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Book: John
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John 17:12
I. While I was with them in the world.
A. "He was in the world and the world was made by Him, and the
world knew Him not, He came to His own, and His own received
Him not, but as many as received Him, to them gave He the power
to become the Son's of God even to them that believe on His
name, who were born not blood nor of the will o the flesh, nor
of the will of man, but of God."
B. How he shepherded over them while He was with them.
MAR 9:14 And when he came to [his] disciples, he saw a great multitude
about them, and the scribes questioning with them.
MAR 9:15 And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were
greatly amazed, and running to [him] saluted him.
MAR 9:16 And he asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
C. How He loved them.
John 13:1 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his
hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the
Father, d his own which were in the world, he loved
them unto the end.
John 15:9 "As the Father has loved Me so have I loved you, continue in My
love."
John 13:34 "A new commandment give I unto you, love one another as I
d you."
John 15:12 "This is My commandment, that you love one another as I
d you."
D. How He modeled for them.
1PE 2:21 For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered
for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps:
1JO 4:17 Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the
day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
1. He modeled the importance of prayer.
2. He modeled a life of submission and obedience to the
Father.
3. He modeled grace, mercy and forgiveness.
a. How forgiving He was to even those who
crucified Him. "Father forgive them, they know
not what they do."
b. How much more is His forgiveness toward His
stumbling child.
II. "I kept them in Thy name."
A. "The name Jehovah is a strong tower, the righteous runneth into
it and is safe."
1. What's in a name?
a. If you were a Hebrew, much.
b. God would often change their name to signify a
change in their character. Jacob to Israel.
2. God said that He would honor His name above His word.
3. The name Jehoshua, or Jesus in Greek. Becoming our
salvation.
a. This is a name that is above all names. "For
God has given Him a name that is above every
name that at the name of Jesus every knee shall
bow, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ
is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
B. How are we kept by the name of God.
1. Jehovah means the becoming one. Thus by the
appropriation of the name of God, He becomes everything
to you that you might need.
a. To Abraham in need of a substitute sacrifice He
became Jehovah-jireh.
b. To Moses army in need of banners He became
Jehovah nissi.
c. To Gideon looking at the coming battle against
the Medianites He became Jehovah Shalom.
d. To us He has become Jehovah tsidkenu.
C. Jude finishes his short epistle with this benediction. "Now
unto Him who is able to keep you from falling and to present
you faultless before His presence with exceeding joy, to the
only wise God our Savior, be glory and honor, dominion and
power, both now and forevermore. Amen."
D. How many times I would have fallen, but Jesus held me up.
1. Ps.124:2 "If it had not been that the Lord was on our
side when men rose up against us, we would have been
swallowed up."
III. "Those that Thou gavest Me I have kept, and none of them is lost."
A. As the good shepherd He kept the flock entrusted to His care.
1. He was not satisfied that the 99 were in the fold but
went out on the mountainside looking for the lost
sheep.
2. How anxious He is to keep all entrusted to Him by the
Father.
3. Sometimes we are so anxious to cast them out of the
fold.
a. If they are troublesome sheep, or noisy sheep
we are ready to cast the out of the fold.
b. We are so slow to forgive or to bring them
back.
4. There are some who do not belong in the fold.
a. They may be there under coercion, someone drug
them there.
b. They are there in body, but not in mind and
spirit.
c. John says of them they went out from us, but
they were not of us, for had they been of us,
they would not have gone out from us, but they
went out from us that it might be manifested
that they were not of us.
d. John tells us in 6:64 "But there are some of
you that that believe not. For Jesus knew from
the beginning who they were who believed not,
and who would betray Him. Therefore I said unto
you that no man can come unto Me except it were
given unto him of My Father. John tells us that
from that time many of His disciples went back
and walked no more with Him."
IV. "And none is lost but the son of perdition, that the scripture might
be fulfilled."
A. Jesus said to His disciples, have I not chosen twelve of you
yet one of you is the devil? John tells us that He knew from
the beginning who it was who would betray Him.
B. It was Judas who objected to the woman pouring the costly
ointment upon Jesus, with the hyperspiritual suggestion that
the ointment should not be wasted but sold for a great sum and
the money be given to the poor. Not that he had any real
concern for the poor but he held the purse, and had been
thieving out of it.
C. Son of perdition an interesting title, and used only one other
time in the scriptures, and that concerning the anti-christ.
D. "That the scripture might be fulfilled."
JOH 13:18 I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the
scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath
lifted up his heel against me.
PSA 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat
of my bread, hath lifted up [his] heel against me.
E. Peter later speaking of Judas said, "He was numbered with us
and had obtained part of this ministry." Peter was suggesting
the need to appoint someone to take the place of Judas as an
apostle. Peter prayed that God would show them which of the two
that they had selected should take the part of the ministry and
apostleship from which Judas by transgression fell, that he
might go to his own place that rhymed with fell.
V. "And now I come to Thee, and these things I speak in the world, that
they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves."
A. Jesus is now praying that His joy might be fulfilled in them.
1. In chapter 14 He had said to His disciples, "Peace I
leave with you, My peace I give unto you."
2. Now He is praying that they might know His joy.
3. He has told them that they are to love as He loved
them.
4. His peace, His joy, His love, what more could I want,
what more do I need?
5. Perhaps His faith. He is the author and finisher of our
faith. Peter in speaking of the healing of the lame man
declared, And through the faith that is by Him, this
man standeth before you whole.
B. His desire is that His joy might be fulfilled in you.
1. What a powerful witness your life becomes when you are
filled with His joy.
2. The fullness of joy is related to:
a. Our keeping His commandments, and abiding in
His love. 15:11. "These things have I spoken
unto you that your joy may be full.
b. With our prayer life. John 16:24. Ask and you
shall receive that your joy may be full.
c. With our fellowship with the Father and the
Son. I Jo 1:4
d. With our fellowship with each other.
II Jo 1:12.
3. We are told that in His presence is fullness of joy,
and at His right hand pleasures forever more. Ps.16:11
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