Thursday Night Study - John 17
Please read John 17, you may use the questions below to prepare for the study this Thursday.
Introduction
2. What is the best reason you have heard for not believing in Jesus as Savior?
Study
1. What event is it now "time" for (v. 1; 12:23-24)?
2. What does it mean to "glorify" someone (v. 4 – 5, 10, 22, 24)? How is Jesus is deity emphasized here?
3. Who is the focal point of Jesus' prayer in verses 6-19? Why? If you had to file a report to the Father of Jesus' activities, how would you verify verses 6-8?
4. What is Jesus' concern in verses 11 and 15? What does he mean by "the name you gave me" (see 8:58; Ex 3:14)? What do the events surrounding the original revelation of this name show about its power to save (Ex 3:7-10)?
5. What does he mean by his request in verse 17? What is its purpose?
6. Who is the focus of Jesus's prayer in verses 20 through 26? Toward what end? What kind of unity exists between God and Jesus that we should copy?
7. What does Jesus' ultimate desire (v. 24) reveal about his love for us?
8. How do verses 25 - 26 some of the major concerns of Jesus in chapter 13 – 16?
Personal
1. This week, whom have you glorified by the way you lived? How so?
2. What two phrases sum up your goal for the past year?
3.How are your prayers for others like and unlike Jesus' prayer? Do your prayers reflect the short-term urgent, or the long-term important needs that people have? What can you apply to your prayer skills from this chapter?
4. How does the fact that Jesus existed before the world began affect the way you live?
5. How important to you is unity with other believers? With whom do you share this unity? How can you experience more unity?
"Serendipity Bible for Groups" third edition c. 1998 pp. 1506-1507; Zondervan Publishing House
