Oneness In The Father’S Name
ONENESS IN THE FATHER'S NAME
The profound prayer uttered by the Lord in John 17 is the completing prayer of the Lord's mes sage given in chapters fourteen, fifteen, and six teen. The first part, verses 1 through 5, gives us the subject of the prayer, and the second part, verses 6 through 24, deals with oneness. The pur pose of oneness is for the glorification of the Son that the Son may glorify the Father. The people in this oneness include all the disciples, all those whom God has chosen and given to the Lord Jesus, all those to whom the Lord has given eternal life.
THE BELIEVERS TO BE BUILT UP INTO ONE
In order to have oneness, there must be the building up. Without the building up, there is no oneness. Do not think that a piling up of mate rials is oneness. No, that is not oneness. Con sider a house. There is a genuine oneness among all the materials in the house, and that oneness is the building up. Every piece of material has been fitly framed together. This is oneness. The