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
5. Authority (v. 26a)
I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known,…
Sermon Text:
John 17:20-26
“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 me. The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
Sermon Notes:
Thinking Biblically to Live Holy
John 4:39, Romans 10:14, 1 Cor. 3:5, 1 Peter 1:8-9, 2 Peter 1:19-21
This is not unanimity or uniformity… but unity in the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 John 1:3, 3:24, 5:20
John 1:14, 17:24
Ephesians 1:3-14, John 16:27, 5:20, Revelation 16:5, John 17:11, Jeremiah 12:1
John 15:15, 1:18
