In the World, Not of the World - John 17:15-21
Jesus prayed that we might live in the gospel.
1. Protected from the devil and his lies.
2. By grace separated from the world that is addicted to self.
3. Unit in love and truth.
4. So that the world gets the best opportunity to meet God.
19th Sunday after Pentecost
“My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
“My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that 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.”
