John 17:6 “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. 7 Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. 8 For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. 9 I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. 10 All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. 11 I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one as we are one. 12 While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled."
This intimate pray of Jesus to the Father is one of those to be overheard. Often He would go away from His disciples to pray, so they could not hear everything He was saying. That is what caused them to say: "Teach us to pray." Here He teaches through prayer. He lets them, and us, know that the truth He has given is what we need, so that when we receive it, we are receiving Him and the Father, and this opens ups the storehouses of truth we can believe in, we can trust in with certainty. These things bring us into an unbreakable bond with the Father and the Son. Blessed Assurance. Humble confidence. Total security.
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