6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
Jesus had just said that He accomplished God’s Work back in John 17:5. Here is the sum of His Work, manifesting God’s name to a certain people whom God gave to Jesus. Think about that, Jesus has been given a people. God the Father gives or gifts people to the Son. He is speaking at that time about the 11 disciples (at least) but also those who would believe in their word (John 17:20). And it is to these that Jesus makes known the weightiness and glory of the name of God.
And how Jesus does that is the Father gave them to Jesus and Jesus gave them God’s Word. The Word of God is how we come to know the weightiness of God, the glory of God, the fame of God. And Jesus celebrates this reality before the Father in prayer. We can rejoice that God has a people chosen before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) to be given to Jesus and Jesus would give them the word and reveal God to them through the Word!
We can have great hope today in our salvation because our present and future is not based on ourselves, but on God. Our hope is based on God’s giving you to Jesus. And Jesus promises to do His covenant keeping work fully and completely. Our salvation is based on Him and not ourselves. It’s based on God’s sovereign giving us to Him, not our giving ourselves to Him. If we believe in Christ, know that He is the one who first received us from the Father. And He went to the cross and died for you. And He will manifest God’s glory to you. It’s a promise!
John 17:6-8
John 17:6–8
6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7 Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8 For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me.
Jesus had just said that He accomplished God’s Work back in John 17:5. Here is the sum of His Work, manifesting God’s name to a certain people whom God gave to Jesus. Think about that, Jesus has been given a people. God the Father gives or gifts people to the Son. He is speaking at that time about the 11 disciples (at least) but also those who would believe in their word (John 17:20). And it is to these that Jesus makes known the weightiness and glory of the name of God.
And how Jesus does that is the Father gave them to Jesus and Jesus gave them God’s Word. The Word of God is how we come to know the weightiness of God, the glory of God, the fame of God. And Jesus celebrates this reality before the Father in prayer. We can rejoice that God has a people chosen before the foundation of the world (Ephesians 1:4) to be given to Jesus and Jesus would give them the word and reveal God to them through the Word!
We can have great hope today in our salvation because our present and future is not based on ourselves, but on God. Our hope is based on God’s giving you to Jesus. And Jesus promises to do His covenant keeping work fully and completely. Our salvation is based on Him and not ourselves. It’s based on God’s sovereign giving us to Him, not our giving ourselves to Him. If we believe in Christ, know that He is the one who first received us from the Father. And He went to the cross and died for you. And He will manifest God’s glory to you. It’s a promise!