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John 17:3
John 17:1-11
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While it is true that our Old Testament religious forebearers had a keen awareness of the importance of past and future, nevertheless they were very earthy persons, very present persons, very now persons. A wonderful example of this spirit is the 118th Psalm. It begins with an awareness of God’s Presence — of His Power, and His Love — and it reaches a climax as the Psalmist says,
This is the day the Lord has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it (Ps. 118:24).
Not yesterday, not tomorrow, but today: Let us be glad and rejoice today!
We find that same spirit running into the New Testament, perhaps in a surprising way for some of…
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