3. What other important work had Jesus accomplished? John 17:3, 8; Matthew 28:19-20.
NOTE: ‘“And this is life eternal, that they might know Thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent.” “I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from Thee, and they have believed that Thou didst send Me.” Here is the work laid before us, to be representatives of Christ, as He, in our world, was the representative of the Father. We are to teach the words given us in the lessons of Christ. “I have given unto them the words which Thou gavest Me.” John 17:8.’ Christian Education, page 157.
4. What did Jesus mean in John 17:6 when He said He had manifested [shown] the name [character] of the Father unto men? John 14:8-11.
NOTE: ‘Satan had misrepresented the character of God to the world, and had tempted man to rebellion; but Jesus came to make manifest in His own life and character what was the true nature of the Father. Everywhere He went, He revealed the Father as a God of infinite love and unbounded compassion. Christ says, “I have declared unto them Thy name, and will declare it; that the love wherewith Thou hast loved Me may be in them, and I in them.” Through knowledge of Christ, we may be brought into union with the Father.’ Signs of the Times, May 18, 1891.