“As He Is, So Are We In This World”
“As He is, so are We in this World”
There is exceeding comfort in this statement of the Spirit. It does not say ‘as he was’ for we could not be thus before the Father’s face down here. Then His work was not yet done. Now it is, and “as he is” for ever Man there, in all the conscious delight and pleasure of God, “so are we in this world”. “We” means all the people of God.
From Mutual Comfort—vol 10, 1917
John and Paul
In our day every ‘overcomer’ is a “man of God”, and every man of God is an overcomer, but these are not fitful titles, they characterise the person, the man who is referred to. The only difference in them is that John uses the first and Paul the second.
Compare Revelation 2 & 3 with Timothy 1 & 2 and note that both apostles use these terms after each had been personally rejected, see 3 John 9 and the churches of Asia. Where are we now as to this? Both our apostles (as I suppose all of them did) go out rejected, and turning round as they depart they thus cheer on those that are left, and this the Lord did, John 16: 33. What words for us, dear brethren!
From Mutual Comfort—vol 10, 1917