The Trinity Prepares us for New Jerusalem (2)

[In Ephesians 4:4-6] we see the Spirit, the Lord, and the Father. This, of course, refers to the Divine Trinity…We need to ask why Paul begins with the Spirit, goes on to the Lord, and ends with the Father. This is because Paul is touching a subjective matter, and in our experiences the Spirit is the Triune God reaching us. When the Trinity reaches us, He is the Spirit; therefore, Paul begins with the Spirit as the reaching aspect of the Divine Trinity. When we have the Spirit, we also have the Lord because the Lord is the Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17).*

The Spirit first reaches us to bring us to repentance that we may receive the cleansing of the blood of Jesus Christ (1 Peter 1:2). The Spirit then regenerates us, imparting divine life into our human spirit (John 3:5-6). Then through the course of our Christian life the Spirit does many things in us—guiding us into the reality (John 16:13), bearing witness in us (Rom. 8:16), bountifully supplying us (Phil. 1:19), renewing us (Titus 3:5), transforming us (2 Cor. 3:18), and much more.

All of the Spirit’s operation in us imparts the reality of New Jerusalem, bringing us onward to this glorious city. In New Jerusalem the Spirit will continue to reach us as the river of water of life, bringing Christ as the tree of life.

* From chapter 41, Witness Lee, God’s New Testament Economy, published by Living Stream Ministry, © Witness Lee, 1986

Posted by Don on September 11, 2023

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