ICGC Calvary Temple, Wilmington Delaware

10/24/2020

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06/27/2020

*John 17:15* . “I’m not asking you to take them out of the world, but to keep them safe from the evil one.”

Jesus prayed that His Father would keep his disciples from the evil one. He did not ask that they be taken out of the world, but that they be made holy – sanctified, and be kept safe. He asked that they would be united, be one, even as He and His Father are one.

Jesus’s prayer offered that night in the Upper Room was not only for His disciples then, but is for you and me. Jesus Himself says, “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word.”

Like the sleepy disciples we fail to pray and keep watch; both in our hour of pressing, and in our times of feasting. Yet we need not despair for our prayers do not depend on us. Not only did Christ pray for us in the Upper Room, He Himself prays for us continually.

Christ offered Himself as the perfect and eternal sacrifice. By His death and passion, we have been washed and sanctified. By His resurrection He has restored us to life in His Name. He has not taken us out of this world. We still battle evil. We still face pressing times. But we know that we are His. We know that He has and will deliver us from the evil one. And we know that He prays for us, even though we fail to pray for ourselves.

May we be united and continue to abide under the shadow of the Almighty God in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Pastor G

12/26/2019