In the Old Testament, there is a reaching out toward God as Father. He is spoken of as a Father in the sense of Creator. God compares Himself to a father “As a father has compassion on his children, so the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him” (Psalm 103:13) (see also Isaiah 63:16; Jeremiah 3:4 and 19,
Hosea 11).

In prayer, God is addressed as Jesus Lord, Lord God Almighty, My God and the like 6:9) but not as Father. There is a dramatic change when Jesus came to earth to show us the Father.

On the night before His crucifixion, Jesus distance from prays an amazing prayer for Himself, for His
disciples, for all believers and especially for a unity among His followers that mirrors the unity in the Godhead. As you read through religious the prayer in John 17, ask yourself what it reveals of our intimate relationship with God. What does Jesus call God?

Quite simply, Jesus calls God Father. That comes six times (vs 1, 5, 11, 21, 24, 25). Jesus speaks as a mature son to his Father and his prayer shows the unity and intimacy they enjoy as he prays for the unity of all believers.

- so that they may be one as we are one (vs 11)
- that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you (vs 21)
- that they may be one as we are one. I in them and you in me (vs 23)

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