Charles Haddon Spurgeon's Morning Devotional For Sunday May 12, 2019 |
Morning Time: 5:16 AM PST
"And will manifest myself to him." --John 14:21
The Lord Jesus gives special revelations of Himself to His people. Even if
Scripture did not declare this, there are many of the children of God who could
testify the truth of it from their own experience. They have had manifestations
of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in a peculiar manner, such as no mere
reading or hearing could afford. In the biographies of eminent saints, you will
find many instances recorded in which Jesus has been pleased, in a very special
manner to speak to their souls, and to unfold the wonders of His person; yea, so
have their souls been steeped in happiness that they have thought themselves to
be in heaven, whereas they were not there, though they were well nigh on the
threshold of it--for when Jesus manifests Himself to His people, it is heaven on
earth; it is paradise in embryo; it is bliss begun. Especial manifestations of
Christ exercise a holy influence on the believer's heart. One effect will be
humility. If a man says, "I have had such-and-such spiritual
communications, I am a great man," he has never had any communion with Jesus at
all; for "God hath respect unto the lowly: but the proud He knoweth afar off."
He does not need to come near them to know them, and will never give them any
visits of love. Another effect will be happiness; for in God's presence
there are pleasures for evermore. Holiness will be sure to follow. A man
who has no holiness has never had this manifestation. Some men profess a great
deal; but we must not believe any one unless we see that his deeds answer to
what he says. "Be not deceived; God is not mocked." He will not bestow His
favours upon the wicked: for while He will not cast away a perfect man, neither
will He respect an evil doer. Thus there will be three effects of nearness to
Jesus--humility, happiness, and holiness. May God give them to thee, Christian!
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