And I have made Your name known to them and will continue to make it known, so that the love You have for Me may be in them, and I in them.”I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.and I made known unto them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.
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… I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they gave me one as we are one, I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity, to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you loved me. Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world. righteous father though the world does not know you i know you and they know that you have sent me i have made you known to them and will continue to make you known in order the love you have for me may be in them and that i myself may be in them here's the climax jesus in his disciples what he has done in their life now reproduced in the lives of others and what i want you to notice is in those verses we read over and over again, you see, well, you see a couple different phrases repeated, but there's one word I want us to focus on, and it's the word world. …
… I've made you known to them and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in who? In them, and that I myself may be in them. Jesus' whole ministry, this whole process of disciple-making was Him imparting His life, Him giving away what the Father had given to Him into the lives of these guys. This prayer comes to the conclusion of a long conversation Jesus had with His disciples as He prepared to go to the cross. If you turn back a couple chapters, go back to chapter 15. Let me just show you a couple places where you can underline some things that Jesus said, I am giving these things to you. Look at the resources He gives to His disciples. Look at John chapter 15, verse 11. He's about to start talking about the difficulties they're going to go through, and He says this, I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete. …
… before the creation of the world righteous father though the world does not know you I know you and they know that you have sent me I've made you known to them and will continue to make you known in order to in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them Do you get the point? Over and over and over again, Jesus says at the beginning, I have finished the work you've given me to do. And then 40 plus times, he references the small group of men that he had poured his life into. Could it be that his work, yes, exemplified in the cross, was preceded by his work of pouring his life into a few men, i.e. making disciples? they were his life that he had poured into so that it comes to the end of his ministry he says everything is staked on these guys don't miss it Jesus strategy depended on a few disciples faithfulness to advance this message of redemption through a method of reproduction his whole work his whole life and ministry hinged on the faithfulness of these few guys that's the overarching truth that infiltrates infuses every verse in John 17 and everything hinged on them reproducing the message they were gonna see in the cross just like he had done that in their life as a result I think John 17 gives us a pretty incredible picture of the heart of Jesus the master disciple maker it gives us a picture into …