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John 17:1-26
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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.
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.
7Now they know that
everything you have given me comes from you.
8For 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.
9I pray for them. I am not
praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours.
10All I have is yours, and
all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them.
11I 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.
12While 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.
13 I am coming to you now,
but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the
full measure of my joy within them.
14I have given them your word
and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am
of the world.
15My prayer is not that you
take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one.
16They are not of the world,
even as I am not of it.
17Sanctify them by the truth;
your word is truth.
18As you sent me into the
world, I have sent them into the world.
19For them I sanctify myself,
that they too may be truly sanctified.
20 My prayer is not for them
alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,
21that all of them may be
one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you.
May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.
22I have given them the glory
that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one
23I in them and you in me so
that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you
sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
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.
25 Righteous Father, though
the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me.
26I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in
order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in
them.
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1)
Does glory in the
bible specifically refer to visual splendor and why, given John 12:23-24?
o For Jesus to be glorified is for him to be crucified.
o There is
o No visual splendor.
o But only shame and disgrace.
o In crucifixion.
o Though
o Jesus is glorified through it.
o So glory in the bible does not specifically refer to
visual splendor.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 12:23-24 that says,
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23Jesus replied, The hour
has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24Very truly I tell you,
unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single
seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
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2)
How does verse 22
confirm that glory in the bible does not specifically refer to visual splendor?
o The disciples did not put on any visual splendor.
o Even though
o Jesus had given
them the glory.
o That
o The Father gave him.
3)
What does glory
in the bible refer to, given Ephesians 1:3-8 and John 11:38-44 and why?
o Glory in the bible refers to
o Spiritual characteristics such as grace from the
Father that is manifest in redemption through Jesus blood per Ephesians 1:3-8.
o Or the Father s Spiritual power as demonstrated in
Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead per John 11:38-44.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Ephesians 1:3-8 (NASB) that says,
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3Blessed be the God and
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual
blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
4just as He chose us in Him
before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before
Him. In love
5He predestined us to
adoption as sons and daughters through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to
the good pleasure of His will,
6to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in
the Beloved.
7In Him we have redemption
through His blood, the forgiveness of our wrongdoings, according to the riches
of His grace
8which He lavished on us. In
all wisdom and insight.
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o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 11:38-45 that says,
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38Jesus, once more deeply
moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 Take away the stone, he
said. But, Lord, said Martha, the sister of the dead man, by this time there
is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.
40Then Jesus said, Did I not
tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of
God?
41So they took away the
stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard
me.
42I knew that you always hear
me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may
believe that you sent me.
43When he had said this,
Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44The dead man came out, his
hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus
said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go.
45Therefore many of the Jews
who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in him.
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4)
What else can glory
in the bible refer to and why, given Isaiah 6:1-3?
o Glory in the bible can
refer to visual splendor.
o Because
o Isaiah
o Saw the glory of the Lord in the form of visual
splendor.
o And wrote it down.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Isaiah 6:1-3 that says,
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1In the year that King Uzziah
died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of
his robe filled the temple.
2Above him were seraphim,
each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they
covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3And they were calling to one
another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his
glory.
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5)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 1 what did he appeal to the Father for him to do?
o Jesus appealed to the Father for him to glorify his Son.
6)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 1 what was the basis from a chronological perspective for
the Father to glorify his Son?
o The hour had come for the Father
to do so.
7)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 1 what would be the consequence of the Father glorifying his
Son?
o The consequence would be that the Son might in turn glorify the Father.
8)
What did Jesus mean
by the hour having come for the Father to glorify his Son, given John 12:23-24?
o Jesus meant that the hour had come for him to be
crucified.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 12:23-24 that says,
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23Jesus replied, The hour
has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
24Very truly I tell you,
unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single
seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.
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9)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 1 why might his being crucified in turn glorify the
Father, given John 3:16?
o The Father s love for the world was expressed to the
fullest extent through
o The atoning death of Jesus on the cross as his one and only Son.
o And the salvation of whoever believes in Jesus.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 3:16 that says,
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16For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.
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10)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 1 and 2 on what basis did the Father grant him authority
over all people, given Philippians 2:5-11?
o Jesus glorified the Father by being obedient to death
on a cross.
o Even though
o He is the Son of God.
o Therefore the Father granted
him authority over all people.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Philippians 2:5-11 that says,
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5In your relationships with
one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus:
6Who, being in very nature
God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to his own advantage;
7rather, he made himself
nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.
8And being found in
appearance as a man, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death even
death on a cross!
9Therefore God exalted him to
the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name,
10that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11and every tongue
acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of
God the Father.
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11)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 2 what did the Father grant him authority over all people for?
o The Father granted Jesus authority
over all people.
o That
o Jesus might give eternal life to all those.
o That
o The Father had given him.
12)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 3 what is eternal life?
o This is eternal life: that people know
o The Father, the only true God.
o And Jesus Christ, whom the Father has sent.
13)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 3 how is eternal life attained, given John 14:6-7?
o Knowing Jesus
Christ is eternal life.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:6-7 that says,
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6Jesus answered, I am the
way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father
except through me.
7If you really know me, you will know my Father as well. From now on, you do
know him and have seen him.
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14)
What is the work that
the Father gave Jesus to do and that Jesus
referred to in verse 4, given John 4:19-42?
o It is the work of Jesus testifying to himself as
o The Christ.
o The Savior of the world.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 4:19-42 that says,
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19 Sir, the woman said, I
can see that you are a prophet.
20Our ancestors worshiped on
this mountain, but you Jews claim that the place where we must worship is in
21 Woman, Jesus replied,
believe me, a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this
mountain nor in
22You Samaritans worship what
you do not know; we worship what we do know, for salvation is from the Jews.
23Yet a time is coming and
has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in the Spirit and
in truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
24God is spirit, and his
worshipers must worship in the Spirit and in truth.
25The woman said, I know
that Messiah (called Christ) is coming. When
he comes, he will explain everything to us.
26Then Jesus declared, I, the one speaking to you I am he.
27Just then his disciples returned
and were surprised to find him talking with a woman. But no one asked, What do
you want? or Why are you talking with her?
28Then, leaving her water
jar, the woman went back to the town and said to the people,
29 Come, see a man who told
me everything I ever did. Could this be the Messiah?
30They came out of the town
and made their way toward him.
31Meanwhile his disciples
urged him, Rabbi, eat something.
32But he said to them, I
have food to eat that you know nothing about.
33Then his disciples said to
each other, Could someone have brought him food?
34 My
food, said Jesus, is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work.
35Don t you have a saying,
It s still four months until harvest ? I tell you, open your eyes and look at
the fields! They are ripe for harvest.
36Even now the one who reaps
draws a wage and harvests a crop for eternal life, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together.
37Thus the saying One sows
and another reaps is true.
38I sent you to reap what you
have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the
benefits of their labor.
39Many of the Samaritans from
that town believed in him because of the woman s testimony, He told me
everything I ever did.
40So when the Samaritans came
to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days.
41And
because of his words many more became believers.
42They
said to the woman, We no longer believe just because of what you said; now we
have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man really is the Savior of the
world.
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15)
So what is the
work that Jesus finished doing?
o Jesus finished the work of testifying to himself as
o The Christ.
o The Savior of the world.
16)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 4 what had resulted
from his finishing the work that the Father gave him to do?
o Jesus had brought the Father glory on earth as a
result.
17)
What is an example
where Jesus brought the Father glory in the process
of testifying to himself as the Christ, given John 11:38-45?
o Many of the Jews believed in Jesus as a result of
seeing the Father s spiritual power demonstrated through Jesus raising Lazarus
from the dead.
o In the process the Jews saw the glory of God.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 11:38-45 that says,
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38Jesus, once more deeply
moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
39 Take away the stone, he
said. But, Lord, said Martha, the sister of the dead man, by this time there
is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.
40Then Jesus said, Did I not
tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of
God?
41So they took away the
stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard
me.
42I knew that you always hear
me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may
believe that you sent me.
43When he had said this,
Jesus called in a loud voice, Lazarus, come out!
44The dead man came out, his
hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus
said to them, Take off the grave clothes and let him go.
45Therefore many of
the Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, believed in
him.
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18)
What is the
better translation for verse 5 in NASB?
o 5And now You, Father, glorify Me together with
Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world existed.
19)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 5 (NASB) what is the glory that he was asking the Father to
glorify himself with together with the Father?
o Jesus was asking the Father to glorify himself together with the Father with the
glory.
o That
o He had with the Father before the world existed.
20)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 5 (NASB) can we conclude that he and the Father had
the same glory before the world existed and why?
o No, Jesus might have only some of the Father s glory.
o Because
o He referred to the glory
o That he had with the Father.
o Not that they had.
21)
But can we
confirm from what Jesus said in John 14:8-9 that both Jesus and the Father have
the same glory and why?
o Yes, because anyone who has seen Jesus has seen the
Father.
o That anyone who has seen Jesus has seen the Father
cannot be true.
o If
o Both Jesus and the Father do not have the same glory.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:8-9 that says,
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8Philip said, Lord, show us
the Father and that will be enough for us.
9Jesus answered: Don t you
know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who has seen me has seen the Father. How can
you say, Show us the Father ?
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22)
Can we also
confirm from Hebrews 1:3 that both Jesus and the Father have the
same glory?
o Yes.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Hebrews 1:3 that says,
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3The Son is the radiance of
God s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by
his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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23)
Can we also
confirm from John 10:30 that Jesus and the
Father have the same glory?
o Yes.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 10:30 that says,
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30I and the Father are one.
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24)
Was Jesus then asking
the Father in verse 5 to glorify himself together with the Father with the glory
that the Father has?
o Yes.
25)
Where was Jesus going
now that he had finished the work the
Father gave him to do, given John 16:28?
o Jesus was going back to the Father.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 16:28 that says,
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28I came from the Father and
entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
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26)
When would the Father
fulfill Jesus request in verse 5?
o When Jesus had returned to the Father.
27)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 1, 4 and 5 what is the pattern of glorification between Jesus and the Father?
o Jesus and the Father glorify one another.
28)
What is part of
the glory Jesus had with the Father
before the world existed, given Isaiah
6:1-3?
o Part of the glory Jesus had with the Father before the
world existed is visual splendor.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Isaiah 6:1-3 that says,
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1In the year that King Uzziah
died, I saw the Lord, high and exalted, seated on a throne; and the train of
his robe filled the temple.
2Above him were seraphim,
each with six wings: With two wings they covered their faces, with two they
covered their feet, and with two they were flying.
3And they were calling to one
another: Holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty; the whole earth is full of his
glory.
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29)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 4 and 5 what happened to the glory he had with the Father before the world existed when
he became a man and why, given John 14:8-9?
o Jesus
o Put aside the visual
splendor of God s glory.
o But retained all other spiritual characteristic of
God s glory essential to the divine nature.
o When
o He became a man.
o Because
o Anyone who has seen the man Jesus has seen the Father.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:8-9 that says,
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8Philip said, Lord, show us
the Father and that will be enough for us.
9Jesus answered: Don t you
know me, Philip, even after I have been among you such a long time? Anyone who
has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, Show us the Father ?
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30)
What can we say
about the significance of the visual
splendor of God s glory for the purpose
of the disciples getting to know the Father through Jesus, given that seeing
Jesus is seeing the Father even after Jesus had put aside the visual splendor?
o Jesus putting aside the visual splendor of God s
glory caused no loss of fidelity of the disciples getting to know the Father
through him.
31)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 6 whom had he revealed the Father to?
o Jesus had revealed the Father to those.
o Whom
o The Father gave him out of the world.
32)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 6 what had those done whom the Father gave him out of the
world?
o They had obeyed the Father s word.
33)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 6 whose ownership is confirmed of those whom the Father gave
him out of the world and who had obeyed
the Father s word?
o The Father s ownership is confirmed.
34)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 7 what did those whom the Father gave him out of the world
know to be the origin of everything the
Father had given him?
o They knew that the
Father is the origin.
35)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 7 and 8 how did those whom the Father gave him out of the
world know that the Father is the origin of everything
he had been given, given John 14:24?
o Jesus gave them the words the Father gave him.
o And they accepted those words.
o Those words include what Jesus told them in John 14:24
that the words they heard from him belong to the Father who sent him.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:24 that says,
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24Anyone who does not love me
will not obey my teaching. These words you hear are not my own; they belong to
the Father who sent me.
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36)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 8 what did those whom the Father gave him out of the world
know with certainty about where he came from and who sent him?
o They knew with certainty that Jesus came from the
Father.
o And they believed that the Father sent him.
37)
How many times
did Jesus refer to himself as the one sent by the Father in the current gospel
account?
o Approximately 38 times.
38)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 8 how did those whom the Father gave him out of
the world know with certainty where he came from and who sent him, given John
16:28?
o Jesus gave them the words the Father gave him.
o And they accepted those words.
o Those words include
o What he told them in John 16:28 that he came from the
Father.
o And what he told them on many other occasions that the
Father sent him.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 16:28 that says,
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28I came from the Father and
entered the world; now I am leaving the world and going back to the Father.
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39)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 9 what does the world refer to?
o The world in
verse 9 refers to those.
o The Father had not given him.
40)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 9 whom did he pray for?
o Jesus
o Did not pray for those the Father had not given him.
o But for those the Father had.
41)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 9 what is the reason he prayed for those the Father had
given him?
o It is because they belong to the Father.
42)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 10 what is the nature of ownership between the Father and
him?
o Jesus and the Father co-own everything.
o That
o They have.
43)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 9 and 10 how do we get a glimpse of the fact
that Jesus and the Father co-own everything?
o Those the Father has given Jesus are the Father s.
44)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 9 and 10 through whom has glory come to him?
o Through those the Father had given Jesus.
45)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 what is the tenure in
the world of Jesus and the disciples respectively?
o Jesus will remain in the world no longer.
o But the disciples are still in the world.
46)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 where was he going?
o Jesus was going to the Father.
47)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 what was he appealing to the Father for him to do for
the disciples?
o Jesus was appealing to the Father for him to protect the
disciples by the power of his name.
48)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 to whom did the Father give his name?
o To Jesus.
49)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 11 what is the potential outcome of the Father s protecting
the disciples by the power of his name?
o The potential outcome is that they are one.
o As
o The Father and
Jesus are one.
50)
Why is the
oneness of the disciples not a certainty but only a potential outcome of their
having been protected by the power of the Father s name?
o We are going to find out why later.
51)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what did he do for the disciples
while he was with them?
o Jesus
o Protected the disciples.
o And kept them safe.
o By the name the Father gave him.
52)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 12 what was the outcome of his protecting the disciples and
keeping them safe by the name the Father gave him?
o None had been lost except the one doomed to
destruction.
53)
Who was the one
doomed to destruction that Jesus referred to in verse 12?
o Judas.
54)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 12 why was Judas lost?
o Judas was lost.
o Because
o He was doomed to destruction by prophecies in Scripture.
55)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 12 what was the outcome of Judas being lost?
o So that Scripture would be fulfilled.
56)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 where was he going?
o Jesus was going to the Father.
57)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 13 why did he say those things while
he was still in the world?
o Jesus said those things.
o While
o He was still in the world.
o So that
o The disciples might have the full measure of his joy within them.
58)
What is Jesus joy for the disciples sake that he referred to in verse 13, given Luke 10:21?
o Wise.
o And learned.
o Yet the Father was revealed to them.
o They were blessed
o To see what they saw.
o And to hear what they heard.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Luke 10:21 that says,
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21At that time Jesus, full of
joy through the Holy Spirit, said, I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and
earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and
revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this is what you were
pleased to do.
22 All things have been
committed to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is except the Father,
and no one knows who the Father is except the Son and those to whom the Son
chooses to reveal him.
23Then he turned to his
disciples and said privately, Blessed are the eyes that see what you see.
24For I tell you that many
prophets and kings wanted to see what you see but did
not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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59)
What were those things in verse 13 that were said by Jesus and that led to the disciples having the
full measure of his joy within them, given his joy for the disciples sake
that has been discussed?
o Those things were said by Jesus
to reveal the Father to the disciples.
60)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 13 what was in turn the disciples joy, given his
joy for the disciples sake that has been
discussed?
o The disciples joy was that the Father was revealed to
them.
61)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 what had he given to the
disciples?
o Jesus had given the Father s word to the disciples.
62) How did Jesus reveal the Father to the disciples,
given verse 14?
o Jesus revealed the Father to the disciples by giving
them the Father s word.
63) What is the
theme of the Father s word given by Jesus to the disciples, given John 20:31?
o The Father s word given by Jesus to the disciples was
written down by John in the current gospel account.
o The theme of
the gospel of John is
o That Jesus is
o The Christ.
o The Son of God.
o And that by believing the disciples may have life in
his name.
o And the theme of the Father s word given by Jesus to the
disciples is
o The theme of the gospel of John.
o And therefore that Jesus is
o The Christ.
o The Son of God.
o And that by believing the disciples may have life in
his name.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 20:31 that says,
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31But these are written that
you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing
you may have life in his name.
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64)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 14 what was the response of the world toward the disciples
having been given the Father s word and why?
o The world has hated them.
o Because
o They are not of the world.
65)
Why are the
disciples not of the world, given John 15:18-19?
o The disciples are not of the world.
o Because
o Jesus has chosen them out of the world.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 15:18-19 that says,
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18 If the world hates you,
keep in mind that it hated me first.
19If you belonged to the
world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world,
but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.
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66)
According to what Jesus said in verse 14 to what extent are the
disciples not of the world in reference to him?
o The disciples are
o Not of the world.
o Any more than Jesus is of the world.
67)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 15 what is his prayer for the disciples?
o Jesus prayer is
o Not that the Father takes the disciples out of the
world.
o But that he protects them from the evil one.
68)
Who is the evil
one?
o The devil is the evil one.
69)
Why does Jesus pray
for the Father to protect the disciples from the evil one when they are in the
world, given 1 John 5:19?
o It is because the whole world is under the control of
the evil one.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud 1 John 5:19 that says,
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19We know that we are
children of God, and that the whole world is under the control of the evil one.
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70)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 14 and 16 how did he emphasize the fact that the disciples
are not of the world even as he is not of it?
o Jesus said it twice.
71)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what is truth?
o The Father s word is truth.
72)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 17 what did he appeal to the Father for him to sanctify the
disciples by?
o Jesus appealed to the Father for him to sanctify the
disciples by
o The truth, i.e.,
o The Father s word.
73)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 18 what had he patterned his sending the disciples into the
world after?
o Jesus had sent the disciples into the world.
o As
o The Father sent him into the world.
74)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 19 what did he sanctify himself for?
o Jesus sanctified himself for the disciples.
o That
o They too might be truly sanctified.
75)
How do we ascertain
the meaning of the word sanctify in the context of verses 18 and 19?
o To sanctify is to set apart for God s purpose such as
o The Father sending Jesus who is sanctified into the
world.
o And Jesus sending the disciples who are sanctified into
the world.
76)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 18 and 19 how did he sanctify himself?
o Jesus sanctified himself by obeying the Father s word
for him to be sent into the world.
77)
What is the theme
of the Father s word given by Jesus to the disciples discussed earlier?
o The theme of the Father s word given by Jesus to the
disciples is
o That Jesus is
o The Christ.
o The Son of God.
o And that by believing the disciples may have life in
his name.
78)
What is the
divine purpose the disciples are set apart for, who are sanctified by the Father s
word?
o First the disciples are given the Father s word.
o That
o Jesus is
o The Christ.
o The Son of God.
o So that
o By believing they have life in Jesus name.
o Then they are sent into the world with the Father s
word.
o That
o Jesus is
o The Christ.
o The Son of God.
o So that
o By believing others may have life in Jesus name.
79)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 18 and 19 why did he say that he sanctified himself
for the disciples that they too might be truly sanctified?
o Jesus needed to have obeyed the Father s word for him
to be sent into the world.
o Before
o He could send the disciples into the world with the Father s
word.
80)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 20 whom was his prayer for?
o Jesus prayer was not for the disciples alone.
o He prayed also for those who would believe in him through
their message.
81)
According to what
Jesus said in verses 20 and 21 what did he pray for all the disciples about?
o Jesus prayed
o That all the disciples might be one.
o And that they would
also be in the Father and Jesus.
82)
What is the status
of oneness of the Father and Jesus when the Father is
in Jesus and Jesus in the Father?
o The Father and Jesus are one.
83)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 21 what is the oneness of all the disciples patterned after, given that the Father being in Jesus
and Jesus being in the Father means that the Father and Jesus are one?
o The oneness of all
the disciples is patterned after the oneness of the Father and Jesus.
84)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 21 what is the potential outcome of the disciples being in
him and the Father?
o The potential outcome is that the world believes that the
Father has sent Jesus.
85)
Why is the world s
belief that the Father has sent Jesus only a potential outcome of the disciples
being in the Father and Jesus?
o Some in the world would choose to believe that the Father
has sent Jesus as a result of the disciples being in the Father and Jesus.
o Others would choose not to.
86)
What is an
example of an occasion of Jesus being accepted and rejected as the one the Father
has sent, given John 16:25-69?
o In John 16:25-69 Jesus referred to himself as the one.
o That
o The Father has sent 5 times.
o On that occasion he
o Was rejected by many of his disciples.
o And was accepted only by his twelve apostles.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 16:25-69 that says,
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25When they found him on the
other side of the lake, they asked him, Rabbi, when did you get here?
26Jesus answered, Very truly
I tell you, you are looking for me, not because you saw the signs I performed
but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
27Do not work for food that
spoils, but for food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will
give you. For on him God the Father has placed his seal of approval.
28Then they asked him, What
must we do to do the works God requires?
29Jesus answered, The work
of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.
30So they asked him, What
sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do?
31Our ancestors ate the manna
in the wilderness; as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat.
32Jesus said to them, Very
truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but
it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
33For the bread of God is the
bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.
34 Sir, they said, always
give us this bread.
35Then Jesus declared, I am
the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever
believes in me will never be thirsty.
36But as I told you, you have
seen me and still you do not believe.
37All those the Father gives
me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away.
38For I have come down from
heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who
sent me.
39And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those
he has given me, but raise them up at the last day.
40For my Father s will is
that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life,
and I will raise them up at the last day.
41At this the Jews there
began to grumble about him because he said, I am the bread that came down from
heaven.
42They said, Is this not
Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How can he now say,
I came down from heaven ?
43 Stop grumbling among
yourselves, Jesus answered.
44 No one can come to me
unless the Father who sent me draws them, and I
will raise them up at the last day.
45It is written in the
Prophets: They will all be taught by God. Everyone who has heard the Father
and learned from him comes to me.
46No one has seen the Father
except the one who is from God; only he has seen the Father.
47Very truly I tell you, the
one who believes has eternal life.
48I am the bread of life.
49Your ancestors ate the
manna in the wilderness, yet they died.
50But here is the bread that
comes down from heaven, which anyone may eat and not die.
51I am the living bread that
came down from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. This bread is
my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
52Then the Jews began to
argue sharply among themselves, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
53Jesus said to them, Very
truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his
blood, you have no life in you.
54Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.
55For my flesh is real food
and my blood is real drink.
56Whoever eats my flesh and
drinks my blood remains in me, and I in them.
57Just as the living Father sent me and I live because of the
Father, so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
58This is the bread that came
down from heaven. Your ancestors ate manna and died, but whoever feeds on this
bread will live forever.
59He said this while teaching
in the synagogue in
60On hearing it, many of his
disciples said, This is a hard teaching. Who can accept it?
61Aware that his disciples
were grumbling about this, Jesus said to them, Does this offend you?
62Then what if you see the
Son of Man ascend to where he was before!
63The Spirit gives life; the
flesh counts for nothing. The words I have spoken to you they are full of the
Spirit and life.
64Yet there are some of you
who do not believe. For Jesus had known from the beginning which of them did
not believe and who would betray him.
65He went on to say, This is
why I told you that no one can come to me unless the Father has enabled them.
66From
this time many of his disciples turned back and no longer followed him.
67 You
do not want to leave too, do you? Jesus asked the Twelve.
68Simon
Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal
life.
69We
have come to believe and to know that you are the Holy One of God.
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87)
Whom do some in
the world believe to be the
origin of the disciples bearing fruit and why, given Matthew 5:15-16 and
John 15:8?
o Some in the world believe that the Father is the
origin of the disciples bearing fruit.
o Because
o Per Matthew 5:15-16 and John 15:8 the Father is
glorified before people.
o When
o The disciples bear fruit.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Matthew 5:15-16 that says,
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15Neither do people light a
lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives
light to everyone in the house.
16In the same way, let your
light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your
Father in heaven.
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o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 15:8 that says,
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8This is to my Father s
glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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88)
How do the
disciples show themselves before some in the world to
be Jesus disciples, given John 15:8?
o The disciples
show themselves before some in the world to be Jesus disciples by bearing
fruit.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 15:8 that says,
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8This is to my Father s
glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.
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89)
Whose teachings
do some in the world believe that Jesus disciples obey in order to bear fruit?
o Some in the world believe that Jesus disciples obey his
teachings in order to bear fruit.
90)
In accordance
with the scriptures that have been discussed, when some in the world see that
the disciples are bearing fruit, who do they believe to have sent Jesus to
teach the disciples to do it, given that they believe that the Father is the
origin of the disciples bearing fruit?
o Some in the world believe that the Father has sent
Jesus to teach the disciples to bear fruit.
o When
o They see that the disciples are doing it.
o The disciples bearing fruit is the cause of the
belief of some in the world.
o That
o The Father has sent Jesus to teach the disciples to do
it.
92) According to the causal chain of being chosen by Jesus
that we examined in chapter 15 what is the causal relationship between the disciples remaining in Jesus and the disciples
bearing fruit?
o The disciples remaining in Jesus is the cause of the
disciples bearing fruit.
93)
Is the disciples being in the Father and Jesus the cause
of the disciples bearing fruit and why, given that the disciples remaining in
Jesus is the cause of the disciples bearing fruit?
o Yes.
o Because
o Adding the disciples being in the Father to the
cause has no impact to the effect.
94)
So what is the causal relationship between the disciples being
in the Father and Jesus and the belief of some in the world that the Father has
sent Jesus to teach the disciples to bear fruit, given [a] The disciples being
in the Father and Jesus is the cause of the disciples bearing fruit and [b]
The disciples bearing fruit is the cause of the belief of some in the world
that the Father has sent Jesus to teach the disciples to do it?
o The disciples
being in the Father and Jesus is the cause of the belief of some in the world.
o That
o The Father has sent Jesus to teach the disciples to
bear fruit.
95)
Jesus made the
following utterance in his prayer in verse 21: May
they (the disciples) also be in us so that the world may believe that you have
sent me . Is Jesus utterance consistent with the causal relationship that has
just been examined that the disciples being in the Father and Jesus is the
cause of the belief of some in the world that the
Father has sent Jesus to teach the disciples to bear fruit?
o Yes.
96)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 20 and 21 who are those in the world that
believe that the Father has sent Jesus?
o They are those who believe in Jesus through the disciples message.
97)
What is the scope
of the glory the Father gave Jesus in terms of spiritual characteristics
including visual splendor, given Hebrews 1:3?
o The Father endowed Jesus with all his spiritual
characteristics including visual splendor.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Hebrews 1:3 that says,
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3The Son is the radiance of
God s glory and the exact representation of his being, sustaining all things by
his powerful word. After he had provided purification for sins, he sat down at
the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
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98)
How did Jesus give
the disciples the glory in terms of spiritual
characteristics that the Father gave him as referred to in verse 22, given that
the disciples did not put on any visual splendor as a result?
o For more than 3 years the disciples went through an
imprinting process with Jesus for his spiritual characteristics other than visual
splendor.
o That
o Jesus himself did not put on display while on earth.
99)
Did the disciples
not receive any visual splendor from Jesus at all, given Philippians 3:20-21?
o Jesus will eventually transform the disciples bodies in
heaven.
o So that
o They will be like his glorious body.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Philippians 3:20-21 that says,
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20But our citizenship is in
heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
21who, by the power that
enables him to bring everything under his control, will transform our lowly
bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
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100)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 22 what is the potential outcome of his having given the disciples the glory the Father
gave him?
o The potential outcome is that the disciples are one.
o As
o The Father and Jesus are one.
101)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 22 how are the Father and Jesus one?
o The Father and Jesus are one through the glory the Father
gave Jesus.
102)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 22 what is the oneness of the disciples patterned after?
o It is patterned after the oneness of the Father and Jesus.
103)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 22 what did he do to pattern the oneness of the disciples
after the oneness of the Father and him?
o Jesus gave the disciples the
glory the Father gave him.
o That
o The disciples may be one.
o As
o The Father and Jesus are one
through the glory the Father gave Jesus.
104)
So In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 22 what is the potential
outcome of the
disciples being given the glory
of the Father and Jesus?
o The potential outcome of the disciples being given the
glory of the Father and Jesus is that the disciples are one.
105)
Is the oneness of
the Father and Jesus a certainty by virtue of having the same glory and why?
o Yes, because the glory of the Father and Jesus
o Is intrinsic to their being.
o And has no possibility of being dislodged.
106)
Is the oneness of
the disciples a certainty by virtue of having received from Jesus the glory
that the Father gave him and why?
o No, because the glory the disciples received from
Jesus
o Is not intrinsic to their being.
o And has the possibility of being dislodged.
107)
How might the oneness
of the disciples be lost?
o Jesus will not continue to give the disciples the
glory.
o That
o The Father gave him.
o When
o They sin.
o Then they will cease to be one.
o We are going to investigate exactly how the disciples
can lose hold of their
o Glory.
o And therefore oneness.
108)
What is a better
translation for be brought to complete unity in verse 23?
o Be perfectly one.
109)
What is a better translation for the world will know in
verse 23 and why?
o A better translation is the world may know because
of the subjunctive mood of the verb know .
110)
What is the outcome
of Jesus being in the disciples, given Colossians
1:28?
o The outcome of Jesus being in the disciples is their being
given glory.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud Colossians 1:27 that says,
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27To them God has chosen to
make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is
Christ in you, the hope of glory.
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111)
What is the
outcome of the Father being in Jesus and Jesus being
in the disciples, given that the outcome of Jesus being in the disciples is their
being given glory and why?
o The outcome of the Father being in Jesus and Jesus being
in the disciples is the disciples being given glory.
o Because
o Adding the Father being in Jesus to the cause has no
impact on the effect.
112)
What is the
outcome of the Father being in Jesus if we reverse engineer, given that the outcome of Jesus being in the disciples
is their being given glory?
o The outcome
of the Father being in Jesus is Jesus being given glory.
113)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 22 and 23 is there evidence
to suggest that he gave the disciples the glory the Father gave him by
being in the disciples?
o Yes.
o 22I have given them the
glory you gave me .
o 23I in them .
114)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verses 22 and 23 is there evidence that suggests that
the Father gave Jesus his glory by being in Jesus?
o 22 the glory that you
gave me .
o 23 you in me .
115)
Whose glory are
the disciples given through Jesus being in them, given verse 22?
o The Father s glory.
116) How did Jesus give the disciples the
glory the Father gave him, given that the outcome of Jesus being in the disciples
is their being given glory?
o Jesus gave the disciples the
glory.
o That
o The Father gave him by his being in the disciples.
117) And how did the Father give Jesus his glory?
o The Father gave Jesus his glory by his being in Jesus.
118) What is the precondition that must be fulfilled before
Jesus could give the disciples glory by being in them, given that the glory ultimately
comes from the Father?
o The Father must have given Jesus his glory by being in
Jesus.
o Before
o Jesus could give the disciples the glory by being in
the disciples.
119)
What is the
potential outcome of the Father being in Jesus and Jesus
being in the disciples, given [a] The outcome of the Father being in Jesus and
Jesus being in the disciples is the disciples being
given glory in
accordance with Colossians
1:28 and [b] The potential outcome of the disciples being given the Father s
glory is that they are one in accordance with verse 22?
o The potential outcome of the
Father being in Jesus and Jesus being in the disciples is that the disciples are
one.
120)
Jesus made the
following utterance in his prayer in
verse 23: I in them and you in me so that they may be perfectly one . Is Jesus
utterance consistent with the finding from verse 22 and Colossians 1:28 that the
potential outcome of the Father being in Jesus and Jesus being in the disciples
is that the disciples are one?
o Yes.
121)
Why do disciples
have difficulties being one?
o We are going to find out.
122)
What is the
causal relationship between obeying Jesus commands and remaining in Jesus
according to the causal chain of being chosen by Jesus that we examined in
chapter 15?
o Obeying Jesus commands is the cause of remaining in
Jesus.
123)
What is the cause
of Jesus remaining in the disciples, given John 15:4?
o Remaining in Jesus is the cause of Jesus remaining in the
disciples.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 15:4 (NASB) that says,
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4Remain in Me, and I in you.
Just as the branch cannot bear fruit of itself but must remain in the vine, so
neither can you unless you remain in Me.
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124)
What is the
causal relationship between obeying Jesus commands and Jesus remaining in the disciples,
given [a] Obeying Jesus commands is the cause of remaining in Jesus and [b] Remaining
in Jesus is the cause of Jesus remaining in the disciples?
o Obeying Jesus commands is the cause of Jesus remaining
in the disciples.
125)
What is the
causal relationship between obeying Jesus commands and the Father remaining in
Jesus and Jesus remaining in the disciples and why, given that obeying Jesus
commands is the cause of Jesus remaining in the disciples?
o Obeying Jesus commands is the cause of the Father remaining in Jesus and Jesus remaining in the
disciples.
o Because
o The Father remaining in Jesus
o Is always true regardless of the condition of the disciples.
o And can therefore be added to the effect without any
impact.
126)
What is the
potential outcome of obeying Jesus commands, given [a] Obeying Jesus commands
is the cause of the Father remaining in Jesus and Jesus remaining in the disciples
and [b] The potential outcome of the Father being in Jesus and Jesus being in the
disciples is that the disciples are one?
o The potential outcome of obeying Jesus commands is that
the disciples are one.
127)
How can disciples
choose to be one, given that the potential outcome of obeying Jesus commands
is that they are one?
o Disciples can choose to be one by obeying Jesus
commands.
128)
Why is it that disciples
have difficulties being one, given that they can choose to be one by obeying
Jesus commands?
o It is because disciples individually choose to disobey
Jesus commands.
o As a result of their disobedience Jesus no longer
gives them the glory.
o The Father gave him.
o They would then lose hold of their oneness.
129)
What does the
fact that Jesus sharing in the Father s glory makes the Father and Jesus one
tell us about exactly what makes them one, given that the Father s glory refers
to his spiritual characteristics?
o It is Jesus sharing in the spiritual characteristics of
the Father that makes them one.
130)
What does the
fact that the disciples sharing in the Father s glory makes them one tell us
about exactly what makes them one, given that the Father s glory refers to his
spiritual characteristics?
o It is the disciples sharing in the spiritual
characteristics of the Father that makes them one.
131)
What happens to the
disciples sharing in the spiritual characteristics of the Father when they disobey
Jesus commands and why?
o The disciples sharing in the spiritual
characteristics of the Father is diminished.
o Because
o Jesus no longer gave them the glory.
o That
o The Father gave him.
o When
o They disobey Jesus commands.
132)
What happens to the
disciples being one as a result of their diminished sharing in the spiritual
characteristics of the Father when they disobey Jesus commands?
o The disciples have difficulties being one.
133)
Jesus made the
following utterance in his prayer in verses 22 and 23: that they may be one
as we are one--I in them and you in me . How do we assess from Jesus utterance
the status of oneness of the Father, Jesus and the disciples?
o The Father, Jesus and the disciples are one.
134)
Does Jesus utterance that they may be
one as we are one-I in them and you in me mean that the disciples are in
the Father and Jesus, given that the utterance confirms that the Father, Jesus and
the disciples are one?
o Yes.
135)
Jesus made the
following two utterances in his prayer: [a] May they (the disciples) also be
in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me in verse 21 and [b]
that they may be one as we are one--I in them and you in me Then the world
will know that you sent me in verses 22 and 23. Are the two utterances
essentially the same, given that that they may
be one as we are one--I in them and you in me means that the disciples are in
the Father and Jesus?
o Yes.
136)
Have we confirmed
earlier that Jesus utterance May they also be in
us so that the world may believe that you have sent me in verse 21 is consistent
with scriptures elsewhere?
137)
Is Jesus utterance
that they may be one as we are one--I in them and you in me Then the world
will know that you sent me in verses 22 and 23 also consistent with scriptures
elsewhere, given that it is essentially the same as his utterance in verse 21?
o Yes.
138)
In accordance
with Jesus prayer in verses 20 to 23 who are those in the world that believe that the Father has sent Jesus?
o They are those who believe in Jesus through the disciples message.
139)
What do those who
believe in Jesus through the disciples message know about what motivated the Father
to send Jesus to them, given the disciples message in John 3:16?
o The Father was motivated by his love for the world to
send his Son Jesus to them.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 3:16 that says,
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16For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that
whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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140)
Jesus made the
following utterance in his prayer in verse 23: Then
the world may (not will) know that you sent me and
have loved them . Is his utterance consistent with the disciples message in John
3:16?
o Yes.
141)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in his prayer in verse 24 how did the Father love him?
o The Father loved Jesus by giving Jesus his glory
before the creation of the world.
142)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in his prayer in verses 22 to 24 how did the Father love the
disciples and what did the Father pattern his love for the disciples after?
o The Father loved the disciples by giving them his
glory through Jesus.
o As
o He loved Jesus by giving Jesus his glory.
143)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 24 what did he want for
those the Father had given him?
o Jesus wanted those the Father had given him
o To be with him.
o Where
o He is.
o And to see the glory.
o That
o The Father had given him before the creation of the world.
144)
What did Jesus
mean that he wanted those the Father had given him to be with him where he is in
verse 24, given John 14:2-3?
o Jesus wanted those the Father had given him to be with
him in his Father s house.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 14:2-3 (NASB) that says,
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2In My Father s house are
many rooms; if that were not so, I would have told you, because I am going
there to prepare a place for you.
3And if I go and prepare a
place for you, I am coming again and will take you to Myself, so that where I
am, there you also will be.
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145)
What specific
kind of Jesus glory that the Father had given him before the creation of the world did he want the disciples
to see in verse 24?
o It is glory that is visually discernible.
o So it is visual splendor.
146)
Where would the disciples
see Jesus visual splendor on display?
o In the Father s house.
147)
What are examples
of the specific kind of Jesus glory that the disciples had seen up to that
point, given John 1:14?
o Jesus spiritual characteristics such as grace and
truth minus visual splendor.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 1:14 that says,
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14The Word became flesh and
made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and
only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
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148)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 what does the world refer to?
o The world in verse 25 refers to those who do not know the Father.
149)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 25 whom does they refer to?
o They in verse 25 refers to those in the world who know
that the Father has sent Jesus.
150)
In accordance
with what Jesus said in verse 25 what is the situation of the world with knowing
the righteous Father?
o Some in the world do not know the righteous Father.
o Others know that the righteous Father has sent Jesus who
knows him.
151)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what is the status of his effort to make the Father
known to the disciples?
o Jesus
o Has made the Father known to the disciples.
o And will continue to make the Father known.
152)
How did Jesus make
the Father known to the disciples from what we have discussed earlier?
o Jesus made the Father known to the disciples by giving
them the Father s word.
153)
How would Jesus continue
to make the Father known to the disciples, given what would happen to Jesus
soon and given John 3:16?
o Jesus would soon make the full extent of the Father s love
for the world known to the disciples
through his crucifixion.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 3:16 that says,
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16For God so loved the world
that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not
perish but have eternal life.
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154)
What is the
reason the Father loves Jesus as Jesus continued to
make the Father known to the disciples through his crucifixion, given John 10:17-18?
o The reason the Father loves Jesus is that Jesus
voluntarily laid down his life on the cross, only to take it up again.
o The facilitator asks a specific participant to read
out loud John 10:17-18 that says,
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17The reason my Father loves
me is that I lay down my life only to take it up again.
18No one takes it from me,
but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and
authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father.
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155)
According to what
Jesus said in verse 26 what is the expected outcome of his continuing effort to
make the Father known to the disciples?
o The expected outcome is
o That the love the Father has for Jesus may be in the disciples.
o And that Jesus himself may be in them.
156)
What does it mean
that the love that the Father has for Jesus might be in the disciples as Jesus continued
to make the Father known to the disciples, i.e., through his crucifixion?
o It means that the disciples would love Jesus for voluntarily
laying down his life for them.
o As
o The Father loves Jesus for that.
157)
Again what is the
outcome for the disciples of Jesus being in them in verse 26 from what we have
discussed earlier?
o The outcome for the disciples of Jesus being in them is
their being given glory, i.e.,
o Being imprinted with Jesus for his spiritual
characteristics other than visual splendor.
o And being eventually transformed in heaven to have glorious
bodies like Jesus .
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John 17:1-26
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