“Jesus’ Prayer for His Disciples.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Sunday School Lesson Outline

January 11

Lesson 6

JESUS’ PRAYER FOR HIS DISCIPLES

DEVOTIONAL READING: John 15:1–11

BACKGROUND SCRIPTURE: John 17:1–26

JOHN 17:6–21

6 I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.
7 Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.
8 For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.
9 I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.
10 And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
11 And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.
12 While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name: those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition; that the scripture might be fulfilled.
13 And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves.
14 I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.
16 They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.
18 As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world.
19 And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth.
20 Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

KEY VERSES
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me.

—John 17:20, 21

ACTS OF WORSHIP

Unit 2: Learning to Pray

LESSONS 5–8

LESSON AIMS

After participating in this lesson, each learner will be able to:
1. List some specific things that Jesus prayed for on behalf of His disciples.
2. Explain how one can be “in the world” but not “of the world.”
3. Commit to correcting one area of his or her life that is out of harmony with that for which Jesus prayed.

LESSON OUTLINE

Introduction
      A.      A Scripture for All Churches
      B.      Lesson Background
          I.      Prayer for Disciples (JOHN 17:6–19)
      A.      Given to Christ (v. 6)
      B.      Taught by Christ (vv. 7, 8)
      C.      Glory to Christ (vv. 9, 10)
      Yours? Mine? Ours?
      D.      Protection (vv. 11, 12)
      E.      Joy (v. 13)
      F.      Hatred (v. 14)
      G.      Sanctification (vv. 15–19)
          II.      Prayer Inclusion (JOHN 17:20, 21)
      A.      Who (v. 20)
      Conveying a Message
      B.      Why (v. 21)
Conclusion
      A.      Essential Unity
      B.      Prayer
      C.      Thought to Remember

HOW TO SAY IT

Ephesians

Ee-fee-zhunz.

Judas Iscariot

Joo-dus Iss-care-ee-ut.

synoptic

suh-nawp-tik.

Thought to Remember

Christ intended His church to be united.

Krause, Mark S. et al. “Jesus’ Prayer for His Disciples.” The KJV Standard Lesson Commentary, 2014–2015. Ed. Ronald L. Nickelson and Jonathan Underwood. Vol. 62. Cincinnati, OH: Standard Publishing, 2014. 167. Print.