John 17:15 Thou Shouldst Keep Them From the Evil

John 17:15 (KJV) I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.

In Christ’s High Priestly prayer for the church, it was not the will of God for the church to be taken out of the world at the time of His first coming. The church has a divine mandate to fulfil on earth.

And whilst the church fulfil the Great Commission that Christ will give at the time prior to His ascension to heaven, the church will kept protected from the evil one, Satan, the devil who hates the church – John 17:14 (KJV) I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.

The Lord lay before us the mission and allay our fears that He will be with us through His Holy Spirit to protect us – 1 John 4:4 (KJV) Ye are of God, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world. Amen.