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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><b>Jim & Marie Watt</b></font></p>
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30 - JOHN 17 - JESUS: HIS HIGH PRIESTLY PRAYER</b></p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in;" align="LEFT"><b>1.
17:4-5 (17:1-5) JESUS: PRAYER FOR HIMSELF. “I glorified you on
:earth, having accomplished the work which you have given me to do. <font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1">5</font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">
And now YOU glorify me with yourself, Father, with the glory which I
had with you before the world was” (NNT). </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Father,
we accept the word of Your Son. He had glory with You before the
world was; before His physical birth He had a relationship with You.
In His humanity You have made Him King of kings! </span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i>Hallowed
be your :name!</i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">2. 17:6 (17:6-10) JESUS:
PRAYER FOR THOSE GIVEN TO HIM. “I manifested your :name to the men
whom you gave me out of the world: yours they were, and you gave them
to me; and they have kept your :word.” </font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">What
a gracious prayer on our behalf, Father! And in Your Name - JEHOVAH
the Savior. </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">That</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is the essence of the name </span></span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><u><span style="">Jesus</span></u></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">,
that You gave to Your only begotten Son, in which we are kept! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:kingdom come.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">3.
17:11 (17:11-13) JESUS: FOR THEIR PRESERVATION AND ONENESS! “And
I am no more in the world, and THEY are in the world, and I come unto
you. Holy Father, keep them in your :name, in which you have given
them to me, that they be one, even as we</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">
are</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.”
</span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Father,
we are kept by Your Power through faith unto salvation (1 Peter 1:5),
and we are also kept by Your Name! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Your
:will be done, As in heaven, so on earth.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">4.
17:15-16 (17:14-19) JESUS: PRAYER FOR THEIR SANCTIFICATION. “I
ask not that you take them out of the world, but that you should keep
them out of the evil </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">one</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">.
</span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">16</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">First
You separate us unto Yourself through Reconciliation in answer to
Jesus' prayer, Father! Then You make Him to be unto us Holiness
inwardly, that through Him You might conform us unto His image, and
bring many sons into glory! O forgive us that we perceive Your
purposes so dimly! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Our
:daily :bread Give us this day.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">5.
17:20-21 (17:20-23) JESUS: PRAYER FOR ONENESS OF ALL BELIEVERS.
“And not for these only do I ask, but them also that believe unto
me through their :word; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">21</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
that all be one; even as you, Father, in me, and I in you, that THEY
also be in us: that the world believe that you did send me.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">We,
the living believers today, are also included in Jesus' prayer.
Father, we bless You for the all-encompassing nature of this prayer!
</span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
forgive us our :debts, As we also have forgiven our :debtors.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">6.
17:24 JESUS: PRAYER FOR BELIEVERS TO BE WITH HIM! “Father, what
you have given me, I desire that where I am, they also be with me,
that they may behold :my :glory, which you have given me: because you
loved me before the world's foundation.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">You
foreknew Your Son in the flesh, and You foreknew us in Him! Such
knowledge is too wonderful for us: we cannot attain unto it! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">And
bring us not into temptation.</span></i></font></b></p>
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<b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">7.
17:25-26 JESUS: HIS FINAL APPEAL FOR LOVE. “Righteous Father,
the world also knew you not, but I knew you; and these knew that you
did send me; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">26</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
and I made known to them your :name, and will make </span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">it</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
known; that the love with which you loved me be in them, and I in
them.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Your
Name Father, is the Key whereby Your love may abide with us! </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">But
deliver us from the evil </span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">one!</span></font></b></p>
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<u><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">NOTE</font></b></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><b>:
17:22-23 (17:20-23) JESUS: ON THE NATURE OF GOD'S GLORY. “And I
have given them the glory which you have given me; that they be one,
even as we </b></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">are</span></i></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
one; </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">23</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
I in them, and you in me, that they be perfected into one; that the
world know that you did send me, and loved them, even as you loved
me.” </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">These
are key verses in this whole chapter. O that in our spirits - we may
comprehend the majesty and truly heavenly nature of this prayer!</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">From
1949-1952 I attended and graduated from the Northern Baptist
Theological Seminary of Chicago. In 1950 I became assistant pastor at
the Tabernacle Baptist Church of Chicago, from which the Conservative
Baptist Movement was birthed. During that time, Dr. A.W. Tozer of a
church on Chicago's south side, preached a series of sermons on John
17 for his congregation of some 500. Seldom have we heard such a
depth of insight into the High Priestly prayer of Jesus. </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">This</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">
is truly the </span></span></font><u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="">Lord's
Prayer</span></font></u><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">.
The prayer in Matthew 6:9-15, is really “The Disciples' Prayer”,
which Jesus gave to them in answer to their request.</span></span></font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">John the Baptist gave his
disciples a model prayer pleasing to the Father. Jesus did the same
for His disciples. But John 17 is a prayer after the order of
Melchizedek (Psalm 110:4). It is a High Priestly Prayer! It is a
window into the relationship of Jesus the Son of Man and Son of God
to His heavenly Father. Perhaps there is no other chapter in the
entire Bible that reveals the relationship of the Father and His Son,
and their heart for us - the Redeemed from the lost race of Adam!</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2">Perhaps it would be proper and
correct to say no more concerning this most holy window of revelation
in the heart of our Father and Savior.</font></p>
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<font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">Our
Psalm for the day - </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">90:11-12
(90:1-17) FROM EVERLASTING TO EVERLASTING. “Who considers the
power of your anger, and your wrath according to the fear of you? </span></font><font style="font-size: 8pt;" size="1"><span style="text-decoration: none;">12</span></font><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;">
So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom”
(ESV). </span></font></b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="">This
is a good prayer by Moses for us in the closing years of our lives.
You have left us but a short time Father, and we don't want to beat
the air blindly before the return of Jesus. O please answer this
prayer for us. </span></span></font><b><font style="font-size: 11pt;" size="2"><i><span style="text-decoration: none;">Hallowed
be your :name!</span></i></font></b></p>
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