John Chapter 17 {The TRUE Lord's Prayer} {Verses 1-5: Jesus Prays for Himself -   (Having in Mind the Plan of the Father} 1~~These words having communicated/taught {laleo} Jesus {doctrines in chapter 15-16}, He lifted His eyes upward heaven and said {lego}, "Father, the hour/time has come   {point of time in the Father's plan - the cross} - with the result that will go on forever. Glorify Your Son   {a command - He is on strong praying ground for this request}, for the purpose that Your Son may glorify You." {Note: Jesus knows the demand of the Father and demands the will of the Father be. The more doctrine you have, the more solid the ground you are on to command things from God - IF they are in agreement with the Will of God. Jesus, in His Humanity, knew more doctrine then any other man who ever lived.} 2~~ "According as You {God the Father} have given Him {God the Son} authority/commission/right {exousia} over all flesh {sarx - meaning humanity}, for the purpose that He {Jesus} may give everlasting/eternal {aionios} life {zoe} to all whom You {Father} have given to Him {Son}." {Note: This verse says that every believer is a gift from God the Father to God the Son. And, Jesus 'may give' everlasting life is only potential. This means that His omniscience knew in eternity past who would believe, but they do not receive everlasting life at the point they do believe.} {SideNote: In later tapes, RBT says aionios means either eternal or everlasting. When applied to God, He has no beginning so it is eternal. When applied to creatures, we have a beginning with no end, so then it should be everlasting.} 3~~"Moreover, this keeps on being life everlasting/eternal . . . for the purpose that they {believers in time} might 'know from the experience of study' {ginosko} You {God the Father}, the only/one/unique {monos} true {alethinos} God   {referring to God the Father as the designer of the Plan}, and Jesus Christ, Whom You {God the Father} 'sent on a mission under Your authority' {apostello}." {Note: God the Father is Spirit and is invisible. He is known only through the Word.} {Completion of the Incarnation of Jesus Christ} 4~~ "I glorified You on earth . . . by finishing {teleioo} - at a point of time - the work You gave for the purpose that I might do it." {Note: This verse indicates that the humanity of Jesus has firmly agreed to go to the cross the next day. His work {Jesus' Second Petition for Glory} 5~~ "And now, Father, glorify Me by the side of Yourself   {a command to be seated at the right side of the Father based on   knowledge of His will} with the glory I had beside You before the world/universe {cosmos} existed/'was created'." {Verses 6-19: Jesus Prays for the Apostles} {Verses 6-8: Fulfillment of the Teaching Ministry   of Jesus in the Incarnation} 6~~ "I {Jesus} have manifested/'made the invisible visible' {phaneroo} Your Name to the men {specifically the disciples but all believers also} Whom You {God} gave Me out of the cosmos/world. They belonged to You, and You gave them to Me, and they have 'guarded what belonged to them'/obeyed {tereo} Your {God the Father's} Word." {Note: Tereo means to guard something that you own. It is used here for taking in doctrine and metabolizing that doctrine into the norms and standards (conscience) of your soul. It is a technical phrase for building an edification complex of the soul.} 7~~"At this moment, they 'know from the experience of study' {ginosko} that 'the all things' {bible doctrines} that You {God the Father} have given Me {Jesus} come from the immediate source of {para} You." 8~~"Because I {Jesus} have given them the 'mandate through doctrine'/words {rhema} You {God the Father} have given Me. They have received {prophetic statement - they will in a few days}. And they truly/surely {alethes} 'have known from the experience of study' {ginosko}   {it is in 'gnosis' type doctrine in their minds but not ready to   apply yet to experience} that I came from the immediate source of {para} You, and they will believe at a point in time' that You 'sent Me on a mission under Your authority {apostello}." 9~~ "I {Jesus} keep on 'intensely praying' {erotao} on behalf of them. I am absolutely not {ouk} 'intensely praying' {erotao} on behalf of the world, but, in contrast, on behalf of those You {God the Father} have given Me {Jesus}, because they keep on belonging to You." {Note: Erotao means to 'interrogate', which usually means to intensely question. Here it is used for Jesus intensely praying on behalf of the disciples. In this verse, Jesus' emphasis is on His prayer on behalf of specifically the disciples, but generally for all believers that God the Father has given to Him as a gift. Yet, in the end of the verse, Jesus states that He recognizes that we are still in the Father's plan and continue to belong to the Father also.} 10~~"And, all Mine keep on being Yours, and Yours . . . Mine, and I {Jesus} receive glorify by them." {Note: In time, believers reflect the Glory of Christ but operating under the filling of the Holy Spirit and reflect His Thinking/Mind. In eternity future, we receive rewards. The rewards reflect forever the grace of God.} 11~~ "And now, I am no longer in the cosmos/world   {anticipating the cross to ascension to heaven}, but these {disciples} keep on being in the cosmos/world, but I come face to face with You . . . 'Set Apart'/Holy Father . . . 'guard what belongs to you'/keep {tereo} them safe by means of Your Person/Name/Essence/Character {onoma} . . . those whom You have given Me - in the past with results that continue forever - for the purpose that they may be one . . . just as We {are ONE - identical essence}." 12~~"When I {Jesus} kept on being with them I kept on guarding {tereo} them in Your Name. Those that You have given Me - in the past with the result that they belong to Me forever - I have kept/'mounted guard against a known enemy' {phulasso} them and none of them is destroyed/obliterated/perished {apollumi} except the 'son of perdition/destruction/perish' {huios apoleia}, for the purpose that the scripture {Psalm 41:9 quoted in John 13:18} could 'be fulfilled/'be fully possessed'/'be fully influence' {pleroo}." {Note: Huios is son. Apoleia is perdition. The title huios apoleia is used only twice in the bible and it refers to someone personally possessed by Satan - here Judas Iscariot.} 13~~ "And now I come face to face with You, and these things {doctrines}, I kept on communicating/teaching {laleo} in the cosmos/world, for the purpose that they might keep on having and holding {echo} My 'inner happiness'/joy {chara} . . . fulfilled {pleroo} in the sphere of themselves." 14~~"I {Jesus} have given them all Your Word - in the past with the result that they have the Word forever {perfect tense}- and the cosmos/world {Satan's organized system} has hated them, because they {believers with the Word} absolutely are not {ouk} of this world/'cosmic system' even as I absolutely am not {ouk} of this world/'cosmic system'." {Note: This refers to the completed canon of scripture here. It will be reduced to writing by 96 AD. FINE IMPORTANT POINT: Satan does not really hate ALL believers. Satan ONLY hates believers who have the Word resident in their souls.} 15~~ "I {Jesus} am absolutely not {ouk} keeping on 'intensely praying' {erotao} You to take them out of the world, but, in contrast, that you 'guard what belongs to you' {tereo} them {believers with doctrine} from the evil one {Satan}." {Note: Jesus is saying that He is NOT praying for believers with doctrine be removed as soon as they have an edification complex of the soul.} 16~~ "They {believers with doctrine} keep on being absolutely not {ouk} out from the cosmos/world just as I {Jesus} keep on being absolutely not {ouk} out from the cosmos/world." {Mechanics - Word of God the Father is THE TRUTH} 17~~"'Set them apart'/'sanctify them'   {believers with doctrine in their souls} by means of Your 'body of doctrine'/Truth {aletheia}   {a command - based on strong doctrinal standing- claiming a   promise from God}. Your Word/Logos keeps on being the Doctrine/Truth {aletheia}." {Note: Aletheia means 'the whole system of doctrine' with emphasis on categories. It is often translated 'truth' in the KJV but is closer in meaning to 'that which we believe to be true'. In the bible, it refers to the various categories of doctrines/truth ('precept upon precept') decreed by God the Father. The Word was declared by God the Father in His divine decrees. The other members of the Godhead agreed to voluntarily submit themselves to the plan of the Father. Jesus is the only manifest member of the Godhead. He BECAME the Logos/Word. The bible is the Mind of Christ.} {Purpose of the Church Age} 18~~ "Just as You 'sent Me on a mission under Your authority' {apostello} into the cosmos/world   {to fulfill the central part of the Divine Decrees}, even so I also 'sent them all on a mission under My authority' {apostello} into the cosmos/world." {Note: Jesus was sent into the world by God the Father to fulfill the most important part of the Divine Decrees for humanity - His sacrifice in humbling Himself to take on the outer form of a man (100% true humanity) and to go to the cross as a substitute for us. Jesus also declares that He has 'sent believers in the Church Age on a mission on behalf of Him and under His authority.} {Function of the Church Age - Intake of Bible Doctrine} 19~~ "And 'on behalf of them'/'for their sakes'{huper} I continually 'set apart to God'/sanctified Myself, for the purpose that they too might {potentially} keep on being 'set apart to God'/sanctified by means of doctrine/Truth." {Emphasis added} {Note: The means of truly being set apart to God is by means of the intake of His Word. Jesus Himself in His Humanity studied doctrine - Luke 2:40 and 52. As you take in the Word on a daily basis, you build a 'structure' or 'edification complex' of the soul that consists of doctrines built upon doctrine. Jesus metabolized more doctrine into His soul, than any other human who ever lived. He set the pattern that we are to imitate.} {Verses 20-26: Jesus Prays for the Church - (Completes Work of the Plan of the Father During this Dispensation} 20~~"Neither am I absolutely not {ouk} praying only for these {disciples plus all Church Age believers} alone, but, in contrast, concerning them who also shall keep on believing in the direction of {eis} Me through their word {logos}." {Verses 21- : 6 Purpose Clauses (then 3 more)} 21-23~~"For the {first} purpose that they may always keep on being one   {Baptism of the Holy Spirit - Dry Baptism - in Union with Christ}; just as You, Father . . . {keep on being} in Me and I {Jesus} . . . {keep on being} in You. Also, for the {second} purpose that they may keep on being one in Us. For the {third} purpose that the cosmos/world {Satan and his followers} may believe that You sent Me. 22~~ And, the glory {doxa} which You gave to Me {ECS and Resurrection body} - in the past with results that continue forever - I {Jesus} have given to them - to their advantage - for the {fourth} purpose that they may keep on being one just as We keep on being one. 23~~ I {Jesus} in them and You {God the Father} in Me . . . for the {fifth} purpose that they may receive completion/'perfection'/fulfillment {teleioo} because of One {accomplished by God the Holy Spirit}. For the {sixth} purpose that the cosmos/world may know from the experience of study or observation' {ginosko} that You 'sent Me on a mission under Your authority' {apostello}, and You have loved {agapao} them just as You have loved {agapao} Me." {Note: Doxa means glory. It means the total essence of all the characteristics of God. In time, when you study doctrine and metabolize it into your soul, you build a structure/altar in the soul which is also called the 'edification complex of the soul' (ECS). This structure is built of God's divine decrees and reflects His glory in time. Jesus Christ reflected the glory of the Father in time. Now Church Age believers build ECS's and reflect the Mind of Christ which, since we belong to Him and it is His thinking, brings glory to Him. Next, the resurrection body reflects the glory of the Lord and we will receive a similar resurrection body at the rapture of the Church.} 24~~ "Father, I desire for the {seventh} purpose that those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, so that they {Church Age believers} also whom You have given Me keep on being with Me Where I keep on being {anticipating heaven}, for the {eighth} purpose that they might keep on contemplating/ 'beholding with interest and attention' {theoreo} My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the creation/foundation of the cosmos/world." {Note: From this verse, we see the Church Age believers will live in heaven with Christ. Old Testament believers are said to live in the re-constructed universe's New Jerusalem and the New Earth.} {Verses 25-26: Legacy of Jesus Christ to the Church Age Believers} 25~~"Righteous {dikaios} Father, the cosmos/world has not 'known from the experience of study' {ginosko} You, but, in contrast, I {Jesus} 'know from the experience of study' {ginosko}You, and these men 'know from the experience of study' {ginosko} that You sent Me on a mission under Your authority {apostello}." 26~~"And, I {Jesus} have revealed/declared {gnorizo} Your name to them, and I will continue to reveal/declare {gnorizo}   {legacy Jesus left us - His Mind - the Mind of Christ - the Word of   God all of the bible was written for the purpose of our   understanding - ALL of the Word!}, for the {ninth} purpose that the love {agape} with which You have loved {agapao} Me   {Father loved the Son in eternity past and continues to love Him} may {potential only} keep on being in them, and I . . . {keep on being} in them." {Note: The potential love of the Father is available to all Church Age believers, but only in one way - through building an edification complex of the soul.} ************************************************** This page is sponsored by Kenneth Sidley, CPA. 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