Ephesians 4:6
6 One [heis] God [theos] and [kai] Father [pater] of all, [pas] who [ho] is above [epi] all, [pas] and [kai] through [dia] all, [pas] and [kai] in [en] you [humin] all. [pas] KJV-Interlinear
6 one
God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all. NASB
The subject of this chapter
has been the uniqueness and unity of the Christian family. That unity can only
be made possible when there is but one set of attributes or set of
characteristics that are likewise unique and apply equally to each and every
member of the Christian family.
There are not numerous
sets of characteristics, that apply some to some and others to others,
rendering the family as disjointed in some fashion.
Here we have but one
Father, the one and only and highest power and authority, and deity over all
others.
But we know that the
Christian God is three in personality.
One God, in three persons. Not
one God with three personalities, but actually three persons. This is called
the Trinity.
Each and every member of
the Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, all possess the same essence. All possess the same characteristics. All are co-equal, co-infinite, and co-eternal. However the Christian God, perform three
individual roles in carrying out the divine plan of God.
One member adopted the
role of the Father, one member adopted the role of the Son, and the last member
adopted the role of the Spirit. All three are God with none being the greater
nor the lesser than the others.
The purpose of this
arrangement was to defeat arrogance. God
set up a plan requiring all who approach the Father, to approach through the
Son and in the power of the Spirit and by no other means. Arrogance detests this arrangement and
perceives that the Father is the greater and the Son and the Spirit are somehow
lesser, and arrogance wants to be like the most high, being insulted at the
requirement of having to go through someone else, in order to get to the
Father.
One of the reasons that
arrogance is so foolish is by its rejecting such a simple requirement. And why all religions are so foolish because
they are ruled by arrogance.
And so Christianity is
set apart from all others. And this is
why Christianity possesses a unique unity, in that there is but one standard,
not several, one faith, not several, one God, not several, and one plan, not
several.
God is above all things
and all creatures. God exists throughout
all of creation and beyond. There is no
other God, no other realm.
God is in all. And that is a reference to Gods indwelling of
every believer. The subject of this chapter is the Christian family.
God is in you right
now. He is unseen, unfelt, undetectable,
and one day that will change in eternity, but for now, there are no such things
as emotional or physical or sensory or perceptions of any kind.
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