Are You an Expert? | John 17:22

[00:00:00] Real Truth Daily. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. Hi everybody! Welcome back to Daily Truths. Every once in a while we hear this statement, well I really don't know much about that. You're just gonna have to ask the experts. Maybe people have said that to you or maybe you've said that about other people. Hey, I'm not an expert. Other people are, but not me. If you don't know anything about that and you want to ask me,

[00:00:29] don't ask me, ask somebody else who is an expert. Who are experts regarding the theology of the cross? Regarding the life, death and resurrection of Jesus? Well we have to say immediately so, the disciples. Listen to what Jesus says to His disciples, about His disciples, to the Father. The glory that You have given me, Father, in other words,

[00:00:54] the things I have done, my incarnation, my miracles, my death, my resurrection. They have seen my glory revealed through those things. And now that testimony, what they have witnessed with their own eyes, I give to them. So He says, the glory that You have given me, I have given to them. That they may be one, even as we are one.

[00:01:20] United in focus, in purpose, in mission, in effort, in proclamation of what Jesus has done. So what Jesus is saying is, these disciples have seen my glory and they are experts. And now they live to testify of what I have done. And my friends, what we can say about the disciples, we can say about you and me, through the power of the word, we have been witnesses to the incarnation,

[00:01:50] the miracles, the teachings, the death, the resurrection of Jesus. We have been witnesses to that. We are experts regarding that. And just as Jesus said about His disciples, that glory has been given to them. What He meant was the testimony, what they've witnessed, has been given to them now to testify,

[00:02:14] to proclaim, to let people know what I've done. And so the early church, the New Testament said this about the the disciples and also to you and me, some 2000 years later, what word, what testimony, what proclamation, this proclamation that were to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, Judea, Samaria, and the latter most parts of the earth.

[00:02:38] That wherever we go, whoever we see, if the Holy Spirit opens the door, we testify of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. Jesus said it best when He said these words, Go ye therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He didn't just say that to His disciples. He says that to the church, those who have become experts

[00:03:05] regarding who Jesus is, what He's done, and why we need Him in our life. So my friends, be about the Father's business. You see, a church is just not a place where we come and we get fed and we hear a message and we hear music and we worship the Lord and receive the sacrament. It is an equipping station, right? A comfort zone whereby we are comforted with the grace of God.

[00:03:31] We are given the love of God. We are told about Jesus, but then we are equipped to make Him known, right? So Jesus said, the glory that you've given me, Father, I give to them. And 2,000 years later, Jesus says the same thing to us today. The glory, namely my incarnation, my teachings, my miracles, my death, my resurrection that you've given me, I pass on to them to make it known.

[00:04:01] If it was good enough for the disciples, it's good enough for us. And so my friends, as you've heard me say so many times in DT, the church, the gospel of Jesus is not just for us. It's for the world. And let me stop right here and say, maybe you're watching this video and you don't know what I'm talking about. It really doesn't make sense. You don't know who Jesus is. Let me tell you this. We are sinful and we can't save ourselves.

[00:04:29] Sin is not just a mistake. It's not just, oh, I had a bad thought or I shouldn't have said that. Sin is a transgression against God's holy law. His law is revealed in the Ten Commandments and we have broken his law. Here's the thing, though. Jesus Christ came and he kept the law. Jesus Christ came and he died for our sin. Jesus Christ came and he conquered the grave.

[00:04:53] And when you repent of your sin and you put your trust in Jesus, all the sins of your life are not held against you. God doesn't remember them. He nailed them to the cross with his son. You're robed in the righteousness, purity and holiness of Jesus Christ given to you by faith. This is the gospel. And this is the glory of God revealed in the face of Christ.

[00:05:22] This is what God wants us to know. But we aren't secret service agents for the Lord Jesus Christ. We're not undercover agents for the gospel. We are those who have witnessed through the power of the word, the glory of Christ. And now we live to tell about it. Hmm. So let's be about the father's task.

[00:05:44] Let's be about the ultimate mission of the church, not just to know Christ or to grow in Christ, but to make Christ known. And Jesus said, be one in that purpose, effort and mission. Let it be so and let it be done to the glory of God's holy and saving name. And that is today's daily truth. Have a great day in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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