SAFE-KEEPING IN GRACE….CS LEWIS…..PART 6 The Prayer of the Son of God. Christ prayed while here on earth: I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou bast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word (John 17:9-12 Joh_17:9-12, John 17:15 Joh_17:15, John 17:20 Joh_17:20). It is wholly impossible that any prayer of the Son of God should be unanswered. Too much emphasis cannot be placed on this assuring fact. While the son of perdition, who was never saved, was lost that, in his case, the Scripture might be fulfilled, the Son of God could say of the saved ones: And none of them is lost. Thus, since He has prayed, as well, for them also which shall believe on me through their word, He will yet say, of all believers: And none of them is lost, and in the same manner will the Scriptures be fulfilled in the presentation of every saved one in glory. As Christ began to pray for his own while He was yet here in the world, so He has continued to pray for them, and will continue to pray for them, in heaven: Seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them (Heb. 7:25 Heb_7:25). Who can measure the security of the children of God when they are the objects of the ceaseless intercession of the Son of God, whose prayer can never be denied?
Posted on: Sun, 02 Feb 2014 18:57:14 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015