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Question 3: What is the central message of the Bible?
Answer: The central message of the Bible is that God is bringing glory to Himself through the Person and work of Jesus Christ as He creates and redeems a people in whom He lives by His Spirit so that they will glorify and enjoy Him forever.
John 17
Mike Slone, a missionary who works with Midshipmen at the Naval Academy through a group called the Navigators talks about John 17:18-21 and Generational Discipleship.
John 17:18-21
Christians should pray and live with the reality and values of eternity in their view.
John 17:24-26
Christians should pray and work to be unified and to see the Gospel spread so that the world might believe in Jesus.
John 17:20-23
Perry Anderson teaches about the power and privilege of praying in Jesus’ name.
John 17:9-12, 20
Christians should pray and work to walk in visible unity, both with the local and the universal church.
John 17:20-23
Christians should pray for strength from God to be able to fulfill our call to be in the world but not of it.
John 17:6-19
The foremost concern in our prayers should be that God would be glorified and known.
John 17:1-8
Jesus is the true man of prayer, showing us both the necessity of prayer and how we should pray.
John 17:1
The One True God is the Holy Trinity – Three Persons in Perfect relationship from all eternity – the Divine Community.
Matthew 3:16-17; John 17:24