Monday, June 7, 2021

Dear Young Christian:

We are going to be like Christ in Heaven. “Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when He shall appear, we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him as He is” (1 John 3:2).

However, we can be like Him now. “But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord” (2 Corinthians 3:18). In other words, in the measure in which we are occupied with Christ Jesus as the glorified man in Heaven, there will be a reflection of Himself in our life.

Of course, we may fail, but that should not discourage us. Remember that the place you are in is that of an epistle of Christ and the life of Christ should be manifested in us. Christ has settled the question of our sins. Now He appears in the presence of God for us, and we are in the presence of the world for Him.

How much of Christ will the world see in you this week?

Your Christian Friend,

 Jim Hyland