For Glory

The Lord Praying PART I
Rev David Bisgrove
21 June 2015

John 17: 1-5, 24
1After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:
"Father, the hour has come.  Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  2For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.  3Now this is eternal life; that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  4I have brought you glory on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.  5And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

24"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

Jesus is longing and telling us the meaning of life and ultimate reality

ESSENCE OF GLORY
--something transcendent.
--greater healing of the soul.
--Window in to the glory of God.
--Everything of this world is nothing compared to the glory of God.

PRIORITY OF GLORY
--v.24-love between the Father and Son had existed before creation.
--Self giving love is a dynamic currency.
--Father is the priority of our prayer life.
--Problems when we glorify other things and define our identity by it.

HOUR OF GLORY
--Staring at Jesus allows us to become more like Him.
--Jesus came to the world because we turned our back in Him.
--We are healed by fixing our gaze on him and giving our glory away.