united in Christ

Good morning sisters and brothers,
Jesus continues his prayer. Having prayed for his disciples he prays now for those who will become disciples because of the testimony of those first disciples. In other words, he prays for us, that all who follow him may be united. Division in the church pains our Lord. We are diverse, but we also are one in Jesus. There are many forces that threaten to divide us, but God's love in Christ is enough to keep us together.

God bless,
Sam

John 17:20-26

20”I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one. As you, Father, 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. 22The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.


24Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25“Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”