But when God, who set me apart from birth and called me by his
grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me so that I might preach him among the
Gentiles, I did not consult any man, Galatians
1:15-16
It is always futile and dangerous to advise people to leave one
thing until they have a revelation of the fuller, and only such a revelation
will accomplish the true emancipation.... It may not be applicable to many of
us, but the principle is what I want you to recognize. You may not need to be
emancipated from anything like Judaism or legalism, but the principle is this,
that for all increase, progress, enlargement, growth, and maturity, it is
essential that there should be in the heart a continuous unveiling of Jesus
Christ, and you and I will never get to the end of that unveiling. It is
possible for some of us to say with truth that this year we have seen more of
the meaning of the Lord Jesus than in all the previous years of our lives. Can
you say that?
It is the most blessed and most wonderful thing to be able to
recognize that there is a growing revelation of Jesus Christ within; you see
more and more of what He means from God’s standpoint, and as that is so, there
comes this increase of the Lord Jesus... the fruit of the Spirit – love. An
increase of the revelation of Jesus Christ in the heart is an increase of the
love of the Lord Jesus, the fruit of the Spirit. You are conscious that your
heart is coming more and more under the constraint of His love and that
unloveliness is becoming subordinate to His love. There is more joy in the Lord
Jesus today than ever, because you are seeing more of what He is. It is
practical. That is spiritual growth: “It pleased God... to reveal His Son in
me....” It is so important that there should be this continual, living
unveiling of Christ in the heart if we are to reach God’s full end.
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