Bible Readings:
1 Peter 1:1 – 21, John 3:16 – 21; 15:18 – 27
Sermon Outline:
John 17:9 (NKJV)
9“I pray for them. I do not pray for the world but for those whom You have given Me, for they are Yours.
The four things Jesus prays for the Church in John 17
Safety, Purity, Unity, Eternity
I Jesus’ earnest pleading with the Father
II The danger the disciples will be in
III How are the disciples to be kept?
John 17:11 (NKJV)
11Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have given Me, that they may be one as We are.
1 Peter 1:5 (NKJV)
5who are kept by the power of God through faith for salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.