17:20
The teaching and the prayers of Jesus were not only for the disciples, but for all who would believe in Him. Later on when Jesus meets Thomas after the resurrection, He will say that blessed are those who believe in Him yet have not seen Him. If we believe in Christ then we are in a very privileged position.
17:21
And why is Jesus praying these things for us? “That [we] may be one”, just as the Father is in Christ, and Christ is in the Father. That we may be in God “so that the world may believe that you have sent me”. Now notice that last bit! Jesus has spoken a lot about the world hating Him and so hating us, about the world not believing etc. That is not the whole story, it is a part we need to take full account of, but it is only part of the story. People can believe, but this will come about when we live as the children of God, being in Christ and He in us. It will not happen as a result of the church trying to be like the world.
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