1 00:00:00,620 --> 00:00:03,160 Will you please turn to the Gospel according 2 00:00:03,160 --> 00:00:05,020 to John chapter 17. 3 00:00:05,940 --> 00:00:15,960 John chapter 17, verse 4 00:00:15,960 --> 00:00:16,760 11. 5 00:00:20,490 --> 00:00:23,010 This is the prayer of our Lord to 6 00:00:23,010 --> 00:00:23,570 His Father. 7 00:00:26,080 --> 00:00:28,280 John 17, verse 11. 8 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,880 And I am no longer in the world, 9 00:00:32,460 --> 00:00:34,280 but these are in the world. 10 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:38,080 And I come to Thee, Holy Father, keep 11 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:40,600 them in Thy name which Thou hast given 12 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:44,860 me, that they may be one as we. 13 00:00:50,920 --> 00:00:51,740 Verse 21. 14 00:00:55,490 --> 00:00:58,530 That they may be all one as Thou, 15 00:00:58,890 --> 00:01:01,890 Father, art in me, and I in Thee. 16 00:01:02,190 --> 00:01:05,230 That they also may be one in us. 17 00:01:05,750 --> 00:01:08,250 That the world may believe that Thou hast 18 00:01:08,250 --> 00:01:08,790 sent me. 19 00:01:08,790 --> 00:01:11,750 And the glory which Thou hast given me, 20 00:01:12,010 --> 00:01:13,070 I have given them. 21 00:01:13,630 --> 00:01:16,190 That they may be one as we are 22 00:01:16,190 --> 00:01:16,510 one. 23 00:01:17,150 --> 00:01:19,590 I in them and Thou in me. 24 00:01:20,090 --> 00:01:22,570 That they may be perfected into one. 25 00:01:23,050 --> 00:01:25,870 And that the world may know that Thou 26 00:01:25,870 --> 00:01:26,770 hast sent me. 27 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:30,070 And that Thou hast loved them as Thou 28 00:01:30,070 --> 00:01:32,110 hast loved me. 29 00:01:41,420 --> 00:01:47,220 Our Lord Jesus was going to leave His 30 00:01:47,220 --> 00:01:47,740 disciples. 31 00:01:50,590 --> 00:01:53,630 And as we find in John chapter 13, 32 00:01:55,130 --> 00:02:00,490 He did the last act for His own. 33 00:02:03,660 --> 00:02:09,240 How He got up, took off His garment, 34 00:02:11,690 --> 00:02:14,790 put on the towel, poured water in the 35 00:02:14,790 --> 00:02:20,410 basin, and there He washed the disciples' feet. 36 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:27,290 That was His last act for His own. 37 00:02:28,550 --> 00:02:31,490 An act of love. 38 00:02:33,450 --> 00:02:36,190 And after that we find in John chapter 39 00:02:36,190 --> 00:02:41,270 14 to 16, His last word with His 40 00:02:41,270 --> 00:02:41,530 own. 41 00:02:43,680 --> 00:02:49,660 How He comforted them by promising them the 42 00:02:49,660 --> 00:02:50,460 Holy Spirit. 43 00:02:51,880 --> 00:02:54,100 That the Holy Spirit will come and dwell 44 00:02:54,100 --> 00:02:57,860 not only with them, but in them. 45 00:02:58,460 --> 00:03:01,960 And will never leave them, nor forsake them. 46 00:03:04,320 --> 00:03:06,740 And after His last word with His people, 47 00:03:07,900 --> 00:03:11,920 then He turned His heart towards His Father. 48 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,720 In John chapter 17, we find it is 49 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:19,260 recorded how He prayed to His Father. 50 00:03:21,350 --> 00:03:26,060 And in that prayer you'll find from verse 51 00:03:26,060 --> 00:03:33,970 1 to verse 5, He was praying for 52 00:03:33,970 --> 00:03:34,430 Himself. 53 00:03:38,590 --> 00:03:40,930 He prayed and said, Father, the hour is 54 00:03:40,930 --> 00:03:41,290 come. 55 00:03:42,410 --> 00:03:47,050 Glorify Thy Son, that Thy Son may glorify 56 00:03:47,050 --> 00:03:47,470 Thee. 57 00:03:50,380 --> 00:03:56,340 His prayer for Himself is centered upon this 58 00:03:56,340 --> 00:03:59,740 matter of glory and glorify. 59 00:04:00,900 --> 00:04:04,800 He asked the Father to glorify the Son. 60 00:04:07,170 --> 00:04:10,270 Why did He ask His Father to glorify 61 00:04:10,270 --> 00:04:10,550 Him? 62 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,980 Not because He wants to get the glory, 63 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:23,120 but because after He was glorified, the Father 64 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:25,220 will be glorified. 65 00:04:28,710 --> 00:04:31,230 When the Lord Jesus prayed and said, glorify 66 00:04:31,230 --> 00:04:32,010 Thy Son. 67 00:04:33,250 --> 00:04:34,230 What does He mean? 68 00:04:35,470 --> 00:04:38,550 You know, when we think of glory or 69 00:04:38,550 --> 00:04:43,930 glorify, we always think in terms of getting 70 00:04:43,930 --> 00:04:48,110 something, gain something for ourselves. 71 00:04:49,390 --> 00:04:51,650 But not so with our Lord Jesus. 72 00:04:52,590 --> 00:04:57,110 When He said, glorify Thy Son, all He 73 00:04:57,110 --> 00:05:02,880 means is simply this, that Thou will accept 74 00:05:02,880 --> 00:05:05,840 my sacrifice. 75 00:05:06,700 --> 00:05:09,060 Thou will accept my death. 76 00:05:10,420 --> 00:05:15,260 And Thou will demonstrate Thy acceptance by raising 77 00:05:15,260 --> 00:05:18,560 me from the dead to show that Thou 78 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:19,960 art fully satisfied. 79 00:05:21,340 --> 00:05:25,940 And that is, glorify Thy Son. 80 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,960 The Lord is not thinking of Himself. 81 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:39,160 To Him, to be glorified is not to 82 00:05:39,160 --> 00:05:40,520 have any personal gain. 83 00:05:41,940 --> 00:05:44,760 For Him to be glorified is to satisfy 84 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:45,900 His Father. 85 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,300 To do the will of His Father, to 86 00:05:50,300 --> 00:05:52,980 finish the work that His Father has sent 87 00:05:52,980 --> 00:05:53,560 Him to do. 88 00:05:54,420 --> 00:05:58,580 And when the Father is satisfied, the Son 89 00:05:58,580 --> 00:06:00,280 is glorified. 90 00:06:03,220 --> 00:06:05,720 That's the reason why the Lord said, glorify 91 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:10,460 Thy Son, that Thy Son may glorify Thee. 92 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:16,020 Glory means satisfaction. 93 00:06:17,280 --> 00:06:21,880 When the Father is fully satisfied, then the 94 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:23,100 Father is glorified. 95 00:06:24,610 --> 00:06:28,450 And when the Son is satisfied, the Son 96 00:06:28,450 --> 00:06:29,410 is glorified. 97 00:06:30,550 --> 00:06:32,410 Now what is it that our Lord Jesus 98 00:06:32,410 --> 00:06:33,350 will be satisfied? 99 00:06:34,990 --> 00:06:39,130 He is satisfied only with this, that the 100 00:06:39,130 --> 00:06:41,070 work that the Father has sent Him to 101 00:06:41,070 --> 00:06:43,090 do is fully done. 102 00:06:44,370 --> 00:06:46,410 And He knows that the Father is happy 103 00:06:46,410 --> 00:06:46,970 about it. 104 00:06:48,350 --> 00:06:53,870 That is the glory that He sought for. 105 00:06:59,470 --> 00:07:03,270 As Thou hast given Him authority over all 106 00:07:03,270 --> 00:07:03,770 flesh. 107 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:12,470 The Son, who was equal with God, He 108 00:07:12,470 --> 00:07:13,650 emptied Himself. 109 00:07:18,410 --> 00:07:21,730 He took up Himself the form of a 110 00:07:21,730 --> 00:07:22,110 slave. 111 00:07:23,790 --> 00:07:25,850 Even the likeness of a man. 112 00:07:26,870 --> 00:07:33,970 In other words, the Son laid aside all 113 00:07:33,970 --> 00:07:38,030 authority and power and honor and glory. 114 00:07:39,090 --> 00:07:42,010 That were His rights, His due. 115 00:07:43,130 --> 00:07:46,730 He laid all these things aside to become 116 00:07:46,730 --> 00:07:47,670 a man. 117 00:07:49,370 --> 00:07:53,450 And now the Father has given all authority 118 00:07:53,450 --> 00:07:55,150 back to Him. 119 00:07:55,710 --> 00:07:56,930 Over all flesh. 120 00:07:58,610 --> 00:08:00,890 Not only over all flesh, but over all 121 00:08:00,890 --> 00:08:01,350 things. 122 00:08:02,690 --> 00:08:05,610 And what does He do with the authority 123 00:08:05,610 --> 00:08:09,740 that the Father has given to Him? 124 00:08:13,990 --> 00:08:17,290 That all that He has given to Him, 125 00:08:18,290 --> 00:08:20,810 He should give them life eternal. 126 00:08:21,970 --> 00:08:25,030 The authority that the Father has given to 127 00:08:25,030 --> 00:08:25,490 the Son. 128 00:08:27,030 --> 00:08:31,110 The Son uses that authority to give life, 129 00:08:31,970 --> 00:08:36,929 eternal life, to those whom the Father has 130 00:08:36,929 --> 00:08:37,750 given to Him. 131 00:08:39,330 --> 00:08:44,350 Authority is not to take away, but to 132 00:08:44,350 --> 00:08:44,670 give. 133 00:08:45,490 --> 00:08:49,230 Authority is not to destroy, but to build. 134 00:08:49,230 --> 00:08:53,350 And with the authority that the Father has 135 00:08:53,350 --> 00:08:56,330 given to the Son, He has given to 136 00:08:56,330 --> 00:09:00,530 all who believe in Him, eternal life. 137 00:09:04,550 --> 00:09:06,790 I have glorified Thee on the earth. 138 00:09:08,010 --> 00:09:11,330 I have completed the work which Thou giveth 139 00:09:11,330 --> 00:09:12,670 Me that I should do it. 140 00:09:18,540 --> 00:09:26,890 You remember, in chapter 12, some Greeks 141 00:09:26,890 --> 00:09:29,610 wanted to see the Lord. 142 00:09:31,370 --> 00:09:37,190 The Lord had a marvelous, triumphant entry into 143 00:09:37,190 --> 00:09:37,790 Jerusalem. 144 00:09:39,390 --> 00:09:42,350 And now some Greeks wanted to see Him. 145 00:09:45,780 --> 00:09:49,360 And the Lord said, Verily, verily, I say 146 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:52,400 unto you, Except the grain of wheat fall 147 00:09:52,400 --> 00:09:55,060 into the ground and die, it abides alone. 148 00:09:56,160 --> 00:09:59,620 But if it dies, it bears much fruit. 149 00:10:00,680 --> 00:10:06,760 And then He said, Father, glorify Thy Son. 150 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,600 To our Lord Jesus, to be glorified means 151 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:15,860 to lay down His life for us. 152 00:10:18,310 --> 00:10:22,190 To be glorified means to finish the work 153 00:10:22,190 --> 00:10:24,750 that the Father has sent Him. 154 00:10:26,780 --> 00:10:32,520 And because He has finished the work, therefore, 155 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:43,560 He said, Glorify Me, Thou Father, along with 156 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:46,780 Thyself, with the glory which I had along 157 00:10:46,780 --> 00:10:49,900 with Thee before the world was. 158 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:53,280 In other words, our Lord Jesus left His 159 00:10:53,280 --> 00:10:59,580 glory, the glory of God, to come into 160 00:10:59,580 --> 00:11:00,180 this world. 161 00:11:01,120 --> 00:11:04,420 And now after He has finished the work 162 00:11:04,420 --> 00:11:07,120 that He was sent to do, He asked 163 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,060 the Father to glorify Him with the glory 164 00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:16,820 that He and the Father had before time 165 00:11:16,820 --> 00:11:18,640 began in eternity. 166 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,140 He was returning to His Father. 167 00:11:26,350 --> 00:11:30,890 Now after He prayed for Himself, then He 168 00:11:30,890 --> 00:11:35,030 turned to pray for those who were with 169 00:11:35,030 --> 00:11:36,890 Him that night. 170 00:11:37,740 --> 00:11:42,170 From verse 6 through verse 19, He prayed 171 00:11:42,170 --> 00:11:47,570 for those disciples, the eleven that were with 172 00:11:47,570 --> 00:11:49,130 Him that evening. 173 00:11:50,170 --> 00:11:54,130 And then from verse 20 through verse 26, 174 00:11:55,390 --> 00:11:58,530 He prayed for those who believed in Him 175 00:11:58,530 --> 00:12:03,290 by the word of those who were with 176 00:12:03,290 --> 00:12:04,870 Him at that time. 177 00:12:06,690 --> 00:12:09,590 And you will discover that in His prayer, 178 00:12:10,450 --> 00:12:16,100 for the eleven who were with Him is 179 00:12:16,100 --> 00:12:20,500 the same as His prayer for those who 180 00:12:20,500 --> 00:12:23,340 were believing Him by their word. 181 00:12:24,800 --> 00:12:27,760 In other words, you'll find the prayer of 182 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:32,680 our Lord Jesus for His own people, both 183 00:12:32,680 --> 00:12:35,280 those who were with Him at that moment 184 00:12:35,280 --> 00:12:39,220 and those who were believing Him afterwards. 185 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:44,600 Now even though some were with Him that 186 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:50,620 night and many, many more were not with 187 00:12:50,620 --> 00:12:53,920 Him, even though we came to the Lord 188 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:59,140 at different times and in different places, and 189 00:12:59,140 --> 00:13:01,540 yet you'll find when our Lord Jesus prayed 190 00:13:01,540 --> 00:13:06,180 for His own people, He put all of 191 00:13:06,180 --> 00:13:11,940 us together as one and He prayed for 192 00:13:11,940 --> 00:13:13,480 His own people. 193 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:19,860 Whether they were those eleven that were with 194 00:13:19,860 --> 00:13:24,420 Him that night or those who believed in 195 00:13:24,420 --> 00:13:28,460 Him through their words, through the centuries, His 196 00:13:28,460 --> 00:13:31,120 prayer for us is one. 197 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:37,120 Because He came to this world to seek 198 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:44,520 for one body, one bride, one family, one 199 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:44,960 house. 200 00:13:47,740 --> 00:13:50,120 That's what He came to seek. 201 00:13:52,510 --> 00:13:57,710 And in His prayer for His own, that 202 00:13:57,710 --> 00:13:58,510 includes us. 203 00:14:04,140 --> 00:14:07,860 The one burden that He had in His 204 00:14:07,860 --> 00:14:13,020 heart at that time, which He poured out 205 00:14:13,020 --> 00:14:18,620 to His Father was simply this, that they 206 00:14:18,620 --> 00:14:19,900 may be one. 207 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:27,860 How He longed and desired that all who 208 00:14:27,860 --> 00:14:31,060 are His will be one. 209 00:14:32,680 --> 00:14:35,780 Now who are those that He prayed for? 210 00:14:42,170 --> 00:14:45,330 They are those to whom He has manifested 211 00:14:45,330 --> 00:14:48,650 the name of the Father. 212 00:14:50,230 --> 00:14:54,790 They are those whom the Lord, whom the 213 00:14:54,790 --> 00:14:58,030 Father has given to Him out of the 214 00:14:58,030 --> 00:14:58,330 world. 215 00:14:59,690 --> 00:15:02,590 They are those who belong to God. 216 00:15:04,070 --> 00:15:10,020 They are those who have kept the Word 217 00:15:10,020 --> 00:15:10,540 of God. 218 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:16,440 They are those whom the Lord Jesus has 219 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,200 spoken to. 220 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:24,100 They are those who have received Him. 221 00:15:25,140 --> 00:15:27,320 They are those who have known Him. 222 00:15:28,600 --> 00:15:32,220 They are those who are kept by Him. 223 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:36,220 They are those who are sanctified by His 224 00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:36,600 Word. 225 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:41,500 They are those who are not of the 226 00:15:41,500 --> 00:15:41,800 world. 227 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:47,100 In other words, those whom He prayed for 228 00:15:47,100 --> 00:15:53,740 are all those through the centuries who have 229 00:15:53,740 --> 00:15:55,180 believed in Him. 230 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,780 The Father has given us to Him. 231 00:16:01,700 --> 00:16:08,260 And He has kept us, sanctified us by 232 00:16:08,260 --> 00:16:08,740 the Word. 233 00:16:09,500 --> 00:16:12,060 He prayed for all of us. 234 00:16:13,380 --> 00:16:17,040 And His prayer burden is just this, that 235 00:16:17,040 --> 00:16:19,380 we may be one. 236 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:27,320 Dear brothers and sisters, if this is the 237 00:16:27,320 --> 00:16:32,420 burden of our Lord, not only at the 238 00:16:32,420 --> 00:16:41,340 time when He was leaving His disciples, but 239 00:16:41,340 --> 00:16:46,440 throughout the centuries, even today, our Lord Jesus 240 00:16:46,440 --> 00:16:48,240 is the great High Priest. 241 00:16:52,500 --> 00:16:54,180 He is by the Father's side. 242 00:16:55,030 --> 00:16:57,180 He is interceding for us. 243 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:01,820 Brothers and sisters, do you know what is 244 00:17:01,820 --> 00:17:05,859 His burden at His Father's side? 245 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:08,520 Do you know what is the prayer? 246 00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:13,339 What is the intercession that He intercedes for 247 00:17:13,339 --> 00:17:16,260 us on earth throughout the centuries? 248 00:17:19,030 --> 00:17:22,849 It is no different than what He prayed 249 00:17:24,290 --> 00:17:25,630 that night. 250 00:17:26,630 --> 00:17:29,730 He is still praying that prayer for His 251 00:17:29,730 --> 00:17:30,070 people. 252 00:17:31,570 --> 00:17:34,230 He is praying that we who are His 253 00:17:34,230 --> 00:17:35,870 may be one. 254 00:17:38,120 --> 00:17:40,800 That is His one burden. 255 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:46,380 Are we one? 256 00:17:49,500 --> 00:17:52,520 I believe that as we are drawing to 257 00:17:52,520 --> 00:17:56,800 the end of this age, more and more, 258 00:17:58,340 --> 00:18:05,160 God's people begin to feel the need of 259 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:05,840 being one. 260 00:18:08,210 --> 00:18:10,810 That is the reason why you have on 261 00:18:10,810 --> 00:18:13,930 this earth the ecumenical movement. 262 00:18:14,970 --> 00:18:16,570 But of course we know this is what 263 00:18:16,570 --> 00:18:20,540 the Lord is praying for. 264 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:24,340 He prays for something much more than just 265 00:18:24,340 --> 00:18:26,480 an outward union. 266 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,520 But He has put into the heart of 267 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:35,200 every believer a consciousness. 268 00:18:36,040 --> 00:18:38,800 A consciousness that we are one. 269 00:18:41,490 --> 00:18:43,390 No matter how different we are. 270 00:18:45,230 --> 00:18:47,350 No matter what background we have. 271 00:18:48,810 --> 00:18:51,690 No matter how many distinctions we have in 272 00:18:51,690 --> 00:18:52,190 this world. 273 00:18:53,790 --> 00:18:57,950 We who are the Lord, there is a 274 00:18:57,950 --> 00:19:02,350 built-in consciousness within us that we are 275 00:19:02,350 --> 00:19:02,690 one. 276 00:19:03,810 --> 00:19:05,670 We know we are one. 277 00:19:06,450 --> 00:19:08,390 We know we should be one. 278 00:19:09,770 --> 00:19:13,550 And not only we have this inward consciousness, 279 00:19:15,110 --> 00:19:17,390 but we have the teaching of the Word. 280 00:19:18,910 --> 00:19:21,590 The Word teaches us that we are one. 281 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:24,760 We are one body. 282 00:19:25,500 --> 00:19:28,900 Even though we are many, yet we are 283 00:19:28,900 --> 00:19:29,600 one body. 284 00:19:30,220 --> 00:19:32,620 And we are members one of another. 285 00:19:35,030 --> 00:19:35,750 This we know. 286 00:19:39,620 --> 00:19:44,100 We cannot teach people telling them that they 287 00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:44,940 can be divided. 288 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:55,240 If people are divided, they know it is 289 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:55,720 not right. 290 00:19:58,040 --> 00:20:04,200 They have to defend themselves with some reasons 291 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,740 to justify their divisions. 292 00:20:08,240 --> 00:20:11,960 But deep down within their hearts, they know 293 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,140 that no matter what reason they give, it 294 00:20:15,140 --> 00:20:16,020 is not sufficient. 295 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,840 We all know deep down within our heart 296 00:20:22,660 --> 00:20:24,380 that we are one. 297 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:26,780 And we should be one. 298 00:20:32,310 --> 00:20:37,930 But what is the oneness, the unity that 299 00:20:37,930 --> 00:20:42,230 the Lord Jesus is looking for among His 300 00:20:42,230 --> 00:20:42,610 people? 301 00:20:45,040 --> 00:20:46,440 Not the outward thing. 302 00:20:49,310 --> 00:20:55,710 Not trying to join people together outwardly through 303 00:20:55,710 --> 00:21:00,470 compromise, through negotiation, through give and take. 304 00:21:04,660 --> 00:21:08,160 The world will not be deceived by such 305 00:21:08,160 --> 00:21:08,780 union. 306 00:21:11,170 --> 00:21:13,990 Probably such union can deceive some of God's 307 00:21:13,990 --> 00:21:14,250 people. 308 00:21:15,470 --> 00:21:17,470 But they cannot deceive the world. 309 00:21:18,430 --> 00:21:21,150 The world knows how God's people are divided. 310 00:21:23,440 --> 00:21:24,300 They are not one. 311 00:21:27,730 --> 00:21:32,770 What is the oneness, the unity that the 312 00:21:32,770 --> 00:21:36,890 Lord is looking for in His people? 313 00:21:37,870 --> 00:21:41,830 In verse 11, our Lord Jesus said that 314 00:21:41,830 --> 00:21:45,390 they may be one as we. 315 00:21:53,380 --> 00:21:57,280 They may be one as we. 316 00:21:57,840 --> 00:21:58,920 Verse 22. 317 00:22:00,240 --> 00:22:04,460 They may be one as we are one. 318 00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:12,680 The oneness of God's people is patterned after 319 00:22:12,680 --> 00:22:15,800 the oneness of the Godhead. 320 00:22:17,300 --> 00:22:20,880 That they may be one as we are 321 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:21,280 one. 322 00:22:22,220 --> 00:22:25,720 As the Father and the Son are one. 323 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:33,340 We know that in the Godhead there are 324 00:22:33,340 --> 00:22:35,860 the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. 325 00:22:37,380 --> 00:22:40,200 There are three persons and yet one. 326 00:22:40,980 --> 00:22:42,780 Three in one and one in three. 327 00:22:43,020 --> 00:22:45,740 It is a mystery we do not understand. 328 00:22:47,020 --> 00:22:50,860 It has been revealed to us and we 329 00:22:50,860 --> 00:22:51,900 believe by faith. 330 00:22:52,820 --> 00:22:56,140 We cannot explain it but we know that 331 00:22:56,140 --> 00:23:00,120 God is three in one and one in 332 00:23:00,120 --> 00:23:00,380 three. 333 00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,340 In essence, one. 334 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:03,900 In function, three. 335 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:10,980 The oneness in the Godhead is a perfect 336 00:23:10,980 --> 00:23:11,880 oneness. 337 00:23:14,350 --> 00:23:18,310 The Father and the Son are one in 338 00:23:18,310 --> 00:23:18,850 the Spirit. 339 00:23:21,270 --> 00:23:26,430 There is no need to have a committee. 340 00:23:27,350 --> 00:23:29,990 No need to have discussion. 341 00:23:30,830 --> 00:23:32,470 No need to negotiate. 342 00:23:33,370 --> 00:23:34,950 No need to compromise. 343 00:23:36,050 --> 00:23:37,750 No need to argue. 344 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:41,550 But you'll find that in the Godhead there 345 00:23:41,550 --> 00:23:43,930 is that perfect harmony. 346 00:23:45,090 --> 00:23:46,850 There is a perfect agreement. 347 00:23:47,910 --> 00:23:50,270 There is a perfect oneness. 348 00:23:51,270 --> 00:23:54,730 There is no shadow, no shade, no darkness, 349 00:23:55,010 --> 00:23:55,650 no doubt. 350 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:04,560 One. 351 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,300 Perfectly one. 352 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,200 And the Lord said that they may be 353 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,640 one as we are one. 354 00:24:20,270 --> 00:24:23,890 Our oneness is to be like the oneness 355 00:24:23,890 --> 00:24:26,050 of the Godhead. 356 00:24:30,420 --> 00:24:33,800 Now, what is the oneness of the Godhead? 357 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:39,500 The Lord said, Thou, Father, art in me 358 00:24:39,500 --> 00:24:42,640 and I am in thee. 359 00:24:43,600 --> 00:24:46,660 In other words, the oneness of the Godhead 360 00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:49,920 is based on the inness. 361 00:24:52,130 --> 00:24:55,410 It is not that the Father is alongside 362 00:24:55,410 --> 00:24:58,770 the Son, or the Son is alongside the 363 00:24:58,770 --> 00:24:59,090 Father. 364 00:25:00,250 --> 00:25:02,730 It is the Father is in the Son 365 00:25:02,730 --> 00:25:04,970 and the Son is in the Father. 366 00:25:07,050 --> 00:25:11,830 And because there is such inness, so you'll 367 00:25:11,830 --> 00:25:13,590 find such oneness. 368 00:25:14,990 --> 00:25:21,650 You remember even towards the very last, Philip 369 00:25:21,650 --> 00:25:24,630 asked the Lord Jesus, O Lord, if you 370 00:25:24,630 --> 00:25:27,470 only will show us the Father, and we 371 00:25:27,470 --> 00:25:28,550 will be satisfied. 372 00:25:29,730 --> 00:25:32,170 And how he grieved our Lord Jesus. 373 00:25:32,890 --> 00:25:34,590 The Lord said, Philip, you have been with 374 00:25:34,590 --> 00:25:37,770 me for so long, and you're still asking 375 00:25:37,770 --> 00:25:39,190 me to show you the Father? 376 00:25:39,850 --> 00:25:42,930 Do you not know that the Father is 377 00:25:42,930 --> 00:25:44,690 in me and I am in the Father? 378 00:25:45,350 --> 00:25:47,410 If you see me, you see the Father? 379 00:25:49,360 --> 00:25:52,020 It is not I who is speaking, it 380 00:25:52,020 --> 00:25:53,420 is the Father who speaks in me. 381 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:54,540 Don't you know that? 382 00:25:58,410 --> 00:26:02,270 The Father is in the Son and the 383 00:26:02,270 --> 00:26:04,290 Son is in the Father. 384 00:26:05,070 --> 00:26:09,370 And because there is an inness, so the 385 00:26:09,370 --> 00:26:11,290 oneness is perfect. 386 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,740 It is just a matter of being alongside. 387 00:26:16,500 --> 00:26:21,380 No matter how united they are, the oneness 388 00:26:21,380 --> 00:26:22,280 is not perfect. 389 00:26:23,460 --> 00:26:30,080 But the inness makes the oneness, and the 390 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:32,900 Lord Jesus said that they may be one 391 00:26:32,900 --> 00:26:34,920 as we are one. 392 00:26:35,460 --> 00:26:38,760 Dear brothers and sisters, how can we be 393 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:39,240 one? 394 00:26:40,700 --> 00:26:43,160 What makes us truly one? 395 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,820 Unless it is an inness. 396 00:26:54,020 --> 00:26:57,620 But I cannot be in you, you cannot 397 00:26:57,620 --> 00:26:58,400 be in me. 398 00:27:01,360 --> 00:27:05,200 How can that inness be a reality? 399 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:10,360 Hear you hear, the Lord Jesus said. 400 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,580 Verse 22 And the glory which thou hast 401 00:27:22,580 --> 00:27:26,340 given me, I have given them, that they 402 00:27:26,340 --> 00:27:29,060 may be one as we are one, I 403 00:27:29,060 --> 00:27:32,280 in them, and thou in me, that they 404 00:27:32,280 --> 00:27:35,160 may be perfectly into one, and that the 405 00:27:35,160 --> 00:27:38,780 world may know that thou hast sent me. 406 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:55,160 The inness is based upon this fact, that 407 00:27:55,160 --> 00:28:00,760 we are in Him, and He is in 408 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:01,280 us. 409 00:28:05,530 --> 00:28:08,250 In 1 Corinthians chapter 1 verse 30 it 410 00:28:08,250 --> 00:28:13,410 is said, By God ye are in Christ 411 00:28:13,410 --> 00:28:20,180 Jesus, whom God has made unto us wisdom, 412 00:28:20,180 --> 00:28:25,780 righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption. 413 00:28:27,220 --> 00:28:32,460 As we believe in the Lord Jesus, something 414 00:28:32,460 --> 00:28:32,900 happens. 415 00:28:36,450 --> 00:28:39,850 God puts us in Christ. 416 00:28:41,570 --> 00:28:44,210 I think this is the most glorious thing, 417 00:28:44,310 --> 00:28:46,150 this is the mystery of the Gospel. 418 00:28:47,770 --> 00:28:52,170 When we believe in the Lord Jesus, God 419 00:28:52,170 --> 00:28:53,990 does something marvelous. 420 00:28:55,010 --> 00:28:57,390 He puts us in Christ. 421 00:29:00,010 --> 00:29:02,430 And if you read Ephesians chapter 1 you'll 422 00:29:02,430 --> 00:29:07,390 find all this in Christ is such a 423 00:29:07,390 --> 00:29:07,850 mystery. 424 00:29:09,750 --> 00:29:11,850 Thank thee unto God who has blessed us 425 00:29:11,850 --> 00:29:14,850 with every spiritual blessing in the heavenlies in 426 00:29:14,850 --> 00:29:15,830 Christ Jesus. 427 00:29:17,050 --> 00:29:20,330 In Christ He has accepted us. 428 00:29:20,670 --> 00:29:22,690 In Christ He has forgiven us. 429 00:29:23,310 --> 00:29:25,290 In Christ He has adopted us. 430 00:29:25,810 --> 00:29:27,430 Everything is in Christ. 431 00:29:28,310 --> 00:29:30,870 And God has put us in Christ. 432 00:29:31,510 --> 00:29:34,330 So brothers and sisters, we who believe in 433 00:29:34,330 --> 00:29:38,410 the Lord Jesus, we are in Him. 434 00:29:38,770 --> 00:29:40,550 We are in Christ. 435 00:29:40,850 --> 00:29:42,430 We are in God. 436 00:29:43,370 --> 00:29:45,950 Every one of us is in Him. 437 00:29:47,130 --> 00:29:49,750 And He is in us. 438 00:29:49,750 --> 00:29:53,350 He is in every one of us. 439 00:29:54,170 --> 00:29:58,310 And because we are in Him, and He 440 00:29:58,310 --> 00:30:04,130 is in us, therefore there is an inness 441 00:30:04,130 --> 00:30:05,410 among us. 442 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:12,280 We are in Him. 443 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:15,060 He is in us. 444 00:30:17,090 --> 00:30:23,410 And because of this inness it is now 445 00:30:23,410 --> 00:30:27,250 possible for us to be truly one. 446 00:30:28,410 --> 00:30:32,750 So our oneness is also based upon this 447 00:30:32,750 --> 00:30:33,870 inness. 448 00:30:38,520 --> 00:30:46,520 Whenever we act outside of Christ. 449 00:30:48,790 --> 00:30:51,050 Now of course in Christ is our position. 450 00:30:51,690 --> 00:30:52,670 It will never change. 451 00:30:54,130 --> 00:30:56,550 God has put us in Christ. 452 00:30:57,290 --> 00:30:58,250 Thank God for that. 453 00:30:58,690 --> 00:30:59,830 It is eternal. 454 00:30:59,830 --> 00:31:01,170 It never changes. 455 00:31:01,530 --> 00:31:03,650 No matter how you change, you are in 456 00:31:03,650 --> 00:31:04,030 Christ. 457 00:31:05,110 --> 00:31:07,990 Once God has put you in, nobody can 458 00:31:07,990 --> 00:31:08,710 take you out. 459 00:31:09,230 --> 00:31:12,150 Not yourself, nor anybody else. 460 00:31:13,210 --> 00:31:17,070 That is our position secured for us by 461 00:31:17,070 --> 00:31:18,750 the finished work of Christ. 462 00:31:19,390 --> 00:31:21,170 We are in Christ. 463 00:31:21,870 --> 00:31:25,450 But dear brothers and sisters, so far as 464 00:31:25,450 --> 00:31:29,550 our condition is concerned, our condition may change. 465 00:31:30,670 --> 00:31:34,910 Sometimes we may abide in Christ, sometimes we 466 00:31:34,910 --> 00:31:38,190 may be away somewhere else. 467 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:49,460 If we abide in Christ, the oneness is 468 00:31:49,460 --> 00:31:49,740 there. 469 00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:56,580 But when we are outside of Christ, in 470 00:31:56,580 --> 00:32:00,920 our daily life, then you'll find this oneness 471 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:03,460 is broken. 472 00:32:06,890 --> 00:32:09,570 If we abide in Him and He in 473 00:32:09,570 --> 00:32:12,830 us, that is to say, He lives in 474 00:32:12,830 --> 00:32:13,190 us. 475 00:32:14,270 --> 00:32:18,230 As our brother mentioned last night, I'm crucified 476 00:32:18,230 --> 00:32:20,150 with Christ, it is no longer I, it 477 00:32:20,150 --> 00:32:21,190 is Christ who lives in us. 478 00:32:21,410 --> 00:32:23,050 It is Christ who lives. 479 00:32:23,450 --> 00:32:27,290 And if Christ lives in us, then we 480 00:32:27,290 --> 00:32:27,730 are one. 481 00:32:28,950 --> 00:32:31,530 If Christ lives in you and Christ lives 482 00:32:31,530 --> 00:32:33,590 in me, it is Christ who is living. 483 00:32:33,990 --> 00:32:35,110 Then we are one. 484 00:32:35,730 --> 00:32:38,630 But if it is you who lives, it 485 00:32:38,630 --> 00:32:41,590 is I who lives, then we finally clash. 486 00:32:44,170 --> 00:32:45,770 The oneness seems to be broken. 487 00:32:50,300 --> 00:32:55,620 Our oneness is in Christ and He in 488 00:32:55,620 --> 00:32:56,060 us. 489 00:32:56,860 --> 00:33:00,660 It is based upon this inness that is 490 00:33:00,660 --> 00:33:03,040 oneness is maintained. 491 00:33:13,790 --> 00:33:15,750 How can we be one? 492 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:20,480 In the prayer of our Lord Jesus, you'll 493 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:22,200 find a very strange thing. 494 00:33:23,460 --> 00:33:26,400 Because we know that His burden for His 495 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,620 people is that we may be one. 496 00:33:30,180 --> 00:33:31,880 And yet you'll find in His prayer He 497 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,960 mentions a great deal about the world. 498 00:33:36,180 --> 00:33:39,320 The relationship of believers with the world. 499 00:33:40,580 --> 00:33:41,560 Now why is it? 500 00:33:46,790 --> 00:33:47,870 What is the world? 501 00:33:49,270 --> 00:33:50,970 The world is a cosmos. 502 00:33:52,110 --> 00:33:53,670 The world is a system. 503 00:33:54,810 --> 00:33:57,110 The world is an organization. 504 00:33:58,430 --> 00:33:59,890 Now who organizes it? 505 00:34:01,010 --> 00:34:02,770 The arch enemy of God. 506 00:34:03,670 --> 00:34:08,690 He organizes the world into a system to 507 00:34:10,110 --> 00:34:11,230 oppose God. 508 00:34:14,429 --> 00:34:16,489 He is the ruler of this world. 509 00:34:19,500 --> 00:34:22,900 Outwardly you'll find the world is one organization, 510 00:34:23,159 --> 00:34:24,500 is one system. 511 00:34:25,040 --> 00:34:27,880 There is a oneness there. 512 00:34:28,780 --> 00:34:31,900 Whether it is social, whether it is economical, 513 00:34:32,300 --> 00:34:35,679 whether it is political, whether it is educational, 514 00:34:36,179 --> 00:34:38,480 whether it is cultural, or whether it is 515 00:34:38,480 --> 00:34:39,060 religious. 516 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,940 You'll find the world is one system. 517 00:34:44,380 --> 00:34:46,199 It is one organization. 518 00:34:48,260 --> 00:34:51,940 A united front against God. 519 00:34:57,680 --> 00:35:05,450 Of course we know even that unity is 520 00:35:05,450 --> 00:35:07,170 a heterogeneous unity. 521 00:35:08,450 --> 00:35:11,170 It is not a homogeneous unity. 522 00:35:12,670 --> 00:35:16,950 It is held together by force, not by 523 00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:17,270 love. 524 00:35:18,450 --> 00:35:21,570 But at least you'll find the world is 525 00:35:21,570 --> 00:35:22,570 a unity. 526 00:35:23,970 --> 00:35:26,870 It appears to be a unity, a system. 527 00:35:28,110 --> 00:35:30,930 And that's the reason why the Lord Jesus, 528 00:35:31,790 --> 00:35:34,550 as He is desiring His people to be 529 00:35:34,550 --> 00:35:42,710 one, a unity, we have to have our 530 00:35:42,710 --> 00:35:46,310 relationship with the world corrected. 531 00:35:48,610 --> 00:35:50,870 What is our relationship with the world? 532 00:35:54,700 --> 00:36:01,300 This is the negative aspect of the positive 533 00:36:01,300 --> 00:36:03,980 unity among God's people. 534 00:36:05,280 --> 00:36:08,060 In other words, unless our relationship with the 535 00:36:08,060 --> 00:36:13,280 world is proper, our union, our unity with 536 00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:16,860 one another will not be corrected. 537 00:36:20,850 --> 00:36:22,750 What is our relationship with the world? 538 00:36:27,420 --> 00:36:34,120 God has called us out of this world. 539 00:36:37,220 --> 00:36:39,660 He has given us to Christ. 540 00:36:39,660 --> 00:36:42,840 He has called us out of this world. 541 00:36:44,540 --> 00:36:48,720 Brothers and sisters, we do not belong to 542 00:36:48,720 --> 00:36:49,360 this world. 543 00:36:50,580 --> 00:36:53,060 We do not belong to this system. 544 00:36:53,900 --> 00:36:55,920 We do not belong to this unity. 545 00:36:58,820 --> 00:37:01,820 We are out of this world. 546 00:37:05,340 --> 00:37:10,200 But physically, we are still in the world. 547 00:37:11,800 --> 00:37:14,640 It is true that in this physical body 548 00:37:14,640 --> 00:37:16,100 we are still in the world. 549 00:37:17,240 --> 00:37:20,320 We still have to eat, we still have 550 00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:23,080 to drink, we still have to do things, 551 00:37:26,420 --> 00:37:27,560 we still have to work. 552 00:37:28,540 --> 00:37:30,020 We are in the world. 553 00:37:31,380 --> 00:37:33,600 The Father has called us out of the 554 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:33,860 world. 555 00:37:34,720 --> 00:37:37,840 We are still in the world and yet 556 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,020 we are not of the world. 557 00:37:42,740 --> 00:37:44,300 Physically we are here. 558 00:37:45,100 --> 00:37:47,940 Spiritually we are somewhere else. 559 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:50,840 We are in that another world. 560 00:37:55,770 --> 00:37:59,170 We are not of the world as He 561 00:37:59,850 --> 00:38:02,090 is not of the world. 562 00:38:04,900 --> 00:38:10,400 Brothers and sisters, we are not of the 563 00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:14,240 world as He is not of the world. 564 00:38:17,020 --> 00:38:20,020 Just as He is not of the world. 565 00:38:22,520 --> 00:38:24,960 How was He not of the world? 566 00:38:27,490 --> 00:38:29,230 He is in the world. 567 00:38:30,650 --> 00:38:32,310 He came into this world. 568 00:38:33,510 --> 00:38:36,570 He lived upon this earth for thirty-three 569 00:38:36,570 --> 00:38:36,990 years. 570 00:38:38,150 --> 00:38:39,890 He was a normal person. 571 00:38:41,730 --> 00:38:45,710 He ate, He drank, He rested, He worked, 572 00:38:47,430 --> 00:38:50,470 He walked around, He met people, He had 573 00:38:50,470 --> 00:38:51,050 relationships. 574 00:38:52,990 --> 00:38:54,910 He was not a person who fled into 575 00:38:54,910 --> 00:38:56,130 the mountain to be a monk. 576 00:38:58,540 --> 00:39:01,500 He was in the world and yet we 577 00:39:01,500 --> 00:39:04,560 know He was not of the world. 578 00:39:07,010 --> 00:39:12,050 Wherever He was, whatever He did, whatever He 579 00:39:12,050 --> 00:39:17,070 said, He brought with Him a heavenly atmosphere. 580 00:39:18,250 --> 00:39:20,090 He belonged to another world. 581 00:39:21,050 --> 00:39:22,510 He was not of the world. 582 00:39:22,970 --> 00:39:25,590 That's the reason why people cannot understand Him. 583 00:39:26,710 --> 00:39:32,910 He was so different, holy, uncommon, not like 584 00:39:32,910 --> 00:39:33,910 the rest of the world. 585 00:39:34,730 --> 00:39:38,330 And dear brothers and sisters, this is what 586 00:39:38,330 --> 00:39:40,190 the Lord said, We are not of the 587 00:39:40,190 --> 00:39:43,210 world as He is not of the world. 588 00:39:43,670 --> 00:39:45,610 He does not take us out of the 589 00:39:45,610 --> 00:39:46,390 world right away. 590 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:50,950 He leaves us in the world but we 591 00:39:50,950 --> 00:39:53,870 are not of the world just as He 592 00:39:53,870 --> 00:39:55,910 is not of the world. 593 00:39:57,860 --> 00:40:01,320 And because of that, He was sent us 594 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:06,340 into the world to be a witness and 595 00:40:06,340 --> 00:40:08,120 testimony for Him. 596 00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:10,620 Just like He was sent by the Father 597 00:40:10,620 --> 00:40:14,060 into the world to bear witness to His 598 00:40:14,060 --> 00:40:14,420 Father. 599 00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:18,340 And these are our relationships with the world. 600 00:40:19,280 --> 00:40:23,240 Brothers and sisters, one reason why we find 601 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:28,340 the oneness among God's people is not manifested, 602 00:40:29,420 --> 00:40:32,660 it is because our relationship with the world 603 00:40:32,660 --> 00:40:34,260 is not correct. 604 00:40:38,540 --> 00:40:44,110 If we still love the world, if we 605 00:40:44,110 --> 00:40:47,210 still act like the people of the world, 606 00:40:48,950 --> 00:40:53,430 how can we manifest that oneness of the 607 00:40:53,430 --> 00:40:54,170 Body of Christ? 608 00:40:56,910 --> 00:41:00,310 All we can do probably is try to 609 00:41:00,310 --> 00:41:06,510 outwardly maintain a kind of organization, to institutionalize 610 00:41:06,510 --> 00:41:11,450 something, systematize something, to put up a kind 611 00:41:11,450 --> 00:41:14,030 of front as if we are one, and 612 00:41:14,030 --> 00:41:16,530 yet we know, everyone knows that this is 613 00:41:16,530 --> 00:41:17,070 not true. 614 00:41:21,610 --> 00:41:26,450 There is one verse in 2 Corinthians chapter 615 00:41:26,450 --> 00:41:30,210 6 said, Be not unequally yoked with unbelievers. 616 00:41:30,210 --> 00:41:33,650 Now, of course, it means do not be 617 00:41:34,140 --> 00:41:35,750 unequally yoked with unbelievers. 618 00:41:36,590 --> 00:41:38,850 But I think the principle can be applied 619 00:41:38,850 --> 00:41:39,490 to believers. 620 00:41:40,450 --> 00:41:49,580 If believers act like unbelievers, if believers live 621 00:41:49,580 --> 00:41:52,640 in the world like the worldly people, if 622 00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,560 believers act like the men of the world, 623 00:41:56,720 --> 00:41:59,160 how can we be yoked together? 624 00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:06,840 We can only be yoked together with Christ 625 00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:13,400 and yoked together with one another if our 626 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:17,060 relationship with the world is what the Lord 627 00:42:17,060 --> 00:42:19,460 ordains it to be. 628 00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:25,160 There is much of the world in us. 629 00:42:26,140 --> 00:42:31,300 And that's the reason why the oneness of 630 00:42:31,300 --> 00:42:34,600 the believers cannot be manifested. 631 00:42:35,920 --> 00:42:38,040 Oh, how we need to ask the Lord 632 00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:41,340 to open our eyes, to see how much 633 00:42:41,340 --> 00:42:43,620 of the world is still in us. 634 00:42:44,780 --> 00:42:47,360 How much we still belong to this world. 635 00:42:48,540 --> 00:42:51,920 And this is something that stands in the 636 00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:54,860 way of the unity of the believers. 637 00:42:56,100 --> 00:42:58,080 If the Lord can get the world out 638 00:42:58,080 --> 00:42:59,800 of you and you out of the world, 639 00:42:59,800 --> 00:43:04,400 then dear brothers and sisters in Christ, we 640 00:43:04,400 --> 00:43:05,300 are one. 641 00:43:06,340 --> 00:43:10,760 And that oneness can be manifested gloriously. 642 00:43:11,440 --> 00:43:16,160 That the world may see what true unity 643 00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:17,600 really is. 644 00:43:18,620 --> 00:43:23,860 To come into the unity of believers, we 645 00:43:23,860 --> 00:43:27,660 have to deal with this matter of the 646 00:43:27,660 --> 00:43:28,020 world. 647 00:43:29,120 --> 00:43:31,680 The world has to be dealt with. 648 00:43:32,020 --> 00:43:35,080 As Paul says, so far as the world 649 00:43:35,080 --> 00:43:36,720 is concerned, I'm crucified. 650 00:43:37,720 --> 00:43:40,780 So far as I'm concerned, the world is 651 00:43:40,780 --> 00:43:41,240 crucified. 652 00:43:42,120 --> 00:43:45,160 And it is only under that kind of 653 00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:49,900 attitude you'll find it is possible for God's 654 00:43:49,900 --> 00:43:52,180 people to be really one. 655 00:43:55,210 --> 00:43:58,030 This is the negative side of it. 656 00:43:58,030 --> 00:44:01,270 Now we move to the positive side of 657 00:44:01,270 --> 00:44:01,430 it. 658 00:44:02,110 --> 00:44:05,470 And there you'll find, how can we be 659 00:44:05,470 --> 00:44:05,830 one? 660 00:44:07,490 --> 00:44:14,430 In verse 11, the Lord Jesus said, I'm 661 00:44:14,430 --> 00:44:16,350 no longer in the world, and these are 662 00:44:16,350 --> 00:44:17,730 in the world, and I come to Thee, 663 00:44:17,770 --> 00:44:18,370 Holy Father. 664 00:44:18,790 --> 00:44:21,430 Keep them in Thy name, which Thou has 665 00:44:21,430 --> 00:44:24,670 given me, that they may be one as 666 00:44:24,670 --> 00:44:25,030 we. 667 00:44:26,330 --> 00:44:31,110 Keep them in Thy name, which Thou has 668 00:44:31,110 --> 00:44:34,450 given me, that they may be one as 669 00:44:34,450 --> 00:44:34,830 we. 670 00:44:35,870 --> 00:44:37,850 How can we be one? 671 00:44:40,770 --> 00:44:46,210 We can be one if we are kept 672 00:44:46,210 --> 00:44:52,900 by the name that God has given to 673 00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:53,340 Christ. 674 00:44:54,840 --> 00:44:57,620 You notice the Lord Jesus doesn't say, keep 675 00:44:57,620 --> 00:44:59,540 them in My name. 676 00:45:01,170 --> 00:45:06,150 He said, keep them in Thy name, that 677 00:45:06,150 --> 00:45:07,410 Thou has given me. 678 00:45:08,470 --> 00:45:11,650 Now, what is the name that God has 679 00:45:11,650 --> 00:45:12,910 given to Christ? 680 00:45:20,630 --> 00:45:22,150 I think it is very simple. 681 00:45:23,170 --> 00:45:24,570 It is the name of the Father. 682 00:45:29,710 --> 00:45:33,170 Even though in the Old Testament time, you'll 683 00:45:33,170 --> 00:45:37,870 find there are such expressions as God said 684 00:45:37,870 --> 00:45:40,750 to the children of Israel in Jeremiah 31, 685 00:45:40,750 --> 00:45:43,370 I will be a father to you. 686 00:45:45,720 --> 00:45:48,320 Or in Malachi, you'll find God said, if 687 00:45:48,320 --> 00:45:50,720 I be a father, where is mine honor? 688 00:45:52,540 --> 00:45:54,980 But you know, in the Old Testament time, 689 00:45:57,840 --> 00:46:01,440 even though the fatherhood of God was known, 690 00:46:02,560 --> 00:46:05,160 but the fatherhood of God was more in 691 00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:08,520 the sense of He was the Creator of 692 00:46:08,520 --> 00:46:09,100 mankind. 693 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:13,920 Or He was the Protector, the Guardian of 694 00:46:13,920 --> 00:46:15,460 those who belong to Him. 695 00:46:16,340 --> 00:46:18,740 He was never taken in a personal way. 696 00:46:20,220 --> 00:46:22,820 People in the Old Testament time never knew 697 00:46:22,820 --> 00:46:25,740 God as a personal Father. 698 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:27,360 Why? 699 00:46:27,540 --> 00:46:30,320 Because He is not. 700 00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:37,700 Only our Lord Jesus is the only begotten 701 00:46:37,700 --> 00:46:39,260 Son of the Father. 702 00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:49,060 In other words, Father in the intimate personal 703 00:46:49,060 --> 00:46:53,980 sense is only real to our Lord Jesus 704 00:46:53,980 --> 00:46:55,820 and nobody else. 705 00:46:58,660 --> 00:47:02,280 He is the only begotten of the Father. 706 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:07,200 This is the name that God has given 707 00:47:07,200 --> 00:47:08,200 to His Son. 708 00:47:08,520 --> 00:47:10,940 In other words, only His Son has the 709 00:47:10,940 --> 00:47:13,620 right to call Him Alpha Father. 710 00:47:18,520 --> 00:47:24,060 And this name He has given to us. 711 00:47:25,600 --> 00:47:28,700 And by this name we are kept. 712 00:47:31,280 --> 00:47:34,100 You remember after our Lord Jesus was raised 713 00:47:34,100 --> 00:47:38,690 from the dead, He told the woman to 714 00:47:38,690 --> 00:47:41,510 tell His disciples go to the bridegroom. 715 00:47:42,730 --> 00:47:45,510 Tell them that I send to my Father 716 00:47:45,510 --> 00:47:47,150 and your Father. 717 00:47:47,150 --> 00:47:50,590 My God and your God. 718 00:47:52,940 --> 00:47:58,960 Oh, brothers and sisters, the only begotten Son 719 00:48:00,620 --> 00:48:05,640 shared His Father with many sons. 720 00:48:06,740 --> 00:48:09,840 He is now the firstborn among many brethren. 721 00:48:10,860 --> 00:48:13,920 And as we believe in Him, the Holy 722 00:48:13,920 --> 00:48:17,280 Spirit there witnessing our spirit, that we are 723 00:48:17,280 --> 00:48:20,420 children of God and we cry out Alpha 724 00:48:20,420 --> 00:48:21,020 Father. 725 00:48:23,060 --> 00:48:25,320 You cry out Alpha Father. 726 00:48:25,700 --> 00:48:27,560 I cry out Alpha Father. 727 00:48:28,020 --> 00:48:32,280 And it is this name that keeps us 728 00:48:32,280 --> 00:48:32,800 one. 729 00:48:33,920 --> 00:48:37,100 You have the same Father as I have. 730 00:48:38,020 --> 00:48:40,820 We belong to the same family. 731 00:48:44,370 --> 00:48:48,790 One day some children were playing and suddenly 732 00:48:48,790 --> 00:48:50,010 a man walked by. 733 00:48:51,750 --> 00:48:54,870 And when that man passed by, one of 734 00:48:54,870 --> 00:48:56,910 the children cried Alpha, Alpha. 735 00:48:57,630 --> 00:48:59,610 And you know the children like to imitate. 736 00:49:00,030 --> 00:49:02,170 So every, all the children began to cry 737 00:49:02,170 --> 00:49:02,890 Alpha, Alpha. 738 00:49:03,330 --> 00:49:06,410 And this child turned to the other children 739 00:49:06,410 --> 00:49:07,270 and said No! 740 00:49:07,790 --> 00:49:09,490 He is my Father not yours. 741 00:49:15,660 --> 00:49:18,300 Dear brothers and sisters, the world has no 742 00:49:18,300 --> 00:49:21,980 right to call God their Alpha Father. 743 00:49:23,600 --> 00:49:28,040 The fatherhood of God is only real with 744 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,140 those who believe in the Lord Jesus. 745 00:49:32,900 --> 00:49:37,160 It is the name of the Father that 746 00:49:37,160 --> 00:49:40,580 joins us together into one. 747 00:49:44,290 --> 00:49:47,490 And then secondly you find in verse 22 748 00:49:47,490 --> 00:49:50,590 And the glory which thou hast given me, 749 00:49:50,750 --> 00:49:53,270 I have given them that they may be 750 00:49:53,270 --> 00:49:57,290 one as we are one. 751 00:49:58,810 --> 00:50:02,990 The glory which thou hast given me, I 752 00:50:02,990 --> 00:50:04,510 have given them. 753 00:50:05,230 --> 00:50:08,030 That they may be one as we are 754 00:50:08,030 --> 00:50:08,290 one. 755 00:50:09,070 --> 00:50:12,130 Now what is this glory that God has 756 00:50:12,130 --> 00:50:13,010 given to Him? 757 00:50:15,120 --> 00:50:17,320 You know our Lord Jesus had a glory 758 00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:20,720 that He shared with His Father in eternity 759 00:50:20,720 --> 00:50:21,300 the past. 760 00:50:22,160 --> 00:50:26,440 The glory of the Godhead that He had 761 00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:28,360 with His Father, it was not something given 762 00:50:28,360 --> 00:50:28,820 to Him. 763 00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:32,460 He had that even before time began. 764 00:50:33,380 --> 00:50:35,600 But our Lord Jesus had another glory. 765 00:50:36,400 --> 00:50:38,520 And that glory is a glory that the 766 00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:40,400 Father has given to Him. 767 00:50:41,320 --> 00:50:43,100 He had one that was His. 768 00:50:44,300 --> 00:50:47,260 By right in eternity because He is God. 769 00:50:47,900 --> 00:50:50,720 And He had another one that was given 770 00:50:50,720 --> 00:50:52,440 to Him by the Father. 771 00:50:52,820 --> 00:50:54,840 And what is the glory that God has 772 00:50:54,840 --> 00:50:55,640 given to Him? 773 00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,520 We have already mentioned it is the glory 774 00:50:58,520 --> 00:51:01,840 that He has fulfilled the will of the 775 00:51:01,840 --> 00:51:02,140 Father. 776 00:51:02,580 --> 00:51:04,120 He has finished the work. 777 00:51:04,520 --> 00:51:06,360 He has satisfied the Father. 778 00:51:07,540 --> 00:51:08,740 And that is the glory. 779 00:51:09,220 --> 00:51:13,120 And on the basis of that, He has 780 00:51:13,120 --> 00:51:18,460 authority to give life to those who believe 781 00:51:18,460 --> 00:51:19,140 in Him. 782 00:51:20,160 --> 00:51:22,960 So the glory here we may say is 783 00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:26,760 the life that He gives to us on 784 00:51:26,760 --> 00:51:30,640 the basis of His finished work on the 785 00:51:30,640 --> 00:51:31,000 cross. 786 00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:36,720 Brothers and sisters, our unity is based on 787 00:51:36,720 --> 00:51:37,240 life. 788 00:51:38,340 --> 00:51:40,980 It is His life in you and His 789 00:51:40,980 --> 00:51:41,880 life in me. 790 00:51:42,640 --> 00:51:45,620 You have the same life as I have. 791 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:47,840 We share the same life. 792 00:51:48,760 --> 00:51:51,280 And because we share the same life, we 793 00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:51,940 are one. 794 00:51:54,420 --> 00:51:57,160 Not only we can call our God our 795 00:51:57,160 --> 00:52:01,280 Father, we belong to the same family, but 796 00:52:01,280 --> 00:52:03,940 we share the same life. 797 00:52:05,080 --> 00:52:07,060 Therefore, we are one. 798 00:52:09,760 --> 00:52:14,220 Our oneness is not based upon any teaching, 799 00:52:15,160 --> 00:52:23,540 any doctrine, any creed, any form, any organization. 800 00:52:25,890 --> 00:52:29,390 Our oneness is based upon life. 801 00:52:31,050 --> 00:52:33,530 If you have the life of Christ in 802 00:52:33,530 --> 00:52:37,310 you, and I have the life of Christ 803 00:52:37,310 --> 00:52:41,990 in me, we are one in life. 804 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:47,900 No matter how different we are otherwise, oh, 805 00:52:48,120 --> 00:52:52,320 if only we can stand on this ground 806 00:52:52,320 --> 00:52:58,380 of life, the life of Christ, that makes 807 00:52:58,380 --> 00:52:59,480 us one. 808 00:53:03,120 --> 00:53:05,880 And if we allow that life to live 809 00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:11,080 through us, then we will be perfected into 810 00:53:11,080 --> 00:53:11,600 one. 811 00:53:16,980 --> 00:53:19,920 What will be the result of such oneness? 812 00:53:22,920 --> 00:53:28,210 First, that the world may know that Thou 813 00:53:28,210 --> 00:53:29,570 hast sent me. 814 00:53:31,190 --> 00:53:35,350 Oh, brothers and sisters, what a testimony that 815 00:53:35,350 --> 00:53:35,910 will be. 816 00:53:37,350 --> 00:53:40,310 You know, even though the world seems to 817 00:53:40,310 --> 00:53:43,810 be a united front against God, but we 818 00:53:43,810 --> 00:53:46,070 know it is a heterogeneous union. 819 00:53:46,810 --> 00:53:48,850 You find in the world all kinds of 820 00:53:48,850 --> 00:53:52,690 discriminations, all kinds of differences, all kinds of 821 00:53:52,690 --> 00:53:55,650 turmoil, all kinds of conflicts. 822 00:54:03,450 --> 00:54:08,150 Oneness is divine, is heavenly. 823 00:54:09,370 --> 00:54:13,330 Oneness is something the world never knows, and 824 00:54:13,330 --> 00:54:14,470 the world cannot have. 825 00:54:15,390 --> 00:54:18,090 You put two people together, and you will 826 00:54:18,090 --> 00:54:19,470 find they cannot be one. 827 00:54:20,870 --> 00:54:27,110 Because no two flesh can really agree. 828 00:54:29,510 --> 00:54:41,840 But when God's people are really one, the 829 00:54:41,840 --> 00:54:47,340 world will know that God has sent Christ 830 00:54:47,340 --> 00:54:48,780 into this world. 831 00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:52,580 In other words, this is something that no 832 00:54:52,580 --> 00:54:53,720 one can accomplish. 833 00:54:57,220 --> 00:55:00,760 People will try to put people together by 834 00:55:00,760 --> 00:55:06,140 force, but that's not oneness. 835 00:55:07,140 --> 00:55:10,700 But here you'll find God's people are joined 836 00:55:10,700 --> 00:55:13,700 together as one in the Spirit. 837 00:55:14,240 --> 00:55:16,540 The world has never seen such things before. 838 00:55:17,220 --> 00:55:19,840 Like in the first century, people were said, 839 00:55:20,100 --> 00:55:23,140 look at these people, how they love one 840 00:55:23,140 --> 00:55:23,560 another. 841 00:55:24,140 --> 00:55:28,460 Brothers and sisters, how can it be unless 842 00:55:30,000 --> 00:55:33,560 God has sent His Son into this world? 843 00:55:34,620 --> 00:55:35,960 So it is a testimony to the world 844 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:39,580 how important it is that there is such 845 00:55:39,580 --> 00:55:40,720 a testimony today. 846 00:55:41,480 --> 00:55:45,480 Oh, that we may be one, and the 847 00:55:45,480 --> 00:55:48,560 world may know that God has sent Christ 848 00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:49,780 into this world. 849 00:55:51,100 --> 00:55:56,350 Secondly, and that thou hast loved them as 850 00:55:56,350 --> 00:55:57,710 thou hast loved me. 851 00:55:59,150 --> 00:56:03,990 Not only by being one we can give 852 00:56:03,990 --> 00:56:08,130 a good testimony to the world concerning Christ, 853 00:56:09,090 --> 00:56:13,350 but if we are one, we will be 854 00:56:13,350 --> 00:56:18,050 testified too by God that He has loved 855 00:56:18,050 --> 00:56:20,850 us as He has loved Christ. 856 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,780 The Lord Jesus in John chapter 15 said, 857 00:56:32,490 --> 00:56:38,520 As I have kept my Father's commandment and 858 00:56:38,520 --> 00:56:43,040 abide in His love, keep my commandment and 859 00:56:43,040 --> 00:56:45,000 abide in my love. 860 00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:53,240 Oh, if we can be one, that shows 861 00:56:53,240 --> 00:56:54,560 the Father has loved us. 862 00:56:56,580 --> 00:56:59,260 And because the Father has loved us, we 863 00:56:59,260 --> 00:57:00,080 will be one. 864 00:57:00,660 --> 00:57:01,680 And it is a cycle. 865 00:57:02,240 --> 00:57:04,220 You'll find that we are one, and the 866 00:57:04,220 --> 00:57:06,400 Father loves us, and because the Father loves 867 00:57:06,400 --> 00:57:07,440 us, we are more one. 868 00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:10,720 It is just the love of the Father 869 00:57:10,720 --> 00:57:17,160 will be upon us as the love of 870 00:57:17,160 --> 00:57:19,360 the Father is upon our Lord Jesus. 871 00:57:20,120 --> 00:57:22,340 So, dear brothers and sisters, this is the 872 00:57:22,340 --> 00:57:24,200 prayer of our Lord Jesus. 873 00:57:25,380 --> 00:57:28,900 Oh, He pray that we may be one. 874 00:57:30,200 --> 00:57:33,800 He has made it possible for us to 875 00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:34,300 be one. 876 00:57:35,200 --> 00:57:42,340 And if we are not one, there is 877 00:57:42,340 --> 00:57:44,700 no reason, no excuse. 878 00:57:45,420 --> 00:57:46,760 May the Lord help us. 879 00:57:47,100 --> 00:57:47,620 Shall we pray? 880 00:57:49,800 --> 00:57:54,280 Our Heavenly Father, how we praise and thank 881 00:57:54,280 --> 00:58:02,320 Thee that our Lord Jesus has accomplished the 882 00:58:02,320 --> 00:58:04,840 work that Thou hast sent Him. 883 00:58:06,480 --> 00:58:08,680 And on the basis of the finished work 884 00:58:08,680 --> 00:58:14,000 of Christ, Thou hast given that oneness to 885 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:14,360 us. 886 00:58:15,500 --> 00:58:18,140 We praise and thank Thee that Thou hast 887 00:58:18,140 --> 00:58:22,770 given us the name that we can call 888 00:58:22,770 --> 00:58:23,750 The Upper Father. 889 00:58:24,730 --> 00:58:27,010 We praise and thank Thee that Thou hast 890 00:58:27,010 --> 00:58:30,750 given us glory, even Thy life in us. 891 00:58:32,310 --> 00:58:36,850 And Lord, if we are not one, oh, 892 00:58:37,010 --> 00:58:40,010 how do we hurt Thee? 893 00:58:40,790 --> 00:58:42,730 How do we disgrace Thy name? 894 00:58:44,290 --> 00:58:46,170 We ask Thee, O Lord, forgive us. 895 00:58:46,170 --> 00:58:51,530 Take away everything in us that make us 896 00:58:51,530 --> 00:58:53,610 divide and separate. 897 00:58:55,150 --> 00:58:59,110 We pray that Thou will keep us one 898 00:58:59,110 --> 00:59:03,910 in Thee that the Father may be glorified. 899 00:59:04,550 --> 00:59:06,130 We ask in the name of our Lord 900 00:59:06,130 --> 00:59:06,430 Jesus. 901 00:59:07,450 --> 00:59:07,730 Amen.