Chapter 4 of 14

Section 3

Section 3

the Son, and God the Son is realized, transmit­ ted, experienced and gained by us in God the Spirit. The Spirit as the Third in the Godhead is God being our realization and experience. This means that the application of the Triune God to us comes by the Spirit of God. For this reason, in our experience the Triune God is the Spirit.

Electrical current is an illustration of the Spirit as the application of the Triune God. Apart from the current of electricity, electricity cannot be applied. In its application, electricity needs to become an electrical current. The current, how­ ever, is not something different from electricity itself. The current of electricity is simply elec­ tricity in motion. In the same principle, the appli­ cation of the Triune God to us is the Spirit. The Spirit is the current of the Triune God for us to apply; He is the Triune God in motion.

CHRIST BEING THE LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT

The New Testament clearly reveals that Christ today is the life-giving Spirit (1 Cor. 15:45). This means that Christ is the Spirit who is the current of the Triune God for us to apply in our experi­ ence. This understanding may differ from tradi­ tional theology, but it corresponds to the pure Word of God. The New Testament reveals that

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