SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
(8 May 2016)
Acts 1:12–26; Psalm 133:1–3; Revelation 22:1–6, 7–11, 12–20; John 17:20–26
Entrance: LSB 491 Up through Endless Ranks of Angels
Of the Day: LSB 539 Christ Is the World's Redeemer (starts 2:25)
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Offertory: LSB 623 Lord Jesus Christ, We Humbly Pray
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Distribution: LSB 529 Since Our Great High Priest, Christ Jesus
LSB 821 Alleluia! Sing to Jesus
Closing: LSB 895 Now Thank We All Our God
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Jesus Is with Us in His Holy Christian Church
On the night when He was betrayed, Jesus interceded for His Church — for His apostles and all who believe in Him through their word — that all of His disciples “may become perfectly one” in the Father and the Son (John 17:21–23). For Jesus became flesh and dwells among us in order to reveal the Father and His name, to share with us the glory of His righteousness, and to bring us to the Father in Himself. As the Father loved the Son from “before the foundation of the world” (John 17:24), so He loves the whole world (John 17:23, 26). Through the apostolic witness to the Baptism, cross and resurrection of Jesus (Acts 1:21–22), the Lord gathers His disciples throughout the world “with one accord” as one Body in Christ (Acts 1:14). And so with one voice and by one Spirit, His Bride prays, “Come” (Rev. 22:17). And He comes to us. He gives us “the water of life without price” to wash our robes and quench our thirst (Rev. 22:17); He feeds us from “the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit” (Rev. 22:2).
Courtesy: LCMS
Worldview Everlasting – The NotSoProBono Unification Project (John 17:20-26)
Greek2sDay, MeFirst Gimme Gimme style, (with special guest Jool), + bonus email: What Happened to Judas (?) and Who's Going to Hell (?); Terminus Techni, Missing P(i)e(a)ces, Totelaow! and more.
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Worldview Everlasting – The Fix: Living Water World (Revelation 22)
Jesus is coming soon. And he’s bringing vengeance and freedom with him.
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Lectionary Podcast - Easter 7 - Series C - John 17:20-26 with Dr. Charles Gieschen
Dr. Charles Gieschen, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, Ind., discusses one of the Gospel readings for Easter 7.
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John 17:20-26 (SBLGNT)
20 Οὐ περὶ τούτων δὲ ἐρωτῶ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τῶν πιστευόντων διὰ τοῦ λόγου αὐτῶν εἰς ἐμέ,
21 ἵνα πάντες ἓν ὦσιν, καθὼς σύ, πάτερ, ἐν ἐμοὶ κἀγὼ ἐν σοί, ἵνα καὶ αὐτοὶ ἐν ἡμῖν ὦσιν, ἵνα ὁ κόσμος πιστεύῃ ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας.
22 κἀγὼ τὴν δόξαν ἣν δέδωκάς μοι δέδωκα αὐτοῖς, ἵνα ὦσιν ἓν καθὼς ἡμεῖς ἕν,
23 ἐγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ σὺ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα ὦσιν τετελειωμένοι εἰς ἕν, ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας καὶ ἠγάπησας αὐτοὺς καθὼς ἐμὲ ἠγάπησας.
24 πάτερ, ὃ δέδωκάς μοι, θέλω ἵνα ὅπου εἰμὶ ἐγὼ κἀκεῖνοι ὦσιν μετʼ ἐμοῦ, ἵνα θεωρῶσιν τὴν δόξαν τὴν ἐμὴν ἣν δέδωκάς μοι, ὅτι ἠγάπησάς με πρὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου.
25 Πάτερ δίκαιε, καὶ ὁ κόσμος σε οὐκ ἔγνω, ἐγὼ δέ σε ἔγνων, καὶ οὗτοι ἔγνωσαν ὅτι σύ με ἀπέστειλας,
26 καὶ ἐγνώρισα αὐτοῖς τὸ ὄνομά σου καὶ γνωρίσω, ἵνα ἡ ἀγάπη ἣν ἠγάπησάς με ἐν αὐτοῖς ᾖ κἀγὼ ἐν αὐτοῖς.
Literal Translation
John 17:20-26
(20) And I do not pray concerning these only, but also concerning those who will believe in Me through their word;
(21) that all may be one, as You are in Me, Father, and I in You, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
(22) And I have given them the glory which You have given Me, that they may be one, as We are One:
(23) I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected in one; and that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them, even as You loved Me.
(24) Father, I desire that those whom You have given Me, that where I am, they may be with Me also, that they may behold My glory which You gave Me, because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
(25) Righteous Father, indeed the world did not know You, but I knew You; and these have known that You sent Me.
(26) And I made known to them Your name, and will make it known, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.