JUNE 1ST, 1939

JUNE 1ST, 1939

^[p. 268] BELOVED BROTHER, — ... It seems to me there is a certain difficulty in applying the word “alone” to the Lord viewed as in absolute Deity. The word as used by Jehovah in Genesis 2: 18 and by the Lord in John 12: 24 applies to Christ in His unique manhood. The thought of His being “alone” in Deity does not seem to be suggested by any Scripture that I can at present recall.

I think it is wise for us, in referring to the relations which subsisted between divine Persons as in the form of God, to keep exceedingly close to the language of Scripture. I am sure you are in full agreement with this. Certain things are revealed as to the relations of Two of those Persons; One was “with God” and was loved by Another before the foundation of the world. And in that particular connection the Spirit is not mentioned. But neither of the scriptures which make these wondrous things known to us (John 1: 1 - 3; John 17: 5, 24) say anything which would exclude the Spirit, and we may be assured that He had His part in the activity of that ineffable communion which they contemplate. So far as I know, the Spirit is not mentioned in Scripture until we come to divine operations. But He undoubtedly had His place, and room is left for this in the words of John and of the Lord.

With much warm love in the Lord,

Yours affectionately in Him,

June 1st, 1939.