K.John 16:16-33 – Closing statements 1.John 16:16 – “A little while and you will no longer see...

Panorama of the

New Testament

Conclusion

K. John 16:16-33 – Closing statements1. John 16:16 – “A little while and you will no

longer see Me; and again a little while and you will see Me.” The disciples were confused by Jesus’ comments about future events (His death and resurrection).

2. John 16:17 – The disciples’ discussion among themselves revealed their confusion.

Conclusion

3. John 16:18 – Even after a long discussion, they could not understand Jesus’ words.

4. John 16:19 – As God, Jesus is omniscient and knew their every thought.

5. John 16:20 – Jesus explained that while the world would rejoice over His death, the disciples would mourn, but their sorrow would turn to joy after seeing Him resurrected.

Conclusion

6. John 16:21-22 – This powerful analogy reflected the Lord’s habit of using ordinary events to teach extraordinary truths.a. John 16:21 – A mother’s labor pains are

forgotten at the sight of her newborn baby.

b. John 16:22a – Because of their familiarity with the Old Testament, the disciples probably understood this analogy from a kingdom perspective.

Conclusion

c. Isaiah 26:12-21 also uses birth as a metaphor.

Conclusion

1) Isaiah 26:12-16 – The context is Messiah’s victory over all Gentile nations at the end of the Tribulation.

2) Isaiah 26:17-18 – The misery and pain of labor correspond to the judgments of the Tribulation.

3) Isaiah 26:19-21 – The resurrection to life (birth to her dead) corresponds to the installation of the kingdom.

Conclusion

i. John 16:22b – Jesus identified Himself with Israel. Just as Israel would receive judgment, so also He would receive judgment as He suffered on the cross.

Conclusion

7. John 16:23a –In that day referred to Jesus’ ascension back to the Father. Because He would no longer be with the disciples in person to meet their needs, He commanded them to depend on the Father through prayer to meet their needs.

8. John 16:23b-24 – …if you ask the Father for anything in My name… means that our permission to pray and make request of the Father is based squarely on Christ’s authority.

Conclusion

a. John 16:24a – The disciples had never before asked God the Father for anything based on Christ’s name (His authority or merits). Before when he taught them to pray, He did not teach them to pray in His authority. Luke 11:1-4

b. John 16:24b – Jesus encouraged them to boldly ask for all they needed.

Conclusion

c. John 16:24c – Jesus wanted answered prayers to bring the fullness of joy to their lives.

Conclusion

9. John 16:25 –When the Helper (God the Holy Spirit) came, His teaching ministry would make clear to the disciples the symbolic images used by the Lord (e.g. the Father’s house, the vine and branches).

10.John 16:26 – The Church Age believer can and should address his prayers directly to the Father in Christ’s name (His authority). Ephesians 3:14

Conclusion

11.John 16:27 – One reason God the Father loved the disciples was because they loved Christ and believed He truly was from God.

12.John 16:28 – Since Jesus came from the same place as the Father, His departure from the world returned Him to His Father in Heaven.

13.John 16:29 – The disciples said they now understood Jesus’ teaching, which was a good start. Understanding always comes before faith, which in turn results in actions.

Conclusion

14.John 16:30 – The disciples stated their new understanding in a threefold statement.a. First, they stated that Jesus was

omniscient. Second, they understood that since He was omniscient, they didn’t need to ask Him questions to help Him clarify His own understanding (as He constantly did for them). Third, now that they understood He was omniscient, they believed He was divine, having come from God.

Conclusion

b. Contrary to this clear testimony, the disciples would soon forget Jesus’ statements and fail to believe the women’s testimonies about His resurrection; however, this future doubt did not nullify the legitimacy of their present faith.

Conclusion

15.John 16:31 – The Lord’s question led to the surprising fact that the disciples, so strong in their faith now, would soon abandon Him and become scattered. Their faith would be greatly tested.

16.John 16:32 – The hour included the time of Jesus’ arrest plus all other events leading to the crucifixion, at which time He would be deserted by His followers. Matthew 26:56

Conclusion

17.John 16:33 –Jesus gave them this forewarning so they would be unwavering in their faith and, therefore, have peace after the Lord’s departure. a. John 16:33a – In the world you have

tribulation… Jesus’ use of the Greek word THLIPSIS, meaning trouble, persecution, or affliction, tied together several ideas.

Conclusion

1) John 15:18-19 – The disciples would be hated because of their identification with Christ.

2) John 16:2-3 – The disciples would be persecuted because of their stand for Christ.

3) John 16:32 – The disciples would be troubled because most would fear being associated with Christ; only John was present at the cross. John 19:26-27

Conclusion

b. John 16:33b – We can have confident courage in the face of the world’s persecution because Jesus Christ overcame the world during every moment of His earthly life—even before the cross. 1 John 5:4-5, Hebrew 2:18, 4:15

Conclusion

L. Conclusion to the Upper Room discourse1. For the Church Age saint, the command to

love has a new standard set by the Lord Jesus Christ, who loved the world so much that He died for everyone, all of whom were His sinful enemies. John 13:34-35, Galatians 6:2, Matthew 22:39

Conclusion

2. Only through the power of the Holy Spirit are we able to fulfill this command to love everyone because we are incapable of loving through our own strength. John 14:15-17a. Because we need the Holy Spirit, we must

first be saved. Salvation comes through faith alone in Christ alone as our Savior. Galatians 3:26

Genesis 1-11Genesis 5-9

Faith

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Faith walk

1st Tense 2nd Tense

Conclusion

1) We live by the same faith that saved us. Colossians 2:6

2) We abide in Christ by faith alone. 2 Corinthians 5:7, Galatians 2:20b

GospelsFaith

Faith comes from hearing the Word of God – Romans10:17.

Faith involves believing and the content of what is believed – Hebrews 11:1.

The believer who lives by faith operates in the present reality with the promises of the Word of God more real then the problems of the world – 1 John 5:4.

Conclusion

b. To abide in Christ is to live by God’s grace through faith, always walking in dependence on the indwelling Holy Spirit. Galatians 2:20b, Romans 1:17

c. A list (not intended to be exhaustive) of synonyms for abiding 1) Abiding is looking unto Jesus. Hebrews

12:1-2.2) Abiding is walking by/according to the

Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:16, Romans 8:14

Conclusion

3) Abiding is being filled with/by the Holy Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

4) Abiding is allowing the Word of Christ to dwell richly within you. Colossians 3:16

5) Abiding is Christ living in and through us as the hope of glory and as the mystery of God making beggarly people holy/godly. Colossians 1:27, Philippians 1:21

Conclusion

6) Abiding is Christ dwelling (at home) in your hearts through faith. Ephesians 3:16

7) Abiding is entering into His rest. Hebrews 4:1, 10

Conclusion

8) Abiding is presenting the members of our bodies in faith as instruments of righteousness unto God by reckoning ourselves to have died with Christ to sin and to have been raised to newness of life in Christ our Lord. Romans 6:11-14

9) Abiding is walking in the light (being in fellowship with Him). 1 John 1:4-7

Conclusion

d. Abiding in Christ and confessing sins are not the same. Confession comes when we find we have not been abiding. Abiding means consistent living by faith (dependence on Christ), a moment-by-moment looking unto Christ and walking with God. Hebrews 12:1-2, Romans 8:10-11

Conclusion

1) When we realize we have not been walking by the strength and guidance of the Spirit but rather according to our sinful flesh, we must confess our sins.

Conclusion

a) Confession of sin, which is absolutely necessary, must never be equated with abiding in Christ.

b) If we use the metaphor of a home, confession is the doorway back into the house of fellowship. Once we are in the house, we abide in fellowship by faith, relying on the Holy Spirit’s enabling power.

Conclusion

c) Using this metaphor, we enter the house by confession of sins but abide in it by ongoing faith/dependence on God. Galatians 2:20b, Colossians 2:6

Conclusion

d) In a human context, we would never consider we were enjoying communion or friendship if we sat around confessing our sins to each other. Confession restores a broken friendship, but abiding is living in camaraderie together. Jesus expressed this truth in John 15. Luke 15:11-32, Ephesians 3:16-19

Conclusion

e) We will fail many times and have to confess our failures/sins, but if confession were the same as abiding in Christ, our walk could not be happy.

f) Though John wrote in 1 John 2:1 that if we sin, we have an advocate with the Father, he wrote with the intention that we sin not.

Conclusion

2) When we confess our sins as God commands in 1 John 1:9, we have the potential to enjoy fellowship by abiding in Christ and loving one another as He loved us.

Conclusion

3. We can't bear fruit unless we abide in Christ (have fellowship with Him). John 15:1-8

4. Abiding in Christ places us in direct opposition to the world. John 15:18-19

5. We overcome the world by understanding and obeying the Scriptural doctrine of abiding in Christ. John 16:33.

6. God is glorified when we bear fruit as a result of walking in dependence on the Holy Spirit. Galatians 5:16-23

Conclusion

7. The ministry of the Holy Spirit empowers us to be fruitful, have practical victory over the world in daily life, and ultimately glorify God. Ephesians 5:18ff and Colossians 3:16ff

Doctrinal SummaryJoy

Biblical joy is based on a right relationship with God – Psalm 51:12.

Biblical joy is possible because of the Lord Jesus Christ – John 15:11.

Biblical joy for the spiritual life is built upon a mentality oriented to the Truth of God’s Word – Luke 11:28.

Doctrinal SummaryJoy

Biblical joy is strengthened from an understanding of God’s grace – Psalm 31:7.

Biblical joy protects from disillusionment regarding the circumstances, details, and people of life.

Biblical joy is impossible apart from certain thinking – Philippians 4:4-9.

The High Priestly Prayer

IV. John 17 – The High Priestly PrayerA. Introduction

1. When Jesus finished teaching His disciples, He prayed in their hearing.

2. Jesus’ prayer divides into three sections.a. John 17:1-5 – Prayer for Himselfb. John 17:6-19 – Prayer for His disciplesc. John 17:20-26 – Prayer for future church

age believers


3. Following Jesus’ statement in John 16:33 that He had already achieved victory over the world, this prayer makes it clear that He is the Overcomer.

4. The Lord encouraged His disciples by saying this prayer aloud.

5. In His prayer, Jesus referred to the abundant life He had just taught.


6. This prayer exemplifies Jesus’ ongoing intercessory ministry at the right hand of the Father on our behalf. 1 John 2:2

7. Though Jesus spent many hours in prayer, this is His longest recorded prayer. Luke 6:12, Mark 6:45-46


B. John 17:1-5 – The Lord prayed for Himself1. John 17:1a –The content and tone of this

prayer proclaimed victory.a. John 17:1a – He said, “Father… The

absence of the personal pronoun our indicated an intimate, personal conversation between Father and Son.


b. John 17:1b – …the hour has come… The hour referred to the time of the cross. The use of the perfect tense of the verb ERCHOMAI (has come) emphasized that the cross was an accomplished fact in His mind and already 100% on Him at that moment. We can be certain that the Lord had absolute knowledge of the Father’s plan.


c. John 17:1c – …glorify Your Son, that the Son may glorify You… Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross and subsequent resurrection would bring the utmost glory to the Father. Ephesians 2:7, Romans 1:4


d. John 17:1d – Glory was a principle theme of Jesus’ prayer. He said, Glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You. His death for unworthy sinners brought inexpressible glory to God and will continue to do so forever. Ephesians 2:7, Revelation 5:9-14


2. John 17:2 –Throughout His ministry, Christ emphasized that His authority came from the Father. He who sent Me… John 4:34, 5:24, 7:16, 8:26a. John 17:2a – The Father gives Jesus every

individual who believes in Him (Matthew 11:28a, Hebrews 7:25), and Jesus gives them eternal life. John 10:28


b. John 17:2b – Jesus’ substitutionary death on the cross allows Him to offer eternal life to everyone.

The GospelThe Substitute

The ram died in the place of Isaac – Genesis 22:13.

The lamb died in the place of the firstborn – Exodus 12

The Lamb of God died as a substitute for the sins of the world – Romans 5:8


3. John 17:3 – Eternal life can be described as knowing God. God can be known only through the Son.a. This is the only time in the Gospels that

Jesus referred to Himself as Jesus Christ, emphasizing that He alone is the Messiah who gives eternal life. John 14:6, Acts 4:12


b. After we have access to God through faith alone in Christ alone, we can grow to know Him intimately through His Word. Based on that friendship, we can learn to depend of Him for living life. Philippians 1:21


4. John 17:4 – Jesus glorified the Father by finishing all the work the Father gave Him to do. The Father chose Jesus to bring salvation to mankind, which was His plan and purpose before the beginning of time. Jesus perfectly completed that task. Philippians 2:8a. From the beginning, the Father also

planned for us to walk in good works. Ephesians 2:10


b. God planned for us to glorify the Father through suffering. When we live by faith in Christ just as Christ lived in dependence on the Father, we bring glory to God through the power of the Holy Spirit as we suffer for His sake. 1 Peter 2:21, Philippians 1:29-30


5. John 17:5 – Jesus asked His Father to restore His pre-incarnate glory, which had been veiled during His incarnation on Earth (except once, Matthew 17:2). God the Father answered His prayer. Philippians 2:9a. Although Jesus did not ask for new glory,

because He fulfilled the Father’s plan, He received a new position of glorified honor at the Father’s right hand. Footnotes:John 10:18, Hebrews 12:2


b. Christ received this new position of honor because He completely submitted His will to the Father’s plan. Philippians 2:5-9, Hebrews 5:8


C. John 17:6-19 – The Lord’s prayer for the disciples1. John 17:6 – …and they have kept Your word.

The eleven disciples were not wavering in their belief that Jesus was the Messiah.

2. John 17:7 – As Jesus prayed, He mentioned that the disciples had learned the extraordinary truth that instead of using His own divine strength and authority, He used God the Father’s provision and authority to live His life.


a. Jesus could have lived His life on Earth by His own power and decisions, but He willingly chose to rely on the Father rather than on Himself. John 7:17-18, 28; 8:28; 12:49; 14:10

b. That very evening, Jesus had commanded the disciples to abide in Him. He was asking them to live the same way He lived on Earth.


3. John 17:8 – In this prayer, Jesus said that the disciples believed the truth they understood and that the understanding they lacked would come from the mentoring work of the Holy Spirit.

4. John 17:9 – Jesus now interceded on behalf of His disciples for their blessing and benefit.


5. John 17:10 – …all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine…John’s use of the singular are EIMI indicated the complete oneness between the Son and the Father.

6. John 17:11 – …that they may be one even as We are. The unity Christ wanted the disciples to enjoy was the unity He and the Father enjoyed. He was not telling them to somehow become one person but instead to be individuals with a oneness of purpose.


7. John 17:12 – Jesus protected His own while He was with them; and not one of them perished, except, of course, Judas Iscariot, the unbeliever (son of perdition), who was never one of His own.

8. John 17:13 – The Lord was about to depart to the Father; therefore, He prayed that His joy would become the disciples’ joy in full measure.


9. John 17:14 – The believer who embraces God’s Word will be at odds with the world and, therefore, hated and persecuted by it.


10.John 17:15 – Jesus did not ask that the disciples (or future believers) be rescued out of the world but that they be protected from the evil one in the world. God fulfills this petition through our enduring eternal security as well as practically on a daily basis as he protects us from Satan’s attacks. Ephesians 6:16, 1 John 2:13, 2 Thessalonians 3:3


a. God leaves us in the world so that our witness and presence will appear as lights in the world. Philippians 2:15

b. When we walk in the light, we expose the world’s darkness (their sin and unbelief). 2 Corinthians 4:4, Ephesians 5:8, Matthew 5:16, John 3:19-20


11.John 17:16 – This verse repeats verse 14 but with a subtle word order change in Greek that indicates an important difference.a. John 17:14b – Verse fourteen could be

paraphrased, “Their source of life is not from (does not originate from) this world even as I am not from this world.”


b. John 17:16 – Verse sixteen could be paraphrased, “Out from the source of the world, they are not (to live), even as I am not (living) from the world.”

c. The order of the words makes two important distinctions.


1) In verse 14, John focused on the fact that just as with Jesus, the disciples’ new spiritual lives did not originate from the world but from God. John 1:13, 3:7


2) In verse 16, John focused on the fact that the world could add nothing to the disciples’ spiritual lives. Just as Jesus on Earth did not tap into a human-effort-based life so also the disciples’ resources for living the spiritual life could not come from worldly sources. Galatians 3:3


12.John 17:17 – Important: Learning/studying God's Word does not sanctify anyone, but no believer can be sanctified apart from learning and studying God's Word.

13.John 17:18 – Just as the Father sent the Son into the world with full authority, so also the Son sent His disciples into the world with full authority. Matthew 28:18-20


14.John 17:19 – Jesus is our example of being sanctified by means of the truth. We hear and understand the truth only from the Word of God.

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