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The Gospel of John, The Period of Conference, Conference With the Father, Part LXVIII, John 17:22,23 - Lesson 176
Read Verses John 17:22,23, for review: And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. :
This is a prayer for the spiritual growth of the believer.
This is a prayer that the husbandman continue his work in those he has given to the Son, those that are the branches of the vine. That they may be made perfect in one means that they may be conformed to the Son.
Perfect means complete or finished.
If you are saved you are in the finishing school of the Father.
The school of God whose mission is to bring all in attendance to a conformance to Jesus Christ.
The Holy Spirit of God in charge of finishing, continues the perfecting process and he will continue this process until we receive our new bodies, until we are glorified.
And the prayer "that they may be one" will be fully realized.
As Paul writes in Eph 4:13, Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ:
And John continues in verse 23....and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me.
The world will know that Jesus Christ was sent by the Father!
The world will have a clear demonstration of the unity of the faith, the perfection in one, when Christ comes with the saints, when he comes with his bride to take control of this earth in his kingdom.
As Col 3:4 says, When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
I in them and thou in me will be fully seen at Christ's coming in power and glory.
As Paul relates in 2 Th 1:10, When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe...in that day. |