DIVINE PERSONS INDWELLING THE BELIEVER

"If any one love me, he will keep my word," and then – precious words – "and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our abode with him." The Father and the Son come to dwell in the loved person; and this does not take place merely by the Holy Spirit, as every divine activity; but by the Spirit we enjoy the presence of the Father, and of the Son, their dwelling with us. And the Spirit does not leave us, so that we enjoy constantly in our hearts the presence of the Father and the Son. The kind of communion, of the realisation of the presence of the Father and the Son, is of all importance, and gives an ineffable repose and joy. We shall dwell in the Father's house, and we shall find there the Son in glory; but, till then, the Father and the Son come, and reveal themselves in us, and make their abode in us. All is done by the Spirit, but it is the presence of the Father and the Son that make their presence felt in this character of Father and of Son, and the Son is Jesus, who loved us and gave Himself for us. The Son had revealed the Father, for him who had eyes to see; and now the Holy Spirit makes us enjoy the presence of the Father and Son, but in us, if we keep the Saviour's word.

J.N. Darby Collected Writings Vol.33 pp.251,252