One with Christ in God
The Lord calls for men of genuine faith and sound minds, men
who recognize the distinction between the true and the false. Each one
should be on his guard, studying and practicing the lessons given in
the seventeenth chapter of John, and preserving a living faith in the
truth for this time. We need that self-control which will enable us to
bring our habits into harmony with the prayer of Christ.
The instruction given me by One of authority is that we are to learn
to answer the prayer recorded in the seventeenth chapter of John. We
are to make this prayer our first study. Every gospel minister, every
medical missionary, is to learn the science of this prayer. My brethren
and sisters, I ask you to heed these words and to bring to your study a
calm, humble, contrite spirit, and the healthy energies of a mind under
the control of God. Those who fail to learn the lessons contained in
this prayer are in danger of making one-sided developments, which no
future training will ever fully correct.
“Neither pray I for these alone,” Christ said, “but for them also
which shall believe on Me through their word; that they all may be
one; as Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in Thee, that they also may be
one in Us: that the world may believe that Thou hast sent Me.
And the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them; that they
may be one, even as We are one: I in them, and Thou in Me, that they
may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou
hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me.
“Father, I will that they also, whom Thou hast given Me, be with
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Me where I am; that they may behold My glory, which Thou hast given
Me: for Thou lovedst Me before the foundation of the world. O righ-
teous Father, the world hath not known Thee: but I have known Thee,
and these have known that Thou hast sent Me. And I have declared
unto them Thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith Thou
hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
John 17:20-26
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It is the purpose of God that His children shall blend in unity. Do
they not expect to live together in the same heaven? Is Christ divided
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