“He will glorify Me, for He will take of what is Mine and declare it to you.” – John 16:14
What does the Holy Ghost do? Why, He deals with feeble men, yea, He dwells with us poor creatures. I can understand the Holy Ghost taking the things of Christ, and rejoicing therein; but the marvel is, that He should glorify Christ by coming and showing these things to us. And yet, brethren, it is among us that Christ is to get His glory. Our eyes must see Him. An unseen Christ is little glorious; and the things of Christ unknown, the things of Christ untasted and unloved seem to have lost their brilliance to a high degree. The Holy Spirit, therefore, feeling that to show a sinner the salvation of Christ glorifies Him, spends His time, and has been spending these centuries, in taking of the things of Christ, and showing them to us. Ah! it is a great condescension on His part to show them to us; but it is a miracle, too. I never could make up my mind which to admire most as an act of condescension, the incarnation of Christ, or the indwelling of the Holy Ghost. The incarnation of Christ is marvellous-that He should dwell in human nature; but observe, the Holy Ghost dwells in human nature in its sinfulness; not in perfect human nature, but in imperfect human nature; and He continues to dwell, not in one body, which was fashioned strangely for Himself, and was pure and without taint; but He dwells in our body. Know ye not that they are the temples of the Holy Ghost, which were defiled by nature, and in which a measure of defilement still remains, despite His indwelling? And this He has done these multitudes of years, not in one instance, nor in thousands of instances only, but in a number that no man can number. He continues still to come into contact with sinful humanity. Not to the angels, nor to the seraphim, nor to the cherubim, nor to the host who have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb, does He show the things of Christ; but He shall show them unto us. ~ C.H. Spurgeon
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If we don’t love and appreciate Christs willing to love us imperfect though we are; then we have no wisdom and we have no understanding of Him. Thanks Sherry
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Very true, Jerry. His work on the cross is the perfect example of His inestimable love for us who could never earn it. Our sin debt paid. Beautiful grace…
Have a blessed day, Jerry, amen! 🤗
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