#737 MORE ON PRAYER

Watering Brother Singh's exhortation from Saturday, "TEACH US TO PRAY," Brother Sam turned to John 17. Jesus, praying to his Father, said, "I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil." (V.15) Prayer keeps us safe from the evil of this world. "They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth." (Verseves 16-17). The elect are called out of the world, though we remain in it. God's word sanctifies {or sets us apart} from the world's philosophy, idolatry, and blasphemy against God.