25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 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.”
I love the promise Jesus makes in this text! He promises to make God’s name known to us so that at the least, we would know the love God has for His Son and the love the Son has for God the Father. But it goes further. He says the love that God the Father and God the Son have for each other will be in us, in you and me, believer. Jesus promises the love that God has for Himself would be in you. How awesome it that!
The promise is so incredible to me because Jesus bases it on Himself. He says that He Himself will make God’s love to dwell in us. Jesus is the Christ, which means He is the King now (Psalm 2). He ascended to His throne in heaven (Hebrews 1:13). Jesus is now King over the rulers of the earth (Revelation 1:5). And as the reigning King, Jesus pours out His Spirit into His people. And Paul calls this pouring out of the Spirit, the pouring out of the love of God into our hearts (Romans 5:5). He did the work on the Cross in dying for our sins. Jesus works now to pours out His Spirit into His people and this Spirit is the Love of God given to us.
So now because of this work because of the present ruling and reigning Christ, His people love Him from the depths of their souls. Yes sin is still present, but we get tastes by the Spirit’s power to love Jesus. The Spirit helps us to cry out to the Father saying, “Abba Father.” This is the love of God Jesus promises to continually work in our hearts. The love of God is the presence of Christ made manifest in us. What comfort! What hope! What glory we have in Christ!
So Jesus ends His prayer for us here. In the midst of hard times, tribulation, any sort of difficulty, we can have peace because Jesus has promised to continually work in us. Do we believe His promise? Let us receive Jesus’ promises here with fresh faith. The love that God the Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father is in us and Jesus will continually work it in us. And knowing this love it to know the one true God and His Son. And this is eternal life, to know the love of God through Christ, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. We can have His peace, because we have Him
John 17:25-26
John 17:25–26
25 O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26 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.”
I love the promise Jesus makes in this text! He promises to make God’s name known to us so that at the least, we would know the love God has for His Son and the love the Son has for God the Father. But it goes further. He says the love that God the Father and God the Son have for each other will be in us, in you and me, believer. Jesus promises the love that God has for Himself would be in you. How awesome it that!
The promise is so incredible to me because Jesus bases it on Himself. He says that He Himself will make God’s love to dwell in us. Jesus is the Christ, which means He is the King now (Psalm 2). He ascended to His throne in heaven (Hebrews 1:13). Jesus is now King over the rulers of the earth (Revelation 1:5). And as the reigning King, Jesus pours out His Spirit into His people. And Paul calls this pouring out of the Spirit, the pouring out of the love of God into our hearts (Romans 5:5). He did the work on the Cross in dying for our sins. Jesus works now to pours out His Spirit into His people and this Spirit is the Love of God given to us.
So now because of this work because of the present ruling and reigning Christ, His people love Him from the depths of their souls. Yes sin is still present, but we get tastes by the Spirit’s power to love Jesus. The Spirit helps us to cry out to the Father saying, “Abba Father.” This is the love of God Jesus promises to continually work in our hearts. The love of God is the presence of Christ made manifest in us. What comfort! What hope! What glory we have in Christ!
So Jesus ends His prayer for us here. In the midst of hard times, tribulation, any sort of difficulty, we can have peace because Jesus has promised to continually work in us. Do we believe His promise? Let us receive Jesus’ promises here with fresh faith. The love that God the Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father is in us and Jesus will continually work it in us. And knowing this love it to know the one true God and His Son. And this is eternal life, to know the love of God through Christ, no matter what circumstances we find ourselves in. We can have His peace, because we have Him