A Deep Love: Jesus Prays for His Disciples

You're listening to the Bible Guys, a podcast where a couple of friends talk

about the Bible in fun in practical ways. Well, good morning, Jeff,

Good morning Chris. I am just want to welcome our listeners from around

the world. I do too, and around the world. I want to

welcome our listeners as well. I can't believe that people actually listen from other

countries, isn't it amazing. I don't know how. I don't know how

you found us. It's like ten of our of our listeners listen from outside

the US. Wow. I just saw that the other day. I thought

of the quote from Back to the Future they found me. I don't know

how that they found me. Roun Marty Ron, Yes, who found you

Bolivians. So, but I don't know how you found us. But thanks

for finank you. So we're glad. Hey share us, share us with

your friends. Yeah, that'd be great. Ye. So today we're doing

a segment, and the segment is called where are our listeners from? Oh?

I like this one, and so what we're gonna do is just highlight

in this case a city and I'll give you a hint. It is a

city in the United States. This is inside the country. Yes, and

it is going to be what four comments about it? And let's see if

you can guess what it is. Okay, so you want to you want

to take So Number one, the world's biggest pirate invasion happens here every year.

Wow, is that a reenactment? I'm a say that almost gives it

away. No, Chris, It clearly says it's a pirate invasion. Don't

say a pirate invasion reenactment? Right, right? So these poor people get

invaded by pirates every year. Yeah, that's that's just why does anybody even

live there? Every year? It's the biggest pirate invasion. That's what the

sentence says. It's the biggest pirate invasion in the world, and it happens

every year here. That's okay, so many movies are running through my mind.

I'm just gonna move on. It's so funny, Okay. Number two

the twist dance craze started here, which, by the way, I didn't

know that. Oh, everybody do the It's Twist again like you did last

summer. Okay, there you go. How about number three? R and

B singer Ray Charles got his big start here Georgia Georgia. I always thought

it was Georgia, like Atlanta, right, but this place is not in

Georgia. No, people don't know that. Well, I mean, come

on, yeah, well so clearly now you know it's not Georgia. By

the way, I may have people might have thought Georgia immediately, and that's

what I'm saying. I just blew or helped Jeff think about it that way.

Yes, I'm a helper. Yeah, you're a big helper, all

right. And then finally the last one is the Cuban sandwich was invented here.

By the way, I was in Cuba four times, and I thought

that I learned that the Cuban sandwich was invented in Cuba. It was invented

by Cubans, you think, so, you think it was invented by Cubans

In the United I kept asking for a Cuban sandwich in Havana, yeah,

and they kept it was hard to find a good Cuban sandwich. And then

finally it's in the tourist areas. So when I was in there getting it,

he said, well, you know, only tourists buy these things because

they're not really Cuban. That's what he said. Really yeah, I didn't

know that. So, but all of the elements are Cuban elements, right,

right, So you got the ham, You've got the the Swiss cheese,

You've got that great roll, it's going to be flattened out. You've

got the the pulled pork on the top of that with pickles and a little

bit of mustard. Yeah, but it's got like the whole grain type mustard.

Yeah. Yeah, it's one of my favorite sandwiches in the world.

Yeah, that's great. Good, it is a good Cuban But it was

invented in Tampa. According to this and Desiree knows Chris. Yeah, okay,

well we didn't even do the drum roll. You said it? Oh

did I say? I said it? You know, here's a drum roll

Tampa, Tampa. There you go, he said, which, by the

way, thank you listeners of that's right. My daughter lives in Tampa,

so she's at least one of them. Listen. There you go. So

that's a listener, thank you to the listener in Tampa. That's like saying

my mom likes me. So we have one in Ohio and one in Tampa.

That's not true that that's great. I think actually I looked at the

stat and I think it's like six hundred people in Tampa. It's a lot

of people. Yeah, so it's a lot of people. Actually I'm kidding.

I mean that I don't know either, but it's a lot. So

thank you guys, and hey, we'll be praying for you about that big

pirate invasion. Yeah, that's so funny. The Buccaneers. By the way,

in kids, you're wondering that's in Tampa Bay. Don't they have like

a big festival like parade. Yes, my sister used to live in Tampa.

The coolest logo, right, it's a pirate logo. It's kind of

cool for the NFL team. Okay, well, there you go. Well

that was riveting. Another riveting segment. Yes, by the Bible, guys,

Well, we are going to be reading in John chapter seventeen, and

it is worth reminding people, yes, that this is only found in the

Book of John. In fact, the last several chapters, John has recorded

things that Jesus taught that really only John recorded. Yes, so this whole

study has been a comparison to the Gospels, a harmony of the gospels.

And when it's written in two different places, we read both or three or

possibly four. But we've been in John for quite a while. Yeah,

I think this is the seventh day of us being only in John. Wow.

But it's all been the same speech, right of course, one big

long speech as they're walking from the upper room down through the kid Run valley,

which would also be gardening a semoni area, up to the Mount of

Olives, and then back to the garden. So here we go. Hey,

because our segment was a little quicker. Yes, can I start off

by reading this right here? It's kind of cool, that's super cool.

So it lists the major events of passions. So he's talking about the life

application study Bible. Oh yeah, it has this whole segment below the text

of the Bible part has this whole big chunk which which is really cool because

it's full of all kinds of notes and things. But this one has a

big piece that lays out the calendar of the passion week, the week of

jesus death. It says Sunday through Wednesday. Jesus spent each night in Bethany,

just two miles east of Jerusalem, on the opposite slope of the Mount

of Olives. He probably stayed in the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.

Jesus spent Thursday night praying in the garden Becosemite. Friday and Saturday nights

jesus body lay in the garden tomb. So it says Sunday the triumphal entry

into Jerusalem. Monday, Jesus clears the temple. Tuesday, Jesus' authority challenged.

In the temple, he taught the stories confronting the Jewish leaders. Greeks

asked to see Jesus all of that disclosure, and then Judas agrees to betray

Jesus. That all happens on Tuesday, and again this is probably most likely

type chart, isn't it sure? And then it says Wednesday. The Bible

does not say what Jesus did on this day. He probably remained in Bethany

with his disciples. Thursday is the last supper. Jesus speaks to the disciples

in the upper room. Jesus struggles in guests sementy, and Jesus is betrayed

and arrested Thursday night. And then it says Friday, Jesus is tried by

Jewish and Roman authorities and is denied by Peter. Jesus is crucified, and

then on Sunday morning the resurrection on the third day. Yeah, so I

would suggest that Wednesday he was still teaching in the temple. Yeah, and

the reason being we literally read two different times it said each day each day,

and then each night he would go back to the garden, right or

back to Bethany. So I think each day is more than two days,

is what I would say, right, Probably, right, So I think

it's probably Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday he was preaching in the in the

temples, stirring the pot and then yeah. Yeah. Anyways, other than

that, though, isn't it interesting? It is interesting, and so then

has all the Bible references next to it. And the thing that's the benefit

of having a good study Bible, man, you need a good study Bible.

You can get one of these on Amazon for like twenty bucks, right,

right, They're not very expensive, but a hardcover, and it just

helps you because it gives you so many extra insights to what I think we

regularly have. Say, wow, you guys really make the Bible easy to

understand. There's so many good insights. And where do you think we get

these things from. We get them from the fact that We've owned study Bibles

our whole life. We have some good commentaries, we've had some good teaching

around us, and we've just collected all these things. Well, the benefit

of a good study Bible is somebody collected all these things, right right,

a good editor put a bunch of scenes together, and here's some really good

insights. So you could do it too. That's what I'm trying to say.

All right, now, may I read you? May I will allow

that, you should say you may proceed. Oh yeah, well, I

always always been out to the Tony Stark comment. I will when he's in

doctor Strange's things and the he touches this sacred relic or whatever it was supposed

to be, and the doctor Strange whips his arms with his cloak, Antny

Stark goes, I will allow that. It's so funny. There you go,

John seventeen. We're going to read one through nineteen. Here it says,

after saying these things for the last six days, after saying all these

things, Jesus looked up to heaven and said, Father, the hour has

come. Glorify your sons so he can give glory back to you, for

you have given him authority over everyone He gives eternal life to each one you've

given him, and this is the way to have eternal life. To know

you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent

to earth. I brought glory to you here on earth by completing the work

you gave me to do. Now, Father, bring me into the glory

we shared before the world began. I revealed you to the ones you gave

me from this world. They were always yours. You gave them to me,

and they have kept your word. Now they know that everything I have

is a gift from you, for I have passed on to them the message

you gave me. They accepted it and they know that I I have come

from you, and they believe you sent me. My prayer is not for

the world, but for those you have given me, because they belong to

you. All who are mine belong to you, and you've given them to

me, so they bring me glory. Now I am departing from the world,

and they are staying in this world. But I am coming to you.

Holy Father. You have given me your name. Now protect them by

the power of your name, so that they will be united just as we

are. During my time here I protected them by the power of the name

you gave me. I guarded them so that not one was lost except the

one headed for destruction, as the scriptures foretold. Now I am coming to

you. I told them many things while I was with them in this world,

so that they would be filled with my joy. I've given them your

word, and the world hates them because they do not belong to the world,

just as I do not belong to the world. I'm not asking you

to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the

evil one. They do not belong to this world anymore than I do.

Make them holy by your truth. Teach them your word, which is truth.

Just as you sent me into the world, I am sending them in

the world, and I give myself as a holy sacrifice for them so they

can be made holy by your truth. How humbling is that m Jesus is

praying for his well. I mean, I want to say twelve, but

he says, you know one's headed for destruction, right, So he's praying

for all of them well, because you remember, like later on they vote

for Matthias, they had to vote from all the ones that never left Jesus,

So there's always more than just those twelve Oh yeah, yeah, he

represent all that you've given me, give all the reference to all the disciples,

yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, he's referring to Mary Martha. Yeah,

he's referring Zebedee. He's referring to all these guys, right, sous

Cleopus's wife Mary, Yeah yeah, Mary, Magdalene. All these people are

part of that Collopus is one that we don't talk about. It fun yeah

yeah. So yeah, it's just a humbling thing. And he prays for

the church that it may be one that they may be unified. He prays

that that that the Father would keep them safe in the world. And and

and he says they don't belong in the world any more than I do.

That's a pretty awesome statement, right, I love that phrase. Yeah,

I love it. Yeah, just the the idea that we're you know,

we're supposed to be. We're in the world, but we're not supposed to

be of the world. The fact that we are made for heaven. And

uh. And he says they belong to me, which is great. So

I cannot read this passage without thinking of that new song song. You remember

a new song? I do remember that. I think I have all their

records by the way, Oh do you records or cassettes? All their recordings?

Okay, but what do you have? What version? I think I

have them all on my phone. Oh, good for you. You've updated

it. Yes, so you remember that song. This one's with me?

Yes, so so that I think you can correct me if I miss a

line or something. But it on the record. People, get ready,

there it is so you do know, you know more than me. But

I think it says I was dreaming about heaven, something about the pearly gates.

Yeah, we were all there. I was so scared in the presence

of one so great I bowed my head. He felt unworthy, and he

said he turned around, and I was going to walk away. And then

he says, but then I heard someone say, father, Oh, father,

this one's with me. Yep right, this one's with me. He's

part of the reason I died on cavalry. And he says, Father,

please let him in. I paid the price for him. Father, Oh

father, this one's with me. Yep right. And so, but it's

that idea. It's the idea that like he felt unworthy in the presence of

God. He turns around to leave, and then Jesus says the phrase this

one's with me, and it's that idea that like Jesus is basically talking about

that you have given these disciples to me, they belonged to me. I've

prayed for them, I'm I'm, I've prayed for their protection and the name

that you've given me. And they don't belong in this world any more than

I do. And one day they'll be with me, and when they get

to heaven, you better believe. There is a version of that song that

is sort of true. Right absolutely. I don't know which phrase Jesus said,

but this one's with me is just as good as any other phrase.

Father, this one's with me, part of the family. One of the

reasons I died on Calvary. Yes, I just I love that concept.

It's really good. So that was That's a good record. But still I

just listened to that one because it starts off with the old Motown song people

get ready remember and there's a train coming. Remember that. That that song

and again the idea of being that Jesus punched the ticket that most of that

album is about how Jesus punched the ticket for us, and there's there's no

other way, and that's kind of what he's talking about here. But I

love the fact that Jesus says they do not belong to this world anymore than

I do. I think a lot of the conflict that Christians feel is that

they feel like they're supposed to fit in here. They feel like this is

home. And Paul reminds his readers later on. He tells him, Hey,

uh, we just live in temporary tents. Isn't that what he says?

These bodies are like that. He called them tabernacles and the King James,

They're just temporary tents. A tent is fun. So I love tent

camping. Love it. I find an excuse just to go out and camp

in a tent a couple times a year. I've camped in the in the

bush in uh in Kenya, different people. I love it, man,

I hate it. If you ever asked me what would be my favorite thing

to do, I would love to go out and do like a big tent

camping trip through Yellowstone and the Grand Teetons or something. I'm watching Yellow stun

Ry Yah, yeah, yeah, I'm talking about the National Park where the

wolves aren't a stuff. But yeah, it's so that that's on there too,

kind of so so yeah, but you're thinking, you're thinking about the

six thousand square foot log cabin with all the fireplaces. This is what you're

thinking about that they live in, right, it's not only show part.

Yeah sure, so anyways, the that wilderness thing, but a tent.

I love a tent. Tents are fun, but they're only temporary, right,

right, they're not. You can't really make much of a life living

in a tent, right. You need to put down more steaks. So

what happens for us is a lot of times we want to put down steaks.

We want to make this home. And Paul keeps saying, your life

would be way easier for you if you just realize you're a traveler, right,

you are a temporary resident, and that this is not home. He's

gone and he's prepared a place for us, Jesus said just a couple of

days ago in the podcast. Uh, he's he's gone, and there there's

a celestial city. Do you remember reading Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan's book from you

know what five hundred and six hundred years ago, the Pilgrim's Progress, and

they were going to the Celestial city the whole thing was was this this Christian

He was a brand new convert, and he's on this journey all the way

to the celestial city. And there's all these difficulties along the way, and

he's not always confident in his direction. But and there's always this temptation to

put down roots and stay, and instead he's always heading to this celestial city.

And if we could just understand that we weren't made for this world,

that's why it doesn't quite fit right for us. There is more. And

you have this sense in your heart, in your mind. Surely my life

is supposed to mean something more. Surely I was supposed to do something more.

You're right, you weren't made for this earth. You're frustrated because the

career you chose is to pay your bills. But that's not what you're made

for. Perhaps right you want you're made for the kingdom. You're made for

something more. Absolutely, and I love this phrase. They don't belong to

this world anymore than I do, so, he says, So make them

truly holy by your truth, and teach them your word, which is truth.

You really want to start leaning into what you were made for, lean

into God's words which, Hey, that's what our listeners are doing right now,

right, is they're spending a little bit of time in God's word today.

Yeah. And when he when he talks about he's praying for us to

be unified. Right? Is that the scripture in other places where it says

he prays that the church would be one? Is that the same one?

That's very next phrase or very next day? That's tomorrow? Oh, that's

tomorrow. Okay, who's going to pray for the future? Believers? You're

really good at that. You're constantly tipping our hand. Is what's coming?

Hey, listen, you've read the Bible of time or two, I've read

the Bible time together. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah so.

But I just I love the fact that Jesus has he's showing genuine concern and

he's praying for the success of his mission. Of course, right, obviously

it's for God's glory, right, but at the same time, there's genuine

concern. He's like, Heavenly Father, I just want you. I'm not

praying because it even even says it right here, he says, I'm not

asking you to take them out of this world, but keep them safe from

the evil one and so there's genuine concern for their well being because it just

goes to show you that Jesus has true love for imperfect people. So he

chose, he chose these guys are like they're tax collectors, and and they're

zealous, and there are people that are misguided, right and and and these

people are just imperfect people and and and people are who he, by the

way, knows they're about to scatter. He knows they're about to Yeah,

he's already said it. He knows they're going to deny him, and their

faith is is not as strong as you know. They're gonna let him down.

They're gonna leave them alone. That's why he says, you're gonna let

me alone, he says, But I'm not gonna be alone because I have

the Father. He says, but you're gonna leave me alone in just a

minute. So so but he is genuine concern, which which again I love

this too because think about this. So when when we read the Bible and

it says God loves you, it's like it's like this godly, heavenly,

supernatural love. But yet Jesus has spent three and a half years with them,

and so there's there's you have to believe that there is a you know,

the Bible says that he experienced every range of human emotion, right,

so he's got this sort of like brotherly, earthly affection that is very relatable

to understand. So it isn't just like I love you from Afar, it's

I love you up close. I know you, I see you, I'm

relationally interacting with you. I know what it's like to experience you on your

worst days. So so for me when he's when he has so much genuine

concern, it's just a great comforting, humbling sort of thing to know that

God loves us from Afar and loves us because we're his creation, but he

also loves us by name, and he knows us and our imperfections, and

yet he knows the depths of our heart and he loves us the same.

That's really comforting, yep. And then he ends it with I'm just as

you sent me into the world, I'm sending them into the world. Right,

I'm on a mission. They're on a mission because they're not made for

this world anymore than I am. So we're here on an invasion mission and

I'm leaving. But they're staying and now I'm sending them to go do what

I did. And then he said, I'm going to pay this holy sacrifice

so that they can be made holy by your truth. Yeah and really powerful.

Now tomorrow he's going to pray for us, for you and me.

Yeah, Jesus prayed for you before he died, which is really cool.

Yeah, it's extremely cool. Well, hey, that's our time and so

hopefully we will see you tomorrow on the Bible. Guys,