In John 17, Christ prayed:
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; so that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 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.
For those who may suggest that we have yet to be glorified with Christ, or that He has been glorified, but we have not yet, please pay attention to this (and by all means, look at the entire context in John 17):
The glory which God the Father had given Christ...
He was giving to His disciples...
so that...
they would be one...
with each other, and with Him.
AND so that...
He would be in them.
AND so that...
the world would know that God sent Christ...
and that God loves them....
Now, regardless of the verb tenses here, and the timing of the accomplishment of this glory, the goal of it is our oneness.
Are we one in Christ? Then we have been glorified. With the same glory that the Father gave the Son. If we have not been glorified, then we have not yet been made one in Christ. And the world cannot yet see that "You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
Does He dwell in us, and us in Him? That is our glorification.
John 17:22 And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; so that they may be one, even as we are one: 23 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.
For those who may suggest that we have yet to be glorified with Christ, or that He has been glorified, but we have not yet, please pay attention to this (and by all means, look at the entire context in John 17):
The glory which God the Father had given Christ...
He was giving to His disciples...
so that...
they would be one...
with each other, and with Him.
AND so that...
He would be in them.
AND so that...
the world would know that God sent Christ...
and that God loves them....
Now, regardless of the verb tenses here, and the timing of the accomplishment of this glory, the goal of it is our oneness.
Are we one in Christ? Then we have been glorified. With the same glory that the Father gave the Son. If we have not been glorified, then we have not yet been made one in Christ. And the world cannot yet see that "You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me."
Does He dwell in us, and us in Him? That is our glorification.
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