When I read the Book of John this time around, I was highlighted in full, the unity of God the Father, The Son, and the Holy Spirit. Not the emphasis on Loving one another, which I always thought the Book of John was all about.
The recurring theme that I noticed was "the Father has sent me, so I am sending you" that the Son and the Father are One in truth. And So are His Son and us as followers of Christ.
20:21 Again Jesus said, “Peace be with you! As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.” And with that he breathed on them and said, “Receive the Holy Spirit. If you forgive anyone’s sins, their sins are forgiven; if you do not forgive them, they are not forgiven.”
5:19 Jesus gave them this answer: “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself; he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.
17:18 As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.
What I get out from the Book of John this time around is that Jesus really wants us to be like Him (Christ) and God the Father because they are one in Truth. What's interesting about verse 23 is that, to forgive someone and to say that their sins are forgiven, almost sounds like we have the authority to erase sin because God bestowed that authority onto us. And that authority is contingent on whether the Holy Spirit is in us.
I sense that as we become more in tune with God, we must also recognize and awaken the authority that's given onto us. We are powerful because just as the Father sent his Son into the world, His Son is sending us into the world.
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