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Day 29 – John 17:20-23
Categories: Don’s Daily Devotions
Read John 17:20-23
V20: Now the prayer reaches beyond these first disciples, to those who will believe through their witness and the gospel they preach. This speaks not just of that “second generation”, of course, but of the whole ongoing work of the gospel throughout the age. Of us, if we are believers today – Jesus was praying for US before He went to the cross for us.
V21: Again, a main emphasis on the oneness of love they should know and show to the world, the true unity Jesus means His people to have – like the oneness between Him and His Father – how awesome! This is to be a prime part of our witness to the world, ( John 13:35)
V22: As He has received glory from His Father, so He gives it to His people. He showed that glory in and through His own life of committed obedient service to God. So should we, and let it be seen in how we love one another.
V23: Again, the Oneness of Father and Son is to be the pattern for the unity of true believers, a key factor in the “different lives” we are to show the world. But let us realise, this is not “unity at any price” – it must be unity in the truth, that sanctifying truth of God’s Word spoken of in v17.