聖經是我們獨一無二的標準 - 生命.. 結晶.. 啓示

Meaning

The Father sent His Son Jesus Christ to become flesh, die, and rise again, making Him the Savior of mankind, accomplishing redemption and imparting life (John 3:16; 1 John 4:14).

The Father has given us His Spirit—the all-inclusive, life-giving, and reality-imparting Spirit—so that we may abide in God and He in us, becoming one spirit with Him (1 Cor. 6:17).

Efficacy

Enables sinners to be forgiven, justified, and regenerated, thus entering into fellowship with God (1 John 4:9–10; Rom. 5:10).

Enables believers to experience God’s indwelling reality; the Spirit operates as the element of fellowship, union, and transformation, assuring us that we abide in God (1 John 4:13; Rom. 8:9–11).

Explanation

The sending of the Son is the outward action of the Triune God, expressing the Father’s love. Through incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection, the Son brings divine life to man, making us children of God (John 1:14, 12–13).

“Of His Spirit” (literally, “out of His Spirit”) indicates that what God gives is the Spirit Himself—full, unlimited, and all-sufficient (John 3:34). This Spirit is the reality of the Triune God for our experience (Phil. 1:19).

Distinction

The outward work of God—the Son’s sending and redemption—brings man objectively to God.

The inward work of God—the giving of the Spirit—brings God subjectively into man for inner experience and transformation.

Example

Jesus’ birth (Matt. 1:21), ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension; the apostles testified that He is the Savior of the world (1 John 4:14).

The outpouring of the Spirit at Pentecost (Acts 2:1–4); Paul’s experience of the indwelling, transforming, and anointing Spirit (2 Cor. 3:17–18).

Application

Preach the gospel and testify that Jesus is the Savior; confess the Son to glorify the Father (1 John 4:15).

Walk according to the Spirit (Gal. 5:16); pray in the Spirit (Eph. 6:18); experience mutual abiding and live out divine love (1 John 4:16).

Mutual Relationship

The outward sending of the Son brings redemption and qualifies man to receive the Spirit.

The inward giving of the Spirit enables believers to experience, enjoy, and express the accomplished redemption. Both are two sides of one Triune God’s operation—to unite God and man in mutual indwelling.

Related Scriptures

1 John 4:14 – “The Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.”
1 John 4:9–10 – “God sent His only begotten Son into the world that we might have life through Him… He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.”
John 3:16 – “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son…”
Romans 5:10 – “While we were enemies, we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son…”

1 John 4:13 – “By this we know that we abide in Him and He in us, because He has given us of His Spirit.”
1 John 3:24 – “We know that He abides in us, by the Spirit whom He has given us.”
Philippians 1:19 – “Through your petition and the bountiful supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ.”
John 3:34 – “For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for He gives the Spirit without measure.”