"We Shall Be Like Him"

[Thompson, Darryl]

"We Shall Be Like Him" 

     Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear
what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be
like him; for we shall see him as he is. 1 John 3:2.  

     Jesus, the world's Redeemer, knows all His children by name, and on
those who believe shall come the glory of God. . . . Those who behold
Jesus become changed to His image, become assimilated to His nature, and
the glory of God that shines in the face of Jesus, is reflected in the
lives of His followers. More and more the Christian is changed from
glory to glory. . . . The more he looks on Christ, the more he loves and
longs to look again, and the more light and love and glory he sees in
Christ, the more his light increases. . . .  

     It is by faith that the spiritual eye beholds the glory of Jesus.
This glory is hidden until the Lord imparts the light of spiritual
truth, for the eye of reason cannot see it. The glory and mystery of
Christ remains incomprehensible, clouded by its excessive brightness,
until the Lord flashes its meaning before the soul. . . . By faith the
soul catches divine light from Jesus. We see matchless charms in His
purity and humility, His self-denial, His wonderful sacrifice to save
fallen man. Contemplation of Christ leads man to place a proper estimate
upon himself. . . . The possibility of being like Jesus, whom he loves
and adores, inspires within him that faith which works by love and
purifies the heart. . . .  

     Jesus is more precious to the soul that beholds Him by the eye of
faith than is anything else beside, and the believing soul is more
precious to Jesus than fine gold of Ophir. Christ looks upon His
hands--the marks of the crucifixion are there--and He says, "I have
graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before
me" (Isa. 49:16). The Christian is walled in by the rich full promises
of an infinite God.  

     The Lord is coming with power and great glory. All who have made
Christ their refuge will reflect His image, and they will be like Him,
for they shall see Him as He is. They are to be presented to Him without
"spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing" (Eph. 5:27).  

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