"Jesus prays for the only hope of humanity-- those who will take the Light of His Gospel into a fallen world."
Recorded on: Sunday, 01/26/2020 at 10:00 AM
Description:
Delivered during the Sunday morning worship service, 01/26/2020. One of our culture's greatest deceptions is that the world we live in-- the world of fallen humanity, is a "wonderful world". John has clearly established in his Gospel that it is not. Rather, it is a world of wickedness and evil, in open rebellion against God, and therefore under His judgment and subject to His unquantifiable wrath. As bleak of a picture as that might present, it is the background upon which the glorious solution Christ is offering to that world must be painted. In this segment of His "High Priestly Prayer", Jesus presents a paradox of sorts: He will not pray for this evil world, but rather for the only ones who can save it-- those His Father has given Him out of the world. In doing so, He reveals the solution to the problem of sin and the battle plan of the Kingdom. His prayer is for those He has sovereignly chosen to rescue from the darkness, and then send right back into that darkness as its only hope. It is a prayer for those in whom He will be glorified; a prayer for the true heroes of humanity-- a prayer for the Light-bearers.
