DISCOURSE: 1707
OUR LORD’S PRAYER TO BE GLORIFIED ON EARTH
John 17:1. _These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven,
and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also
may glorify thee_.
THE work of intercession belongs to Christ, as the High-Priest of his
Church.... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1708
CHRIST’S POWER TO GIVE ETERNAL LIFE
John 17:2. _Thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should
give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him_.
WE have in these words an unbounded prospect from eternity to
eternity: they present to our view the commission first given... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1709
OUR LORD’S DYING APPEAL TO GOD
John 17:4. _I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the
work which thou gavest me to do. And now, O Father, glorify thou me
with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the
world was_.
A DYING scene, especially when the p... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1710
THE OBJECTS OF OUR LORD’S INTERCESSION
John 17:9. _I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them
which thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine,
and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them_.
THE Apostles were but weak in knowledge or in grace till... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1711
PRESERVATION FROM SIN MORE DESIRABLE THAN DELIVERANCE FROM AFFLICTION
John 17:15. _I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the
world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil_.
WE admire the solicitude which a dying parent expresses for the future
and eternal welfare... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1712
CHRISTIANS ARE NOT OF THE WORLD
John 17:16. _They are not of the world, even as I am not of the
world_.
SUCH is the enmity of a carnal mind to the will and law of God, that
men usually hate us most for those very things which render us most
acceptable in the sight of God. The sancti... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1713
THE END FOR WHICH CHRIST DEDICATED HIMSELF TO GOD
John 17:19. _For their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might
be sanctified through the truth_.
THE sanctification of men is no less necessary for their usefulness in
this world, than it is for their happiness in the world to... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1714
THE IMPORTANCE OF UNION AMONG CHRISTIANS
John 17:20. _Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which
shall believe on me through their word; 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... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1715
THE GLORY WHICH CHRIST GIVES TO HIS PEOPLE
John 17:22. _The glory which thou gavest me I hare given them_.
THE dignity of human nature is a favourite subject with many: nor, if
man be considered in his primeval state, can it be estimated too
highly. But man is a fallen creature, an... [ Continue Reading ]
DISCOURSE: 1716
CHRIST’S INTERCESSION
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, which thou hast
given me_.
THERE is an height, and depth, and length, and breadth in the love of
Christ, which can never be explored. His... [ Continue Reading ]