That They May Be With Me

John 17:24-26: Future Expectation, Future Glory

Exposition
I. Persons for Whom Christ Petitions (v. 24a)
A. Those Believing Through Their Word (v. 20)
B. Those Given to Him (v. 23, 24; John 10:27-30)
II. The Petition of Christ (v. 24b)
A. Our Being with Christ
1. At Death (Luke 23:39-43)
2. At the Resurrection (1 Thess 4:13-18)
B. Our Beholding Christ's Glory (1 John 3:2)
III. Persons Petitions Apply To (vs. 25-26)
A. Those Who Have a True Knowledge of God
B. Those Who Have a True Love of God
C. Those Who Have Been United to the Son of God

Application
I. A Comfort in the Expectation We Have In Christ
A. Our Being With Christ
B. Our Beholding Christ's Glory
II. A Clear Distinction
A. Who Receives the Prayers and Promises of God?
B. Who Does Not Recieve the Prayers and Promises of God?