March 29
JOHN 17
6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9 I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. – John 17:6-10
JOHN 17 JESUS PRAYS FOR HIS OWN
A poem by ILMA inspired by these verses
When you belong to Jesus’ sheepfold
Rest assured that he is praying for you
Because you kept his word and believed in him
Your old is gone since you were washed from your sins
Those who weren’t chosen by God, denied his word
Jesus didn’t pray for those who belong to this world.
This prayer of Jesus contains a hard saying to some who believes that the whole world will be saved. When Jesus intercedes only to those who belong to his Father, he was only praying for those whom his Father chose. Many false religions and teachings think that the whole world is saved but some bible verses disagree with that notion such as these:
• Ephesians 1:4 -Even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him.
• 1 Peter 1:20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
• 2 Timothy 1:9 Who saved us and called us to a holy calling, not because of our works but because of his own purpose and grace, which he gave us in Christ Jesus before the ages began.
These verses show us that God knows all his elect even before he created the world. Some religions teach that we choose God, but clearly it is His choice, not ours.
REFLECTION
• What verses in the bible says that Jesus died only for some people and not all?
