Pastor Leon’s SOAP:  Scripture, Observation, Application, Prayer
August 15, 2023: SOAP #5003: Jeremiah 18-20; Psalm 93; John 17

SCRIPTURE:  John (NIV) 17:24 “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. 25 “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. 26 I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

OBSERVATION:  Jesus is talking to His father.  He refers to a time before Genesis 1:1. It was a time of living in the Father’s love and receiving glory as God the Son from God the Father.  Even though a time of intense suffering is ahead, Jesus is convinced that the Father loves him!  He wants His disciples and followers to receive that same love from the Father!

Jesus wants His followers to know and appreciate the glory that He left in order to carry the cross and pay for our sins.  

Here is what I see in verse 26.  To ensure that the Father loves his followers with the same love He has for Jesus, Jesus will live in them!  As members of His body, they will experience the special love that Jesus enjoys from the Father. 

APPLICATION:  Not only do I have the presence of Jesus in my life, I have the love of the Father!  Because Jesus lives in me, I enjoy the victory and the honor he won on the cross in the defeat of satan!   This is what Jesus wants for me!  This is what He prayed for me. 

PRAYER:  Lord, you have honored me far beyond what I deserve.  I am so unworthy of all you have done for me.  May the words I speak and the things I do bring glory and honor to you.  Amen

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