3. The Son is one with the Father in love.
“The Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing” (John 5:20).
Love gives and it does not hold back. Love means that there are no secrets between the Father and the Son. The Father shows the Son all that he is doing. So true oneness involves a continuing communication in which all that is going on in one life is opened up to the other.
A perfect union would mean that a husband would never say to his wife, “I had no idea that this was going on in your mind and in your heart, why did you not tell me?” A more perfect union would mean that a wife would never say to her husband, “I did not tell you because I did not think you would want to know or that you would understand.” A more perfect union involves this kind of loving communication, this opening up of life to one another.
4. The Son is one with the Father in authority.
“As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will” (John 5:21).
Raising the dead involves the authoritative exercise of sovereign power. The Father and the Son are one in the exercise of this authority. What the Father does, the Son does.
A more perfect union is one in which a mother and a father are one in exercising authority. They do not issue conflicting commands, which always causes chaos and confusion. Their authority moves as one in the same direction.
Do you feel that you are weaker at building unity through love or authority? Why?
