Finishing the Ultimate Task | John 17:4

[00:00:00] Real Truth Daily. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman. Hi, everybody. Welcome back to Daily Truths. Have you ever been given a task that you were supposed to accomplish? That task was given by a parent or maybe a teacher or maybe a boss or maybe a spouse. And at the end of the day, you accomplish a task and you did it not only well, you did it very well. As a matter of fact, you did it perfectly and reflected well on you and also the person who gave you that task.

[00:00:31] That's a similar thought that we have in John chapter 14. Jesus is in the upper room with his disciples and he's carrying out what we call the High Priestly Prayer, where he's interceding for the people of God, not only his disciples, but you and me. When we read these words in John chapter 17, verse 4, as he's speaking to God the Father, this is what he says.

[00:00:54] I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. In other words, Jesus was saying, I've given honor, glory, majesty, magnificence, splendor, and a spotlight on you, Father, as I've carried out the work that you've given me to carry out.

[00:01:15] What kind of work? The parables that he taught, the teachings that he gave, the ministering that he administered to, the proclamation of the kingdom of God, the teaching that he continued to carry out, the life that he lived that showed that he was truly sent by God, a holy life in obedience to commands of God that we have broken.

[00:01:38] All of this and so much more Jesus accomplished for you and me so that the Father would be glorified. He carried out the task and he carried out perfectly for the glory of God, but not only for the glory of God, for the benefit also of you and me. Every miracle that he performed, he truly had us in mind because he wanted to demonstrate to people around him that he was the son of God.

[00:02:08] And if he is and was and forever will be the son of God, those miracles proclaimed himself to be just that so that we would believe that he is who he claimed to be. The people that he ministered to, he ultimately had you and me in mind. The teaching that he gave, he ultimately had you and me in mind, the work that he carried out. He ultimately had you and me in mind.

[00:02:34] But it all culminated in the greatest work of all, his death on the cross, in your behalf, in my behalf, in payment for our sin. This is how it's stated in the book of Philippians chapter two. He did not regard equality with God, something to be continually grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant and being found in human likeness. He became obedient unto death, even death on a cross.

[00:03:04] This was the ultimate work that Jesus has called upon by God, the father to carry out. And he did it perfectly for you and me, for the father, for the spirit, but ultimately for you and me so that we could be saved, so that we could be declared innocent in the sight of God, so that we could be recipients of grace and heirs of heaven.

[00:03:28] All of this Jesus did for you and me to, yes, glorify God, to put a spotlight on God, the father, but also to carry out the tasks that he was given to do. And he did them perfectly to the glory of God, to the glory of the spirit, but also for your benefit and mine. Yes. Listen to this. I love it. John chapter 17, verse four. Once again, it says this.

[00:03:57] I glorified you father on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. And he did. He accomplished it. He indeed did. And he did it perfectly for you and for me. The gospel is so sweet, isn't it?

[00:04:20] And as a result of what Jesus has done, I just can't, I can't fathom how incredible, how deep, how marvelous, how magnificent the love of God is for you and me. And Jesus demonstrated that love in obeying the work that God, the father had given him to do so that we could be saved.

[00:04:42] And isn't it great to know that you're saved by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone. Thanks be to God for the great work that Jesus has carried out for you and me. Have a great day in the Lord Jesus Christ. And that is today's Daily Truth. Thank you for tuning in to Daily Truths with Dave Olman.

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