Sunday School Jesus' Prayer for His Disciples

John 17 :6-19 ““I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. “Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. “I ask on their behalf; I do not ask on behalf of the world, but of those whom You have given Me; for they are Yours; and all things that are Mine are Yours, and Yours are Mine; and I have been glorified in them. “I am no longer in the world; and yet they themselves are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name, the name which You have given Me, that they may be one even as We are. “While I was with them, I was keeping them in Your name which You have given Me; and I guarded them and not one of them perished but the son of perdition, so that the Scripture would be fulfilled. “But now…”

What is intercessory Prayer?

Quite simply, intercessory prayer is the act of praying on behalf of others. The role of mediator in prayer was prevalent in the Old Testament, …

1 : the act of interceding. 2 : prayer, petition, or entreaty in favor of another. Other Words from intercession Example Sentences Learn More About intercession.

Why do we need a mediator ? Because he is the perfect sinless sacrifice for our sins. He is the only one holy enough to mediate on our behalf. God is unreachable and impossible to understand or conceive, Christ has entered a human body and become part of the human creation, which is continuing, and so is to a degree accessible.

Jesus still prayed for his disciples, even though he already knew what he had put in them. And he also knew what the world was capable of. He says “and they have kept your word” !