Unity in the Trinity

Jesus accurately unveils and perfectly portrays the full revelation of who the Father is. There is no clearer picture. No clearer presentation. No clearer logic. There is never a time when Jesus is not like the Father. There is never a time when the Father is not like Jesus. If any image in our minds of the Father is not in total unity and alignment with who Jesus is, we need to change our minds about Him. Never is there a time when the trinity is not in perfect unison. They are in absolute harmony with each other. There is so much unity that if you've seen One, you've already seen the other. In Jesus we get a clear image of the Godhead. We see what the Father is like, we see what the Spirit is like and they look like Jesus. This has always been the case, is the case, and will always be the case. The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are so in unity, so in fellowship, so in character, so in tune to the same frequency, so on the same page and so divinely alike that they are One! One in character, one in nature, one in action, one in thought and one in belief.

Jesus only does what He sees the Father doing. If you see a loving Jesus accepting you, but an angry Father frowning on you, then you need to change your image of the Father. If Jesus accepts you, the Father accepts you as well. If Jesus has a smile on His face, the Father does as well. Jesus has no hidden agendas, neither does the Father. Jesus is love, so is the Father. Jesus loves His enemies, so does the Father. Jesus does good to His enemies, so does the Father. Jesus lays His life down for all, so does the Father. Jesus puts the needs of others before Himself, so does the Father. Jesus is not violent, neither is the Father. Jesus serves others, so does the Father. Jesus fellowships with and spends time in the presence of sinners, so does the Father and so does the Holy Spirit. The thoughts Jesus thinks, is the thoughts the Father thinks. The way Jesus brings about justice and restoration, is the way the Father brings about justice and restoration.

The life we see in Jesus, is the life the Father lives and Holy Spirit lives as well. Jesus did not only live as some temporary servant 2,000 years ago, but servant-hood is His function all the time and even today! There is no secret hidden side of God. Jesus is the full expression of the Godhead and He has made Him known. The same Jesus that came 2,000 years ago is the same Jesus today, and the same Jesus who will be coming back. He does not change. He is the same yesterday, today, and forever. He came as a lamb and He is returning as a lamb. He conquered by self-giving love at the cross. He conquers today by self-giving love and He will conquer at His return by self-giving love. The Father is the same and the Spirit is the same. God is three-in-one.

The life, the unity, the fellowship, the joy, the peace, the thoughts, the belief, the faith, the passion, the actions, self-giving love, and divine character and nature they share with one another is not distant and removed from the human race. Jesus is fully God and fully human. Fully man and fully God in one person! He represents God and He represents humanity. In Him we see they are joined as one. In His incarnation, man is fused together with God! Man is in the image of God, in the likeness of God, in the character of God, in unity with God, and in the presence of God. He is our origin. We begin in Him. We are His masterpiece and His permanent residence. It is a mystery! The mystery is Christ IN you.

Here we find where repentance generates. Here we find where new life springs to life. Here we find where lies, distortions, fallen mindsets loose there stronghold and where bad habits die. Here we find the truth about God, His nature, His design, His function, and His quality of life. Here we find the truth about mankind, about our design, our nature, our purpose, our destiny and meaning in life. Servant-hood is our make-up. Self-giving love is our design. Jesus is what mankind is made to look like! He is what being human is suppose to look like!

The cross is the climax of all this and more! The cross is the climax of who God is. It is where man unleashed the brutal-est violence and sinned his sin into Him. We had forgotten our design. We had lost sight of the One we came from. He came to us, who were His own, and we didn't recognize Him! We were lost and we wanted nothing to do with Him. It is here where we see just how faithful God is, just how caring, just how merciful, just how serious, just how self-giving, just how loving, just how restorative and just He really is. Here we see the trinity in unity.

When Jesus is going to endure the cross, He tells His disciples that they will all forsake Him BUT His Father will not and will be with Him. Here we see the Spirit in Jesus, the Father in Jesus, the trinity together to endure the worst torture. Where God is IN Christ reconciling the world to Himself. They endure our wrath and bear with us patiently, not holding any of this against us. Here we see the trinity enduring our worst everything - torture, shame, rage, and humiliation. But even here we see no evil word spoken against us. We see God speak only forgiveness, even while we mocked Him and remained unrepentant. Here we see our sins being carried willingly upon Himself. Self-sacrificing. Self-giving. Taking up no reputation. Here we see the One who gave us life allowing us to take His away. And yet He allows it and doesn't fight back. He lays His life down. The cross seems so foolish to us! It looks like God has lost. It makes no sense to our worldly violent systems.

However, it is here we see God conquer! God defeats! He does justice/restoration! He overtakes our violence and conquers by self-giving love. Love is more powerful then all our violence and sin and injustice combined. So powerful we see Him go into death and overcome it! Here we see God rise again and the first words from His lips to man, even after forsaking Him, is "peace to you!" He comes speaking peace and forgiveness. He blows our minds away! He does the unthinkable. After our violence, our mocking, our humiliating Him, condemning an innocent man, murdering the One who gave us life (legions of angels could have come to the rescue but He does not want that) He would rather die at our murderous hands then to rebel or harm man. We would have trembled in fear knowing God is back again after we killed Him...but when He shows up, He is not upset. He is forgiving and peaceful and loving-kindness. He is not out to get revenge.

Through Jesus we see how the Father is and how the Spirit is - even at man's worst! Here we see the heartbeat of God in the midst of the darkest moment of human history - where mankind murders their maker! Yet here we see forgiveness, love, self-giving sacrifice. And when He revives, He is the same guy! Forgiving and speaking peace! The Father is this way and the Spirit is the same. This is the climax of who God is. Where He shows His true colors - and it is beautiful! This character, this design, this unhindered fellowship is what we were created to function in and exhibit.

Through the cross we find an exposure. We witness how corrupt our worldly political and religious systems were. How evil that we could murder an innocent man while feeling like we were doing God justice. But instead murdering the very one we thought we were serving. Corrupt. He reveals to us how powerless this is to bring lasting change. He shows us true justice. Jesus conquers our powers and principalities. Jesus conquers everything. He defeats our strongholds and overturns our worldly systems of corrupt violence. He shows a true and living way. He embraces our humanity. He reconciles the cosmos. He is the substance we were made of. He conquers NOT by adding more violence, but by the unthinkable - self-giving LOVE!