The NXR Podcast - May 09, 2022


DAILY TRUTH - The Prayers of Jesus for His People


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Length

6 minutes

Words per minute

135.6448

Word count

832

Sentence count

29


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Transcript

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00:00:00.000 Hey guys, real quick, before we get started, I have a small request.
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00:00:19.700 Jesus said,
00:00:20.800 Man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.
00:00:25.440 You're listening to Daily Truth.
00:00:30.000 There is also a sense in which we are continually,
00:00:33.460 in a present, ongoing sense,
00:00:36.240 continually being saved by the life of Jesus,
00:00:39.620 reconciled to the triune God by the death of Jesus,
00:00:43.160 but also we have been saved, are being saved,
00:00:46.660 and will be saved by the life of Jesus.
00:00:50.700 And in this context, the apostle does not speak
00:00:53.420 of the life of Jesus before his death,
00:00:56.780 meaning his incarnate life here on earth,
00:01:00.000 his sinless life and his earthly ministry
00:01:02.760 leading up to his death on the cross.
00:01:05.700 But the apostle speaks of the life of Jesus even now.
00:01:11.560 The life of Jesus where he's now seated
00:01:14.500 at the right hand of the Father,
00:01:17.860 interceding on behalf of all those who belong to him.
00:01:23.420 That we were saved, we were reconciled to God by his death,
00:01:28.300 but we are being saved by his high priestly interceding mediating heavenly life that as
00:01:40.180 Jesus lives he ever lives to make intercession for us and he is the great mediator of all the
00:01:50.480 covenant promises to those who believe.
00:01:56.820 Jesus is praying for you, even now as I speak.
00:02:02.160 If you're in Christ by grace through faith,
00:02:06.080 he is your high priest.
00:02:08.640 There is one God and one mediator between man and God,
00:02:12.900 the God-man Christ Jesus.
00:02:15.300 And as he lives, he lives to make intercession for you.
00:02:20.480 And the wonderful thing about the prayers of Jesus is that
00:02:24.300 there's not a single prayer of Christ that is an answer.
00:02:29.660 His prayers are effectual.
00:02:33.140 His prayers, they always work.
00:02:38.640 When Jesus says to Peter, before his arrest,
00:02:42.200 as Peter is boasting of his loyalty, his allegiance to Christ,
00:02:45.740 that even if all these Peter says
00:02:49.060 all these disciples that I've always thought
00:02:51.680 I was better than and I let them know from time to time
00:02:54.100 even if all these peons abandon you
00:02:57.240 and they probably will Peter has no shame
00:02:59.220 I will never leave you
00:03:02.520 Jesus responds by saying I tell you before
00:03:05.800 that the rooster crows thrice
00:03:08.260 you'll deny me
00:03:10.380 you'll deny me three times
00:03:14.060 and then Jesus goes on
00:03:19.960 and he says to Peter
00:03:21.960 he says Satan has asked
00:03:24.480 to sift you like wheat
00:03:26.840 Satan has asked
00:03:29.760 for permission to torment you
00:03:34.020 to give it his best shot
00:03:37.560 to completely rob you
00:03:40.800 of your faith in me
00:03:42.300 and you would hope if you were Peter
00:03:45.960 that Jesus would respond to Satan
00:03:48.440 by saying no
00:03:49.580 you do not have permission
00:03:52.360 I mean Satan goes to Jesus
00:03:54.560 and asks to have Peter
00:03:56.360 that he might sift him like wheat
00:03:58.060 if I were Peter
00:04:00.420 I would want Jesus to respond
00:04:01.900 simply by saying no
00:04:03.180 you can't have him
00:04:04.440 but that's not what Jesus says
00:04:07.520 Jesus says
00:04:09.760 but I have prayed for you
00:04:12.300 that your faith may not fail.
00:04:14.840 And when you have returned,
00:04:16.880 go and strengthen your brothers also.
00:04:20.640 Essentially, when Satan comes to Jesus
00:04:24.520 and asks for permission to have Peter,
00:04:27.800 that he might sift him as wheat,
00:04:29.920 Jesus responds, the implication is
00:04:31.860 he responds by saying, yes, you can do that.
00:04:35.920 But the reason why Peter is secure
00:04:38.040 is not because Jesus tells Satan, no.
00:04:41.280 The reason why Peter is secure
00:04:42.780 is because Jesus commits to praying for him.
00:04:46.160 And the prayers of Jesus are always answered.
00:04:50.260 There's not a single prayer of Jesus that ever fails.
00:04:54.360 If Jesus is praying for your preservation,
00:04:58.440 you will be preserved.
00:05:00.100 If Jesus is praying for your sanctification,
00:05:03.840 you will be sanctified.
00:05:06.420 If Jesus is praying for your security
00:05:09.760 and protection you will be secure for all those who have been saved by grace through faith
00:05:19.300 jesus is our high priest he is our mediator we've been reconciled to the triune god by his death
00:05:27.280 but we are not only in a past sense been saved but we are being saved by christ's life
00:05:34.980 what life the life he now lives not just the life that he lived in his earthly ministry before
00:05:42.140 the cross but the life he presently lives and forever lives at the right hand of the father
00:05:47.820 where he is now seated praying for you and i thanks so much for listening but real quick
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