The Son To Be Glorified That The Father May Be Glorified
THE SON TO BE GLORIFIED THAT THE FATHER MAY BE GLORIFIED
The basic concept of the Lord's prayer in John 17 is glorification. In verse 1 the Lord said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify Your Son that the Son may glorify You." This is the subject, the central point, of this prayer. If we see the main points of the three previous chapters, we shall be able to understand what it means to have the Son glorified that the Father may be glorified. The Father is to glorify the Son so that the Son may glorify the Father. This is a mutual glori fication between the Son and the Father. If the Father will glorify the Son, then the Son will glorify the Father.
As a prayer that follows a message conveys the main point of the message, so the Lord's concluding prayer covers the main point of the message He gave in the preceding three chap ters. Keep this in mind, for it will help you to understand this prayer. The main point of the Lord's message in John 14 through 16 was that the Son may be glorified so that the Father may be glorified in the Son. In what way is the Father to be glorified in the Son? Through the organism of the vine tree. As we have seen, the organism of