18 Apr '21 11:38>1 edit
So does John 14:23 not speak of the triune God making an abode IN but just making an abode WITH ?
"In that day you shall know that I am in My Father and you in Me and I . . . IN YOU."
Abode with you is an abode IN you.
And an abode in you is the lovers of Jesus being in Christ.
"I am in My Father, and you in Me . . . ".
This is very recursive. If Christ is in His Father and the believers are in Christ then the believers are in His Father too. And if Christ is in the saved then the Father who is in Christ is in the believers as well.
No wonder Paul told the young church of the Thessolonians that they as a local church were IN God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace." (1 Thess. 1:1)
Christ was in the saints in Thessalonia. And they were in the Triune God because
Christ had gone to His cross "to prepare a place for" them too to be in the Father's house of many abodes.
They were young Christians. But they were not too young for this profound revelation. They were in the Triune God.
"In that day you shall know that I am in My Father and you in Me and I . . . IN YOU."
Abode with you is an abode IN you.
And an abode in you is the lovers of Jesus being in Christ.
"I am in My Father, and you in Me . . . ".
This is very recursive. If Christ is in His Father and the believers are in Christ then the believers are in His Father too. And if Christ is in the saved then the Father who is in Christ is in the believers as well.
No wonder Paul told the young church of the Thessolonians that they as a local church were IN God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
"Paul and Silvanus and Timothy to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace." (1 Thess. 1:1)
Christ was in the saints in Thessalonia. And they were in the Triune God because
Christ had gone to His cross "to prepare a place for" them too to be in the Father's house of many abodes.
They were young Christians. But they were not too young for this profound revelation. They were in the Triune God.