The Gospel Of John Chapter 16:15-33
John 16:15 âAll things that the Father has are Mine; therefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose it to you.â âAll things that the Father has are Mineâ-While the world will be busy rejecting Christ and persecuting Christians (16:8-10), the Holy Spirit, through the preaching of the Apostles will be busy glorifying Christ (16:14). In this verse we once again see the complete unity that exists between all members of the Godhead. See Matthew 11:27. The Son is in complete agreement with the Father and therefore Jesus can say, âall things that the Father has are Mineâ.
âtherefore I said, that He takes of Mine, and will disclose it to youâ-(16:14). The âHeâ in the verse is the Holy Spirit. Therefore, we could also say that âAll things that the Father has are the Holy Spiritâsâ. Tenney makes the following comment: âEach of the persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, is separate in personality and is distinguishable from the others. In function the Father plans, the Son perfects, the Spirit executes and reveals. The Father sent the Son; the Son sent the Spirit; the Spirit represents the Son as the Son represented the Father. âŚ.All that the Father has belongs to the Son; and all that the Son has to teach is administered through the SpiritâŚJesus offered no philosophical statement of the Trinity (Godhead). His language was extremely simple..â (p. 239) Woods notes that the above words are also another proof of the Deity of Jesus. âNo man, nor angel, however great and pure, could truthfully assert such a claimâŚBecause he and his Father are one in nature that which belongs to the Father is his, that which is his is the Fatherâs and the Spirit, and his revelation would present the truth common to both.â (p. 344) Carefully note that three Divine Beings, all co-equal, agree on the same truth! Obviously, such truth is absolute and timeless. What is revealed in the Scriptures is not simply the Fatherâs view or the Sonâs view, rather it is the view of the total Godhead. Lenski notes, âThis is added in order to shut out the possible wrong thought that which Jesus so emphatically calls âmineâ and by which the Spirit will glorify âmeâ could be something belonging to him exclusively apart from the Father.â (Lenski p. 1092)
John 16:16 âA little while, and you will no longer behold Me; and again a little while, and you will see Me.â 1