Joh 16:28 - 30 "I came from the Father and have come into the world, and now I am leaving the world and going to the Father. His disciples said, "Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using figurative speech! Now we know that you know all things and do not need anyone to question you; this is why we believe that you came from God." 

Jesus was very clear and plain in telling His followers that He and The Father were "One God". He was Yahweh, the deliverer and Lord of Abraham, Moses, Isaiah, Daniel and Peter, John and all who follow after the true God." Obedient Faith is the hallmark and stamp of those who belong to the family of God.

Jesus said to His close followers, "Do you believe now?; Your faith will be tested to the limit, you will feel the sting of your unbelief and abandon Me." "I Am never alone for Father God is always with Me." "Don't despair you need to learn how to handle adversity and trials." "This is the world of sin and unbelief that now exists, but strengthen your hearts, I have overcome the world of unbelief."

Joh 16:31 - 33 "Jesus answered them, "Do you now believe? Behold, the hour is coming, indeed it has come, when you will be scattered, each to his own home, and will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, for the Father is with me. I have said these things to you, that in me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world."

Then Jesus spoke to God out loud, it was time for Him to glorify the Father and be glorified in vindicating God of allowing unbelief to go unpunished for these many centuries. The plan was all along to demonstrate His character of love and grace and bring about the just punishment of sin so that His righteousness and justice would triumph over sin and unbelief. 
He would give over all authority to Jesus the Messiah and in Him display the glory of His mercy and wrath; His grace and truth, His gift of eternal life. So that all who saw Him as life eternal, fulfilling and completing all things they would be able to find life everlasting in Him. 


Joh 17:1 - 3 "When Jesus had spoken these words, he lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, "Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son that the Son may glorify you,  since you have given him authority over all flesh, to give eternal life to all whom you have given him. And this is eternal life, that they know you the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent."

"The acid test of biblical God-centeredness-and faithfulness to the gospel-is this: Do you feel more loved because God makes much of you, or because, at the cost of his Son, he enables you to enjoy making much of him forever? Does your happiness hang on seeing the cross of Christ as a witness to your worth, or as a way to enjoy God's worth forever? Is God's glory in Christ the foundation of your gladness? From the first sin in the Garden of Eden to the final judgment of the great white throne, human beings will continue to embrace the love of God as the gift of everything but himself. Indeed there are ten thousand gifts that flow from the love of God. The gospel of Christ From the first sin in the Garden of Eden to the final judgment of the great white throne, human beings will continue to embrace the love of God as the gift of everything but himself. Indeed there are ten thousand gifts that flow from the love of God. The gospel of Christ proclaims the news that he has purchased by his death ten thousand blessings for his bride. But none of these gifts will lead to final joy if they have not first led to God. And not one gospel blessing will be enjoyed by anyone for whom the gospel's greatest gift was not the Lord himself. IS DIVINE LOVE THE ENDORSEMENT OF SELF-ADMIRATION? The sad thing is that a radically man-centered view of love permeates our culture and our churches. From the time they can toddle we teach our children that feeling loved means feeling made much of. We have built whole educational philosophies around this view of love-curricula, parenting skills, motivational strategies, therapeutic models, and selling techniques. Most modern people can scarcely imagine an alternative understanding of feeling loved other than feeling made much of. If you don't make much of me you are not loving me. But when you apply this definition of love to God, it weakens his worth, undermines his goodness, and steals our final satisfaction. If the enjoyment of God himself is not the final and best gift of love, then God is not the greatest treasure, his self-giving is not the highest mercy, the gospel is not the good news that sinners may enjoy their Maker, Christ did not suffer to bring us to God, and our souls must look beyond him for satisfaction. This distortion of divine love into an endorsement of self-admiration is subtle. It creeps into our most religious acts. We claim to be praising God because of his love for us. But if his love for us is at bottom his making much of us, who is really being praised? We are willing to be God-centered, it seems, as long as God is man-centered. We are willing to boast in the cross as long as the cross is a witness to our worth. Who then is our pride and joy?"

Piper, John (2008-04-07). God is the Gospel: Meditations on God's Love as the Gift of Himself (pp. 11-13). Good News Publishers. Kindle Edition.