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inspired, saying "Praise God, You loved me," life was immediately imparted into you. You received the Father's life. The Father's life is the Father's reality. When we have the life of the Father, we also have the Father and enjoy the Father. Where is the Father? The Father is in His life, for His divine life is the reality of the name Father.
When we received the word of God, we were regenerated by that word (1 Pet. 1:23) and be came the sons of God. In this way, God became our Father and we became the sons of God. The Lord came to reveal to His disciples that God is the Father, the source of life, who intends to bring forth countless sons. Therefore, the Lord brought the word of God to His disciples, who, by receiv ing the word, became the reborn sons of God. They became the sons of God, and God became their Father. Consequently, they have the name of the Father. Now they can call God their Father because they have the life of God which makes them the children of God.
KEPT IN THE FATHER'S NAME
In verse 11 of John 17 the Lord said, "And I am no longer in the world, and they are in the world; and I come to You. Holy Father, keep them in Your name which You have given Me, that they