Sharing With Christ

From: Sharing With Christ: March 2023

It is the character of Christ’s love that all which He takes from the Father in glory and blessing, as man, He shares with us. If I talk of Him even as on the throne, He cannot do without me; He makes me a king too. A man of the world can be generous, but he does not bring another person into his own condition. This is what Christ does. “My peace,” He says, “I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you” (John 14:25²⁵These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. (John 14:25)). I will give you the very same peace that I have myself. So, too, “the glory which Thou gavest Me I have given them” (John 17:22²²And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them; that they may be one, even as we are one: (John 17:22)). And not only this, but He gives them His Father’s love: “That the world may know that Thou hast sent Me, and hast loved them, as Thou hast loved Me” (John 17:23²³I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. (John 17:23)). He puts us into His own place. This is perfect love. He Himself comes, and He has washed us from our sins in His own blood. If He is a King and a Priest, He has made us kings and priests along with Him. It is only when I have the consciousness of being utterly lost and look up to the love that God has shown in the gift of His Son that I can understand it all.

J. N. Darby (adapted)