6 “I have revealed you to the ones you gave me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything I have is a gift from you, 8 for I have passed on to them the message you gave me. They accepted it and know that I came from you, and they believe you sent me.
9 “My prayer is not for the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to you. 10 All who are mine belong to you, and you have given them to me, so they bring me glory. 11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name; now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are. 12 During my time here, I protected them by the power of the name you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost, except the one headed for destruction, as the Scriptures foretold.
13 “Now I am coming to you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world so they would be filled with my joy. 14 I have given them your word. And the world hates them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world. 15 I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one. 16 They do not belong to this world any more than I do. 17 Make them holy by your truth; teach them your word, which is truth. 18 Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them into the world. 19 And I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they can be made holy by your truth.
Tori's Comments:
Tori is still out of the country :-)
Terrie's Comments:
There are many things that Jesus is praying for those who belong to him...
- for protection so that the body is united just as God and Jesus are united.
-He reveals that he told things for the purpose that we would be filled with His joy.
-He gave us His word but also asked God to teach them His word, which is truth.
-He didn't ask God to take us out of the world, however he did ask God to keep us safe from the evil one.
-He asked God to make us Holy by His truth. (it is important to renew our minds in the Word of God)
-He sends us into the world just as God sent Jesus into the world.
-The world will hate us because we do not belong to the world. If the world loves us and we fit into the world do we need to be re-adjusting our eyes, desires, goals and actions to a more heavenly mind set?
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