He will glorify Me . . . —John 16:14
There are so many “expressions” of Christianity today. Visit a few churches. Spend some time watching “Christian” TV or surfing the internet. You will wonder what this “Christianity” thing is all about. How could so many exercise Christianity in such a variety of ways?
The New Testament example of the Christian experience is that of a personal, passionate devotion to the Person of Jesus Christ. Every other kind of so-called Christian experience is detached from the Person of Jesus. There is no regeneration— no being born again into the kingdom in which Christ lives and reigns supreme. There is only the idea that He is our pattern. In the New Testament Jesus Christ is the Savior long before He is the pattern. Today He is being portrayed as the figurehead of a religion— a mere example. He is that, but He is infinitely more. He is salvation itself; He is the gospel of God!
Jesus said, “. . . when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, . . . He will glorify Me . . .” (John 16:13-14). When I commit myself to the revealed truth of the New Testament, I receive from God the gift of the Holy Spirit, who then begins interpreting to me what Jesus did. The Spirit of God does in me internally all that Jesus Christ did for me externally.
Don’t try to shop around for the expression of Christianity that feels the best or fits you the best or even seems the most genuine. Go to Jesus. He, through the Spirit, will work out in your life what He will.
And if we will do that, we will be blessed beyond our imaginings. But most importantly, we will be His, a Christian.
Nick
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