For through Him we both have access by one Spirit to the Father.
We have in this verse, the stupendous conclusion to the peace-making and conciliatory work of Christ. Access to the Father!
For one, in this verse, we are brought face to face with the mystery of the Trinity. Through the Son, we have access in the Holy Spirit, to the Father. These three are engaged together, working in our salvation. Can you imagine that? The three Persons of the self-sustaining, eternally existing, Holy God have taken an interest in saving you – so that you might gain access to Him. Imagine if every Christian realized this privilege!
Access to the Father can be said to be the final goal of salvation. Knowing God, or as our text puts it, Access to the Father is the chief purpose and objective of our salvation. Access means that a relationship has been restored. That which was forfeited by Adam because of sin – His walks with God in the cool of the day – is returned to man through Christ, by the Spirit. Though we had become unacceptable aliens and strangers, in Christ, the Father made a peace-initiative by removing the enmity, adopting us as His own children and permitting us free an open access to Him. What Gospel there is here!
Are you enjoying your New Covenant privilege? Are you enjoying access to the Father? Are you resting upon it? Are you experiencing the peace that come comes from knowing the immediacy of this access? Do you know what it is to be in the holiest of all? Through Christ, by one Spirit, you can know the realized presence of God; something for which even angels long to see!
