All the authority of God the Father is in Jesus His Son. Jesus uses His Father’s authority to reveal God’s character of self-sacrificing love. The greatest revelation of God’s character is Jesus’ choosing to receive our death to give us His life.
Jesus is life, and abundant life is received by receiving Jesus.
Jesus’ life unites Christians in self-sacrificing love for God and for each other.
Christian unity is the result of the character of Jesus reproduced in Christians.
This is the unity that reveals God’s character to the world.
Knowing the truth, by itself, doesn’t reproduce the character of Jesus in us.
We can know every important truth that Jesus offers, but it’s the faith of Jesus that produces good works.
Good works are reproduced by the Spirit in those who make good use of the truths they’ve received.
This post is part of a series inspired by my reading of the Gospel of John. This post is a reflection of my thoughts on John 17:1-26.