John 17:22

‘ONE WITH HIM’

‘The glory which Thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are one.’

John 17:22

The text points to our oneness and union with Christ, by which alone we derive an interest in Him and we are made partakers both in His grace and glory. Jesus hath given us—

I. The glory of—(a) Being brought within the covenant; (b) Redemption; (c) The Holy Ghost’s gifts and influences.

II. Look at it under two considerations:—(a) Put forth the faculties to calculate that glory which, if one of Christ’s redeemed people, you have in union with Him. (b) Jesus hath given present glory to all His redeemed in that communication which is constantly passing and repassing between Him and them.

III. What is our experience?—Do we partake of what is Christ’s? Our sorrows, our wants, our afflictions, are His care. Does He partake of what is ours? Our hearts, our lives must be His.

—Rev. Dr. Robert Hawker.

Illustration

‘Do not forget that of this oneness our Holy Communion is now the seal and pledge; and as we eat the bread and drink the wine we will not forget that they are the emblems of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ; and that as they mingle with our natural body, so we receive Christ into our very being; and that as the bread and wine are the same in all, so is the one Christ in all. And that oneness, and the one Christ in all, is the cause of the assurance that we are one each with the other, that we may never be divided, that we shall be one through all eternity. Which sweet and holy oneness, may God, by His infinite mercy, grant to us for His dear sake.