He shall glorify Me.

     — John 16:14

The pietistic movements of to-day have none of the rugged reality of
the New Testament about them; there is nothing about them that needs
the Death of Jesus Christ; all that is required is a pious
atmosphere, and prayer and devotion. This type of experience is not
supernatural nor miraculous, it did not cost the passion of God, it
is not dyed in the blood of the Lamb, not stamped with the hall-mark
of the Holy Ghost; it has not that mark on it which makes men say, as
they look with awe and wonder – “That is the work of God Almighty.”
That and nothing else is what the New Testament talks about.

The type of Christian experience in the New Testament is that of
personal passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ. Every
other type of Christian experience, so called, is detached from the
Person of Jesus. There is no regeneration, no being born again into
the Kingdom in which Christ lives, but only the idea that He is our
Pattern. In the New Testament Jesus Christ is Saviour long before He
is Pattern. To-day He is being despatched as the Figurehead of a
Religion, a mere Example. He is that, but He is infinitely more; He
is salvation itself, He is the Gospel of God.

Jesus said, “When He the Spirit of truth is come . . . He shall
glorify Me.” When I commit myself to the revelation made in the New
Testament, I receive from God the gift of the Holy Spirit Who begins
to interpret to me what Jesus did and does in me subjectively all
that Jesus Christ did for me objectively.

On this day...

• 1 Samuel 1 - 2023
• Judges 5 - 2023
• We Have Found the Messiah - 2009
• This Is He Who Baptizes with the Holy Spirit - 2009
• His Creatorship is for His Glory - 2009
• Song of Solomon 3:4 - 2008
• Song of Solomon 3:4 - 2008
• Song of Solomon 3:4 - 2008
• Co-workers, Not Competitors - 2007
• Godliness Is Not Valued - 2007