Section 15
with him" is correct as far as language is con cerned. But to say "the Father and I will come to him and make an abode with him" is more mean ingful. In what way is it more meaningful? It is more meaningful in the way that the Father and the Son will take the lover of Jesus as Their abode and that the believer will be an abode to Them. The Lord seemed to be saying, "We will make an abode with him so that he and We may have an abiding place. He will be Our abode and We will be his abode."
This verse is the basis of 15:4-5—"Abide in Me and I in you." Most Christians do not realize that the basis of 15:4-5 is 14:23, where we have the mutual abode made by the appearing of the Father and the Son as the Spirit to the believer who loves Him. In other words, this abode is pre pared by the visitation of the Triune God. When the Triune God grants you a visit, His visitation makes you His abode, and it makes Him your abode. Eventually, you and He, He and you, be come a mutual abode. You will abide in Him, and He will abide in you. This is marvelous. He will not only be the One who abides in you, but He will also be your abode. Although it is won derful to have Him abide in us, I would rather have Him as my abode. We can abide in Him,