The Intercession

Renewing Your Mind

Ligonier Ministries

Religion & Spirituality, Reformed, Study, Jesus, Preaching, Christianity, Scripture, Spirit, Bible, Holy, Theology, Christian, God, Teaching

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🗓️ 10 August 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Christians persevere in faith because Christ preserves us by His intercession. We grow in holiness because the Lord works powerfully through His Word. From his expositional series in the gospel of John, today R.C. Sproul continues his close look at Jesus’ High Priestly Prayer.

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Meet Today’s Teacher:

R.C. Sproul (1939–2017) was founder of Ligonier Ministries, first minister of preaching and teaching at Saint Andrew’s Chapel, first president of Reformation Bible College, and executive editor of Tabletalk magazine.

Meet the Host:

Nathan W. Bingham is vice president of media for Ligonier Ministries, executive producer and host of Renewing Your Mind, and host of the Ask Ligonier podcast.

Renewing Your Mind is a donor-supported outreach of Ligonier Ministries. Explore all of our podcasts: https://www.ligonier.org/podcasts

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0:00.0	Because we're confident in the efficacy of the prayers of Jesus,
0:05.0	then we have the assurance and are not troubled,
0:09.0	because we know that that which God has begun in us,
0:12.0	he will perfect until the end.
0:20.0	When was the last time you read John 17?
0:24.9	You might be stopped in your tracks when you get to verse 9.
0:28.6	As Jesus prays, I am not praying for the world, but for those whom you have given me.
0:34.4	What might sound shocking to some is actually a great source of comfort for the believer.
0:40.2	Welcome to the Sunday edition of Renewing Your Mind, as each week we feature the preaching ministry
0:45.7	of R.C. Sprawl. We're in the Gospel of John right now, the penultimate sermon in this short series.
0:53.2	So if you'd like to continue in John's Gospel with Dr. Sprawl as your guide,
0:57.3	don't forget to make a donation at Renewing Your Mind.org before midnight tonight.
1:02.6	And to thank you, we'll send you the hardcover edition of his commentary on John.
1:07.6	Well, here's Dr. Sproul to explain this prayer of Jesus and what it means for you and me.
1:17.2	As you know, we have been working through the gospel according to John, and we will continue to study that this morning, as I will read from chapter 17, verses 6 through 19.
1:34.2	And so I would ask the congregation to stand for the reading of the gospel.
1:43.2	I have manifested your name to the men whom you have given me out of the world.
1:50.7	They were yours, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
2:00.3	And now they have known that all things which you have given me are from you, for I have
2:08.0	given to them the words which you have given me, and they have received them, and
2:15.3	have known surely that I came forth from you, and they have believed that you sent me.
2:24.9	I pray for them. I do not pray for the world, but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours, and all mine are yours,
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