Women of Grace Spring Semester ‘04

With the Master in the Upper Room

Homework for Lesson Twenty Four: John 17:20-26

Christ Prays for Future Believers

Your Homework is Not Only to Sharpen Your Understanding of the Bible but a Ministry to Others in Your Small Groups! Be Faithful to Give Careful Thought to Each Answer with the Expectation of Sharing with Others What You have Discovered.

 

Memory Work-John 17:24

 

1. Read John 13-17 reflectively. (a) Write down any new truths you have learned as a result of this study.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b) What changes have you made as a result of this study?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2. The following question from lesson one: What do you hope to gain from our study this year, "With The Master In The Upper Room?" (Hold on to your answer until the end of the year!) Question: Did you receive what you hoped to gain? (You will need to look at lesson one to see what you wrote.)

 

 

 

 

 

3. (a) What do the following verses say about the righteousness of God? Ps. 36:6

 

 

Ps. 45:6,7

 

 

Ps. 50:6

 

 

Ps. 71:19

 

 

Romans 1:16,17

 

 

Romans 3:5,6

 

 

Romans 3:21-26

 

 

James 1:20

 

 

II Peter 1:1

 

 

I John 3:7

 

 

 

(b) How do these verses help you to understand why Jesus calls God "righteous Father" in John 17:25?

 

 

 

 

4. Jesus says in John 17:24 that the Father loved Him before the foundation of the world. (a) According to the following verses, what else happened before the foundation of the world? Mt. 25:34

 

 

Lk. 11:49-51

 

 

Eph. 1:4

 

 

Heb. 4:3;

 

 

I Pet. 1:18-20

 

 

Rev. 13:8

 

 

Rev. 17:8

 

 

(b) What does this teach you about time past?

 

 

 

5. (a) Read I Cor. 3:1-9 noting how Paul addressed the issue of disunity in the church. What should be our attitude (s)?

 

 

 

 

 

(b) How should the body be functioning? See I Cor. 12.

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c) How do these verses relate to Christ's prayers for us in John 17:20-26?

 

 

 

 

 

 

6. (a) Do you pray for your children and-or grandchildren who are not yet born, and for future spouses for your children and-or grandchildren?

 

 

 

(b) What types of prayers have you prayed for them? I encourage you to start including them in your prayers. (Jesus prayed for us before we were even born!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

8. What are your plans for staying spiritually challenged over the summer? Come with a request for how we may pray for you in that area.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Come with a request so that we might pray for you.