The Unity of God – Part One

The Unity of God – Part One

“How is it ye sought me?
Knew ye not that I must be in
My, the Father”

Luke 2:49
(literal Greek rendering)

The Son

The majority of translators, in dealing with the above verse, felt the need to add the words business or house or things even though none of these words are present in the Greek text. It is difficult for the religious mind to leave it as it actually reads: “I must be in my, the Father”. There is a seeming hole in this thought; surely there needs to be an explanation concerning the Father. To leave this concept without some sort of thing attached to the Father is too ambiguous and mysterious. Joseph and Mary had no understanding of the depth and the wonder of what Jesus was conveying.

“And they understood not the saying
which He spake unto them”
Luke 2:50

Jesus lived His life in the Father. He was beyond seeking only to do the business of His Father. He was beyond things associated with the Father. He was in the Father and as such His doings were not for the Father; they were that which were accomplished in the Father. It is difficult for us to see beyond service to God, past the external, seemingly good things of God, and begin to experience the Life in Christ whereby we are moved upon by the great impetus which filled and occupied Him.

“My Father keeps on working until now,
and as for Myself, I also am continually working.”
John 5:17 (Wuest-literal translation)

The showing forth of the Father through the Son was continually through the virtue and nature of their relationship. It is the proceeding forth of the Will of the Father through the magnificence of Christ as it had been throughout eternity.

“All things came into being through Him,
and without Him not even one thing
came into being that has come into being”
John 1:3 (LITV)

The Son has forever been the agency through which the Father created and worked His wisdom and power. His Life on earth was simply the extension of His relationship with the Father from eternity.

“I and my Father are one”
John 10:30

To Be Continued…

(See The Unity of God – Part Two)
(The Unity of God – Part Three)

The Unity of God – Series

Brian Troxel

This is Part One of a multi-part series. For the sake of brevity, this writing has been broken into shorter segments; to accentuate the vital truths of His Being, it is necessary to read all the parts to appreciate the wonder and glory of our God.