16约翰十四章二十六节说,“但保惠师,就是父在我的名里所要差来的圣灵……。”十五章二十六节说,“但我要从父差保惠师来,就是从父出来实际的灵,祂来了,就要为我作见证。”读了这些经节,可能马上会有一个问题:是父差灵来,还是子差灵来?按照十四章二十六节,是父在子的名里差灵来。灵是父在子的名里差来的,这含示父和子都是灵的差遣者。然后在十五章二十六节,子从父差灵来。子从父差灵来,父在子的名里差灵来,是指同一件事。父在子的名里差灵来,意思就是子从父差灵来。父和子都差灵来;这指明父与子是一。不仅如此,当灵来时,父和子也来了。父、子、灵是三,却又是一,是三一的。
16John 14:26 says, “The Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name…” John 15:26 says, “When the Comforter comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of reality, who proceeds from the Father, He will testify concerning Me.” In reading these verses, a question may immediately be raised: Does the Father send the Spirit, or does the Son send the Spirit? According to John 14:26, the Father sends the Spirit in the Son’s name. The Spirit being sent by the Father in the Son’s name implies that both the Father and the Son are the Sender of the Spirit. Then in John 15:26 the Son sends the Spirit from the Father. The Son sending the Spirit from the Father and the Father sending the Spirit in the Son’s name refer to the same thing. The Father sending the Spirit in the Son’s name means that the Son sends the Spirit from the Father. Both the Father and the Son send the Spirit. This indicates that the Father and the Son are one. Furthermore, when the Spirit comes, the Father and the Son also come. The Father, the Son, and the Spirit are three, but They are one—three-one.