- John 11:16-20
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- John 17:16 (KJB)
- They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
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- When one becomes born again, they are no longer totally of the earth,
even though we live here temporarily until our task is completed. When one
is saved, they are indwelled with the Holy Spirit and are transferred from
the kingdom of Satan to the Kingdom of God which means that we are no longer
of this world in spirit. Christians are spiritually alive unto God and dead
to this world.
(Gal 6:14 KJV) But God
forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by
whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
Paul states that the world and its evil is dead to him
and has no allurements in his body and mind. Paul also states that he is
also dead to the world as he does not seek out the world and its enticements
and sin traps. Crucifixion means total death. There is no such thing as
partial crucifixion, either you are dead to the world or you are still alive
unto the world. Paul was dead to the world both ways, from him and to him.
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- John 17:17 (KJB)
- Sanctify
them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
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- Sanctify - To separate, make holy
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- The truth here is what Jesus came to teach the disciples which came from
the Father. He continues His prayer that the disciples will remain strong
and separated from the evil systems of the world and the evil attractions
which cause compromise very quickly. The word of God given to all
generations will help a Christian understand the war between faithfulness
and compromise in the Christian walk.
(Psa
119:9 KJV) BETH. Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking
heed thereto according to thy word. Psalm
119 teaches that the word of God will help the believer remain strong and
non-compromising. The Lord Jesus Christ is also known as the Word of God and
He is truth personified. If one follows His commandments, they will remain
separate from the world system. When one is born again in Christ, they are
immediately set apart or separated unto God, it is called positional
sanctification. So through the living word of God, Christ, we have a
position of being sanctified or set apart and through the written Word we
have possessional sanctification as the Scriptures teach us to live farther
from the world and closer to Christ.
(James 4:8 KJV) Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse
your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye
double minded.
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- John 17:18 (KJB)
- As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into
the world.
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- In the same manner that the Lord Jesus Christ was sent into this world
to bring the Gospel, the disciples will also go into the world and bring the
Gospel. As Jesus was the light of the world, so the disciples will also be
the light of the world. As Jesus left His home in Heaven to come to earth
and bring the Gospel, the disciples will also leave their homes and bring
the Gospel to the world. The message which Jesus preached to the world will
be the same message the disciples will preach. This is the manner of
bringing forth the Gospel to the world which will be used until the last
day. We have a commission just like the disciples had the commission and
that is to go into every country with the Gospel.
(Mark 16:15 KJV) And he said unto them, Go ye
into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
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- John 17:19 (KJB)
- And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be
sanctified through the truth.
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- In the earthly ministry of Jesus, He always kept the salvation plan of
His Father in the forefront.
(Luke
9:51-53 KJV) And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be
received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, {52} And
sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village
of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. {53} And they did not
receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem.
Jesus did not become sidetracked or did He in any way
compromise His ministry, even though He was accused of having been a drunk
and under the influence of Satan. The fact is that accusations made against
us should in no way cause a hindrance of our ministry. Jesus set Himself
apart for the task of dying for His people and He never diverted from that
and completed the salvation plan on Calvary. Christians must sanctify
themselves for the task of sending the Gospel to the entire world. As Jesus
was set apart to die, we are called to die to self and live unto God.
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- John 17:20 (KJB)
- Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on
me through their word;
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- Now Jesus widens that prayer request to go beyond the scope of the
disciples. He now prays for all those who will become saved through the
hearing of the Word of God by all the Elect down until the last day. Jesus
is praying that Christians in our day will continue to sanctify themselves
for the task of sending forth the Gospel. Those who become saved through our
ministries, will go forth with the Gospel and others will become saved, and
then they will go out and proclaim the Gospel, and this will continue in
this fashion until the last day. In our day, the apostasy is definitely
entrenched in Christianity and there only seems to be a remnant of
Christians sanctified unto the Great Commission that have not compromised
with the world.
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