The Park Road Pres Podcast

The Prayer of Jesus (Part 2)

The Kingdom is come in Jesus Christ AND the Kingdom is coming. The task of the Apostles and the Church is to call people to believe through the Apostles message. Did the disciples know what was ahead for THEM and for the Jesus-Movement? Not yet… BUT…they will.I want to look at the inferences in this prayer:1) The Multitude Anticipated2) The Prayer's Ambition/Aim3) The Means of Advance

The Prayer of Jesus (John 17)

The Teacher prays the longest recorded prayer we have – much longer than what we call The Lord's Prayer but very similar, really an expansion of that best-known of Jesus Christ's prayers. He prays so that the eleven disciples can hear the words and learn some dense, mystifying, deep truths that they will remember forever but don't yet understand as they're being prayed. Every word is weighty. The finish-line is in sight. The Light of the World is about to be snuffed out… for "a little while" (16.16, 17, 18, 19). Jesus prays for Himself and for His students and for what lies ahead for them.
Back in the last century (1999), I preached SIX sermons in a row on this one prayer (only two this year), but I could see why it took six…could be more! It's DENSE!
Today I want to look at this heavy prayer in three ways:1) The View from the Top2) The View from the Trenches3) The View of the Race Before US

I Have Overcome the World

These words are meant to sustain the disciples in their hour of deepest need. They'll focus on the idea ofGod's will and ability to transform evil into good in the lives of His people. What Joseph told his brothers at the end of Genesis, what some have considered the summary of the entire Bible, "What YOU meant for EVIL, God has turned to good!" (Gen 50.20) – those words are now epitomized and embodied in Jesus Christ. The idea that God will turn trials to gold, turn evil to good… that theme isn't especially important to the eleven disciples now – but soon that truth will be more necessary to them than food, water or oxygen. God is able to transform evil into good.
1) Appalling Ignorance into Knowledge2) Excruciating Pain into Joy2) Cosmic Defeat into Victory

The Ministry of the Spirit

Here, Jesus Christ, addresses this preoccupation in the young men God gave Him to train and teach AND the fixation WE ALL HAVE: anxiety about the future. In this passage we find:
1) Concern for My Future2) Concern of the Spirit3) Concern for the Kingdom

Out of the World

The question I want to ask today is: Are Christians hated today as they were at the start? AND if they are hated, what causes of that opposition? And is there any upside to this whole issue – are there reasons to expect help in our conflict with world and how might that expectation of help change the way we go about dealing with hate?
Let's look at: 1) The Fact of Hatred 2) The Causes of Hatred3) Reasons for JOY Even in the Face of Hatred

The True Vine

Have you disappointed people, yourself, GOD? Will your life MATTER and will you leave a mark… NOT that you have to be famous but that your life was well-invested and that God Himself will consider your life significant? Based on John 15:1-16. By T.J. Campo

The Gifts and Legacies of Jesus

Listen in as Pastor Phil Letizia discusses these 3 points from John 14:25-31:
1. The Gift of a Teacher
2. The Legacy of Peace
3. The Gift of a Greater Future

The Spirit of Truth

Today, this Spirit of Truth is introduced as the One who will make all the difference. Because He is with them and IN them, they'll be somehow different from the world… AND, this Spirit is given to every believer in Jesus Christ since the Day of Pentecost and HE makes all the difference for modern-day believers too.
By TJ Campo

Believe Me

Is there power in the gospel (basic message of Christianity) to sustain you in the midst of a setback so devastating that it leaves you feeling that the bottom has fallen out of your whole life? And how do you USE the gospel to get the will to go on?

Serving like Jesus Served

The strange and striking act that starts the dialog forever establishes the credibility of the Speaker – the ETHOS. But at first, it's NOT understood at all! "If you will be My disciple and a leader in My movement then you must know three paradoxical truths":
1) An Example of WHAT God Requires of You2) An Emblem of WHAT GOD Does for You3) An Engine to DO what God Requires
Sermon by Senior Pastor TJ Campo