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John 17:6 What did Jesus just pray? - Day 361

Good afternoon fellow disciples,

God's word really is sharper than a two edges sword.  Not that I have ever touched a two edged sword, but I have cut myself with a pocket knife.  Well this devotional took me be surprise.  I have about 8 years worth notes in my Quiet Time folder in my electronic Bible.  But not one on these 3 verses. And when I pondering "I have manifested your name" I was amazed.

So finish well my friends.

Blessings,

Jeff

Just as Paul's prayers are reminders of what is important and should not be forgotten, how much more is the High Priestly prayer what Jesus wants His disciples and us to remember.

Each believer was given to the Son by the Father. - The foundation of assurance.  

1) The Son repeating truth to the Father.  How then can I ignore this and pretend that it was my choice that saved me?  How can I not go looking for others who have been given to the Son but have not yet come into the kingdom?

2) This is really not petition, asking that these things would happen, but a statement of what has happened.  What does he say about his disciples.  Kept your word, know that everything that you have given me is from you, received (the words), came to know that I came from you, believed that you sent me.  When I look at the 12 in the upper room and immediately after resurrection, I don't know that I would say these things about them.   When the disciples heard this did they wonder if Jesus was talking about them.  But this is what Jesus says about them. That is what matters.  So are these things true of me?  Are they true of you?  Are we living these truths?

3) What does Jesus say that he has done?  Manifested (the Father's) name to the people.

Manifested - Strong's definition to make manifest or visible or known what has been hidden or unknown, to manifest, whether by words, or deeds, or in any other way

Name - we are familiar with the various names of God in the  Old Testament.

ESV note - Jesus' revelation of God's name entails making known the Father in his whole person, both his works and words.

So all the names of God in the Old Testament were fragmentary and in some way incomplete.  Jesus is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, Hebrews 1:3

More than Isaiah's chapter 6 vision.  If his response was "woe is me for I am lost" how much more am I overcome by this reality of what Jesus did.  I know the words but I do not experience this truth.

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