One Father, One Son

“The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool… The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek. The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath. He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries” (Psm. 110:1,4-6). Here we have a clear picture of the Father and the Son in heaven. “The Lord [who] said unto MY Lord,” is clearly the Father who said unto the Son, “Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.” If you need scripture references to confirm that Jesus is set at the right hand of God, then you need to spend more time reading the Bible. But again it is evident that it is the Father who said unto the Son, “Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchizedek,” as is noted in the new testament writings as well (Heb. 5:6; Heb. 6:20; Heb. 7:17). The remainder of our text scriptures are also confirmed over and over throughout the Bible to be speaking of the second coming and reign on earth of the Lord Jesus Christ, who will surely “strike through kings in the day of his wrath, judge among the heathen, and "fill the places with dead bodies” (Rev. 19:16-21; Joel 3:9-16; Isa. 34:1-4). It is quite obvious that these verses, as well as many others in the scriptures, show that God the Father and his Son Jesus Christ are two separate God-Persons, with the Father being greater than the Son (Jn. 14:28; Mk. 13:32). Jesus confirmed the same to us, as does the following quote from the new testament: “But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows” (Heb. 1:8,9).

This truth is the same as the scripture that says, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (Jn. 1:1). Jesus is the only existing being who was directly begotten of the Father’s body and substance, and that is why he is referred to as “the only begotten” of the Father (Jn. 1:14,18; etc.). Because Jesus was begotten directly of the Father, he can be nothing but God, but that doesn’t make him “the most high God.” That distinction belongs to his Father who begat him in heaven before anything else existed (Col. 1:15,17; Rev. 3:14). It was indeed Jesus Christ who created all things at the command of the Father, as the scriptures consistently show (Gen. 1:26; Eph. 3:9; Jn. 1:3; Col. 1:16). It is also the Father and the Son of whom the scripture says, “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (I Tim. 2:5). God the Father has a body of his own, even as he gave the Son his own body when he begat him. Jesus could not be “the express image [replica] of [the Father’s] person” if God does not have a body of his own (Heb. 1:3). These two God-Persons are ‘one’ by means of them having the same Spirit, or life that indwells them both (Jn. 5:26; Jn. 10:30). Having the same life substance, which in fact is the holy Ghost, gives the Father and the Son 'one mind’ and puts them in 'one accord’ in all things (Rom 8:2). This is also the 'oneness’ that God ordained for believers, and that Jesus prayed that we would have; saying to his Father; "that they may be one, even as we are one” (Jn. 17:22-24). Jesus came to make the way for the very same life substance that is shared by he and his Father to dwell in us, even as he said: “I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly” (Jn. 10:10).

Jesus also stated in his prayer for us how it is that we would be made one with one another and with he and his Father: “That they all may be one; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us… I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one” (Jn. 17:21,23). That is true communion my friend, which is to say literal spiritual intercourse with God and his Son. And that is true reconciliation as well. No figures, no shadow types, no forms; just real-time, sin-remitting, soul cleansing, up close and personal divine power and love for those who truly believe on Jesus and give themselves to him as “a living sacrifice,” as the scripture commands us to do (Rom. 12:1). These things all take place as a result of our being literally “in Christ,” even as Jesus said it would there in John 17:23. So the only question remaining is HOW does anyone actually get “in Christ?” “For by ONE SPIRIT are we all BAPTIZED INTO one body [of Christ], whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit” (I Cor. 12:13). The baptism of the holy Ghost with the original and continuing sign of speaking with other tongues is the ONLY way into Christ, and the ONLY way to “put on Christ” and “walk in newness of life” (Gal. 3:27; Rom. 6:3,4). It’s that simple. This is what Jesus came to this world to provide, and it is the ONLY thing he came to provide. His forerunner said so and he confirmed it himself (Mk. 1:7,8; Acts 1:4,5). Receiving and continuing in the holiness, love, and power of this heavenly experience is the only remission of sins, new birth, and hope of salvation that exists (I Cor. 6:11; Jn. 3:5,6; Col. 1:27; II Cor. 3:17). All that’s left is, AMEN to Jesus for what he has given!!