Section 5
oneness (John 17:2), the holy word for the sec ond aspect of oneness (vv. 8, 14), and the divine glory for the third aspect of oneness (v. 22). We may have the divine life and be separated from the world through the holy word and still not be shining with God's glory. When we realize that we have the divine life and the divine nature with the sonship to express God the Father in His full ness, we shall shine with glory. At such a time, our oneness will not only be in the eternal life and by the holy word but also with the divine glory for the expression of God. Now we see that our oneness has a goal—to express God the Father in His fullness, even during this dark age on this corrupted earth. Sometimes in the local churches we have experienced this glorification. We have been in His holy glory, in His divine glory, ex pressing the Father in all His fullness. As we read the Lord's prayer in John 17, we need to see that genuine oneness is by His life, by His word, and in the divine glory for the expression of God.
PERFECTED INTO ONE
In verse 23 the Lord says, "I in them, and You in Me, that they may be perfected into one, that the world may know that You have sent Me and have loved them even as You have loved Me."