January
23
I came that they may have
life, and have it abundantly (John 10:10 ISV).
Remember – "In Him
was life" (John 1:4). Is He different in nature from other men? Everyone
can see that He is different from other men in His very nature, and the difference
is made by this Life that is in Him. This Life brings with it a new and
different consciousness. Look at the Lord Jesus! What was His real
consciousness? This was a thing about which He was always speaking, and it was
so very evident in His case. He said: "I and the Father are
one" (John 10:30); "I do always the things that are
pleasing to Him" (the Father) (John 8:29); "The
works that I do in My Father's name"(John 10:25). Oh, this word
"Father" in John's Gospel!
The consciousness of
Jesus Christ every day was of His union with His Father, the oneness that
existed between them: "As Thou, Father, art in Me, and I in
Thee" (John 17:21). The consciousness of the Lord Jesus was of
the very closest union with God as His Father, and that was because the very
life of God was in Him. His life was a God-conscious life; but
God-consciousness in the sense of perfect oneness. And that is what it means to
have this Life. Man never had that. Jesus came to bring it in His own person:
not to talk about union with God, but to live out a life of union with God and
to bring His disciples into the same union. "I came that they
might have life" – in other words: "I am come that they may
have the same consciousness of God as Father that I have and that they may have
the same Divine nature in them as I have."
Excerpt from the writings of T. Austin-Sparks via Daily Open Windows website where gems like this are available FREE, as are all his published books in hard copy!
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