Jesus says the Father gave Him the disciples out of this world. This is a comfort and a challenge to the Christian. We are not to love what the world…
Jesus has prayed for Himself and now makes four petitions for His people. He prays for His disciples, although they are about to run away. He delights in them, and…
Jesus looked ordinary but brought glory to the Father, even in the ugliness of the cross. He now asks for a different kind of glory, resuming His former outward glory…
The Father gave the Son work to do in eternity past, and now that the work is done, the Son has joy. It was decided before time that He would…
Eternal life is defined not in quantity but the real essence is its quality. It is to know God. We think of it as beginning at death, but it begins…
Jesus' prayer here matches the structure of the high priest's prayer before the Day of Atonement. He asks for the Father to glorify the Son. There is a glory of…
The disciples declare their belief but Jesus knows they will be scattered. The Christian life is a battle. There is hope of restoration when we fail. As sinners we have…
The emphasis of the first two movements was Jesus taking human nature. He rose bodily as a man, ascended bodily into heaven, and will return as a man (while remaining…
Jesus is in complete control. He does not say death is coming, but that He is leaving the world, as He had previously said that He laid down His life…
While Jesus' coming from the Father showed His deity, the second movement - His coming into the world - emphasises His humanity. He is fully divine and fully human. God…