1. For us in Himself Epiphany 2016

2.  “I will declare the decree: The Lord has said to Me, ‘You are My Son, Today I have begotten You. Ps 2:7

3. St Cyril the Great On John 7:39  Him who was God before ages and was begotten of Him (the Father) says that He has this day begotten, that in Him we may receive us into Sonship, for the whole human nature was in Christ, in that He was man.

4. St Cyril the Great On John 7:39  So is the Father said to give the Spirit Again to the Son Who has it as Him Own Spirit. That we in Him may gain the Spirit… The only begotten therefore receives the Holy Ghost not for Himself..

5. St Cyril the Great On John 7:39  But Having been made man, He had our Whole nature in Himself, that He might uplift it all transfashioning it unto its first state.. We see then that not for Himself did Christ receive the Spirit, but rather for us in Himself, for all good things flow through Him into us too.