Topic: JESUS’ PRAYER FOR ALL BELIEVERS
Text: John 17:20-26
17:20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who [a]will believe in Me through their word;
17:21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
17:22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one:
17:23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
17:24 “Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
17:25 O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me.
17:26 And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
STUDY:
John 1:11 states that Jesus came to His own and His own rejected Him. However, John 1:12 also states that “But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.” By this, all believers (including His own, the Jews) were given free and equal access to Jesus. In fact, Jesus’ family includes us, the Gentiles. Jesus, as our great High Priest, interceded for all believers. He prayed that all believers should be one (vv. 21-22), despite location or denomination; and that believers may be made perfect in unity and be with Him where He is, etc.
If the desire of Jesus for all believers is fulfilled, the difference will be clear in the Church of God. Today, the struggle for positions, which should unite Christians, despite their denominational backgrounds, is not helping the growth of the Church as we give the devil the inroad into the Church. We as the Church (the body of Christ), must play active roles to achieve this desire of our Master that we be one and united. What are you doing today at the corner you find yourself?
Prayer:
Oh Lord, may I be an instrument through which the Church will be united, Amen.
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