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Book: John
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John 17:1
I. "As You have given Him power over all flesh"
A. This is not a request, but a statement.
1. Psalm 2:7 "I will declare the decree, You have said
unto Me, Thou art My beloved Son, this day have I
begotten You, ask of Me and I will give unto You the
heathen for Your inheritance and the uttermost parts of
the earth for Your inheritance."
2. Daniel 7:14 "And there was given unto Him dominion, and
glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations and
languages should serve Him. His dominion is an
everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and
His kingdom shall not be destroyed."
3. Matt.28:18 Jesus declared, "All power is given Me, in
heaven and in earth."
4. John 3:5 "The Father loveth the Son and has given all
things into His hand."
5. Phil. 2:9 "Wherefore God has also highly exalted Him
and given Him a name that is above every name, that at
the name of Jesus every knee shall bow, of those in
heaven, and those in earth, and those under the earth.
Every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to
the glory of God the Father."
6. Hebrews 2:8 "Thou hast put all things in subjection
under His feet, for in that He has put all into
subjection unto Him, He left nothing that is not put
under Him. But we do not yet see all things put under
Him. But we see Jesus who was made a little lower than
the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with
glory and honor, that He by the grace of God taste
death for every man."
B. What does it mean to me, that God has given Him power over all
flesh, and has put all things in subjection unto Him?
1. He has the power to destroy me, or to give me eternal
life.
2. As the psalmist said in 31:15, "My times are in Your
hand."
3. Daniel said to Belshazzer, "The God in whose hand your
very breath is, you have not glorified."
4. I have a free will, I can submit to His authority, or I
can rebel against His authority. I only have this right
because God has allowed me this right. He could remove
this right at any time.
a. If I rebel, it is only to my own hurt, and
destruction. How many people have found this
tragically to be true.
b. If I submit to His Lordship, He gives to me
eternal life.
5. In John 5:27 we read that God has given Him power to
execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
6. Though He has the power for the final disposition of
each of us to life, or damnation, in reality, He has
allowed us to choose our own destiny. So it is up to me
to submit or rebel. A person will not be able to blame
God for sending them to hell. They will be there by
their own choice to rebel against the authority of
Jesus Christ over their lives.
7. It is my prayer that He exercise His power over my
flesh.
a. Many of us can identify with the statement
Jesus made concerning Peter. "The Spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak."
b. As we wrestle with our flesh, we discover what
a formidable foe the flesh can be.
c. Paul says the spirit lusteth against the
flesh, and the flesh against the spirit, and
these two are contrary, so that we do not
always do as we desire.
d. O Lord, dwell in me and give me your power over
my flesh.
II. "That He should give eternal life."
A. "And this is the record that God has given unto us eternal
life, and this life is in the Son, and he that has the Son, has
life, He that has not the Son has not life.
1. Here we are told that Jesus has been given the power
over all flesh, that He might give eternal life, to as
many as the Father has given Him.
2. Jesus has been given the power to give, to those who
have been given.
3. But as many as received Him, to them gave He the power
to become the Sons of God, even to those who believed
on His name.
4. "The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is
eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
B. Jesus has given to me, the marvelous gift of eternal life.
1. The rich young ruler came to Jesus and knelt at His
feet asking "Good Master what good thing must I do to
have eternal life?"
2. Jesus answered, "Why do you call me good, there is only
one that is good and that is God. If you would enter
into life, keep the commandments."
a. Why would Jesus ask the question, "Why do you
call me good there is none good but One and
that is God."?
b. Jesus is either suggesting, that He is no good,
or that He is God.
c. I believe that Jesus is seeking to awaken his
consciousness to the fact that what he
recognized in Jesus that brought him to the
place of coming to Jesus was his unconscious
recognition, that Jesus is God, and that Jesus
had the secret of eternal life.
3. His desire was to do some good thing, to receive
eternal life. If you could earn eternal life, it would
no longer be a gift.
4. Paul said, "By grace are you saved through faith, and
that not of yourselves, it is a gift of God, not of
works, lest any man should boast."
5. Jesus said, "My sheep hear My voice, and I know them
and they follow Me, and I give unto them eternal life,
and they shall never perish, neither shall any man
pluck them out of My hand."
III. "That He might give eternal life to as many as you have given Him."
A. Here we get into that mysterious and glorious truth of Divine
election.
1. He gives eternal life to those who the Father has given
to Him.
2. In Acts 13:48 we read, "And as many as were ordained
unto eternal life, believed."
3. Jesus earlier said, 6:37, "All that the Father giveth
Me shall, come to Me, and he that cometh unto Me, I
will in no wise cast out."
4. Again in 6:39 Jesus said, "And this is the Father's
will, who has sent Me, that of all which He has given
Me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again
in the last day."
5. Jesus said that no man could come to Him unless the
Father drew them.
6. Again He said that no man could come to him, unless it
was given to him of the Father.
7. In 10:29 He said, "My Father which gave them to Me is
greater than all, and no man is able to pluck them out
of My Father's hand."
8. Vs. 6,9,11,24
9. II Thes. 2:13, "But we are bound to give thanks always
unto God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because
God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation
through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the
truth."
10. Eph.1:4 "According as He has chosen us in Him before
the foundation of the earth."
B. If I teach or understand this doctrine of election as holding
some people out of the Kingdom of God, then my understanding of
it is wrong.
1. For the gospel is for whosoever will.
2. Jesus whoever would come to Him He would in no wise
cast out.
3. Jesus said, "Come unto Me, ALL ye that labor and are
heavy laden, and I will give you rest."
4. "And the Spirit and the bride say come, and let him
that heareth say come, and let him that is athirst
come, and whosoever will, let him take of the water of
life freely."
5. You need never fear or wonder if the Lord has chosen
you as one of His children.
6. All you have to do is to come to Jesus Christ and
accept Him as the Lord of your life, and He will in no
way cast you out.
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