76. But let them learn that it is also said
of God the Father: “In the Lord I will praise the
word;” Ps. lvi. [lv.]
4. and
elsewhere: “In God we will do mighty deeds;” Ps. lx. [lix.]
12. and “My remembrance shall be ever in
Thee;” Ps. lxxi. [lxx.]
6. and “In Thy
Name will we rejoice;” Ps. lxxxix.
[lxxxviii.] 16. and again in
another place: “That his deeds may be manifested, that they
are wrought in God;” S. John iii. 21. and Paul:
“In God Who created all things;” Eph. iii. 9.
and again: “Paul and Silvanus and Timotheus to the Church
of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus
Christ;” 2 Thess. i. 2. and in the
Gospel: “I in the Father and the Father in Me,” and
“the Father that dwelleth in Me.” S. John xiv. 10. It is also written: “He
that glorieth let him glory in the Lord;” 2 Cor. x. 17.
and in another place: “Our life is hid with Christ in
God.” Col. iii. 3. Did he here
ascribe more to the Son than to the Father in saying that we are with
Christ in God? or does our state avail more than the grace of the
Spirit, so that we can be with Christ and the Holy Spirit cannot?
And when Christ wills to be with us, as He Himself said:
“Father, I will that they whom Thou hast given Me be with Me
where I am,” S. John xvii. 24. would He disdain
to be with the Spirit? For it is written: “Ye coming
together and my spirit with the power of the Lord
Jesus.” 1 Cor. v. 4. Do we then
come together in the power of the Lord, and dare to say that the Lord
Jesus would not be willing to come together with the Spirit Who does
not disdain to come together with us?