Jesus promises that the Father and He will dwell with those who love Him and keep His word (i.e., the true disciples). Yet how does the Lord do this? He does so by His Spirit, whom He sends in His place. This is the point of the entire passage in John 14 and 16: Jesus sends another Comforter to be with His people for all time. And that Comforter is the Spirit. But so intimate is the relationship, so perfect the union, that to be indwelt by the Spirit is to have the Father and the Son abiding with us.
