Access to God

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Every act is made up of a purpose, a method, and a power. And so the purpose and the method and the power are here. What is the purpose or the end? “To the Father we all have access.” What is the method? “Through Christ Jesus.” What is the power? “By the Spirit.” In this one total act the end, the method, and the power are distinguishable; and, what is more, each is distinctly personal. This salvation, which is all the work of God, first, last, and mid-most, has its divine personalities distinct for its end and its method and its power. It is salvation to the Father, through the Son, and by the Spirit. The salvation is all one; yet in it method, end, and power are recognizable. It is a three in one.

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