John 17:20
Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
The Lords prayer in John 17 is for the disciples that the Lord has been teaching. The Lord has been praying to the Father about these men, what he has taught them, what they have learned, what they are preaching. In the above verse the Lord is not praying for them only, but for those that the disciples are ministering to, the people that have heard the word of God through the apostles and have believed. What is it that he is praying for them? It is the same thing that he has been praying about the apostles; that they believe who he is, what he has told them, and believe in the work that he has done. That they would be sanctified through the word of truth, this is what is on the heart of the Lord. As I look at this example of prayer from Christ for the saints, I think that these are things that we should be praying for one another, spiritual things, things that will last for eternity.
Rejoicing in Grace,
Keith
2 Cor 5:14-15
