“And now come I to Thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have My joy fulfilled in themselves.” John 17:13
What are the Words that Jesus has spoken to us in John 17 that allows His joy to be fulfilled within us? Jesus has proclaimed that He has given us His glory. Jesus says that we now have eternal life and that we now know God. Jesus teaches us that our Father is the One Who now keeps us, that we are sanctified by His Truth, and that we are now one with Him. Jesus proclaims that we are perfect in our oneness with Him, so that the world will believe that He is Lord, and that God loves us just as He loves Him! Now because of these Truths, we have Jesus’ joy fulfilled within us. These Truths are awesome! The people of God should be joyous and we should be happy; a merry heart worketh good as a medicine! People should look at us and desire what we have, just as they looked at Jesus and desired what He had. Look at the crowds that followed Him, they were healed, they were fed, they had miracles performed all around them, it was a joy to be around Jesus!
Little children would hang out with Him, they were around Him, so much that some of His disciples actually rebuked them, and Jesus turned right around and rebuked the adults and told them to be more like the kids. Think about children, they are happy, they sing, dance, and tell bad jokes and just laugh. Kids come over and have no reason for it, other than to just hang out. This is how we should be; God has taken care of everything for us, to the point where Jesus says that we should take no thought for our own lives!
People want to talk so much about how people abandoned Jesus at the Cross. But even the Disciples did that. Let’s look at when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, because that shows us the Truth about how many wanted what Jesus had. In Acts 2:41, on the Day of Pentecost, over 3000 people accepted Jesus as Lord and were filled with the Holy Spirit. And then in Acts 2:47 the Word proclaims that our Father added daily to the Church, and praise God He is still adding to us today! You see these people saw Who and What Jesus is through others and they were empowered by God to believe and be saved. They saw people beaten for Christ and yet they saw them rejoice because of it. They saw miracles and healings; they heard the Truth and it set them free. They saw people selling their possessions and given all of the money to others, not just 10%. They saw the very peace, love, joy, faith, and hope of Jesus active in others. They heard the believers cry out for others forgiveness and they believed. People should be able to clearly and plainly see the Joy of Jesus flowing from within us and it will allow God to save them! This worked 2000 years ago, it will work today, and it will work tomorrow! Faith comes from hearing the Truth and we have been chosen and empowered by God to preach His Truth!
What are the Words that Jesus has spoken to us in John 17 that allows His joy to be fulfilled within us? Jesus has proclaimed that He has given us His glory. Jesus says that we now have eternal life and that we now know God. Jesus teaches us that our Father is the One Who now keeps us, that we are sanctified by His Truth, and that we are now one with Him. Jesus proclaims that we are perfect in our oneness with Him, so that the world will believe that He is Lord, and that God loves us just as He loves Him! Now because of these Truths, we have Jesus’ joy fulfilled within us. These Truths are awesome! The people of God should be joyous and we should be happy; a merry heart worketh good as a medicine! People should look at us and desire what we have, just as they looked at Jesus and desired what He had. Look at the crowds that followed Him, they were healed, they were fed, they had miracles performed all around them, it was a joy to be around Jesus!
Little children would hang out with Him, they were around Him, so much that some of His disciples actually rebuked them, and Jesus turned right around and rebuked the adults and told them to be more like the kids. Think about children, they are happy, they sing, dance, and tell bad jokes and just laugh. Kids come over and have no reason for it, other than to just hang out. This is how we should be; God has taken care of everything for us, to the point where Jesus says that we should take no thought for our own lives!
People want to talk so much about how people abandoned Jesus at the Cross. But even the Disciples did that. Let’s look at when Jesus sent the Holy Spirit, because that shows us the Truth about how many wanted what Jesus had. In Acts 2:41, on the Day of Pentecost, over 3000 people accepted Jesus as Lord and were filled with the Holy Spirit. And then in Acts 2:47 the Word proclaims that our Father added daily to the Church, and praise God He is still adding to us today! You see these people saw Who and What Jesus is through others and they were empowered by God to believe and be saved. They saw people beaten for Christ and yet they saw them rejoice because of it. They saw miracles and healings; they heard the Truth and it set them free. They saw people selling their possessions and given all of the money to others, not just 10%. They saw the very peace, love, joy, faith, and hope of Jesus active in others. They heard the believers cry out for others forgiveness and they believed. People should be able to clearly and plainly see the Joy of Jesus flowing from within us and it will allow God to save them! This worked 2000 years ago, it will work today, and it will work tomorrow! Faith comes from hearing the Truth and we have been chosen and empowered by God to preach His Truth!
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