“I Am Praying for Them” (Part 1 of 2)
Truth For Life Daily Program
Alistair Begg
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 25 minutes
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In His High Priestly Prayer, Jesus wasn’t praying for the whole world but specifically for His disciples, both then and now. So what distinguishes a disciple from the rest of the world? Consider the answer along with Alistair Begg on Truth For Life.
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| 0:00.0 | Indeed. In Jesus' high-priestly prayer in John 17, he wasn't praying for the whole world. |
| 0:31.3 | He prayed specifically for his disciples. |
| 0:34.0 | That includes his followers both then and now. |
| 0:37.5 | So what distinguishes a disciple of Jesus from everyone else? |
| 0:42.8 | Alistair Begg considers the answer today on truth for life. |
| 0:52.5 | First John 1 and verse 1. 1. John 1 and verse 1. That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have |
| 1:02.9 | seen with our eyes, which we looked upon and have touched with our hands concerning the |
| 1:09.1 | Word of Life. The life was made manifest, and we have seen it, |
| 1:13.6 | and testified to it and proclaimed to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was made manifest to us. |
| 1:22.6 | That which we have seen and heard, we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have |
| 1:29.0 | fellowship with us, and indeed, our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ. |
| 1:36.5 | And we are writing these things so that your joy may be complete. |
| 1:41.7 | This is the message we have heard from Him and proclaimed to you that God is light and |
| 1:47.0 | in Him is no darkness at all. If we say we have fellowship with Him while we walk in darkness, |
| 1:54.0 | we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, |
| 2:00.0 | we have fellowship with one another, |
| 2:02.4 | and the blood of Jesus, His Son, cleanses us from all sin. |
| 2:07.9 | If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. |
| 2:14.2 | If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from |
| 2:19.9 | all unrighteousness. |
| 2:21.8 | If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us. |
| 2:28.1 | My little children, am I writing these things to use so that you may not sin? |
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