In what sense is God one with the Son of God? John 17:20-23 “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one - I in them and you in me - so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me." In what sense are believers to be one? Philippians 2:2 "... make my joy complete by being of one mind, having the same love, being united in spirit and purpose" The unity is a unity in spirit and purpose - the same kind of unity as there is between the Father and the Son - not unity of entity and identity - not unity of substance. What did those verses do mean in the minds of the apostles? The apostles considered unity to be about spirit and purpose. Believers should imitate that faith. Believers can have unity with God too as well as with each other - and clearly such unity with God is not a unity of equals.
