“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. 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.
"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. 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.” John 17:20-26 (ESV)
On the night he was arrested, Jesus prayed this prayer recorded on John 17. This is what he was dying to accomplish. This Father’s Day we recognize that all fathers are made in the image of our heavenly Father who is calling us all to be like Him! As godly men lead the way, transformation will come upon our culture. Jesus came to make whole nations His disciples. Let’s rise up into this oneness and see the hope of Jesus fulfilled! See you Sunday! Being a Friend!
Mark
