Unity in the Trinity

The Spirit in John 14  //  Unity in the Trinity

Anytime we look at the character of one member of the Trinity, that character will hold true for all members of the Trinity. Each member is completely separate and completely unified at the same time.

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John 14:1 – Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe also in me (Jesus).

Holy Spirit would say: Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in Jesus; believe also in me.

This is supported here:

2 Cor. 3:17 – the Lord is the Spirit

John 14:6-7 – Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you really know me, you will know my Father as well…”

Holy Spirit answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to Jesus except through me. If you really know me, you will know Jesus as well…”

This is supported here:

1 Cor. 12:3 – Therefore I want you to know that… no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

John 14:9-11 – Anyone who has seen me (Jesus) has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? Don’t you believe that I am in the Father, and that the Father is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is the Father, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in the Father and the Father is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.

Holy Spirit would say: Anyone who has seen me has seen Jesus. How can you say, ‘Show us Jesus? Don’t you believe that I am in Jesus, and that Jesus is in me? The words I say to you I do not speak on my own authority. Rather, it is Jesus, living in me, who is doing his work. Believe me when I say that I am in Jesus and Jesus is in me; or at least believe on the evidence of the works themselves.

This is supported here:

John 16:13-15 – But when he, the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth. He (Holy Spirit) will not speak on his own; he will speak only what he hears, and he will tell you what is yet to come. He will glorify me (Jesus) because it is from me that he will receive what he will make known to you.

The Holy Spirit is going to tell us what is yet to come and it will glorify God. Why would we stifle something that glorifies God and gives us foresight?

John 14:12-17,25-26 – Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing… the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you

The only way for us to do what Jesus did is by the power of the Holy Spirit, who equips us with the same tools that Jesus had.

This is supported here:

1 Cor. 12:7-11 – to each one the manifestation of the Spirit is given for the common good. To one there is given through the Spirit a message of wisdom, to another a message of knowledge by means of the same Spirit, to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gifts of healing by that one Spirit, to another miraculous powers, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in different kinds of tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues. All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines.

Empty

‘Bottomless pit’ and ‘well’, in the following verses, are the same word in the Greek language: phrear. This is one of several word denoted as ‘Hell’ in the Greek language. Hell, then, can be a state of the heart…

– Rev. 9:2 – He opened the bottomless pit, and smoke went up out of the pit, like the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke of the pit.

– John 4:11-12 – “Sir,” the woman said, “you have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where can you get this living water?

In context with the rest of the story, the woman at the well was basically saying, ‘I am an empty, bottomless pit’. I have a hole that I can’t fill. I cannot get enough husbands, or boyfriends, to fill this hole in me. How then can I draw water up to quench my thirst?

– Eccl. 12:8 (MSG) – It’s all smoke, nothing but smoke.

Smoke chokes you out and burns your eyes. It dulls the senses. It wants you to flee in discomfort instead of putting out the fire at its source. It doesn’t want you to have an endless source of water to squelch its flames.

The smoke isn’t the fire; it’s only what the fire produced. I lot of times we try to treat symptoms instead of curing the illness. God is the healer. This woman’s symptom was that she felt like she had to have a man in her life. The root issue was something else. It might have been that she had not received love from her father, or that she never finished grieving over the loss of her first husband. Whatever the case, Satan loves to throw up the smoke screen and try to confuse us. He knows that if we can’t see to put out the fire, that he can continue to burn us out till there is nothing left.

– John 4:25-26 – The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When he comes, he will explain everything to us.” 26Then Jesus declared, “I, the one speaking to you—I am he.”

She had heard of Jesus, but now she’s met Jesus. Jesus turns your bottomless pit into a spring of water. He doesn’t just give you one drink in your need, but provides a lifetime of provision for you. He is the living water and the only way to put out the flame at its source. If you have a bottomless pit that you can’t fill, ask Jesus to come meet with you and give you a spring of water, welling up to eternal life.

– 1 Cor. 3:20 – The Master sees through the smoke screens

– Rom. 8:27 (MSG) – He knows us far better than we know ourselves

– Rom. 8:1 – there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus

When you can’t see through all the smoke, ask Him to show you and snuff out the flame. Notice that Jesus didn’t condemn this woman. The woman didn’t lie to Him about her sin. God honors your honesty, even when you know that you are doing something wrong. He won’t condemn you for being honest and asking for His help. He came to explain everything to us. He wants you to know your own heart and understand what it is you really need.

James 1:5 – But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach; and it will be given to him.

Jesus isn’t just a well of water. Jesus is a spring of water welling up.  You don’t have to do the work of drawing up the water for yourself when you have Jesus. Just get in His presence.

Listen to this worship song on the subject: Jeremy Camp “Empty Me”