The Union Between Christ and His People
W. Bridge, M. A. John 14:20 At that day you shall know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you. It is a union of mutual in-being, not a union of affection only, such as the stones have, when they lie together in a heap; but rather such as is between the wine and the water, when they are put together, saving that they are not mixed together. Christ is not mixed with a Christian, a Christian is not mixed with Christ; Christ is not a Christian, a Christian is not Christ; but there is a union of mutual in-being. Now, you know, when the fire gets into the iron, is united to it, is in it, the properties of the fire are communicated to the iron; the iron forgets his own blackness, and shines with the shining of the fire, and burns with the burning of the fire. And as a coal, though it be never so dark and black a body, when the fire comes, get into it, the properties of the fire are communicated to it, and it burns like the fire itself, and melts like the fire itself, and shines like the fire itself. So, when the Lord Jesus Christ is united to a soul, look what excellencies there are in Christ, what graces in Christ, the same are communicated to it; the soul shines with Christ's shining, and warms with His warming: there is grace answerable for His grace. (W. Bridge, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. WEB: In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.