A GLORIFIED CHRIST IS OUR GAIN
A GLORIFIED CHRIST IS OUR GAIN
In Philippians 3: 8 the apostle counts all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge, not of salvation, but of Christ as He is now in glory, the Solomon. The queen of Sheba instructs us in the steps by which we come to this. First seeking the place where He is; second, confiding [p. 139] all our inmost heart to Him; and third, enraptured with all His things, which ends in her having no spirit in her — she is entranced, and I believe it is here that worship flows out.... I feel we know very little of the gain from having a Saviour in glory, and it is not easy to distinguish the measure of blessing which comes from Christ dead and risen, and from Christ glorified. For instance, the Holy Ghost comes from Christ glorified, and yet the knowledge of remission of sins ensures the sealing of the Holy Ghost. Again, the hope of glory is assured on justification, and yet there is much more. Another thing has come very strongly before me, and that is that we do not apprehend fully the complete sweeping away of man — the Adam, in the death of Christ, so that there is nothing left to us but Christ our life, and He is in heaven. May we know this better — very blessed even to know that it is so.
I was speaking on Hebrews 13: 10 and Matthew 27: 51. It was all bright for us inside with God, when Jesus died, the veil was rent. There is man crucified on the earth where the judgment is — where man is; but there is a Man glorified in heaven where God is. You must keep these two together in order to understand the gospel. Each acts and reacts on the other. Inside I am as the glorified Man. On the earth I am as the crucified One, able to say with Paul, “God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ” (Galatians 6: 14).
The Lord bless you much.