CAN WE ALL GET ALONG? (63 OF 75)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: John 17:20-23
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Can We All Get Along? (63 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 17:20-23
This is our 63rd lesson overall and our 4th lesson in this 17th chapter. Here, we've been listening in on our Lord as He prays this public prayer, public at least in that His 11 remaining apostles are part of His audience.
We have noted this prayer has been called:
The Holy of Holies of Prayer
The Greatest Prayer Ever Prayed
The Real Lord's Prayer
The High Priestly Prayer
In these next verses, we continue to hear Jesus pray for His people. Not for their healing, success, or progress but their unity.
Many young people watching the protests and violence across our country these days have probably never even heard of Rodney King. Long before the days of cell phones and Twitter, someone with a thing called a ''camcorder'' made a video of LA police using what certainly seemed to be excessive force against Rodney King.
When the officers were acquitted LA erupted in riots. When the dust settled, 55 were dead and more than 2,000 were injured. In a television interview, Rodney King, asked a question that has become one of the more famous misquotes in modern American history.
King is typically quoted as asking, ''Can't We All Just Get Along?'' What he actually said was, ''Can We All Get Along?''
However, you word the question, the answer for the American people is obviously, ''No.'' Because of sin and depravity, no we cannot get along. I don't say that as a pessimist but as a realist and I need not cite any other proof than the evening news.
But for the people of God, the answer to this simple question is a resounding ''Yes!'' If for no other reason than the fact, Jesus prayed that we would. The next 4 verses in John 17 record a Divine cry for unity in the body of Christ. And it comes from the lips of the Lord Himself.
Let's listen as our Lord prays that His people will just get along.
1. The prayer for Christian unity (20-21a)
Unity is one of the ma ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 17:20-23
This is our 63rd lesson overall and our 4th lesson in this 17th chapter. Here, we've been listening in on our Lord as He prays this public prayer, public at least in that His 11 remaining apostles are part of His audience.
We have noted this prayer has been called:
The Holy of Holies of Prayer
The Greatest Prayer Ever Prayed
The Real Lord's Prayer
The High Priestly Prayer
In these next verses, we continue to hear Jesus pray for His people. Not for their healing, success, or progress but their unity.
Many young people watching the protests and violence across our country these days have probably never even heard of Rodney King. Long before the days of cell phones and Twitter, someone with a thing called a ''camcorder'' made a video of LA police using what certainly seemed to be excessive force against Rodney King.
When the officers were acquitted LA erupted in riots. When the dust settled, 55 were dead and more than 2,000 were injured. In a television interview, Rodney King, asked a question that has become one of the more famous misquotes in modern American history.
King is typically quoted as asking, ''Can't We All Just Get Along?'' What he actually said was, ''Can We All Get Along?''
However, you word the question, the answer for the American people is obviously, ''No.'' Because of sin and depravity, no we cannot get along. I don't say that as a pessimist but as a realist and I need not cite any other proof than the evening news.
But for the people of God, the answer to this simple question is a resounding ''Yes!'' If for no other reason than the fact, Jesus prayed that we would. The next 4 verses in John 17 record a Divine cry for unity in the body of Christ. And it comes from the lips of the Lord Himself.
Let's listen as our Lord prays that His people will just get along.
1. The prayer for Christian unity (20-21a)
Unity is one of the ma ...
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