John 17:26

²⁶ And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

Apostle John in the Gospel of John records Christ’s prayer in chapter 17. Jesus made requests for himself but the focus is still the glory of God (Jn 17:1-5). Jesus then (17:6-19) prayed for the Eleven (of the eventual twelve apostles) before extending the focus to other (future) believers in Jesus (17:20-26).

The Lord Jesus had declared the Father’s name to His disciples when He was with them. This meant that He revealed the Father to them. His words and works were the words and works of the Father. They saw in Christ a perfect expression of the Father. Jesus has continued to declare the Father’s Name through the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Ever since the day of Pentecost, the Spirit has been teaching believers about God the Father. Especially through the Word of God, we can know what God is like. When men accept the Father as He is revealed by the Lord Jesus, they become special objects of the Father’s love. Since the Lord Jesus indwells all believers, the Father can look upon them and treat them as He does His only Son.

Today there are millions of people who do not know who the Father is. For this reason Lord Jesus Christ came into this world to show us the way to the Father. In Jesus name! Amen.

Maranatha!