These verses are worthy of reading many times and meditating on. Jesus and the Father are one in Spirit, and they gave us their Spirit that we may be one in them and one in each other. May their love be in us and maybe love one another. Jesus sanctified Himself and went to heaven so that we could have the fullness of God in us, the Holy Spirit; so that we could walk by the Spirit and be sanctified in His word of truth. John 17:17-26 NIV [17] Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. [18] As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. [19] For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified. [20] “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, [21] that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. [22] I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— [23] I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. [24] “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. [25] “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. [26] I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

Posted by michaelambrosia at 2024-12-03 17:17:00 UTC