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John chapter 17 is a good chapter to see the relationship Jesus had with the Father.

(Spirit). The Father (Deity,Spirit, God) was glorified in the Son and the Son glorified

was glorified in the Father.

Jesus prayed for Himself in the first 5 verses. He prayed for his disciples in verse 6-19.

Jesus prayed for all those who would believe in Him through the disciples/Apostles word,

beginning with verse 20. The Father gave those that were His to the Son, so that the

world might know that He sent the Son because the Father had loved the Son before

the foundation of the world.

For God to receive glory there needs to be something for Him to be glorified in and

through. If a beautiful lamp has no light, where's the glory. Where is the glory displayed

of a lovely stained glass window if there is no light to shine through it. For God who

commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the

light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ. There must be

means or place for the glory of God to be displayed. Radiant faces come from what is

burning inside.

God was IN Christ, reconciled the world unto Himself. God IS a Spirit and came near to

His people, but He needed someone to house Him. Jesus served as the Father's House.

The glory was in the Son! Spirit had been transferred into the Son. He who

has the Father has the Son. Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Jesus said on the Cross, "It is finished" He had finished the work the Father had sent

him to do. At an appointed time, he went back to where he came from. He had appointed

the apostles a kingdom, just as the Father had appointed him one. We are labours to-

gether WITH GOD. The Kingdom of God had not fully come when Jesus first

came to earth.

Jesus told his disciples that he was WITH them, but would be IN them.

The Kingdom of God was on its way. Jesus went back to where he came from and poured

out the Promise of the Father into those obedient, willing vessels.

The Kingdom of God is in us as it was in them. His glory can only be seen

in the faces of God's people. The Kingdom of God is in the hearts of His

people.

Blessings,

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