Section 11
the Lord said that the Father would send the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, in the Son's name. John has two different ways of speaking about the same thing. First, in 14:26, he says that the Father will send the Spirit; now in 15:26, he says that the Lord Himself will send the Spirit. Then who sent the Spirit—the Father or the Son? We must say that the Spirit was sent by both the Father and the Son. The Father and the Son are one. The Father's sending is the Son's sending, and the Son's sending is the Father's sending. The two are one. Regardless of who it is who sends the Spirit, the Spirit is always sent with the Father and in the name of the Son. Once again we see the Triune God. When the Spirit comes, He comes with the Father in the Son's name. So all three of the Godhead are here.
In verse 26 the Lord said that He would send the Comforter from the Father. The Greek prep osition translated "from" in this verse is para. The sense of this preposition in Greek here is "from with." The Spirit of reality is sent by the Son, not only from the Father but also with the Father. The Comforter comes from the Father and with the Father. The Father is the source. When the Spirit comes from the source, it does not mean that He leaves the source but that the