子就是父
主耶稣基督曾自称父为神说，我与父原为一，看见了我就是看见了父，上文已经说过了，今再研究约翰所说的，就更明瞭。
“若将起初所听见的存在心里，你们就住在子里面，也必住在父里面。”（约壹2：24）
我们能将起初所听的道和坚固的信心，维持到底，就必住在子里面；住在子里面的，同时也就是住在父里面；可见父子却是一位的。
“凡不认子的就没有父。认子的连父也有了。”（约壹2：23）
“恨我的，也恨我的父。”（约15：23）
“凡越过基督的教训，不常守着的，就没有神。常守这教训的，就有父又有子。”（约贰9）
子与父在称呼上虽有不同，但为灵却是一个，认子的，就是认父，不认子的，自然连父也没有了。从前主耶稣基督来世的时候，当时的犹太人自己认识了神，并且事奉了衪，不肯认识主耶稣基督，也不信衪。殊不知主耶稣基督与神原为一，不认主耶稣基督连神也没有了。
所以主耶稣基督对他们说，你们所拜的，你们不知道（约4：22）。这样看来，那时犹太人虽然费财费力，热心崇拜，结局也是枉然。现今，圣灵降临，就是基督住在我们心内，应验了主耶稣基督所应许之言，与我们同在直到世界末了。圣灵就是主耶稣基督的化身，好像主耶稣基督就是神的化身一样。不认主耶稣基督的，就没有神，不认圣灵的，究竟如何？这可作现代犹太人的鉴戒。现代的犹太人，可说就是各基督教会的信徒，他们以为已信了主耶稣基督，拜了神本份已经尽了，已足意了。以为这样便可得救了。此外不管圣灵降临不降临，自己有圣灵没有圣灵。不想慕、不追求，也不肯接受，好像当时的犹太人，自以为认识了神，崇拜了神，就够了。再不管耶稣不耶稣，基督不基督。怎知道主耶稣基督就是彼时神的化身？故今日各教会的信徒，谁知末世的圣灵，也就是神与主耶稣基督的化身？不接受圣灵的，连父连子都没有了？他们如肯诚心研究，虚心接受圣灵，有了圣灵，连父连子也都有了。这样，得救才靠得住的。
The Son is the Father
The Lord Jesus
Christ has referred to Himself as God the Father, saying “I and the Father are
one”, that “he that has seen Him has seen the Father”, as mentioned above. To get a clearer understanding, let us study
what John has said:-
“If that which
ye have heard from the beginning shall remain in you, ye also shall continue in
the Son, and in the Father.” (1 John 2:24)
If we can keep
the Word which we have heard from the beginning with a strong faith and endure
to the end, then we shall abide in the Son, and at the same time, abide in the
Father. Thus we can see that the Father
and the Son are one.
“Whosoever
denieth the Son, the same hath not the Father: he that acknowledgeth the Son
hath the Father also.” (1 John 2:23)
“He that hateth
me hateth my Father also.” (John 15:23)
“Whosoever
transgresseth, and abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that
abideth in the doctrine of Christ, he hath both the Father and the Son.” (2
John 9)
Although the
Son and the Father are called differently, They are one in the Spirit. He who acknowledges the Son acknowledges the
Father also; he who denies the Son, the same has not the Father. When the Lord Jesus Christ came into the
world, the Jews thought that they already knew God, that they were already
serving Him. Yet they were unwilling to
know the Lord Jesus Christ or believe in Him, not knowing that the Lord Jesus
Christ and God are actually one, that he who denies the Lord Jesus Christ has
not the Father.
Therefore, the Lord
Jesus Christ told them that they did not know whom they were worshipping. (John 4:22) From this point of view, although the Jews
worshipped zealously, sacrificing much money and effort, their efforts were in
vain. Today, the downpouring of the Holy
Spirit is Christ living in our hearts, which fulfills the promise of the Lord
Jesus Christ that He will be with us until the end. The Holy Spirit is the embodiment of the Lord
Jesus Christ, just as the Lord Jesus Christ is the embodiment of God. He who denies the Lord Jesus Christ does not
have God; how about he who denies the Holy Spirit? This can be a warning to
“the Jews of today”. “The Jews of today”
can be referred to the believers of the various Christian denominations. They think that by believing in the Lord
Jesus Christ and worshipping God, they have already fulfilled their duties and
are contented, and that they will be saved.
Moreover, whether or not the Holy Spirit is being poured down or whether
or not they have the Holy Spirit, they are unwilling to thirst for and seek
after Him; neither are they willing to accept Him. This is just like the Jews at that time, who
thought that they knew God, that having worshipped God, it was enough for
them. They were not concerned who the
Lord Jesus Christ or Christ was, not knowing that the Lord Jesus Christ was the
embodiment of God at that time.
Therefore among the believers of today’s churches, who knows that the
Holy Spirit is the embodiment of God and the Lord Jesus Christ? And that he who
does not receive the Holy Spirit has not the Father and the Son? If they are
willing to study sincerely, to humbly receive the Holy Spirit, then after
having the Holy Spirit, they would also have the Father and the Son. This is the only reliable way to salvation.