“Is Jesus Praying For YOU?”

 “Is Jesus Praying For YOU?”

 

I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in Me through their message.  I pray that they will all be one, just as You and I are one—as you are in Me, Father, and I am in You.  And may they be in Us so that the world will believe You sent Me.   John 17:20-21

 

Yes, even JESUS prays to His Heavenly Father, God, Who is the SUPREME BEING, and the ONE and ONLY ONE that is IN CHARGE. In the previous verses, JESUS was PRAYING for His Disciples, those twelve men, who was with JESUS, throughout His Ministry on earth.  He Prayed and called on His Heavenly Father to PROTECT them from SIN and the HOSTILITY that they would endure.

 

The reason that JESUS PRAYED for their SAFEKEEPING was to promote the UNITY of BELIEVERS, which was to be patterned after the UNITY of the HOLY FATHER and His SON.  This kind of UNITY was of WILL and PURPOSE.  The protection they would receive would keep them SAFE from the world.  And would UNIFY them in their DESIRES to SERVE and GLORIFY JESUS, the SON.

 

And now, we see His CONCERN is TURNED toward ALL BELIEVERS, those who have COME TO HIM, through the MESSAGE of the Apostles.  In this CHURCH AGE, ALL CHRISTIANS have COME to JESUS CHRIST through the MESSAGE and the WITNESS of the APOSTLES, which is the NEW TESTAMENT in our BIBLES, the HOLY WORD of the LIVING GOD. 

 

So, JESUS PRAYS for the UNITY of the FUTURE BELIEVERS. He was NOT PRAYING for a SINGLE, WORLDWIDE ECUMENICAL CHURCH.  JESUS was PRAYING that ALL BELIEVERS, each one would have a UNITY of LOVE and OBEDIENCE to GOD and His WORD.  And He PRAYED for a UNITED COMMITMENT to His WILL.  The BODY of CHRIST is made up of ALL TRUE BELIEVERS, and their SPIRITUAL UNITY is to be EVIDENCED in their LIFESTYLE.  The DESIRE of the LORD JESUS CHRIST is that His BODY, the CHURCH, would possess the SAME KIND of UNITY that the SON has with the FATHER.  Which is:  GOD, the FATHER, is in JESUS, the SON of GOD, and JESUS, the SON of GOD, is in GOD, the FATHER.  

 

GOD, the FATHER, worked through JESUS, His SON, and JESUS ALWAYS did what GOD, the FATHER was PLEASED with.  This SPIRITUAL UNITY SHOULD be PRACTICED in the CHURCH.  Without GOD the FATHER, and JESUS, His SON, the TRUE BELIEVERS could do NOTHING!  Their goal SHOULD be to DO the WILL of GOD, the FATHER.

 

This UNIFICATION of the TRUE BELIEVERS is what motivated JESUS CHRIST to REQUEST that ALL future believers would have a SOLID, SPIRITUAL UNIFICATION of LOVE, and OBEDIENCE to the ALMIGHTY GOD.  If we are a PART of the BODY of JESUS CHRIST, we are SUPPOSED to make a DIFFERENCE in this LOST and DYING WORLD.  Are YOU making a DIFFERENCE in this WRETCHED, SIN-DRENCHED WORLD?  OR are you CONFORMING to the WAYS of the WORLD?  If you have NOT GIVEN your HEART and LIFE to GOD, then you are NOT a FUTURE TRUE BELIEVER, instead you are allowing SATAN to USE you, and RIGHT NOW, you are DESTINED for an ETERNITY in HELL with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once you are there.  However, God has a PLAN of SALVATION, and because of His UNITY with His ONLY SON, JESUS CHRIST, who did what PLEASED GOD and that was to GIVE His LIFE for ALL the SINNERS, past, present, and FUTURE to be able to COME TO HIM for this GIFT of SALVATION, and to be ABLE to HAVE an ETERNITY in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS.  To RECEIVE this SPECIAL GIFT, you MUST FIRST, ADMIT that YOU are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST, Who GAVE His Life to SAVE your SOUL from an ETERNITY in HELL.  You MUST BELIEVE with ALL of your HEART, that JESUS DIED for YOU, and that He is ALIVE in Heaven, making intercession for you, before GOD.  You MUST CONFESS your SINS to Him and ASK Him for HIS FORGIVENESS.  You MUST BE WILLING to TURN AWAY FROM your SINFUL LIFESTYLE and TURN TO GOD with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  Then, you MUST ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION and become a part of the BODY of JESUS CHRIST, God’s SON, the CHURCH, and be a part of the UNIFICATION of the BODY and be able to spend your ETERNITY in HEAVEN.  Do this NOW, while you STILL CAN.   He’s WAITING and COMING SOON!!!  Don’t be LEFT BEHIND!!!