Now we have to learn Christ. Has Christ had such a place in your hearts today that the things which spring from Christ have sprung from you? Have you understood that Christ has brought you to Himself? Now especially it is important that Christians should be Christians. What He was before God in perfection reproduced itself before men to please His Father. Are you thus learning Christ day by day?
When I look at Christ, I see God manifested in a man in this world, the expression and pattern of what God delights in. I am not before God on the ground of what I have done, or what I am, but on the ground of Christ. There is for us this continually learning Christ.
According to the knowledge of [Christ] I have got, there should be nothing in my life contrary to that knowledge. One does not expect a babe to be a man. When one sees a babe delighting in its mother and obedient, it is just as delightful in its way as to see a man.
The Christian, having his eye on Christ, knows no standard but Christ in glory. We are “to be conformed to the image of His Son.”
J. N. Darby (from Thoughts on Philippians)