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Through His prayer in John 17, Jesus placed all true believers under the divine protection of our Holy Father. But why? What purpose does oneness serve? Scripture provides the answer.
Throughout numerous scriptures, Jesus explains that He did nothing and said nothing that the Father did not say, such as in John 5: 19, 30; 8:28; 9:4; 12:49; and 14:10. Also, In John 17, He informs the Father that the first disciples had received and believed the word that He spoke to them, verses 6-8.
Included in this prayer of oneness are the future believers. That’s you and I.
John 17:20 [Jesus prayed] Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;
21 That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. (KJV)
Ephesians 4: 11 explains how this is to be achieved. The gifts of apostles, prophets; evangelists; pastors and teachers are given to man for the single purpose of the completion of the saints, the called out ones, verse 12, till we all, verse 13, come to the unity—the oneness—of the faith and knowledge of the Son of God—Jesus. And, if there is any question in what we hear, Jesus said that the Holy Spirit, John 14:26, will bring to our remembrance the words that He spake.
Thus, our conversation, our testimonies—as His followers—should be exactly the same as Jesus spoke and thus our heavenly Father spoke.
The question is, how did Jesus’ divine prayer of oneness evolve into 999,000 different Christian doctrines? [I just picked a number given that there is practically a manmade church on every corner in every city in every state that seems to teach Jesus differently].
Have the tares taken over?
Part 3 explains.
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