The Radioactive Prayer of God the Son Part 2

John 17:6-19

Three sovereign works by the Father that you need to finish the mission as a disciple of Christ.

Sermon Notes

Proposition: three sovereign works by the Father that you need to finish the mission as a disciple of Christ.

Sovereign work #1—You must be preserved by the Father for the witness of the church (vv. 6-13)

5 Descriptions of a Disciple

Description #1

Description #2

Description #3

Description #4 & 5

Sovereign work #2—You must be protected by the Father against the Devil’s schemes against the church (vv. 14-15)

Three questions about the “evil one”: 1) who is the “evil one”? 2) What are the kinds of things he does from which we need to be “kept”? 3) What does it mean to be “kept” from him and how does this happen?

6 strategies of the evil one

#1—doubt

#2—distraction

#3—danger

#4—division

#5—deception

#6—diversion

3 means the Father uses to keep His sheep from being destroyed by the evil one:

#1—Biblical preaching.

#2—Biblically qualified leaders in the local church.

#3—The “one another’s” of Scripture

Sovereign work #3—You must be propelled by the Father for the mission of the church (vv. 16-19)

Jerod Gilcher

Jerod is the former College Pastor at Faith Bible Church. He is now the senior pastor at Christ Community Bible Church in Arlington, Texas. He and his wife Sarah have three daughters and he enjoys learning languages, particularly ancient languages. 

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