Rev.C.J McKnight
March 03 – May 30, 2003 A CERTAIN DESIRE EXPRESSED IN HIS PRAYER. The prayer that He prayed is found in the Gospel of John, chapter seventeen. It is a beautiful prayer and is greatly guided in the direction of the satisfaction of His desire toward His church, His people. The theme that we wish to consider in His prayer is His strong desire for a deep spiritual relationship with those who are His. Both, those who were the initial followers of the Lord Jesus and also those who were to become converts, through the preaching of the Word. John 17:20 We may always be assured that He has prayed for us and still is our intercessor before the throne of His Father. In His ministry as the great and only high priest, He represents us before the throne of justice when we come seeking salvation. Heb. 7:25 He is our sacrifice and advocate, the only one who can make intercession for us in the presence of the judge of the whole earth. Rom. 8:34