JOHN 17: CHRIST'S JOY MADE COMPLETE

When Jesus had spoken these things,

He lifted up His eyes to Heaven and said, Father, the hour is come.

Glorify and Exalt and Honor and Magnify Your Son,

So that Your Son may Glorify and Extol and Honor and Magnify You.

Just as You have granted Him Power and authority over all flesh

(All human kind),

Now Glorify Him, so that He may give Eternal LIFE

To all whom You have given Him.

And this is Eternal LIFE: [it means] to KNOW

(To perceive, recognize, become acquainted with and understand)

YOU, the only True and Real God,

And [likewise] to KNOW Him, Jesus [as the] Christ, the Anointed ONE,

The Messiah, whom You have sent.

I have Glorified You down here on the earth

By completing the work that You gave Me to do.

And now, Father, Glorify Me along with Yourself

And Restore Me to such Majesty and Honor in Your Presence

As I had with You before the World existed.

I have Manifested Your Name--

I have revealed your very Self, Your real self--

To the people whom You have given Me out of the World.

They were Yours, and You gave them to Me,

And they have obeyed and kept Your Word.

Now [at last] they KNOW and understand

That all You have given me belongs to You--

Is really and truly Yours.

For the uttered words that You gave Me I have given them.

And they have received and accepted [them],

And have come to KNOW Positively and in Reality--

To believe with absolute assurance--

That I came forth from Your Presence.

And they have believed and are convinced that You did send Me.

I AM praying for them.

I AM NOT PRAYING FOR THE WORLD;

But for those You have given Me, for they belong to You.

ALL MINE ARE YOURS,

AND ALL THAT ARE YOURS BELONG TO ME;

And I AM Glorified in (through) them--They have done Me Honor,

In them My Glory is Achieved.

And [now] I AM no more in the world,

But these are in the World and I AM coming to You.

Holy Father, Keep in Your Name [in the knowledge of Yourself]

Them whom You have given Me,

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, AS WE [ARE ONE].

While I was with them, I kept and preserved them in Your Name

[In the knowledge and worship of You],

Those You have given me I guarded and protected,

And not one of them has perished or is lost except the son of perdition

[Judas Iscariot]--the one who is now doomed to destruction,

Destined to be lost--

That Scripture might be fulfilled. [Ps. 41:9; John 6:70.]

And now I AM coming to You.

I say these things while I AM still in the World,

So that My Joy may be made Full and Complete and Prefect in them--

That they may experience My Delight fulfilled in them,

That My Enjoyment may be Perfected in their own souls,

That they may have My Gladness within them fulling their hearts.

I have given and delivered to them Your Word (message);

And the World has HATED them,

Because they are not of the World--

Do not belong to the World--Just as I AM not of the World.

I do not ask that You will take them out of the World,

But that you will Keep and Protect them from the Evil [One].

They are not of the World (Worldly, belonging to the World),

[Just} as I AM not of the World.

Sanctify them—Purify, Consecrate, Separate them for Yourself,

Make them Holy—by the TRUTH.

Your Word is TRUTH.

Just as You sent Me into the World,

I ALSO HAVE SENT THEM INTO THE WORLD.

And so for their sake and on their behalf

I sanctify (dedicate, consecrate) Myself,

That they also may be sanctified (dedicated, consecrated, made Holy)

In the TRUTH.

Neither for these alone do I pray--

It is not for their sake only that I make this request--

But also fo all those who will ever come to believe in

(Trust, Cling to, Rely on) Me through their word and teaching;

SO THAT THEY ALL MAY BE ONE

[Just] as You, father, are in Me and I in You,

THAT THEY ALSO MAY BE ONE IN US,

So that the World may believe and be convinced that You have sent Me.

I have given them the Glory and Honor which You have given Me,

THAT THEY MAY BE ONE, [even] as We are ONE:

I IN THEM AND YOU IN ME,

In order that they may become ONE and PERFECTLY UNITED,

That the World may know and [definitely] recognize that You sent Me,

And that You have loved THEM [even] as You have loved Me.

Father, I desire that THEY also who You have entrusted to Me

[Your gift to Me,] may be with Me where I AM,

So that they may see My Glory, which You have given Me--

Your love gift to Me--

For You loved Me before the foundation of the World.

O Just and Righteous Father, although the World HAS NOT KNOWN YOU

AND HAS FAILED TO RECOGNIZE YOU

AND HAS NEVER ACKNOWLEDGED YOU,

I have known You continually.

And these men understand and know that You have sent Me.

I made Your Name know to them

And revealed Your Character and Your very Self,

And I will continue to make [You] known,

That the love which You have bestowed upon Me may be in them--

Felt in their hearts--

And that I [Myself] may be in them. (John 17, AMP)

Belonging to Christ is not a Religion as men think of Religion--

IT IS A STATE OF BEING—OF BEING IN CHRIST--

Being ONE with Christ--

By the Power of His Spirit living in and through a person.

Then Christ's Joy will be made Complete in that person.

Today, the World is raging against God, rushing toward oblivion. (Psalm 2)

This World in its present form is passing away. (1 Corinthians 7:31)

America is being ground to powder because of her SIN against God.

Save yourself from this Corrupt Generation! (Acts 2:40)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!

Father, Your Kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as in Heaven!