Chris Sheppard

Concluding John 17, the message shows that all believers, not only the eleven disciples, truly know God through Christ, and closes by pointing to the imperishable heavenly inheritance that should draw Christians' hearts away from earthly

Working through John 17:20-23, the message presents the unity between Christ and the Father as the model for unity among believers, warning that a church without this Spirit-wrought oneness will slowly decay while a genuinely unified church

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Working through John 17:16-19, the sermon links Jesus sending the disciples into the world to the Great Commission and shows that their sanctification would come through real hardship, not in spite of it. It presses the church to see

Continuing through John 17:11-15, the sermon focuses on Jesus interceding for the disciples' protection, unity, and joy as He prepares to leave them in a hostile world. It presses the point that believers are kept by the Father for the

Moving into the intercessory section of John 17, the sermon traces how the disciples received, knew, and believed the word Christ gave them, and wrestles honestly with the mystery of divine sovereignty and human responsibility in salvation.

Working through John 17:1-3, the sermon shows Jesus asking the Father for glory so that the Son's authority to grant eternal life would result in the Father and Son both being glorified through the salvation of sinners. The burden is that

As an introduction to John 17, the message outlines the seven petitions of Jesus's high priestly prayer and presses the unconverted to look to the Father for salvation while calling believers to look outward in service to Christ and His

John 16 closes Jesus’ farewell teaching with consolations for confused disciples: the Father loves them, Christ came from the Father, and peace is found in Him. Though tribulation remains in the world, Christ has overcome the world.

Continuing John 16:21-24, the sermon compares the disciples' grief to a mother's labor, showing that joy comes not when pain ends but when believers grasp the purpose God is working through their trial.

Introducing a new Sunday night small group Bible study ministry, the message traces the biblical pattern of pastors equipping the saints for works of service and mutual edification, while affirming that teaching authority over men and mixed