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  THE GREATEST PRAYER EVER SPOKEN  John 17:6-19   This prayer contains some deep things which are hard to understand , but absolutely wonderful and the Scriptures are plain on these truths for the Christian faith.  And these things that are hard to understand is this…..  The Lord Jesus does things for His believing people which He does not do for the wicked and unbelieving. (v6-v10)  The Lord Jesus does not pray that His believing people to be taken out of this world, but to be kept from the evil of it. (v11-v19)  Lets look at the first thing this week.   Jesus prays for…..  The Lord Jesus does things for His believing people which He does not do for the wicked and unbelieving.  What is before us is something that specially hated by the world , and that is that Jesus helps the believer by special intersession .  Jesus says, “I pray for them, I pray not for the world, but  for them whom You have given Me.”  J C Ry...
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TURNING SORROW INTO JOY PART TWO

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  John 16:25-33 Faith, hope, and love are the central to the Christian’s faith.   These are the triad of Christian virtues as Jesus gives His final instructions as Jesus reassures them that they are loved by the Father.  During their time with Jesus, the disciples at times failed to understand what Jesus was saying.  For example, Jesus said, “And he called the people to him and said to them, “Hear and understand: it is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles a person.” Matt 15:11   But Peter tries and speak for the rest of the disciples, “But Peter said to him, “Explain the parable to us.” Matt 15:16 So, Jesus rebukes them, “And he said, “Are you also still without understanding? Do you not see that whatever goes into the mouth passes into the stomach and is expelled? But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. For out of th...
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