John 17:1–5 After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

On the night He instituted the Lord’s Supper, the night He would be betrayed and handed over to be crucified, while Jesus was still in the upper room with His disciples, He prayed for them.

He asked that God the Father would give Him glory as He was completing the work given to Him to fulfill. The payment for sin would be finished in less than 24 hours. Brutal hours lay ahead of Jesus, and He knew it, but He would give glory to the Father by going through with the task He had been given. He would offer Himself as the Lamb of God that would take away the sin of the world. That would make eternal life possible for all who trusted God’s promises before Jesus came and for those living while Jesus was on the earth and for all those who would live between the time of His Ascension and the Second Coming. Jesus was the Savior of the world. All people. You just have to know and believe in Jesus.

Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Thank you, Father, for Your love, which is a constant in our lives. That you for sending Jesus to be the Savior of all, and for leading us to know and believe in Him, that we might have the certainty of forgiveness and life eternal. In His name we pray. Amen.