Christ Church Katy Sermons

The hour has come. The hour that our Lord Jesus Christ has focused upon and spoken to His disciples about has arrived. This is the beginning of the passion of Christ.

Jesus concludes His prayer by reminding us of His great love. He expresses His desire to have His people with Him forever and to see His glory.

Jesus prays for the unity of His people so that the world will believe that the Father has sent the Son. In this, Jesus is praying not just for the disciples around Him but for all who will believe in the future as the gospel goes forward.

It is through holiness, that is, being set apart to God, and through truth, that is, the Word of God, that the Church will fulfill the mission that the Lord Jesus has for it.

In His High Priestly Prayer, Jesus prays, but not indiscriminately. He prays for those who are His, those who have been given to Him by the Father.

In this prayer, our Savior reminds us that His redeemed people were taken out of the world by the Father and given to the Son, showing us the truth of divine election.

It is important for us to think about what Jesus accomplished so that we sinners could be forgiven and reconciled to God. It is a work that only Jesus could do.

Our Lord opens His prayer by asking His Father to glorify Him so that the Father would be glorified. And we learn that the true purpose of the salvation of sinners is the glory of God.