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other sheep, which are not of this fold; I must bring them also,
and they shall hear My voice, and they shall become one flock
with one shepherd.” He said, “My journey is not finished.”
John 17:20 again, “I do not ask in behalf of these alone, but for
those also who believe in Me through their word.” John 6:37,
“All that the Father gives Me shall come to Me, and the one
who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out.”
Jesus said, “I’ve come as far as I can come in my
incarnate body. May I have your body, please?” It’s the same
Jesus but He has a new body and He’s still on the journey. His
journey is to save others. He came to me to reach them. He
came to you to reach them. This is the Exchanged Life. He’s
still alive; it’s not you. He lives in you. John 17:22, “And the
glory which thou hast given Me I have given to them; that they
may be one, just as We are One. The glory that You gave Me,
to enable Me to live as a man, I now give to them.” “The glory
that you gave Me, I give them.” John 20:21, “Jesus therefore
said to them again, ‘Peace be with you; as the Father has sent
Me, I also send you.’” As the Father sent Me, I send you. John
6:57, “As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the
Father, so he who eats Me, he also shall live because of Me.”
John 14:12, “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who believes in Me,
the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these
shall he do; because I go to the Father.”

When Jesus came to live as God intended man to live,
He set aside Who He was by nature as God, and He said, “I will
never again grasp that.” And the Father said, “I will live in
You.” Our Lord Jesus set aside Who He was by nature and
depended on the Father to live in Him. He has called us to set
aside who we are by nature and to be totally dependent on the
One that lives in us. “As the Father sent Me, I send you.”
That’s the Exchanged Life. He still lives but He now lives to
continue His journey. Now that He has a new body, by your
permission, He can continue the journey.

He said, “Greater things I’ll do now.” When He was on
earth in His incarnate body, He was limited. If He was in
Jerusalem, He wasn’t in Bethany. If He was in Bethany, He