John 17:20-23
20 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. 22 And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: 23 I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
Jesus prayed for His followers standing before Him then, but also for all through time called out who believe as well. Why? So we can all be united in God as Father and Son by His Spirit living in us. Then others see and give glory to God for this, knowing Jesus was sent to us to bring us, reconciled, to God in and through Him. That is the good news of God's love that Christmas begins.
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