Becoming One

Psalm 133

A Song of Ascents.

1       How very good and pleasant it is
            when kindred live together in unity!
2       It is like the precious oil on the head,
            running down upon the beard,
on the beard of Aaron,
            running down over the collar of his robes.
3       It is like the dew of Hermon,
            which falls on the mountains of Zion.
         For there the Lord ordained his blessing,
            life forevermore.

 

John 17:20-26

20 “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, 21 that they may all be one. As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22 The glory that you have given me I have given them, so that they may be one, as we are one, 23 I in them and you in me, that they may become completely one, so that the world may know that you have sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me. 24 Father, I desire that those also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory, which you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world.

25 “Righteous Father, the world does not know you, but I know you; and these know that you have sent me. 26 I made your name known to them, and I will make it known, so that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

 

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