The Genuine Oneness of Believers
I.In the Realm of the Word - John 17:20
- A. The source and transmission of the Word - John 17:14a
- 1. The Father's good pleasure - John 16:15; 17:9-10, 14a
- 2. The Son's accomplishment - John 16:15; 17:4, 9-10, 14a
- 3. The Holy Spirit's enlightenment and trans mission - John 16:12-15
- 4. The apostle's foundational deposit from the Triune God in the
Scriptures
- - John 17:6-8, 14, 20; Eph. 2:19-22; 3:2-5; Rom. 16:25-26
- 5. The realm of believers' oneness - John 17:20
- a) The Word as the good deposit in the Holy Spirit - 2 Tim. 1:9-14;
1 Tim. 6:20-21
- B. The sanctifying work of the Word
- 1. The revelation of the Word is truth - John 17:17-19
- a) Truth is God's purpose and plan - 1 Tim. 2:4; 3:15; Rom. 8:28-29
- b) Truth is being in the reality of God's purpose - John 1:14-17;
Eph. 4:15
- 2. The working of the truth
- a) It separates us unto the Father's desire and will - John 17:17,
19;
Eph. 1:4-5, 8-10
- b) It sets us apart from the system of the world - John 17:14-19
II. In the Realm of the Triune God - John 17:21-26
- A. Oneness in the Father and Son's relationship - John 17:11, 21
- 1. By being organically the Body of Christ - Eph. 1:22-23
- 2. By being conformed to the image of His Son - Gen. 1:26-27; Col.
1:15;
2 Cor. 3:17-18; Rom. 8:29
- B. Oneness in the Son's glory - John 17:22
- 1. Being the object of the Father's love is the realm of glory -
John 17:23-24, 26;
- Eph. 1:6-10; Col. 1:11-13
- 2. Being in the love-flow of the Father's Name - John 17:26; Gal.
4:6; Heb. 2:11-13
- C. Oneness based on the Lord's indwelling - John 17:23; Col. 3:10-11;
Eph. 4:3-6
- 1. Being the perfected oneness on the cross - Eph. 2:13-18
- 2. Being the organic oneness of the Spirit - Eph. 4:1-4
- 3. Issuing in the oneness of the faith - John 17:23; Eph. 4:11-15
- D. Oneness expressed practically - John 17:21, 23; 1 Cor. 1:2-10
- E. Oneness in the divine destiny - John 17:24; Rev. 21--22