• 约翰福音 17

耶稣的祷告

1耶稣说了这些话，就举目望天，说：“父啊，时候到了，愿你荣耀你的儿子，使儿子也荣耀你； 2因为你曾赐给他权柄掌管凡血肉之躯的，使他把永生赐给你所赐给他的人。 3认识你—独一的真神，并且认识你所差来的耶稣基督，这就是永生。 4我在地上已经荣耀你，你交给我做的工作，我已完成了。 5父啊，现在求你使我在你面前得荣耀，就是在未有世界以前，我同你享有的荣耀。

6“你从世上赐给我的人，我已把你的名显明给他们。他们本是你的，你把他们赐给我，他们也遵守了你的道。 7现在他们知道，你所赐给我的一切都是从你那里来的； 8因为你所赐给我的话，我已经赐给他们，他们也领受了，又确实知道，我是从你出来的，并且信你差了我来。 9我为他们祈求，不为世人祈求，却为你所赐给我的人祈求，因他们本是你的。 10凡是我的都是你的，你的也是我的，并且我因他们得了荣耀。 11我到你那里去；我不再留在世上，他们却在世上。圣父啊，求你因你的名，就是你所赐给我的名，保守他们，使他们像我们一样合而为一。 12我与他们同在的时候，我奉你的名，就是你所赐给我的名，保守了他们，我也护卫了他们；其中除了那灭亡之子，没有一个灭亡的，好使经上的话得以应验。 13现在我到你那里去，我在世上说这些话，是要他们心里充满了我的喜乐。 14我已把你的道赐给他们；世界恨他们，因为他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。 15我不求你把他们从世上接走，只求你保全他们，使他们脱离那恶者。 16他们不属世界，正如我不属世界一样。 17求你用真理使他们成圣；你的道就是真理。 18你怎样差我到世上，我也照样差他们到世上。 19我为他们的缘故使自己分别为圣，为要使他们也因真理成圣。

20“我不但为这些人祈求，也为那些藉着他们的话信我的人祈求， 21使他们都合而为一。正如父你在我里面，我在你里面，使他们也在我们里面，好让世人信是你差我来的。 22你所赐给我的荣耀，我已赐给他们，使他们合而为一，像我们合而为一。 23我在他们里面，你在我里面，使他们完完全全合而为一，让世人知道是你差我来的，也知道你爱他们，如同爱我一样。 24父啊，我在哪里，愿你所赐给我的人也同我在哪里，使他们看见你所赐给我的荣耀，因为创世以前，你已经爱我了。 25公义的父啊，世人未曾认识你，我却认识你，这些人也知道是你差我来的。 26我已让他们认识你的名，还要让他们认识，好让你爱我的爱在他们里面，我也在他们里面。”

你如何在生活中效法上帝合一的榜样？

“缩影 epitmoe”一词的定义是“典型”或“理想的例子”，基本上是指某一事物的完美范例、代表或表现。当你听到下面的问题时，你会想到什么：“合一的缩影是什么”？你的脑海中会浮现出什么？

我们可以想到很多合一的例子，但它们真的完美吗？它们是理想的吗？我很肯定大多数例子会有缺陷和不足。然而，我们在三位一体中看到了合一的完美范例。“三位一体”指的是上帝永远以三个不同的位格存在：圣父、圣子、圣灵。这三位同等，同样是上帝。然而，每一个位格都有不同的角色或功能，而三位之间有着完美的相交，形成完美的共同体。但是，这并不代表有三个独立的神，而是只有一位。也就是说，上帝是完全合一的。

你可以看到，合一所形成的一致并不否定个性。请记住，三位一体的每个成员都有各自的角色，而上帝以他无限的智慧，在他的创造中复制了这个现实。上帝的设计是让人与人之间始终存在着差异，有不同的种族、肤色、体形和气质。每个种族都是独一无二的，拥有独特的个性。虽然如此，上帝要他的子民在接受自己的独特性的同时，也要保持在基督里的合一。他希望我们效法他——三位一体的完美榜样。

• 花点时间向神献上感恩与祈求

• JOHN 17

The High Priestly Prayer

1When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you, 2since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. 3And this is eternal life, that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent. 4I glorified you on earth, having accomplished the work that you gave me to do. 5And now, Father, glorify me in your own presence with the glory that I had with you before the world existed.

6 “I have manifested your name to the people whom you gave me out of the world. Yours they were, and you gave them to me, and they have kept your word. 7Now they know that everything that you have given me is from you. 8For I have given them the words that you gave me, and they have received them and have come to know in truth that I came from you; and they have believed that you sent me. 9I am praying for them. I am not praying for the world but for those whom you have given me, for they are yours. 10All mine are yours, and yours are mine, and I am glorified in them. 11And I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them in your name, which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are one. 12While I was with them, I kept them in your name, which you have given me. I have guarded them, and not one of them has been lost except the son of destruction, that the Scripture might be fulfilled. 13But now I am coming to you, and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 14I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 15I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one. 16They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world. 17Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.

20 “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23I in them and you in me, that they may become perfectly one, so that the world may know that you sent me and loved them even as you loved me. 24Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am, to see my glory that you have given me because you loved me before the foundation of the world. 25O righteous Father, even though the world does not know you, I know you, and these know that you have sent me. 26I made known to them your name, and I will continue to make it known, that the love with which you have loved me may be in them, and I in them.”

How can you model God’s example of unity in your life?

The definition of epitome is a typical or ideal example. Basically, it means the perfect example, representation or manifestation of something. What do you think about when you hear the following question: “What is the epitome of unity?” What jumps into your mind?

We can think of many examples of unity, but are they really perfect? Are they ideal? I’m pretty sure most will have flaws and shortcomings. However, we see the perfect example of unity within the Trinity. The Trinity refers to God eternally existing in three distinct persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. All three persons are equally God. However, each person has a distinct role or function within the Godhead, and the three exist in perfect fellowship and community. Yet, there are not three separate gods, but only One. That is, the Godhead is perfectly unified.

You see, unity establishes oneness that will not negate individuality. Remember, each member of the Trinity has a separate role. God, in His infinite wisdom, replicated this reality in His creation. God’s design was to always have differences among people, seen by different races, colors, shapes and styles. Every race is unique and possesses an unique individuality. And yet, God’s desire is for His people to embrace their uniqueness while also maintaining Christian unity. He wants us to follow His perfect example.

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