- [Probably best to do on a Wednesday evening – lots of points.]
- This passage is dense. Lots going on. It’s deep and complex.
- One of the things worth pulling from this passage: there is an almost overwhelming about of information on the connections between Father, Son, and the disciples.
- I don’t want to spend a lot of time on each point, but it’s useful to be specific as we look at this interaction.
- Let’s start, though, with the big point I want to draw out of this sermon.
A BIG IDEA FROM THIS PASSAGE: Father and Son are deeply, lovingly, joyfully connected.
THE CONNECTIONS OF FATHER, SON, AND THE DISCIPLES:
1. Jesus revealed the Father to the disciples.
- John 17:6.
2. The Father gave Jesus the disciples out of the world.
- John 17:6.
3. The disciples were the Father’s, given to Jesus.
- John 17:6.
4. The disciples know that what Jesus received is from the Father.
- John 17:7.
5. Jesus gave the disciples the words the Father gave Him.
- John 17:8.
6. All Jesus has is the Father’s.
- John 17:10.
7. All the Father has is Jesus’.
- John 17:10.
8. Jesus gets glory through the disciples.
- John 17:10.
9. Jesus is going to the Father.
- John 17:11, 13.
10. Jesus and the Father are one.
- John 17:11, 21.
11. The Father sent Jesus into the world.
- John 17:18.
12. Jesus sends the disciples into the world.
- John 17:18.
13. Jesus is in the Father; the Father is in Jesus.
- John 17:21.
14. Jesus gave the disciples the glory the Father gave Him.
- John 17:22.
15. As the Father is in Jesus, so Jesus is in the disciples.
- John 17:23.
16. The Father sent Jesus.
- John 17:23, 25.
17. The Father loves the disciples.
- John 17:23.
18. The Father loves Jesus.
- John 17:23, 26.
19. The Father gave Jesus glory.
- John 17:24.
20. The Father loved Jesus before the creation of the world.
- John 17:24.
21. Jesus knows the Father.
- John 17:25.
22. Jesus made the Father known to the disciples.
- John 17:26.
23. The Father’s love for Jesus is in the disciples.
- John 17:26.
24. Jesus is in the disciples.
- John 17:26.
