• WE CAN SEE THE MISSION OF THE SON IN CLEAR TERMS (The Son of God never prayed a prayer that is left unanswered) • THE SON HAS AUTHORITY TO GIVE THEM ETERNAL LIFE (vs.2) • THE SON MAKES THE FATHER KNOWN TO THEM (vs.6) • THE SON MAKES THE SON KNOWN TO THEM (vs.7-8) • THE SON PRAYS EXCLUSIVELY FOR THEM (vs.9) • THE SON ASKS THE FATHER TO KEEP THEM (vs.11) • THE SON HIMSELF KEPT THEM (vs.12) • THE SON SPEAKS IN THE INTEREST OF THEIR JOY (vs.13) • THE SON ASKS FOR THEM TO BE KEPT FROM SATAN (vs.15) • THE SON PRAYS FOR THEIR SANCTIFICATION (vs.17) • THE SON SENDS THEM INTO THE WORLD (vs.18) • THE SON SANCTIFIES HIMSELF FOR THEIR SANCTIFICATION (vs.19) • THE SON PRAYS ALL THESE THINGS FOR FUTURE BELIEVERS AS WELL PRESENT BELIEVERS (vs.20-21) • THE SON HAS GIVEN THEM HIS OWN GLORY (vs.22) • THE SON DESIRES THE WORLD TO KNOW HOW THESE ARE LOVED (vs.23) • THE SON DESIRES THESE PEOPLE TO SEE THE GLORY AND LOVE THAT THE FATHER HAS FOR THE SON AND THEREFORE HAS FOR THEM (vs.24) • THE SON GIVES US THE LOVE OF GOD IN HIMSELF (vs.26)