在十七章一节和五节我们看见，子的神性和神格与父是一样的。子是神圣的，与父是神圣的完全一样。 “使我与你同得荣耀”这句话的意思是，子的荣耀就是父的荣耀。子的得荣与父的得荣列为同等。所以，子的身位与父的身位平等。
二节指明主的工作；祂有父的权柄管理全人类，使祂可以将永远的生命赐给人；不是赐给所有的人，乃是赐给父所赐给祂的人，就是父所拣选的人。父已经赐给子权柄，管理一切属肉体的人，管理全人类。全人类都在子的权柄之下，因为父已将这权柄交托给祂。祂为甚么有这权柄？乃是要叫祂将永远的生命赐给一切父所赐给祂的人。
主创造了人，施行权柄管理人，并且救赎一些人，目的是为着将永远的生命赐给他们。换句话说，主首先必须创造，然后管理、救赎，最后将生命赐给一班蒙拣选的人。不要以为你是碰巧得着永远的生命。不，绝不是碰巧。在亿万人中，父神爱上了你，拣选你，并把你标出来。在我们身上有神圣的标记。
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In John 17:1 and 17:2 we see that the Son’s divinity and deity are the same as the Father’s. The Son is divine in exactly the same way as the Father is. The Father’s deity is the Son’s deity. The Son’s deity is the same as the Father’s. The words Glorify Me with Yourself mean that the glory of the Son is the glory of the Father.
Verse 2 indicates the Lord’s work. The Son has the Father’s authority over all mankind so that he may give eternal life, not to all mankind but only to those whom the Father has given him, the Father’s chosen ones. The Father has given the Son authority over all flesh, over all mankind. All mankind is under the authority of the Son because the Father has entrusted him with this authority. The Lord has authority to rule over all humanity. Why does he have this authority? That he may give eternal life to all whom the Father has given him.
The Lord created man, exercised his authority over man, and redeemed some of them for the purpose of giving them eternal life. In other words, the Lord must first create, then rule over, redeem, and finally give life to a chosen group of people. Do not think that you have received eternal life by accident. No, it was not an accident. Among the billions of human beings, God the Father loved you, selected you and marked you out. There is a divine mark upon us.