The Supremacy of Jesus Christ

He will glorify Me . . . —John 16:14

The holiness movements of today have none of the rugged reality of the New Testament about them. There is nothing about them that needs the death of Jesus Christ. All that is required is a pious atmosphere, prayer, and devotion. This type of experience is not supernatural nor miraculous. It did not cost the sufferings of God, nor is it stained with “the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 12:11). It is not marked or sealed by the Holy Spirit as being genuine, and it has no visual sign that causes people to exclaim with awe and wonder, “That is the work of God Almighty!” Yet the New Testament is about the work of God and nothing else.

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.

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耶穌基督的絕對性

他要榮耀我。 （約十六14）

今日的宗教敬虔運動，完全沒有新約的艱苦實況，不需要耶穌基督的死，要的只是虔誠的氣氛、禱告和熱心。這一類經驗不是超然的，也並不神奇，不需要神的愛情，沒有羔羊鮮紅的血，沒有聖靈的印記，也沒有任何記號，叫人看見了驚異說：[這是神大能的作為。 ]惟有[神大能的作為]才是新約的要義。

新約的信徒經歷，是個人對主耶穌基督熱切的愛慕。至於其他所謂信徒經歷，都與耶穌本身脫節，並不是新生命的活出，只是一個以耶穌為模範的意念而已。今日他被當作一個有名無實的宗教首領，被視作一個楷模罷了。當然他是楷模，但他遠超乎此。他是救恩，他就是神的福音。

耶穌說：[真理的聖靈來了……他要榮耀我。 ]當我接受了新約的啟示，就是接受了神所賜的聖靈；聖靈會向我解明耶穌的作為，把耶穌基督為我所作的客觀事實，變作我的主觀經歷。

祈禱◆噢，主啊，喚醒我、激勵我，以致我那必死的身體，能真正順服祢的靈。