Sunday Morning - March 30, 1997
Text: John 17:20-24 "Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; 21. That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. 22. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: 23. I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. 24. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world."
John 17:20 "Neither pray I for these [Apostles] alone, but for them [saved Jews and Gentiles] also which shall believe [present passive participle] on me through their [written] word;"
John 17:24 "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory..."
BELIEVE
John 6:29 "Jesus answered and said unto them, This is the work of God, that ye believe [present active indicative] on him whom he hath sent."
HATH AGELASTING LIFE
John 6:47 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth [present active participle] on me hath everlasting life."
OTHER SHEEP
John 10:16 "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd."
Acts 2:38-39 "Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. 39. For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call."
John 7:38-39 "He that believeth [present active participle] on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39. (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe [present active participle] on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)"
John 17:21 "That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me."
NO DIVISIONS
1 Corinthians 1:10 "Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."
KEEP THE UNITY
Ephesians 4:2-6 "With all lowliness and meekness, with longsuffering, forbearing one another in love; 3. Endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4. There is one body, and one Spirit, even as ye are called in one hope of your calling; 5. One Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6. One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all."
Ephesians 4:32 "And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you."
ONE SPIRIT, ONE MIND, TOGETHER
Philippians 1:27 "Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that ... I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;"
John 17:24 "Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my glory..."
1 Peter 1:21 "Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God."
BIBLICAL HOPE
Luke 23:8-9 "And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. 9. Then he questioned with him in many words; but he answered him nothing."
LIVING HOPE
1 Peter 1:3 "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,"
WHAT IS THAT HOPE
Romans 5:2-5 "By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. 3. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; 4. And patience, experience; and experience, hope: 5. And hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us."
Titus 2:13 "Looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;"
HOPE OF HIS CALLING
Ephesians 1:18 "The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,"
HOPE LAID UP IN HEAVEN
Colossians 1:5 "For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;"
DON'T MOVE AWAY FROM THE HOPE
Colossians 1:23 "If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard,..."
THE HOPE OF GLORY
Colossians 1:27 "To whom God would make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles; which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:"
HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE
Titus 3:7 "That being justified by his grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life."
Numbers 13:27 "... We came unto the land ..., and surely it floweth with milk and honey; and this is the fruit of it."
Joshua 5:12 "And the manna ceased ... neither had the children of Israel manna any more; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year."
Ezekiel 20:6 "In the day that I lifted up mine hand unto them, to bring them forth ... into a land that I had espied for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands:"