John 17:12
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"While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.” ()
"While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me...()
That is, during his entire ministry, by means of
his teaching and by means of
his miracles,
Jesus had fulfilled his task as the good shepherd of the sheep.
Thus from day to day he himself had kept them,
holding before them constantly the things which He had heard from the Father and
I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.” ()
Jesus says I guarded them, and not one of them perished.
Jesus kept them against the world, the flesh, and the devil.
Remember Satan had a hatred for them: "“Simon, Simon, look out. Satan has asked to sift you like wheat.” ()
The hearts of weak disciples are described like this (those that are apt to stagger):
"From that moment many of his disciples turned back and no longer accompanied him. "So Jesus said to the Twelve, “You don’t want to go away too, do you?”” ()
Except the son of destruction. He was lost! He perished!
May any of them given from the Father to the Son be lost?
Will any slip through the fingers of God by accident?
"For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. "This is the will of him who sent me: that I should lose none of those he has given me but should raise them up on the last day.” ()
Even in , in Jesus’s prayer it’s perfect!!
"“Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they will see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the world’s foundation.” ()
This son of destruction, could be rendered ‘son of the destroyer’ as referring to satan.
Jesus, speaking to the twelve said, “Yet one of you is a devil.” ()"“I’m not speaking about all of you; I know those I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled: The one who eats my bread has raised his heel against me.” () "When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in his spirit and testified, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me.”” ()
(John 6:70)
describes people as “children of wrath”, it’s a child of hell!
Judas didn’t only deserve and merit hell but do to his fallen humanity, he was destined to it!
"While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name
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plan from eternity was defeated and
that you have given me. I guarded them and not one of them is lost, except the son of destruction, so that the Scripture may be fulfilled.” ()
prophecy left unfulfilled,
this actually happened in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Though, on the one hand, Judas was fully responsible, on the other hand,
this deed was included in the divine decree from eternity, and in prophecy.
1. We’re POWERLESS.
1. We’re POWERLESS.
We cannot withstand danger by our own strength.
He doesn’t say, “I gave them free-will to protect themselves”.
Christ says, “I was protecting them”.
This is what we find in , which is part of Hannah’s prayer, which is a response to God’s marvelous wok of giving her Samuel.
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She rightly testifies: "He guards the steps of his faithful ones, but the wicked perish in darkness, for a person does not prevail by his own strength.” ()
She positively declares that the Lord will keep guard the very feet of His people.
And if the feet then surely the heart and the head! They who the Lord guards, shall be guarded!
Such precious assurance found in our precious Redeemer!
Flip over to .
"For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding. "He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity "so that he may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of his faithful followers.” ()
Is it not God our Father, that is here particularly spoken of? For who gave Christ to the church, but the Father? "For God loved the world in this way: He gave his one and only Son, ...” ()
"“I am the Lord. I have called you for a righteous purpose, and I will hold you by your hand. I will watch over you, ...” ()
Who was it that
called him in righteousness, or
laid up salvation in him, and
laid our iniquities upon him?
To whom is the church entrusted by Christ, and who is the Almighty Keeper of the church but the Father?
"I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by your name ...” () "The Lord protects you; the Lord is a shelter right by your side.” ()
God will have this honor, as to be
the author of grace, so the preserver of it;
as the making of the world and keeping of the world is put into the same hands.
The devil doesn’t fear us except when the guard is around us!
"Peter told him, “Even if everyone falls away because of you, I will never fall away.”” ()
At first Peter is braver than any of the other 12 but afterwards, he falls by an accusation from a damsel.
Bold resolutions don’t carry us out very far as opposed to humble dependence!
W/out God’s protection we’re so weak and vulnerable.
We’re powerless!
2. Christ is FAITHFUL.
2. Christ is FAITHFUL.
He’s loyal and tender over those given to Him.
He’s faithful to God: "While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name ...” ()
Faithful to God’s flock, He didn’t leave off a single task of a good shepherd! "While I was with them, I was protecting them ...” ()
Now Jesus surrenders this charge into His Father’s hands.
APPLIED
APPLIED
One. Safety in Christ
There’s only safety in Christ’s hands and keeping.
Christ was a faithful shepherd when He was upon the earth; and
though his bodily presence is removed, yet it is
supplied by the Spirit.
He still has a concern and care of His flock; the lambs,
those that are most tender,
He carries them in His bosom; he has a particular care of every single believer,
even though there are so many thousands in the world: , ‘I know my sheep by name.’
Tom, Lindsey, Don, Velma, however called and distinguished in the world,
He is careful
to provide good large pasture,
to supply your defects.
His conduct is gentle and tender, as the little ones are able to bear, and
to guide you with portions suitable to your work, and
testings that are proportioned to your growth and experience.
He’s constantly at watch over you,
taking notice if there are any decays in grace and spiritual fatigue or
to reclaim His straying people.
"and whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”” ()
For those that are in possession of this Great Shepherd have put our souls as a pledge in His hands!
“The Lord is my shepherd, I have what I need.”! ()
Let us walk on the safe course of obedience deferring completely to Christ’s care!
Two. Learn faithfulness from Christ
Two. Learn faithfulness from Christ
We glean from Him who to be faithful to what we’re called to do!
As a husband, father, pastor, I desire to keep those who are committed to my charge! To keep them in God’s Name!
So that when I come to die, I may plead faithfulness!
To be able to say what Christ says, “While I was with them, I was protecting them by your name that you have given me....”
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3. Christ is ABLE.
3. Christ is ABLE.
If I don’t warn my family and my church family their blood will be required by God at my hands. ().
It’s a weighty charge and a great trust men!
3. Christ is ABLE.
3. Christ is ABLE.
Observe God has many ways of keeping!
He did it on earth and in heaven now by the power of His Spirit.
He even uses angels: "Now to which of the angels has he ever said: Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your footstool? "Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?” () "For he will give his angels orders concerning you, to protect you in all your ways.” ()
(1.) Christ has the heart to do you good.
(1.) Christ has the heart to do you good.
Christ’s nature towards His blood bought people is goodness and delight!
"But the one who boasts should boast in this: that he understands and knows me— that I am the Lord, showing faithful love, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things. This is the Lord’s declaration.” ()
"...God is love, and the one who remains in love remains in God, and God remains in him.” ()
His love is communicative and diffuses itself into all the manifold circumstances and to any required level!
"...I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore, I have continued to extend faithful love to you.” () "I will take you to be my wife forever. I will take you to be my wife in righteousness, justice, love, and compassion. "I will take you to be my wife in faithfulness, and you will know the Lord.” ()
When my children are out of sorts or in some misery, my love runs towards them in compassion and pity!
Hear the heart of God!"I have surely heard Ephraim moaning, “You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God. "After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.” "Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration.” ()
This reveals God’s heart towards His wayward people and we see how He restores them to Himself.
Let’s remember too, there’s a remnant because of God’s love, not because of any characteristics or accomplishments from them!
Ephraim represents the northern tribes of Israel who were lost in their sins.
We see here, in their return to God, that in returning to God, there’s always a requirement of repentance!
Their godly sorrow is described in v18 as, "...“You disciplined me, and I have been disciplined like an untrained calf. Take me back...()
Do not assume everything is all right between you and God.
Unless you have come to God repenting for your sins, everything is not all right between you.
Repentance is personal.
You must ask God to forgive you for Jesus’ sake.
When Ephraim repented he came to God in a personal way, saying, “...Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.” ()
Repentance demands a change of direction.
The Hebrew word for repentance is repeated seven times in these verses.
It means “to turn.” Those who turn away must “return.”
They must do what the Prodigal Son did in the story Jesus told ().
After he squandered his father’s fortune in a far country,
he made up his mind to turn around and go back home.
Repentance includes recognition of sin.
Rachel’s son Ephraim was “instructed” that he had strayed (). "After my return, I felt regret; After I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.”” ()
Regret, grieved, shame, humiliation, disgrace.
In other words, he finally recognized his sin as sin.In the same way, Jesus describes the Prodigal Son as “coming to his senses” ().
Jesus describes the Prodigal Son as “coming to his senses” ().
Human beings are thinking most clearly and most sensibly when they recognize how sinful they are.
Since repentance is a matter of the heart as well as the mind, it also means being sorry for sin.
There must be remorse as well as recognition. That is why the words of Ephraim’s confession were moaned (v18a), and not spoken.
He beat his breast.
He was “ashamed and humiliated” because of his sins.
They were youthful sins, committed when he was undisciplined and lacked good judgment.
Nevertheless, the sins themselves were disgraceful, and they required tearful repentance.
This is what it looks like when someone is right with God.
Repentance means a change of behavior and a full confession of sin, mixed with sorrow.
True repentance is a gift from God.
Ephraim never could have repented like this on his own.
He prayed, “Take me back, so that I can return” (), because he knew that the initiative for his change of heart had to come from God.
Whenever a sinner confesses his sins, God welcomes him back home.
Jeremiah then delivers this comforting promise of forgiveness.
God readily forgives every sinner who truly repents.
God forgave Ephraim because he was his own son.
He said, "They will come weeping, but I will bring them back with consolation. I will lead them to wadis filled with water, by a smooth way where they will not stumble, for I am Israel’s Father, and Ephraim is my firstborn.” (; cf. Hos. 11:8)
How could God fail to forgive his own son?
He could not; therefore he answers Ephraim’s prayer:
"Isn’t Ephraim a precious son to me, a delightful child? Whenever I speak against him, I certainly still think about him. Therefore, my inner being yearns for him; I will truly have compassion on him. This is the Lord’s declaration.” ()
Imagine the scene: A tender father welcomes home his wayward son after years of separation.
He uses every term of endearment in his vocabulary. God called Ephraim his “son,” his “precious” son, the son “a delightful child.”
Even though he had been away for a long time, the son was well-remembered.
Again we are reminded of the story of the prodigal son, in which the father recognized his son “while he was still a long way off” ().
God is the kind of Father who never forgets His children.
God loves his children as well as he remembers them.
In Jeremiah’s prophecy, he is said to “yearn” for Ephraim with great “compassion.”
Jesus used the same kinds of words in his parable.
He said the father “was filled with compassion for him; he ran to his son, threw his arms around him and kissed him” (v. 20).
In effect, Jesus was showing us the gut-reaction of God when we repent for our sins and come back home.
This is the New Testament doctrine of adoption.
By faith in Christ we become God’s darling children.
When sinners repent, they become the sons and daughters of God.
“...Take me back, so that I can return, for you, Lord, are my God.” ()
(2.) Christ has the wisdom to contrive and manage the means and methods of His purposes.
(2.) Christ has the wisdom to contrive and manage the means and methods of His purposes.
(3.) Christ has the ability and authority.
(3.) Christ has the ability and authority.
APPLIED
APPLIED
One. Admire God’s providence.
Two. Learn to wait upon God!
4. Christ’s care exists extends to all His sheep.
4. Christ’s care exists extends to all His sheep.