Section 13
may be one even as We are." To be kept in the Father's name is to be kept by His life, because only those who are born of the Father and have the Father's life can participate in the Father's name. The Son has given the Father's life to those whom the Father has given Him (v. 2). They share the Father's name by being kept in it, and they are one in it. Hence, the first aspect of oneness is the oneness in the Father's name by His divine life.
The Son's believers are still in the world. They need to be kept, that is, separated, from the world that they might be sanctified, made holy. In verse 11 the Son prays that the Father, who is holy, will do this.
In verse 11 the Lord addresses His Father as "Holy Father." The Father's life is a holy life, a life that is separated from the world. Although we have this life, if we stay far away from the Holy Father, we shall have problems. We all need to be kept in the Father's name by the life of the Holy Father.
ONE IN THE FATHER'S NAME
All the Three of the Triune God are one. That is the real oneness and that must be the pattern of our oneness. The Three of the Triune God are