Section 2
denying of ourselves, by Christ as our life who is the hope of glory within us (Col. 1:27).
THE GLORY
Verse 22 of John 17 says, "And the glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, even as We are one." What is the glory given to the Son by the Father? It is the sonship with the Father's life and divine nature (John 5:26) to express the Father in His fullness (John 1:18; 14:9; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:3). The Lord Jesus has the life and nature of God, making Him the Son of God and the manifestation of God. Hence, the glory which God gave to the Son is the life and nature of God which make the Son the expres sion and manifestation of God. The Father's life and nature were given to the Son that the Son might express the Father in His fullness. Suppose the President of the United States appoints his son to visit us as his representative. When the Presi dent's son arrives, he will have with him a cer tain amount of glory, the glory of representing his father, the President of the United States.
The Son has given to His believers the very glory which the Father has given to Him, that they also might have the sonship with the Father's life and divine nature (John 17:2; 2 Pet. 1:4) to