In this, the actual prayer of the Lord—we hear the words of Jesus offered up to the Father. Now it is just hours before the trials and beatings and crucifixion. What is His Jesus praying about? In the first 5 verses Jesus’ concern was for two things, the glory of God, and His concern for His disciples welfare. By His sacrifice Jesus will glorify the Father—being nailed to a cross and lifted up off the earth. Jesus by giving His life—shows us the ultimate sacrifice to glorify the Father—and by that sacrifice He would be able to give eternal life to all who belong to Him. Today we continue our lesson at verse 6 with the word of the Lord as He prays for UNITY of the believers. I want you to notice something that is very important in verse 6, “I have [a]manifested Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word”. In this verse it is important to “rightly divide” or properly handle the word of God that we may “shun profane and idle babblings” (2 Timothy 2:15-16) and protect our faith from being misguided, misdirected and misapplied. So, the big question is, “Who are these men”?
"God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth." (John 4:24)
