Unabashedly Apologetic
I think today's podcast is a helpful example of how we study. I spend a good part of my day in a variety of different resources. This is daily and habitual. In between all of that, I actually retreat to work, which has nothing to do with my biblical studies. My commercial breaks during the day usually return me to my Christian studies.
I usually open with a section of the Bible I want to read in the morning. But my brain is saying, " Hey, that's cool - remember this from yesterday or a few days ago?" Hopefully, it's not a distraction but a connection. And that's exactly what happened here.
I was closing out the section on John 17. We've discussed the part where Jesus prays to the Father. First He prays for Himself, then He prays for the Eleven. Today we moved into John 22-26. In my Bible, that section is labeled "Their future glory." Since I bounce around King James, ESV and NIV, I didn't notice that different translations have the sections isolated differently. I'm actually glad I was in King James today because jumping right into to verse 22 forced a question. King James reads: And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one." Just to connect through to the context, I zoomed out on "they". In the immediate context, you only have to back up a couple of lines to realize that "they" are "those who believe in me" from verse 20.
So, I look at this and this is the question that pops into my head...
So, Jesus rallied believers through direct revelation. He raised the dead. Transfigured before some of them. Ousted demons. Healed the sick. Walked on water. Turned water into wine. Fed 1000's with a loaf of bread. Spoke perfectly of the scriptures and their meaning. Now He expects the retelling of his message to elicit the same results?
Conveniently, and I blame the Holy Spirit for this, I had just listened to a debate the day before between John Lennox and Peter Atkins. That is a classical debate of the Christian and the Atheist.
And so, you have todays Podcast. A Christian hears Jesus' priestly prayer 2000 years later.
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