Unified in Love:

John 17:20-21 “...I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me...”

What does Jesus ask for believers?

• Unity.
• A oneness that matches the unity of Father and Son.

Why does Jesus want this unity?

• It’s the oneness of believers that allows the world to believe that Jesus was sent by the Father.

John 17:22-23 “...The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me...”

What does Jesus give to believers?

• He shares His glory.

Why does Jesus give believers the glory that the Father gave Him?

• So they can achieve oneness.
• So that the world may know of the Father’s love.

John 17:24 “...Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world...”

What does Jesus desire for believers?

• To be with Him and see His glory.

How long has Jesus been loved by the Father?

• From the foundation of the world.

John 17:25-26 “...O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them...”

What does Jesus know that the world doesn’t know?

• The Father.

What will Jesus continue to do? Why?

• Make the Father known.
• That there will be a unification in love.

Summary:

• Jesus asks for unity.
• Jesus gives glory.
• Jesus desires for oneness with believers.
• Jesus shares the love of the Father.