“So when Jesus had received the sour wine, He said, ‘It is finished!’  And bowing His head, He gave up His spirit.”  
John 19:30
 
I was looking at one of my worn Bibles that I used in the 80’s.  On the pages in the back I had taken many notes and I found this statement.
“The ‘I haves’ of John 17 are the basis of Jesus glory.  In man form He has glorified God perfectly!”  So I thought we could do some looking into this together.  We know that John 17 is Jesus’ prayer to the Father as He is very soon to be crucified.
 
John 17:1-3 says,
“Jesus spoke these words, lifted up His eyes to heaven, and said: ‘Father, the hour has come.  Glorify Your Son, that Your Son also may glorify You,
As You have given Him authority over all flesh, that He should give eternal life to as many as You have given Him.
And this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom You have sent.”
 
Vs. 4 starts out with the first ‘I haves’--
“I HAVE GLORIFIED You on the earth.  I HAVE FINISHED the work which You have given Me to do.”
 
Vs. 6,
“I HAVE MANIFESTED Your name to the men whom You have given Me out of the world.  They were Yours, You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.”
 
Vs. 7-8,
“Now they have known that all things which You have given Me are from You.
For I HAVE GIVEN to them the words which You have given Me; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came forth from You; and they have believed that You sent Me.”
 
Vs. 12,
“While I was with them in the world, I kept them in Your name.  Those whom You gave Me I HAVE KEPT; and none of them is lost except the son of perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.”
 
Vs. 14,
“I HAVE GIVEN them Your word; and the world has hated them because they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.”
 
Vs. 18,
“As You sent Me into the world, I also HAVE SENT them into the world.”
 
Vs. 22,
“And the glory which You gave Me I HAVE GIVEN them, that they may be one just as We are one:”
 
Vs. 25,
“O righteous Father!  The world has not known You, but I HAVE KNOWN You; and these have known that You sent Me.”
 
Vs. 26,
And I HAVE DECLARED to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”
 
Jesus said: I have glorified, finished, manifested, given, kept, sent, known and declared!  Jesus Christ finished the work that the Father sent Him to do!
 
And what about Believers?  
“For to you it has been granted on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake.”  
Philippians 1:29
 
Philippians 2:5-8 tells us,
“Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.  And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross.”
 
1 Peter 4:12-13 says,
“Beloved, do not think it strange concerning the fiery trials which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened to you;  
But rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy.”
 
As 1 Peter 5:6-7 tells us,
“Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.”
 
Let us do just that in trust and obedience to the only wise God our Father, Christ Jesus our Savior and the Holy Spirit our Helper and Comforter.  All praise and glory are yours, Most Holy Mighty God!  Amen