Mckernan Baptist Church Podcast

"God's desire for representatives, unity, and relationship" - John 17 John 17 is very important in our understanding of what Jesus sacrificed through His death as this passage records a beautiful prayer of Jesus and gives us a glimpse into what was going through His mind right before His death. Jesus' prayer in John 17 reveals to us God's heart for how we are to live in the world, how we treat one another, and how He desires to be in relationship with us. God's heart for us is that we would be sent into the world as carriers of His truth (17:14-19). Jesus does not want us to be taken out of our struggles and circumstances. Rather, He 'sends us' into the world with His truth (truth as reality, not just rightness). God's heart for us is that we would be united to the Father and one another (17:20-23). Jesus prayed for unity between believers as Jesus wants to see us get caught up into the relationship between Him and His Father. God's heart for us is that we would be in relationship with Him. (17:24-26) "Des