GOT CHURCH? - 5

John 17: 25, 26

O righteous Father, the world hath not known Thee, but I have known Thee, and  these have known that Thou hast sent me; and I have declared unto them Thy Name, and will declare it, that the love with which Thou has loved Me may be in them, and I in them.

JESUS PRAYS FOR HIS CHURCH

Seven times JESUS prays that the Church is given to Him by the Father. JESUS is the gift of GOD to the world and the believers are the Father's love gift to JESUS Christ. JESUS commits the believers to the Father for safety, since the Father's faithfulness is Eternal.  Thus the Church is dedicated to GOD through the act of JESUS in committing her to the Father; eternally safe and secure, beloved of GOD. 

JESUS declared to the world the Name of GOD and His righteousness; those who believed in Him are the body of JESUS and He is in the midst of the Church as its head. JESUS loves the Church and the Church responds with love for Him and reaches out to the world in His love. The Church declares the Name of GOD, the nature of GOD and the Love of GOD. JESUS is in the midst of the Church and dwells within each member of the body of believers. He said, "I in them, and Thou in Me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me." 

(John 17: 23)

JESUS PRAYS FOR THE CHURCH; THE CHURCH INTERCEDES, WITH HIM, FOR THE WORLD.