{"id":12323,"date":"2023-04-02T11:57:21","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T17:57:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nwbaptistks.org\/staging\/6703\/?post_type=ctc_sermon&#038;p=12323"},"modified":"2023-04-02T11:57:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T17:57:23","slug":"the-purpose-of-the-cross","status":"publish","type":"ctc_sermon","link":"https:\/\/www.nwbaptistks.org\/staging\/6703\/sermons\/the-purpose-of-the-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"The Purpose of the Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>April 2, 2023 am Service<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">John 17:1-10 (KJB)<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>17&nbsp;<\/strong>These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>2&nbsp;<\/sup>As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>3&nbsp;<\/sup>And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>4&nbsp;<\/sup>I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>5&nbsp;<\/sup>And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>6&nbsp;<\/sup>I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>7&nbsp;<\/sup>Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>8&nbsp;<\/sup>For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>9&nbsp;<\/sup>I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me; for they are thine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>10&nbsp;<\/sup>And all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 2, 2023 am Service John 17:1-10 (KJB) 17&nbsp;These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee: 2&nbsp;As thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","ctc_sermon_topic":[332],"ctc_sermon_book":[489],"ctc_sermon_series":[],"ctc_sermon_speaker":[518],"ctc_sermon_tag":[],"class_list":["post-12323","ctc_sermon","type-ctc_sermon","status-publish","hentry","ctc_sermon_topic-sunday-morning","ctc_sermon_book-john","ctc_sermon_speaker-pastor-tad-legros","ctfw-no-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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