NOTES ON SCRIPTURE 1895 NO. 53
NOTES ON SCRIPTURE 1895 NO. 53
It is deeply interesting to us that the blessed One who was on the earth and who died for us is our life. The eternal life that was with the Father had been manifested to the disciples - “That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ”. It is not merely that we live for ever, but that in eternal life our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. We belong to the divine circle, we [p. 106] are translated from the human circle to the divine one. Here on the earth we are cared for like children in the nursery or schoolroom, but it is new and pleasing to children when they are brought from the nursery into the company of their parents, into their circle. No one could have an idea of the divine circle until he had been in it. Fellowship with the Father and His Son is the crown and climax of all blessing. It is not so much the measure of your apprehension as the simple fact that you are there. We know life in Christ first for deliverance. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death”. (Romans 8: 2) Next, in His life we know Him as Priest. In His life only can you know Him in the assembly. In His life only are you in the wilderness, that is, this world is a wilderness to you. In His life you cross over Jordan; you are then in the sphere of His life, you know Him as your Head; and next you are in fellowship with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. Now you know union with Christ, and your joy is full. Most blessed!