I can be before God just as I am: take care not to pass that by: it is a wondrous part of the glory of Christ, that a person with sin in him can be in the presence of God in perfect favor. Sin could not be there. but it was all borne by Him, who is the accepted sacrifice in His own body on the cross, and put away forever. By faith in Him I am, brought into the light with nothing to hide-and I do not want to hide anything. There is sin and mortality about me, but all that I am cannot separate me from Christ. God says, " He is the accepted sacrifice, and I have nothing to say against you as to all you are in self; in Him you are perfectly accepted, the blood cleanses from all sin." But I have need to be in the light to keep up a walk that becomes such a place. If I turn aside, I shall forget that I am purged from my old sins, and God must come in with a rod. You must keep your walk up by having your eye fixed on Christ.
If any turn aside-the heart hankering after the leeks and cucumbers of Egypt, and the eye looking for the well-watered plains-they will forget that the blood has purged them. It must be ever on my mind and soul, and I am to walk in communion with God to keep it fresh.
There can be no selfishness allowed if walking in the light. Look at Christ if you want to know what to do with selfishness. See what sort of God your God is, look into heaven and see that Son of His love, all that He is, and all that He has given you-your portion is there. In the place where Christ's light shines, all selfishness is detected and judged, and then we can have fellowship. Christ enables the believer to know the place where He is, and to have all his pleasure in walking separated unto Himself whilst down here. It is only as the, soul is in communion with God, that it gets a taste of the glory, and brighter and brighter it beams as the night is darker here.
Can I say " I know the cross of Christ?" A person may know the cross as his salvation, but not know the value of it practically. I got all my blessing by the cross; but to enjoy my blessing I must view everything in the light of the cross, so as to have God's thoughts about it; and I have to walk as a witness that no one is worth thinking of but the crucified One.