April 1
God... has shone in our hearts, to give the
light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ (2
Corinthians 4:6).
The Letter to the Galatians really can be summed
up in this way: a Christian is not one who does this and that and another thing
which is prescribed to be done; a Christian is not one who refrains from doing
this and that and another thing because they are forbidden; a Christian is not
one at all who is governed by the externalities of a way of life, an order, a legalistic
system which says, "You must," and "You must not," a
Christian is comprehended in this saying, "It pleased God to reveal His
Son in me" (Gal. 1:15-16). That is only another way of saying, "He
opened my eyes to see Jesus," for the two things are the same. The
Damascus road is the place. "Who art Thou, Lord?" "I am Jesus of
Nazareth." "It pleased God to reveal His Son in me." That is one
and the same thing.
Seeing in an inward way: that makes a Christian.
"God... hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ" (2 Cor. 4:6). "In our
hearts": Christ, so imparted and revealed within, is what makes a
Christian, and a Christian will do or not do certain things, not at the dictates
of any Christian law, any more than Jewish, but as led by the Spirit inwardly,
by Christ in the heart. It is that that makes a Christian, and in that the
foundation is laid for all the rest, right on to the consummation, because it
is just going to be that growingly. So the foundation must be according to the
superstructure; they are all of a piece. It is seeing, and it is seeing Christ.
By T. Austin-Sparks from: Spiritual Sight
- Chapter 2
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