“I AM PRAYING FOR. . . THOSE WHOM YOU HAVE GIVEN ME FOR THEY ARE YOURS”
John 17:9 Jesus values them simply because they belong to God. Jesus is
saying I am praying for these people because they are yours and I am
concerned for what is yours. We are God’s personal possession, Jesus is
praying for us because we belong to him. How ridiculous for Christians
to worry and fear when the shepherd and caretaker of their souls is
caring for them. “You are not your own, for you were bought with a price’ (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).
Believers are the Father’s love gift to the Son. It is unthinkable that
the Father would permit this gift of love to fail by one believer being
lost. Salvation is totally of God’s grace. If we could not be saved by
our good works why should we be condemned after we are saved by some sin
or act of disobedience? If God who knows all things knew that we would
fail, why would he have given his son in the first place? Either we are
saved by grace alone or we are not saved at all!
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