Episode 246: John 17

Today's meditation is on John Chapter 17

Father God gave Jesus authority over everyone, and Jesus gives eternal life to everyone the Father has given to him. The way to have eternal life is to know Father God, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one he sent to earth. Jesus brought glory to the Father here on earth by completing the work he gave him to do. Then the Father received Jesus back into the glory they shared before the world began.

I belong to the Father. I have always been his. And he gave me to Jesus. I keep God's Word, and I know that everything Jesus had while here on earth was a gift from Father God. Jesus passed on the message the Father gave him. I accept that message. I know that he came from the Father and believe that the Father sent him.

Before Jesus was glorified, he prayed for those who believe in him. He didn't pray for the world, but for anyone who believes. I was given to Jesus to bring him glory. Father God gave Jesus his name, and Jesus prayed protection over me and other believers in the power of that name, so we could be united.

He told us many things while he was in this world so that I would be filled with his joy. He gave me God's Word. I do not belong to the world, just as Jesus didn't belong to the world. Jesus didn't pray that I would be taken out of the world, but that Father God would keep me safe from the evil one. I do not belong to this world any more than Jesus did. I have been made holy by God's truth. He has taught me his Word, which is truth. Just as the Father sent Jesus into the world, Jesus sends me into the world. And he gave himself as a holy sacrifice for me so I could be made holy by God's truth.

He prayed not just for the eleven, but for all who will ever believe in him through their message. That means he prayed for me. He prayed that we would all be one, just as Father God and Jesus are one -- just as the Father is in Jesus and Jesus is also in the Father, and I am in them

Jesus gave me the glory that Father God gave him, so I could be one with them as they are one. He is in me, and God is in him. I experience such perfect unity that the world knows that the Father sent Jesus and that he loves me as much as he loves Jesus. Jesus wants me to be with him where he is so I can see all the glory Father God gave him because he loved him even before the world began.

The world doesn't know God. But I do. Jesus revealed the Father to me, and he continues to do so. The Father's love for Jesus is in me, and Jesus is in me.

Until next time, be blessed and be a blessing.

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