When Jesus concluded his high-pracely prayer, he asked that the Father's love would extend to his followers.

Today on Truth for Life, we'll find out how that happens and what it means when we receive Jesus love.

Alastur Begg is wrapping up our study in John 17.

We considered 26 last time. We didn't get very far. We stopped, really, immediately, in a consideration

of what it means to say, I made known to them your name. And we tried to understand that the name of God is actually an expression of who God is, and that in reality, the name of God gives to us God.

We then went on to understand that Jesus says, is this name that I have made known to them. And that really was all that we took time

for. And so last time we began to scratch the surface, and this morning we scratch it a little bit

further. Jesus is addressing, as we saw last time, his followers, they live in a world that

doesn't know God, verse 25.

And they are actually hated by the people in the world in which they live.

We noted last time actually, John's statement, we know that you came from God, and we know, too, that the whole world is in the power of the evil

one, that the creator of the universe is the one from whom we are alienated on account of our

sin. And now, in that person, we have the privilege of listening as he, the incarnate God,

one with the Father and the Spirit

in all of eternity, is now addressing His Father, and we might say, respectfully, that He has

us on his mind or in his heart.

And he's explaining, Father, I made your name known. And then he says, and I will continue to make it known.

This is where we pick up. I will continue to make it known. That is an interesting statement,

because Jesus now, for quite a period of time, in the chapter's time, from 14 at least, he has

been preparing the disciples for the fact that he's going to be gone.

I'm going away.

I know that you could be unsettled by this, but the fight is I will be gone.

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