April 16th, 2022
by Robert Presson
by Robert Presson
“Behold, I send the Promise of My Father upon you” — Luke 24:49 NKJV
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One. And while they are one in essence (meaning, they are technically, factually, empirically “one”), it is much deeper than that. The Father loves the Son, and the Son loves the Father, and the Spirit loves the Son, and so on. The Father, Son, and Spirit are not just one in being. They are one in fellowship.
God loves God. Which makes sense, because God is good and He loves what is good and so when God sees God, God enjoys God. Because He is good and He loves goodness.
When God created mankind, He created us out of a desire for fellowship. He didn’t have a need for mankind. He had a desire for fellowship with us. The Promise of the Father is the promise of the Holy Spirit. It is how we access God. It is an invitation to enjoy what Jesus enjoyed with His Father from all eternity. It is the Promise the Father made to the Son to give the Holy Spirit to pour out on His church (Acts 2:33), thereby letting us experience what He experienced in eternity past before He even came to earth—unhindered, unbroken, uninhibited fellowship with God. Oneness. Connection.
Sin has caused brokenness in every relationship. Every human relationship suffers some degree of disconnectedness. Every marriage, every friendship, every work relationship, and the like. Some are really messed up and some are a little messed up, but none of them are fully like the relationship the Father has with the Son and the Holy Spirit. None of them are like the Promise of the Father. In the presence of God is the only place in this world you find perfect unity, perfect harmony, perfect love. You can experience that now—it’s what the Father promised. Intimacy with God is available and amazing and when we are in “one accord” we experience it together. It’s heaven on earth. It’s the Promise of the Father. We are invited into relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We are called into that circle of fellowship.
The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit are One. And while they are one in essence (meaning, they are technically, factually, empirically “one”), it is much deeper than that. The Father loves the Son, and the Son loves the Father, and the Spirit loves the Son, and so on. The Father, Son, and Spirit are not just one in being. They are one in fellowship.
God loves God. Which makes sense, because God is good and He loves what is good and so when God sees God, God enjoys God. Because He is good and He loves goodness.
When God created mankind, He created us out of a desire for fellowship. He didn’t have a need for mankind. He had a desire for fellowship with us. The Promise of the Father is the promise of the Holy Spirit. It is how we access God. It is an invitation to enjoy what Jesus enjoyed with His Father from all eternity. It is the Promise the Father made to the Son to give the Holy Spirit to pour out on His church (Acts 2:33), thereby letting us experience what He experienced in eternity past before He even came to earth—unhindered, unbroken, uninhibited fellowship with God. Oneness. Connection.
Sin has caused brokenness in every relationship. Every human relationship suffers some degree of disconnectedness. Every marriage, every friendship, every work relationship, and the like. Some are really messed up and some are a little messed up, but none of them are fully like the relationship the Father has with the Son and the Holy Spirit. None of them are like the Promise of the Father. In the presence of God is the only place in this world you find perfect unity, perfect harmony, perfect love. You can experience that now—it’s what the Father promised. Intimacy with God is available and amazing and when we are in “one accord” we experience it together. It’s heaven on earth. It’s the Promise of the Father. We are invited into relationship with the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We are called into that circle of fellowship.
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