Section 6
begetting life. Without that life, a man has no reality of being a father. Remembering that the Father has the divine life for begetting, propagat ing, multiplying, and bringing forth many sons will help us to understand the Gospel of John much better. If a man is unable to beget children, he is not a father. The qualification of your being a father rests with your children. The more chil dren you have, the greater you are as a father. Sup pose a man could have a hundred children. He would certainly be the greatest father on earth, for he would have such a rich life in begetting. Consider how many children our Father has. He not only has hundreds of children but millions of them. What a great Father He is! What prop agation of life there is with Him.
Whenever we call Him Father, we must un derstand that this title is realized by His divine life. Without His divine life, the name Father is merely an empty term without content or reality. Since the reality of the title Father is the divine life, to say that we are one in the name of the Father means that we are one in the divine life.
THE FATHER'S NAME
In verse 6 of John 17 the Lord said to the Father, "I have manifested Your name to the men