John 17:3 1 John 3:24 1 John 4:12,13 In John 17:21KJV “that they all MAY be one as you FATHER are in me and I in YOU that they also MAY be one in us.”
John 17:23 “I in them and YOU in me that they MAY be made perfect in one”
The FATHER and Christ dwell in the elect saints. They make their home with us. Then just as the FATHER dwelt in Christ and did all the works, the healings, the raising of the dead, calming the storm and walking on water and everything else that people saw Jesus do were actually done by the FATHER. Even all the words Jesus spoke were his FATHERS words. This same thing is now done in the elect saints because GOD and Christ dwell in us. Now, “that they MAY be one as we are one”, the word “may” indicates a condition to becoming “ONE”. Salvation requires that the elect submit to GOD and Christ and not quench or grieve the working of GODS spirit in us to do the works of GODS love. This is related to the parable of the talents. If we do not love we will not be yielding to the spirit and have buried our talent, the gift of the spirit in us. If we submit to the spirit so that GODS work of love flows through us then we gain more talents, we grow in the spirit, we do not quench or grieve the spirit. GOD invested HIS spirit in us at the cost of HIS sons life and HE expects a return on HIS investment. There is no excuse for not growing in the spirit because GOD will do all the works in you if you cooperate with HIM. Noncooperation is a bad thing, cooperation is a good thing. Do the good thing. Never allow yourself to become luke warm like the Laodiceans. GOD will, out of the blue, place you in a situation where you can apply HIS love to your neighbor and when this happens respond with that love. You cannot plan these events, GOD does, and in this it is known that the works were not your own works but GODS works. You can’t plan for something that you have no idea is coming. It seems that in the minds of the unconverted in their churches, that they do the work of planning of things and thinking their works please GOD but they can’t because it was their works not GODS.
When the FATHER and Christ dwell in you GOD has planned out the works, Ephesians 2:10 notice, GOD prepared good works IN ADVANCE for us to do, so if GOD planned the works in advance how are we to know them until they come upon by surprise. Christ and his FATHER desire to make us one with them, the “may” then is conditional upon us yielding to GOD.
For myself and all of GODS elect I pray that the word “may” will be “make” in the day of Christ Jesus. GOD, who began this work of HIS love in us is able to complete it at the return of Jesus. Philippians 1:6 because, Philippians 2:13 Our part in all of this is to respond to GODS love by loving HIM back and submitting to HIS will, if we do this our calling and election will be sure.
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